Endurance

Endurance: Stats

Endurance: Weapons

• [2] Torpedo Launcher ^{*Special Weapon
  Basic (2 Uses) | Melta (2 Uses)}
• [2] Light Macro Turret
  ^{Efficient Accuracy – 270° Front – Range: 9,000
  Shots: 1 | Damage: 7 | Reload: 6s | Crit: 1.75%}
• [2] Lance Battery Weapons
  ^{Perfect Accuracy – 90° Sides* – Range: 9,000
  Shots: 2 | Damage: 15 | Reload: 12s | Crit: 7.5%Armor Piercing (-25%)
  *1 per Broadside}

The Endurance is the Imperium’s lance boating Light Cruiser, taking a broadside bay on each side, supplemented with wide arc light macro turrets. The torpedo launcher is unfortunately limited in its usefulness in a ship this size, since without additional synchronized salvos from other ships or fighters out keeping turrets busy, a single pair of torpedoes is easily shot down by defense turrets. With ships like the Cobra, synchronizing wings are slightly easier because of their small size and lack of broadside weaponry, but the larger size of Light Cruisers makes this more difficult, however certainly not impossible or not worth attempting.

Without taking the torpedoes into account because of their special use, or the Defiant, because it’s launch bays are most of its power and are similarly special use, the Endurance has the lowest on paper DPS and crit chance, so realize you are making a sacrifice for that 100% accuracy and long-range armor penetration that only applies to 2/3rds of its offensive firepower (1/3rd vs single target), so make sure you have good reasons for bringing Endurance ships with your fleet.

If accuracy penalty or lots of very high armor isn’t an issue, for an extra five points you can get the Endeavour which has more than double the raw DPS, and deals roughly 30% more crits per minute.