Stealth bomber

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GigaCorp	Iron Coalition
Omicron Hive	Rixian Unity
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SHIPS
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Small Class
Eject Pod	Interceptor
Fighter	Scout
Stealth Fighter	Other Small Ships
Medium Class
Bomber	Fighter Bomber
Gunship	Stealth Bomber
Troop Transport	Other Medium Ships
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Assault Ship	Attack Carrier
Battlecruiser	Battleship
Corvette	Cruiser
Destroyer	Devastator
Freighter	Frigate
	Other Capital Ships
Ship Equipment
Dispenser Items	Missiles
Weapons	Other Equipment
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Carrier	Caltrop
Constructor	Miner
Tower	Other Drones
BASES
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Minor Bases
Outpost	Refinery
Teleport Receiver	Other Minor Bases
Special Bases
Garrison	Shipyard
Technology Bases
Expansion Complex	Supremacy Center
Tactical Laboratory	Other Tech Bases

Abbreviation: sb

Take a stealth fighter, hack apart the insides and replace them with anti-base missiles, and you have the stealth bomber. Like the sf, the sb excels at stealth attacks, this time specialising against enemy stations. They excel at destroying refineries and teleports before the defenders react. However against larger stations their low number of AB missiles per rack (2) and low hitpoints means they will surely be destroyed before succeeding, and thus tend to deploy in groups and attack at the same time.

There is also the nerve gas sb available which can capture enemy stations. However most commanders never research it because the NG sb costs a lot, requires other pilots to take down the shields first, has a higher signature, has a lower range, and requires a lot longer to arm the missile - which all adds up to needing a very experienced group of pilots to be successful.

Ship statistics

Information taken from CC_03. Values are representative only (many factions have had their ships individually tweaked for balance).

Stealth bomber

Cost:$250

Requires stealth fighters, bombers and an advanced tac to research. Remains available as long as tac is alive.

Ship		Handling		Equipment
Armor class	Light	Mass	120	Weapons	Two weapon slots (util or sniper)
Hitpoints	150	Max thrust	2160	Missiles	Hunters, killers, SRM anti base
ECM	1.25	Power-weight ratio	18	Turrets	-
Scan	2000	Max speed	80	Shield	Small
Signature	100%	Turn rate	0.5	Booster	-
Energy	2400	Torque-weight ratio	1.1	Cloaking device	Regular or heavy
Recharge	80	Riptime/cost	15secs/1000	Dispenser	-

Nerve gas stealth bomber

Cost:$250

Requires stealth bombers and SRM nerve gas missile (researched under adv tac). Available as long as tac stays alive.

• Signature increased to 150%
• Only missile available is SRM nerve gas (costs $1000 each)

Factions

Bios stealth bomber	Bios Nothing special
Belters stealth bomber	Belters Can mount light/ion booster and regular booster. Can not mount small shield Has 100% more hitpoints
Dreghklar Empire stealth bomber	Dreghklar Empire Nothing special
Ga'Taraan Federation stealth bomber	Ga'Taraan Federation Nothing special
GigaCorp stealth bomber	GigaCorp Nothing special
Rixian Unity stealth bomber	Rixian Unity Instead of using missiles the pilot gets station drones (researched under tac) in their dispenser slot. These drones shoot whatever the pilot was targeting when he deployed them - obviously you want that to be the enemy base! The rix sb can also carry all types of probes and mines in the dispenser slot.
Iron Coalition stealth bomber	Iron Coalition 20% cost reduction.
Technoflux stealth bomber	Technoflux Gets a third weapon slot (sniper or util) Instead of using missiles the pilot can mount either A-B cannon or Ion blaster (researched under tac) in his first weapon slot. Unlike the flux sf, does not have a dispenser slot.
Omicron stealth bomber	Omicron Hive 20% cost reduction. Can mount a mini-AC turret.
Phoenix stealth bomber	Phoenix Nothing special
Draconium stealth bomber	Draconium Nothing special