Mantis

In-Game Description
''The Mantis is one of the largest and most dangerous ships on the market. Weapons, armor, modules - everything has been maxed out for this model. Only one ship per person please!''

Upgraded Stats
Upgrades are only available at the Kaamo station lounge.

Characteristics
The Mantis is a very large ship. It is a pirate ship, and is one of the best ultimate ships. It has 4 primary weapon slots and 4 secondary weapon slots, similar to the Aegir, making it ideal for fighting. This ship is towards the mid-range compared to the other ultimate ships, being more expensive than the Veteran and Aegir, but cheaper than the S'Kanarr and the Nemesis.

The Mantis has the second-most available weapon slots, since with an automatic turret, the Groza MK2 can have 5 weapons firing at once, which is greater than the Mantis's 4, but has only one secondary slot. However, the Mantis also has a larger amount of equipment slots, more than the S'Kanarr and the Aegir with 11, but lower than the Nemesis with 14. Overall, the Mantis is superior to every ultimate ship in the game in some aspects - Aegir has less equipment, Veteran has fewer Primary Weapons (It does have a turret to compensate), the S'Kanarr and Nemesis have fewer Secondary weapons, and the VoidX, said to be the best in the game, has less cargo space with double the price.

Trivia

 * Its the best and most lethal ship the Pirates have in their hangar.
 * It is also the most heavily armed ship in the game (pre-Valkyrie).


 * The ship is often seen as part of the pirate "fleets" that attack stations and patrol the Loma system.
 * This ship is the second most expensive ship in the base game, only beaten by Void X at around 8M credits.
 * Despite it's size, the Mantis has little room for cargo, as it specializes in combat more than trading. This aspect is then the bane of all ultimate ships.
 * Despite being expensive, it is actually numerous in the Pirate fleets, as when a ship is spawned by the game it uses a random suitable model, but their attacks are the same (In all difficuilties a Hiro is as powerful as a Mantis, if both are controlled by NPCs).
 * With the shark teeth decals, the Mantis resembles F-4 Phantom II fighters from the Cold War.
 * This and the wasp are ships that are named after bugs.