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[Fighter Blueprint] Terran Sabre M4 [X3]

One of the best M4 interceptors available on the market to those without ATF ties, the Sabre is a solid all-around fighter. Featuring good speed and exceptional shielding for its class, and mounting up to four of the dangerous Electro-Magnetic Plasma Cannon, there are few M4 class vessels that are not easy prey for the Sabre. A fully-equipped Sabre with EMPCs and Poltergeist missiles is an excellent ship in a dedicated anti-fighter role, and presents a dogfighting threat even to many M3 class vessels. If the Sabre has a "weakness" per se, it is only that it is extremely limited in its weapon choice - EMPCs and Poltergeist missiles can be difficult and expensive to source, and while there are few fast M5 class vessels that can present any sort of threat at all to the Sabre's shields, it has trouble hitting them with either of its weapons. These drawbacks are fairly minor, however, and a corporate fleet looking for a dedicated interceptor would be making an unquestionably good choice in picking the Sabre for the job.

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This build of the Terran Sabre is based on the X3:TC/X3:AP version. It is exactly 200 blocks. I did not have enough remaining blocks to detail the six vents, so I left them open - they look a little strange in a few of the screenshots, but I think they look better in-game than the screenshots might suggest. Special thanks to Pencil Sketch for requesting this fighter!

Screenshots (besides the auto-generated preview image) show fighters at true scale - when you use this blueprint to produce fighters, that's the level of detail you can expect from the final product.

This ship is intended for use as a fighter blueprint, as it lacks the critical ship components necessary for player control.

Suggested weapons: Plasma gun, pulse cannon