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Ares Star Fighter Ion

Crusader Industries, Heavy Fighter

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RSI store price when on sale: $250

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  • What you get: Standalone ship pledge for the Ares Star Fighter Ion. Digital content for Star Citizen; no physical item is shipped.
  • Form: Built by upgrade (CCU’d). Same ship and insurance; the pledge lists the upgrade it came from. What this means
  • Payment: with PayPal, so PayPal’s buyer protection can apply. Why PayPal only?
  • Delivery: free, checked by hand and gifted by RSI within 24 hours of payment, to the email on your RSI account. Why not instantly?
  • Guarantee: 90 days from purchase.What’s covered
  • Game package: needed to play, not included. See game packs

How it stacks up

Against the other medium ships in our catalogue, with the stock loadout. Fuller bars are better; 1st is best. Build custom loadouts on Erkul.

Hull strength39K HP, 15th among medium ships
Shields21K HP, 5th among medium ships
Pilot firepower4.7K DPS, 2nd among medium ships
Missile payload60K damage, 4th among medium ships
Combat speed205 m/s, 19th among medium ships
Quantum range284.9 Gm, 22nd among medium ships

Specs

From the Star Citizen Wiki, game version 4.10.2. Game updates can change them.

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.

ManufacturerCrusader Industries
TypeCombat
RoleHeavy Fighter
SizeMedium
Crew1
Cargo0 SCU
Length x beam x height30 x 27 x 6 m
Combat speed205 m/s
Top speed1,050 m/s
In the gameFlight ready

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