X3: Albian Prelude

M6 ships are corvettes frequently found leading fighter patrols or escorting capital ships. They are too big to be considered to be fighters, but too small to be considered true capital ships.

More boats than ship, corvettes are manned by a small crew, and they can carry quite powerful weapons. They are several times the size of an M3 ship (typically 120-280m long) and most have a lot more shields. They are not as maneuverable as fighters and therefore need to use their power and shielding to take down enemy fighters, as their speed and turning are usually not adequate to dogfight.

Most M6 class ships have both main guns and a few turrets. Some of the M6+ ships, recognizable from their regular counterparts by the moniker 'Heavy' in their name, can mount the most powerful corvette weapons in all turrets but they are generally slower than the normal M6s.

The M6s are the class right in the middle of the ship scale and are generally regarded to be capable of taking on anything with suitable pilot skill, from M5 swatting to M2 strafing. As such, they are commonly used as player ships.

Regular M6s listed below tend to be better suited to taking on small, maneuverable fighters, whilst their M6+ cousins tend to mount heavier weapons to deal with bigger ships.

The M6+ class ships tend to fulfill a different role to their M6 counterparts, being generally better suited to engaging larger capital ships, whilst the normal M6 class tends to function better as an anti-fighter platform. However this is not an absolute rule, and some of the M6+ class are better fighter killers than their normal counterparts.

Note that an M6+ designation does not exist in the game. These ships are referred to as M6 class ships in-game, however, they are slower, more potent, and better defended than their counterparts so they are given an alternate designation in the community.

M6 Corvettes Name Race Class Speed Accel Steering Hull Shields Shield Reactor Turrets Laser Cap Laser Rchg. Cargo Cargo Class Hangar Price Centaur Argon M6 123 9 3.9 60,000 3 x 200MJ 2,500 3 10,500 262 1,250 XL 9,842,368 Vidar ATF M6 128 12 8.8 65,600 5 x 200MJ 3,800 2 19,000 570 950 L Not for Sale Hydra Boron M6 147.6 16 3.7 54,000 3 x 200MJ 2,850 1 7,000 175 1,500 XL 8,776,030 Truelight Seeker Goner M6 138 11 8.7 50,000 2 x 200MJ 250 0 10,000 500 1,250 XL Not for sale Kha'ak Corvette Kha'ak M6 128.1 6 4.6 87,500 5 x 200MJ 2,350 2 17,500 385 1,050 XL Not for sale Nemesis Paranid M6 135.3 12 4.5 60,000 3 x 200MJ 2,500 1 11,500 287 600 XL 9,304,199 Dragon Split M6 172.1 19 3.8 48,000 2 x 200MJ 2,150 1 15,700 392 930 XL 7,689,771 Osprey Teladi M6 98.4 7 3.1 72,000 4 x 200MJ 2,650 3 12,700 262 1,500 XL 15,223,732 Katana Terran M6 136 14 4.1 51,000 5 x 200MJ 3,250 3 19,000 570 1,000 XL 6,490,494 Springblossom Terran M6 360 39 6 45,000 3 x 200MJ 3,800 3 19,000 570 2,000 XL 6,054,548 P Xenon M6 135.2 11 24.4 30,000 2 x 200MJ 3,000 1 10,000 500 1,250 XL Not for sale

Name Race Class Speed Accel Steering Hull Shields Shield Reactor Turrets Laser Cap Laser Rchg. Cargo Cargo Class Hangar Price Heavy Centaur Argon M6+ 115 8 3.3 67,000 4 x 200MJ 2,800 3 14,500 435 975 XL 14,377,642 Heavy Centaur Prototype Argon M6+ 154 10 3.2 67,000 4 x 200MJ 2,900 3 16,500 485 690 XL Not for sale Vali ATF M6+ 110 10 2.4 67,500 6 x 200MJ 4,000 3 19,500 580 850 L Not for sale Heavy Hydra Boron M6+ 138 8 2.6 71,300 4 x 200MJ 3,250 2 13,500 472 875 L 25,382,467 Skiron OTAS M6+ 149 12 2.9 53,600 5 x 200MJ 2,800 3 14,500 435 975 XL 14,482,401 Heavy Nemesis Paranid M6+ 124.5 8 3.1 67,000 4 x 200MJ 2,800 3 15,750 472 575 XL 14,377,642 Hyperion Paranid M6+ 169.1 15 6.2 90,000 5 x 200MJ 2,500 4 25,000 625 3,333 XL 2 Not for sale Acinonyx Prototype Split M6+ 190 13.3 4 360,000 3 x 200MJ 1,500 3 25,000 2, 100 1000 XL Not for sale Heavy Dragon Split M6+ 160.9 12 2.6 55,600 3 x 200MJ 2,150 1 17,525 491 675 XL 15,772,536 Heavy Osprey Teladi M6+ 92 6 2.5 68,400 5 x 200MJ 2,900 3 14,100 423 1,050 XL 16,517,250 PX Xenon M6+ 126.5 14 4.2 48,000 4 x 200MJ 2,450 3 15,250 762 1,150 XL Not for sale