Many of Core Dynamics customers desired more specific roles for their dropships and the Assault Ship is a response to some of those demands. The Assault Ship is designed for a more combat intensive role than the original ship. It has improved manoeuvrability and weapon carrying capacity and placement. These additions come at the expense of smaller internals making it less versatile, but better in its specialised role.
— In-game description
The Federal Assault Ship, also referenced as Federal Dropship MkII and abbreviated as FAS, was introduced in the CQC update and is a more combat oriented craft compared to the Federal Dropship; it also sports better flight characteristics, thus it has better speed and manoeuverability than the Federal Dropship. It has fewer Internal Compartments than the Federal Dropship, which makes it more of a fighter than a multipurpose ship.[1][2] To purchase the Federal Assault Ship players must have earned the rank of Chief Petty Officer with the Federation's Navy.
The weapon hardpoints are located as follows: One top mounted large (Class 3 maximum) hardpoint located above and behind the cockpit, One bottom mounted large (Class 3 maximum) hardpoint located on the nose of the ship almost directly under the top mounted hardpoint, and one bottom mounted medium (Class 2 maximum) hardpoint located in front of the beginning of each lower wing but offset inwards from the side of the ship. (two medium mounts total). The bottom mounted hardpoints are in identical positions to those on both the Federal Dropship and the Federal Gunship.
Purchase Locations
| System | Station | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LP 158-2 B | Winne Ring | Apr 1, 2017 | |
| LLYR | Baraniecki Vision | March 03, 2016 | |
| Kokojina | Ali Ring | Jan 2016 | |
| Seleru Bao | Leinster Ring | Dec 10, 2015 | 15% discount |
| (KAPPA) hum... | Poisson Orbital | Dec 13, 2015 | |
| Unegak Maku | Porsche | Dec 14, 2015 | |
| LHS 20 | Ohm City | May 12, 2016 | 15% discount |
| Momus Reach | Tartarus Point | Jul 10, 2016 | 15% discount |
| Maheou Ti | Feynman Station | Oct 7, 2015 | |
| Albast | Kuipers Horizons | Oct 11, 2015 | |
| Kochole | Judson Terminal | Oct 13, 2015 | |
| BD+49 1280 | Higginbotham Dock | Aug 27, 2016 | 15% discount |
| BD+19 2929 | Wilcutt Enterprise | Oct 15, 2015 | |
| 44 B Ophiuchi | Feustel Gateway | 10 Oct, 2015 | |
| Wolf 906 | Herbert Dock | 7 Jan, 2016 | |
| Ross 720 | Raleigh Orbital | 21 May, 2016 | |
| V749 Herculis | Pauling Gateway | November 8, 2016 | |
| Ninsun | Ramanujan Dock | November 8, 2016 |
Outfitting
- Main article: Outfitting
All ships are highly customisable through the Outfitting menu of Station Services. Listed below is the default load-out for the Federal Assault Ship.
| Category | Default System | Default Rating | Default Class | Max Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medium Hardpoint | Pulse Laser (L) | F | 1 | 2 |
| Pulse Laser (L) | F | 1 | 2 | |
| Large Hardpoint | Empty | -- | -- | 3 |
| Empty | -- | -- | 3 | |
| Utility Mount | Empty | -- | -- | 0 |
| Empty | -- | -- | 0 | |
| Empty | -- | -- | 0 | |
| Empty | -- | -- | 0 | |
| Bulkheads | Lightweight Alloys | I | 1 | 8 |
| Reactor Bay | Power Plant | E | 6 | 6 |
| Thrusters Mounting | Thrusters | E | 6 | 6 |
| Frame Shift Drive Housing | Frame Shift Drive | E | 5 | 5 |
| Environment Control | Life Support | E | 5 | 5 |
| Power Coupling | Power Distributor | E | 6 | 6 |
| Sensor Suite | Sensors | E | 4 | 4 |
| Fuel Store | Fuel Tank [x16] | C | 4 | 4 |
| Internal Compartments | Shield Generator | E | 5 | 5 |
| Cargo Rack [x16] | E | 4 | 5 | |
| Cargo Rack [x8] | E | 3 | 4 | |
| Empty [m] | -- | -- | 4 | |
| Empty [m] | -- | -- | 4 | |
| Cargo Rack [x8] | E | 3 | 3 | |
| Empty | E | - | 2 | |
| Empty | E | - | 2 |
- Main article: Outfitting
- (L) = Loaned
- [x#] = Capacity
- BDS = Basic Discovery Scanner
- [m] = Military Compartment reserved for Hull Reinforcement Package, Module Reinforcement Package, or Shield Cell Bank.
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