SF Mara

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The SF Mara

The extensively used SF Mara was one of the Shivan fighters used during their second invasion. The Mara was fast, maneuverable, tough, and relatively small. The craft also had a superior secondary weapon capability that could even compete with that of a bomber-type. Like all Shivan fighters, the Mara was extremely well-shielded and its armoring was somehow superior to that of a typical Shivan fighter. Although it was still weaker than a Terran fighter's, its heavy shielding and swiftness made the Mara a formidable opponent in a dogfight. However, despite its specifications as a fighter-type, Maras were still impractical against larger vessels, thus they were often tasked with bomber escort.

It is the Mara class that was first designated of all Second Incursion-era Shivan fighters after a group of Mara fighters were detected emerging from the Knossos subspace portal in Gamma Draconis. The fighters, with the help of a Rakshasa-class cruiser, easily took down the patrolling GTVA force.

A special SOC managed to capture a quad of these fighters, and engineers retrofitted them for Terran use. Later, they were used in another SOC operation that discovered the actual size of the Shivan fleet, as well as a third Knossos device.

Description:

FS2 Demo Tech Room Description

Seems to be inaccurate The Mara seems to be a Shivan heavy attack fighter. It is not as maneuverable as other Shivan fighters, but it packs quite a punch, and it is very resistant to our weaponry. Most often they have been used in attacking our supply convoys and transports. Treat the Mara as a Class C threat.

FS2 Tech Room Description

The SF Mara class of Shivan fighters was first encountered by the GTC Vigilant while patrolling the Gamma Draconis jump node in the Capella system. All other information concerning the Mara is classified level Psi.

Developer Notes

None

Performance:

Statistics

Type	Space Superiority (?)
Manufacturer	Unknown
Manuverability	N/A
Max Velocity	70.0 - 78.0 mps
Max Afterburner Velocity	120.0 mps
Armor	N/A
Hitpoints	200
Shields	620
Length	~ 20 m

Armaments

• Gun Mounts

Freespace 2
Bank	Guns	Standard Loadout
1st	2	Shivan Mega Laser
2nd	2	Shivan Heavy Laser

• Missile Banks

Freespace 2
Bank	Capacity	Standard Loadout
1st	80	Trebuchet
2nd	80	Hornet

Veteran Comments

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It would be a disservice to the Mara to say its just a Herc II with the speed and manueverability of the Perseus. But that's the Mara in a nutshell. In the one special ops mission in which you can fly it, it simply is a joy to have so much firepower (and shields/armor) on a craft that manueverable.

My favorite fighter in the game. Sure, you could the Erinyes has 8 gun banks to the Mara's 4, but the Mara has nearly twice the missile capacity and is significantly faster and more manueverable.

The one disadvantage of the Mara is the fairly large target profile it presents to the enemy, but it's combination of maneouverability, firepower and durability easily makes up for this. Plus, it is the only flyable fighter with the ability to slide, which while not terribly useful at least adds some options not present in other ships.

The "Terran Mara" you use in Into the Lion's Den is slightly superior to the Shivan version.