Kite

Teladi Kite Class M4+ Heavy Interceptor Buy: Company Trader @ 1,809,548 Cr Speed (Min-Max) 52.2 - 135.8 m/s Acceleration (Min-Max) 14 - 37 m/s2 Steering (Min-Max) 14.9 - 38.7 RPM Hull Strength Max. Shield (Total) 4 x 5 MJ (20 MJ) Shield Reactor 265 MW Cargo Class (Min-Max) 35 - 140 @ M Laser Capacitor 2,050 MJ Laser Recharge 51 MW                                                                                                          Main x 6

Teladi Kite Vanguard Class M4+ Heavy Interceptor Speed (Min-Max) 54 - 140.4 m/s Acceleration (Min-Max) 13 - 35 m/s2 Steering (Min-Max) 15.6 - 40.6 RPM Hull Strength Max. Shield (Total) 4 x 25 MJ (100 MJ) Shield Reactor 612 MW Cargo Class (Min-Max) 33 - 133 @ L Laser Capacitor 546 MJ Laser Recharge 91 MW                                                                                                          Main x 6

Overview

Slow and with terrible shielding, the Kite is not highly thought of.

Variants

Kite

Not featuring any fancy title, the basic version of the ship is the standard by which other variants are measured.

Kite Vanguard

The Kite Vanguard is totally different to its regular counterpart. With its 4 shield slots upgraded to take 25MJ shields, it is more heavily armoured than most M3 class ships. It possesses a slight advantage in speed over the original, typical of Vanguard variants. It is not available for purchase; to be used it must be capped, earned as a corporation reward, or bought secondhand.

In contrast to the regular Kite, the Vanguard variant is lethal in a short fight due to its high survivability. However, it has a tiny laser generator so can run out of puff in a longer battle.

Combat

This ship has only one strategy in a fight; attempt to stay alive, which it isn't very good at executing.

Availability

The Kite is sold at the following Teladi Shipyards:

• Seizewell
• PTNI Headquarters
• Ianamus Zura
• Ministry Of Finance
• Grand Exchange

Suggested Roles

While the standard Kite is essentially useless, the Kite Vanguard has potential as a damage sink to be used in conjunction with less durable craft - the Kite being used to attract enemy attention and draw fire away from the ships that can actually do damage. With a very poor laser generator, it has a lot of trouble causing damage alone.

See Also

• M4+ class;
  • Argon Elite
  • Boron Pike
  • Paranid Theseus
  • Split Asp
  • Yaki Tonbo
  • OTAS Solano

• M4 class;
  • Teladi Buzzard