Crusader Ares Star Fighter Ion Wikelo Sneak Special

Combat Heavy Fighter Size 3

Spark fear in the corridors of the most formidable gunships and frigates with the Ares Ion. This laser-equipped variant delivers extremely powerful shots to quickly disable the shields of even the biggest enemy vessels. Wikelo here. Made useful modifications to make ship much tougher to see. Sneaky.

In-game description, from the localisation file.

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Crew1

Cargo0 SCU

Hull HP38,600

Shield HP14,960

SCM / Max205 / 1,050

Pilot DPS4,721

In-game price—

Flight

SCM speed: 205 m/s
Max speed: 1,050 m/s
Boost: 385 / 210 m/s
0 → SCM / Max: 2.3 s / 12.0 s
Pitch / Yaw / Roll: 36 / 36 / 105 °/s
Mass: 325,001 kg
Dimensions: 30.0 × 27.0 × 6.0 m

Quantum & fuel

Quantum speed: 231,792 km/s
Spool time: 6.6 s
Quantum range: 300.7 Gm
Olisar → ArcCorp: 3:01 min
Hydrogen fuel: 8.60
Quantum fuel: 5.90

Defence

Hull: 38,600 HP
Shields: 14,960 HP · 2,992/s
Shield type: Bubble
Armor phys / energy: ×0.75 / ×0.60
Cross section: 13,600 × 2,448 × 12,240
IR / EM signature: 4,259 / 17,754–29,254

Weaponry

Pilot DPS: 4,721 · 3,429 sustained
Pilot alpha: 5,150
Missiles: 20 · 59,600 dmg
Pilot weapons: SF7E Cannon (4,721)

Inside

Inventory: 0.86 SCU
Weapon rack: 3 (2 rifle, 1 pistol)
Beds: 0
Escape: 1 ejection seats
Power budget: 22 / 27.9
Cooling budget: 96 / 40.9

Pledge & insurance

Standalone: —
Warbond: —
Insurance claim: 10.3 min · expedite 7,311 aUEC

Stock loadout

Components

Cooler S2: 3× IceBox grade B
Shield generator S2: 2× Sheut grade B
Quantum drive S2: Bolt grade B
Radar S2: Epier grade C
Power plant S2: 2× GammaMax grade B
Life support S1: ComfortAir ↗ grade C

Weapons

Weapon S7: SF7E Cannon grade A

Ordnance

Missile rack S5: 2× MSD-543 Missile Rack grade A
Missile rack S7: Ares Star Fighter Missile Launcher grade A
Countermeasures S1: Aegis Gladius - Decoy Launcher ↗ grade A
Countermeasures S1: Joker Defcon - Noise Launcher ↗ grade A

Contracts that mention this ship

None in the current build - the game names most things through placeholders.

Figures from Game2.dcb via api.star-citizen.wiki, 4.10.2-LIVE.12881860; prices via UEX . Loadout planning is what erkul does best - this page links there rather than repeating it.