Osprey

Teladi Osprey Class M6 Corvette Buy: @ 15,223,732 Cr Speed (Min-Max) 49.2 - 98.4 m/s Acceleration (Min-Max) 3 - 7 m/s2 Steering (Min-Max) 1.5 - 3.1 RPM Hull Strength 72,000 / 288,000 (AP) Max. Shield (Total) 4 x 200 MJ (800 MJ) Shield Reactor 2,650 MW Cargo Class (Min-Max) 500 - 1,500 @ XL Laser Capacitor 12,700 MJ Laser Recharge 262 / 1,050 (AP) MW                                                                                                          Main x 8                                                                                                          Rear x 1                                                                                                          Up x 1                                                                                                          Down x 1

Pirate Osprey Class M6 Corvette Speed (Min-Max) 51.5 - 103.0 m/s Acceleration (Min-Max) 4 - 9 m/s2 Steering (Min-Max) 1.8 - 3.7 RPM Hull Strength 54,000 / 216,000 (AP) Max. Shield (Total) 3 x 200 MJ (600 MJ) Shield Reactor 2,120 MW Cargo Class (Min-Max) 500 - 1,425 @ XL Laser Capacitor 12,700 MJ Laser Recharge 262 / 1,050 (AP) MW                                                                                                          Main x 8                                                                                                          Rear x 1                                                                                                          Right x 1                                                                                                          Left x 1

Overview

The Osprey is slow, and is thus something of a sitting duck in a fight with a larger ship. It is effective at defending against smaller ships, however it is considered one of the least desirable corvettes due to its average stats other than shielding and truly appalling speed, causing it to absorb more fire than is healthy.

Variants

Pirate Osprey

The Pirate version has slightly better speed and handling, at the expense of shielding. It also sports a better selection of weaponry for the turrets.

Combat

Historically, the Osprey sat relatively still in the middle of a fight and let its turrets swat any fighters that buzzed around it. However, with the advent of larger ships capable of demolishing the Osprey little slower than any other Corvette, the Osprey pilot now has a more difficult job on his hands when facing off with a frigate. What little agility the ship has must be used to full effect to survive such an encounter.

Equipment

Missiles

Mosquito Missile Wasp Missile Dragonfly Missile Silkworm Missile Hornet Missile

Disruptor Missile Firefly Missile Thunderbolt Missile Tempest Missile Hurricane Missile

Cyclone Missile Tornado Missile Typhoon Missile Firestorm Torpedo Aurora Missile

Remote Guided Warhead Beluga Missile Hammerhead Missile Rapier Missile

Firelance Missile Wildfire Missile Windstalker Missile Banshee Missile

Availability

Variant	Ceo's Sprite	Grand Exchange	Ianamus Zura	Ministry of Finance	PTNI Headquarters	Seizewell
Osprey	x	x	x	x	x	x

Standard Osprey is boardable, found patrolling most Teladi regions and purchaseable at all Teladi shipyards. Pirate Osprey is boardable, occasionally found patrolling near pirate sectors and is a very common opponent in defend station missions.

Suggested Roles

The regular Osprey is quite useless, especially as the much superior (but still underwhelming) Heavy Osprey can be had for only a million credits more. The pirate version's ability to equip anti-corvette weapons in its turrets allows for supporting a dogfight or bigship raid at medium range, but it won't hold up against sustained fire and is hard-pressed to outpace anything faster than a destroyer.

See Also

• Teladi Heavy Osprey

Ships by Class

M6 Ships

Argon	Centaur
ATF	Vidar
Boron	Hydra
Goner	Truelight Seeker
Kha'ak	Kha'ak Corvette
OTAS	none
Paranid	Nemesis
Pirate	Centaur • Osprey
Split	Dragon
Teladi	Osprey
Terran	Katana • Springblossom
Xenon	P
Yaki	none