Zephyr Thruster

“	Altairian technology that converts shield energy to empower the engines and enhance thruster performance.	”
	— In-Game Description

Stats[]

Zephyr Thruster	I	II	III
SPECIFICATIONS
Shield Energy	-9%	-12%	-15%
Speed	+50 m/s	+70 m/s	+90 m/s
Turning	+3.0 deg/s	+5.0 deg/s	+7.0 deg/s
Hull XP	7,975 XP	9,413 XP	11,011 XP
Restricted to	Altairians
BLUEPRINT
Ship Lab Required	XII
EQUIP
Time	6h 00m	14h 00m	1d 0h
Helium-3	3,804,000	7,798,200	11,792,400
Antimatter	7,608,000	15,596,400	23,584,800

General[]

The Zephyr Thruster is an Altairian Thruster that has improved performance over most other thrusters, though at the cost of Shield Energy.

Strategy and Setup[]

Advantages[]

The Zephyr Thruster is able to provide decent forward speed and turning speed, on par with the Harmonic Chase Thruster and Armored Thrusters, and the advantage it has over other thrusters is that it does not penalize strafe speed, and thus it affords much more maneuverability to Altairian ships over other thrusters.

Disadvantages[]

The Zephyr Thruster's only drawback is its reduction of Shield Energy when equipped. Ships with this thruster suffer from the drawback of having less shield energy on their ships, making them more susceptible to taking direct armor damage much sooner as compared to other ships.

Trivia[]

This is the first Altairian Thruster in existence.