M4+

M4+ ships are light fighters, slower, with heavier armaments and defences than the regular M4s, but they usually don't fit the interceptor role. One-on-one they are often woefully inadequate for taking on M3 ships in combat, having worse firepower and and much worse durability, while often not being any faster. However, they are much cheaper to procure, costing a good deal less than typical M3s and a third or a quarter the price of M3+ ships. This makes them good alternatives to M3s for fighter fleets at the cost of some potency. They constitute lethal symbiotes for carrier craft.

Note that an M4+ designation does not exist in the game. These ships are referred to as M4 class ships in-game, however they are slower, more potent and better defended than their counterparts so they are given an alternate designation in the community.

Sortable List

M4+ Heavy Interceptors

Name	Race	Class	Speed	Accel	Steering	Hull	Shields	Shield Reactor	Turrets	Laser Cap	Laser Rchg.	Cargo	Cargo Class	Hangar	Price
Elite	Argon	M4+	160	49	59.36	13,000	2 x 25MJ	550	0	4,500	76	120	L	0	1,619,083
Pike	Boron	M4+	195	65	57.2	?	1 x 25MJ	399	0	4,350	65	208	L	0	797,068
Solano	OTAS	M4+	210	65.52	53.2	5,200	3 x 25MJ	605	0	5,000	85	102	L	0	1,261,300
Theseus	Paranid	M4+	177.6	48	55.8	6,500	2 x 25MJ	525	0	4,750	82	110	M	0	1,399,885
Asp	Split	M4+	225	108	53.8	10,400	1 x 25MJ	220	0	2,450	61	108	M	0	1,337,617
Kite	Teladi	M4+	135.8	37	38.7	4,200	4 x 5MJ	265	0	2,050	51	140	M	0	1,809,548
Tonbo	Yaki	M4+	224	87	44.5	4,550	1 x 25MJ	525	0	4,750	82	126	M	0	2,014,751

See Also

Ships by Class

M4+ Ships

Argon	Elite (Enhanced)
ATF	none
Boron	Pike
Goner	none
Kha'ak	none
OTAS	Solano
Paranid	Theseus
Pirate	Elite (Advanced)
Split	Asp
Teladi	Kite (Vanguard)
Terran	none
Xenon	none
Yaki	Tonbo