UEF Uhlan

The following information has not been confirmed by Volition and is therefore not canon for the FreeSpace universe.

For the original ship, see FTF Lancer.

Description:

The UEF Uhlan

Blue Planet: War in Heaven Tech Description

The UEF Uhlan is the most commonly used fightercraft in the United Earth Navy. Designed primarily for the space superiority role, the Uhlan is a cost-efficient design that is inexpensive to produce and relatively easy to pilot. The Uhlan is compatible with most Navy weapons and is generally considered a medium-performance vessel. The Uhlan is able to operate within an atmosphere due to an aerodynamic design, and its excellent Saab maneuvering thruster suite gives it sterling agility in a dogfight. Unlike many UEF fighters, however, it lacks reverse thrust.

Developer Notes

Except for visible primary weapon models in the second bank, the Uhlan is identical to Steve-O's original FTF Lancer.

Name Origin

Uhlans were Polish light cavalry armed with lances, sabres and pistols.

Performance:

Statistics

Name	UEF Uhlan
Type	Space Superiority
Manufacturer	Saab Spaceframes
Maneuverability	Average
Max Velocity	75 - 90 ms-1
Max Afterburner Velocity	140 ms-1
Max Afterburner Duration	5.667 s
Armor	Average
Hitpoints	250 pts
Shields	390 pts
Length	18 m
Weaponry
Primary weapons
1st bank	3 guns
2nd bank	2 guns
Secondary weapons
1st bank capacity	40
2nd bank capacity	40
3rd bank capacity	40
Countermeasures
Countermeasure capacity	30 countermeasures

Armaments

• Gun Mounts

Default Statistics
Bank	Guns	Standard Loadout
1st	3	Vulcan
2nd	2	Vulcan
Compatible Primaries
Vulcan, Scalpel, Maul, Rapier, Gattler

• Missile Banks

Default Statistics
Bank	Capacity	Standard Loadout
1st	40	Javelin
2nd	40	Javelin
3rd	40	Hellfire
Compatible Secondaries
1st	Dirk, Dart, Hellfire, Javelin
2nd	Dirk, Dart, Hellfire, Javelin
3rd	Dirk, Dart, Hellfire, Javelin, Slammer, Paveway, Grimler

Veteran Comments

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The Uhlan is a decent fighter, but not exceptional and not on the same level of quality of the other UEF fighters. It gets the job done in the early missions but is certainly not as good as the Kentauroi or Uriel.

Despite the fact that it's not as fast or deadly, the Uhlan is actually harder to kill than the UEF Kentauroi because of its tiny target profile. When flying this, try to maneuver as much as possible and realize that your target profile is only marginally bigger than an SF Dragon. Don't get fixated on your targets, just attack when you can and do as much damage as possible before evading counter-attacks. When you're GTVA, use high damage/shot weapons like the GTW Prometheus S or GTW UD-8 Kayser. A GTF Atalanta or GTF Nyx will make fairly easy work of these.