Ship:marauder

Marauder Hull Configuration

Lineships form the primary fighting element of the Protectorate fleet. Rapidly refit from seized commercial freighters and pressed into service during the blockade of the Kribensis gate. This series of lineship is built from bulk carriers, which specialize in transporting huge quantities of loose materials. They have been primarily refit to wield large guns along their sides, taking advantage of their cavernous internal space.
Don't let their size fool you, they are anything but lumbering. These ships were designed to carry tens of thousands of tons of cargo, and with their holds empty their oversized engines are able to push them to speeds well beyond what would be expected of a similarly-sized warship.

Marauder Class Line-Ship
Point Cost	375
Mass	15000 tons
Armor Thickness	20 cm
Internal Density	0.25 cm/m
Component DR	35%
Max Repair	10%
Dimensions	345-473x100x110 m
Crew Vulnerability	75%
Structural Integrity	4000
Radar Signature	15745.41 m[math]\displaystyle{ ^2 }[/math]
Slots	6 Mounts 6 Compartments 7 Modules

Modifiers

    Repair Team Move Speed: +20%
    Missile Programming Channels: +1

This is the best LN stern section; the different stern sections vary in how many thrusters they have, this one gains 2 reverse thrusters which, which doubles the number of reverse thrusters a LN has

Marauders have a few unique things going for them. Firstly, they are the only hull that is randomly generated, each consisting of 3 hull segments; the bow, the center, and the stern. For the most part any one different section does not provide significant benefit over other possible sections, barring ones tailored for specific builds, but exceptions exist.

There are several ways to pick the exact LN hull shape combination you want. The first is the base game vanilla one; just keep adding new LN hulls to your fleet and deleting ones you don't like. Eventually you will roll the correct hull you desire, even if it may take 5 minutes or more. The second way is to use Davaned's mod Drydock, which adds some QoL UI features to the fleet editor including saving and selecting Liner hull combinations. The third way is by directly file editing the fleet file to change which sections are present, as described in this guide by Recurrent Insertion.

This is the best LN stern section as it doubles the redundancy of your reverse thrusters, greatly reducing the odds of being stranded out of cover after the front two reverse thrusters get sniped out by lucky shots.

Mounts

Maurader Mounts

The Marauder has

   * 8 Class 4 Mounts
   * 6 Class 2 Mounts
   * 2 Class 1 Mount

The exact position of these mounts and what each is best for will vary depending on which hull your ship was generated with, but the section they are attached to remains the same.

Backpack

Broadsiders will find that they have 4 C4 mounts unused; these can be filled with all sorts of gizmos. Anything from empty Container Stack Launchers added for cheap HP or cheap softkill equipment like Container decoys and Killjoy jammer decoys, missile backpacks in the form of MLS-3 Launchers or MLS-2 Launchers, an MLS-2 Launcher as softkill or anti-craft equipment,, TALS-2 'Talisman' Launcher for automatic anti-craft equipment, or other jammers and VLS-1-46 Launcher if they cannot be fit into C2 and 1 mounts elsewhere.

Mount 16 17

These C1 mounts will be found somewhere in the bow section of your Liner. What they are best used for depends on their position relative to the standard combat orientation of your liner.

On the "Spade" bow section pictured here, which is used by Obelisk style Liners, they make excellent mounts for a RF44 'Pinpoint' Radar on the side facing your intended combat direction and either a VLS-1-23 Launcher or backup CR10 Antenna on the side facing away from combat.

On Broadsider style Liners (pictured below), Mount 16 and 17 are ideal for a P11 'Pavise' PDT facing your intended combat direction, as this mount is positioned perfectly to intercept missiles coming for the Front-stack. On the side facing away from combat, a VLS-1-23 Launcher is normal; This also makes the best mount for E20 'Lighthouse' Illuminator out of any hull combination, where it can see a VLS-1-46 Launcher placed in any of the backpack C4 mounts or on the backpack C2 Mount.

Compartments

The Marauder's compartments can be divided into 2 groups.

The Front-stack

Marauder Front-stack

These Compartments are all clustered right next to each other, and are normally the first compartments exposed to enemy fire as the lineship peaks out of cover, and the last under cover as it peaks back in. Compartment 1 should be Damage Control Complex, Compartment 5 should be Reinforced CIC, and Compartment 4 should be Reinforced Magazine

The Center-stack

Marauder Center-stack

Compartments 2 and 3 are your other big compartments; These can be your choice of Large DC Storage, Jury-Rigged Reactor, and Citadel Magazine

Modules

Marauder Modules

The Marauder has

   * 1 Large Drive Module
   * 1 Small Drive Module
   * 6 3x3 Modules

Drive Setup

There are many ways to set up a Liner's drive, and the best way will depend on the role you are building the ship for.
CHI-777 Yard Drives and CHI-7700 Drive-Sundrives provide the best linear thrust (LT) and angular thrust (AT), allowing you to quickly accelerate in any direction; this is best for dodging. The AT allows you to orient your broadside mounts faster.
Sundrives and CHI-9100 Long Haul Drive provide the best top speed, allowing you to reposition at reasonable speeds.
BW1500 Drive, to save costs.
BW2000 Drive, for its power generation at the cost of every other useful stat
Civilian Reactor/Boosted Reactors fit into the small drive slots, allowing you to reclaim 3x3 modules for other uses if needed, instead of those modules containing Light Civilian Reactor.

