Raider

"Missile frigate. It does not have slots for guns, but it has all 3 slots for rockets. Also, it has small hull guns. It is recommended to bombard targets using missiles and keep them at a distance."-in-game description

Information
The raider is a frigate class ship available from level 15. It has no turret slots, and three missile slots.

This ship would be pretty good for lower level players due to having three missile slots, able to release powerful volleys and do large amounts of damage, but there is a massive problem with such a ship, the range at which the weapons in the missile slot can fire. The range of guns and missiles are very close, with the missiles having a slight advantage, so one has to get very close to the gun range to use this ship well, and stay within that range, which is both difficult and limits the viability.

Because of this, the playstyle the ship is designed for, to target from long ranges and stay protected, is almost entirely negated.

One can use this ship somewhat well if they use proper cover and take great pains to stay in between the missile and gun range, but this requires great skill and the many better ships are more effective at such a strategy.

Trivia

 * It is the only ship that does not have Turret slots.