M7C

Overview

M7C Light Carriers are a a new class of fast and light escort carriers. The distinction between M7Cs and other M7s was introduced in Albion Prelude along with four new ships, but several ships in Terran Conflict, like the Griffon exhibited a similar concept.

M7C mount significantly less shielding than M1 Carriers, but they are significantly faster, averaging about 40 m/s faster than their race's counterpart M1, and they are significantly cheaper to buy and equip.

In their in-game descriptions, the ships are designed to deploy large amounts of fighter drones, and indeed, scanning their cargo reveals a "Drone Hauler" ware, but this has no in-game function.

The Argon Griffon was present in Terran Conflict and is a stronger combat vessel than the new ships, but as it is explicitly described in-game as a light carrier, it does not mount the heavy weaponry of other M7s; adding to the fact that it is equipped with the Drone Hauler in-game, it will be included here.

Sortable List

M7C Escort Carriers

Name	Race	Class	Speed	Accel	Steering	Hull	Shields	Shield Reactor	Turrets	Laser Cap	Laser Rchg.	Cargo	Cargo Class	Hangar	Price
Griffon	Argon	M7C	124.2	11	3.2	600,000	4 x 1GJ	6,800	4	74,000	2,200	4,800	XL	9	36,098,766
Guppy	Boron	M7C	132.0	12	1.4	250,000	1 x 1GJ	2,000	4	13,000	900	5,000	XL	12 + 1	16,412,847
Ariadne	Paranid	M7C	122.0	9	1.3	255,000	4 x 200MJ	2,000	4	14,000	700	3,500	XL	24 + 1	18,745,140
Cormorant	Teladi	M7C	115	5	1	720,000	3 x 200MJ	3,500	3	10,000	500	8,000	XL	12	13,495,504
Maccana	Terran	M7C	130.0	6	1.5	180,000	1 x 1GJ	1,700	4	16,000	600	5,500	XL	10	17,299,092

See Also

Ships by Class

M7C Ships

Argon	Griffon
ATF	none
Boron	Guppy
Goner	none
Kha'ak	none
OTAS	none
Paranid	Ariadne
Pirate	none
Split	none
Teladi	Cormorant
Terran	Maccana
Xenon	none
Yaki	none