Manticore (starship)

Manticore

(Starship)

Class

Explorer

Armament

Railgun; gyrolaser, high-explosive missile launcher, or Railgun; gyrolaser, heavy anti-matter missile launcher;

Power Core

Pulse Red, or Pulse Blue

Drift Engine

Signal Basic

Tier

4 or 6

Crew

4-7

Affiliation

Starfinder Society

Passengers

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Prior to the Scoured Stars incident, the Manticore was the backbone of the Starfinder Society fleet. A combat capable modification of the common explorer frame, this starship was intended to clear the way for the Society's more scientific starships, like the now-lost Griffon class. The Manticore sacrifices the expansion bays and high-quality quarters found on the newer Starfinder hulls, and instead exchanges them for powerful weaponry. The spinal forward facing railgun provides major damage against enemy starships, while additional side lasers and a turret-mounted missile launcher allow for multiple gunners to thrive onboard the ship. Only a handful of these ships survived the Scoured Stars incident.