The best drive setups for Marauders that want to move around and take part in battle is CHI-7700 Drive-Sundrives or CHI-9100 Long Haul Drive-CHI-777 Yard Drive for a little extra speed in the short term at the expense of burning down your thrusters and half acceleration buff.

Propulsion Stats

Base Stats
Top Speed	23 m/s
Flank Speed	34.5 m/s
Flank Damage Probability	5%
Linear Thrust	32 MN
- Side Thrusters	40%
- Fore Thrusters	100%
- Main Thrusters	100%
Acceleration Time	10.85 s
Angular Thrust	7.5 MN
Theoretical Turn Rate	7.45 deg/s
Actual Max Turn Rate	0.82 deg/s
Estimated 180 deg Turn	230 s
Estimated 180 deg Roll	31 s

CHI-7700 Drive-Sundrives
Top Speed	25.57 m/s (+11.18%)
Flank Speed	38.36 m/s (+11.18%)
Flank Damage Probability	4% (-20%)
Linear Thrust	41.6 MN (+30%)
- Side Thrusters	40%
- Fore Thrusters	100%
- Main Thrusters	100%
Acceleration Time	9.28 s
Angular Thrust	8.4 MN (+11.96%)
Theoretical Turn Rate	10.43 deg/s (+40%)
Actual Max Turn Rate	0.92 deg/s (+11.96%)
Estimated 180 deg Turn	207 s (-10.22%)
Estimated 180 deg Roll	29 s (-7.28%)

CHI-9100 Long Haul Drive-CHI-777 Yard Drive
Top Speed	26.01 m/s (+13.09%)
Flank Speed	39.02 m/s (+13.09%)
Flank Damage Probability	6.25% (+25%)
Linear Thrust	36.8 MN (+15%)
- Side Thrusters	40%
- Fore Thrusters	100%
- Main Thrusters	100%
Acceleration Time	10.67 s
Angular Thrust	9.81 MN (+30.78%)
Theoretical Turn Rate	10.8 deg/s (+45%)
Actual Max Turn Rate	10.07 deg/s (+30.78%)
Estimated 180 deg Turn	178 s (-22.52%)
Estimated 180 deg Roll	26 s (-16.04%)

Radar Signature: 15745.41 m[math]\displaystyle{ ^2 }[/math]

Detected by	Detection Range (km)
R400 'Bloodhound' LRT Radar	14 km
R550 Early Warning Radar	17.17 km
Bulwark Huntress	10 km
Ithaca Bridgemaster	8.5 km
RM50 'Parallax' Radar	9.5 km
RS41 'Spyglass' Radar	11.5 km
RS35 'Frontline' Radar	8 km
Wake Signature Strength	600
Fore-Aspect Validated by THERM	VALIDATED
Validated After Main Engine Shutoff	21.25 sec

Builds

Broadsiders:

These Bow and Center Sections provide the best mount angles for Pavise and Softkill

450mm Liners

Kyanite's Liners
These consist of a Liner with 4 C65 Cannons

250mm Liners

These consist of a Liner with 4 C56 Cannons. Their salvo throw-weight of 60 250mm Bombshells is devastating to anything smaller than a Keystone, and when paired with T20 Cannon sidearms to follow up, will reliably result in an out-right K-kill.

Chargers

These consist of a Liner with 3 C56 Cannons and 1 C81 Plasma Cannon. The use of the Jury-Rigged Reactor is avoided, due to its significant reload malus for energy weapons. They trade some 250mm RPM in exchange for plasma enhanced anti-capital punch-up. 3 Chargers in formation as a fleet fulfills the same role as 2 250mm Liners and 1 Throngler in a fleet.

MDLNs

These are usually armed with 3 TE45 Mass Drivers, and use a Boosted Reactor, 2 Plant Control Centers, 3 Light Civilian Reactors and 3 Energy Regulator to achieve the maximum RPM per point. Going to 4 TE45 Mass Drivers is possible, but much less point efficient per RPM due to increased use of Plant Control Centers. The use of the Jury-Rigged Reactor is avoided, due to its significant reload malus for energy weapons.

Revolvers

These are liners that use casemate guns on both sides, rotating to alternate broadsides between each reload period.

Obelisks

Zircon's Obelisks An Obelisk uses all 8 C4 mounts for 5-6 T30 Cannons and 2-3 T81 Plasma Cannons, the ratio depending on if they operate in formation or independently.

Thronglers

7 or 8 T81 Plasma Cannons. The choice of 7 turrets is for power and cost reasons, and because frankly you don't need that much plasma.

Cruise Missile Liners:

These run either 8 MLS-2 Launchers or 8 MLS-3 Launchers. Rarely they will run a mix, be aware that this requires separately plotting both missiles if you want to fire them against the same target.