Tempest

The Tempest is and mostly used for as PvP and Support Dread.

Description
The Tempest is a PvP Support Dreadnought centered around escorting a fleet and acting as a defence for siege ships.

The front of the ship has two medium lasers mounted on it at a slight angle giving it a sleek appearance, along with most of the other turrets. There are armour braces all throughout the ship's exterior.

It can also be used to Pirate large miners.

Interior
The Interior of the Tempest is limited but it has a control panel in front of the control seat.

The entrance to the Tempest goes straight into the bridge. The bridge holds the controls to the ship as well as a heads-up display on the control panel.

Advantages

 * Excellent Turret placement allowing it to defend easily from most angles. (1 Medium Laser and 2 Flak Turrets on its belly.)
 * Great against Battleships and Carriers.
 * High shield and hull.
 * Impressive damage output.
 * Powerful Spinal firepower.
 * Spinals can be used to siege Starbases from afar without taking any damage.
 * Able to shoot ships below you.
 * Very little blind spots.
 * One of the best support Dreadnoughts.
 * One of the best ships to take on the Razor Wing.

Disadvantages

 * Expensive.
 * Lower than average mobility.
 * Can easily be out-ranged by Heavy Lasers and Railguns.
 * Turrets don't have enough line of sight to target a single enemy with all Turrets at once.

Strategy

 * Travel with a fleet to ensure your Turret firepower doesn't fall short against other Dreadnoughts/Battleships/Carriers.
 * Get as close as you can if you are fighting ships so your turrets can get in range.
 * Always attack low so that most of your Turrets will be able to hit.
 * Use Spinals to deal massive damage to bigger ships.
 * To make all your turrets shoot its target, fly straight towards the enemy ship. (This will also allow you to use the Spinals.)
 * It makes an excellent PvP ship and is very effective against smaller ships such as Cruisers and Destroyers.
 * Stay away from high firepower ships, such as Sentaliz or a pack of Razor Wings.

Version History

 * Nerfed before release being removed from 6 large phasers, and 23 speed, also had a part reduction.
 * Did not have a cargo hold until .52d.
 * Used to use an odd weld script resulting in offset parts, which as of version .52i has been fixed.
 * Used to have a good interior but it was stripped out to lower the part count as it made the game lag.
 * Remodeled once again by oChaosWarrioro, Interior brought back, even lower part count than before, 313.