Raptor

In-game description: "A mine-laying ship. Its firepower allows it to easily win in battles against Frigates and Destroyers, while accelerators help to avoid more powerful enemies. Can be equipped with torpedoes."

The raptor is an interdictor class ship that costs gold. It can be equipped with three guns and missiles, a module, and a torpedo.

The raptor is often the first ship a player can get that can equip a torpedo, and as such is often the ship that players accidentally blow up when firing a torpedo. It is a fairly balanced ship, having decent speed, health, and damage.

The ability to equip a torpedo for the first time is an incredible moral boost to a player who saw the slot unlocked or had been killed by a torpedo in the past. Many players who first get this ship treat it as some extremely powerful, deadly ship that can kill anything, which it is not. While the torpedo can kill many ships easily, it does not make any ship good, and the same can be said for the cruise cannon.