Krait Mk IIMultipurpose

The Krait Mk II is the Python's faster, more combat-minded cousin. It shares the three large hardpoints but adds a ship-launched fighter bay and noticeably more speed, making it a fearsome fighter that also hauls ~230 tonnes, mines decently and explores reasonably. It's the do-everything medium for a commander whose 'everything' leans toward action.

Compared with the Python it trades a little cargo and shield strength for pace and that fighter bay — a wingman you can deploy or hand to an NPC. On a medium pad it lands almost anywhere. It explores less far than a Phantom and hauls less than a Type-8, but few mediums fight as well while still doing everything else competently. For a versatile hull with a combat edge and its own fighter, the Krait Mk II is a brilliant, popular choice.

Four things make the Krait Mk II a great combat all-rounder:

• Three large guns plus a fighter. Serious firepower and an SLF wingman — it fights harder than almost any versatile medium.
• Fast. Quicker than the Python, so it dictates engagements and escapes trouble when hauling.
• Capable everywhere else. ~230 tonnes of cargo, decent mining and reasonable exploration round it out.
• Medium-pad and rank-free. Lands at most stations; anyone with the credits can fly one.

Three large hardpoints plus an SLF bay make it the hardest-hitting versatile medium with rank-free medium-pad access; only its modest jump range holds it below the Python and Anaconda.

The 84/100 headline is a verdict against the multipurpose role's priority-ordered factors. Each factor carries a weight (its share of 100); this hull earns part of each based on how it performs against the whole field. The points sum to the rating.

Both tables rate ships for multipurpose use — versatility across combat, trade, exploration and more. The role column is the maximum cargo capacity in tonnes as one measure of capacity; versatility is judged across all roles.

Same class — versatile mediums

The Krait Mk II is the combat-leaning pick of the versatile mediums. The Python out-cargos and out-tanks it, the Phantom out-ranges it, but neither fights as hard or brings a fighter. For action-first versatility, the Krait Mk II leads.

Other classes — the capital and small all-rounders

The Anaconda does everything at capital scale; the small all-rounders are cheaper and land anywhere. The Krait Mk II's niche among them is being the fast, hard-hitting medium with a fighter — the action-oriented choice in the versatile sweet spot.

At ~45.2M Cr the Krait Mk II is a bit cheaper than the Python, with no rank gate. Its versatility spreads the cost: one engineered hull fights, hauls, mines and explores, switchable by swapping modules.

Outfitting it well across roles plus a fighter and module sets brings the practical figure to around 78M Cr — a versatile, combat-strong medium for less than a Python or Anaconda.

A combat-leaning multirole fit with a fighter bay. Initial is buy-only; A-rated is the multirole baseline; Engineered sharpens its firepower and survivability while keeping the flexibility to swap roles.

Buy the hull and fit the full weapon set buy-only — two 3C Multi-Cannons, a 3C Beam Laser and two 2F Pulse Lasers — with the 6D Fighter Hangar, a 6C Bi-Weave Shield Generator and one 0E Shield Booster. A single 5E Cargo Rack fills the hold. The hull rides on its stock Lightweight Alloy — nothing to buy now; it gets engineered later.

Everything else stays empty until the A-rated pass: the second shield booster, the chaff and heat-sink utilities, the Shield Cell Bank, Hull Reinforcement, surface scanner and AFMU.

A-rate the core internals first — they serve every role.

Build role-specific module sets (trader, miner, explorer) in storage to swap in.

A-rating priority for a combat all-rounder:

• 1Core internals → A — Power Plant 7A, Thrusters 6A, FSD 5A, Life Support 4A and Power Distributor 7A; the distributor sustains three large guns and boost together. Sensors drop to 6D Lightweight. ~16M Cr
• 2Shields & countermeasures — Both Shield Boosters to 0A behind the 6C bi-weave, plus 0I Chaff and Heat Sink launchers. ~5M Cr
• 3Defensive internals — A 5A Shield Cell Bank, a 3D Hull Reinforcement and a 1E AFMU for staying power between fights. varies
• 4Role module sets — Cargo racks (5E/4E/3E) and a 1I Detailed Surface Scanner to swap for trade, mining or exploration. varies

The house all-rounder engineering pattern, combat-weighted. Felicity Farseer (maxed) carries the FSD; pin blueprints for remote G1→G5 application.

Recommended order

• 1Overcharged plant and Dirty thrusters first — power and pace for combat and every role.
• 2Overcharged multi-cannons (one Corrosive) plus a Thermal-Vent beam for hard hitting.
• 3Bi-weave shield Reinforced plus Heavy-Duty boosters and HRPs for survivability.
• 4Increased-Range FSD for the explorer/trader roles; engineer once, reuse across swaps.

Approximate progression across the three states (figures are representative, not exact rolls):

Engineered, the Krait Mk II fights with three large guns and an SLF wingman at ~400 m/s, hauls ~230t and mines or explores competently. A Heavy Duty Lightweight Alloy hull (Deep Plating) and a thermo-blocked 5A cell bank let it trade fire longer with less heat; it carries and tanks a little less than the Python, but fights harder and faster — the action-first medium all-rounder.

• A-rate the cores and power first — they run the guns, the fighter and every role.
• Keep the SLF bay — it's the Krait Mk II's signature multirole edge.
• It out-fights the Python but carries and tanks a little less — choose by your priorities.
• It has a combat manual too — this one is for the do-everything build.