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.

Every table rates ships for multipurpose specifically, split by landing-pad class. The Max cargo column is maximum cargo tonnage — a proxy for internal room; the rating is the same 1–100 suitability verdict used across the site.

Same class — medium multipurpose ships

8 medium-pad multipurpose hulls carry a rating, led by Python (86). Every same-pad rival lands where this one does — the direct field to shop.

Other classes — the capital all-rounders

The large-pad multipurpose field (10 rated), led by Anaconda (88) — bigger pads and bankrolls. They out-muscle this hull on the numbers, but sit a pad class away.

Other classes — the small all-rounders

The small-pad multipurpose field (4 rated), led by Cobra Mk V (80) — cheaper hulls and tighter pads. They undercut this hull on the numbers, but sit a pad class away.

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.