VNS Sonne (SBB 03)

Description
VNS Sonne is the 3rd member of the Xavier class SCs, it is the weakest of the 4 but also the fastest. it is actually armored with the original VNS Xavier armor blueprint, it was not modernized with the modern strong supersteel plating in order to conserve good speed.

Ingame Description
Ah the sun! it burns!

History
Sonne was laid down and Constructed at Nevada Mainland Shipyard Industries and left drydock Nov. 13, 2016. it serves its primary role in the Raider Division which granted the the ship and her crew the ability to loot and commit piracy on enemy vessels after destroyed, however not allied, merchant or miners, for this was a warcrime. the ship used to be docked at DS9 in 2017 as other bases where full. it successfully destroyed and raided over 5000 enemy ships during wars. the ship is currently docked at Deep Space 8.

Details
the ships interior is exactly the same as VNS Vengeance however featuring the classic navy-blue hull and really black citadel and lookout station.

Armament

 * MAIN BATTERY: 4x3 Heavy Nova CML turrets
 * PRIMARY SECONDARY: 4x1 Medium Nova CML turrets, 1x1 Double Medium Nova CML Turret.
 * SECONDARIES:  8x1 Type 7 CML Phasers, 1x18 Type 6 CML Phasers, 2x4 MX109 Gatling Type 5 Phaser, 2x1 Type 5 Phaser, 4x1 type 2 phasers
 * SPINALARITIES: 2x1 Heavy Torpedoes.

Pros

 * faster than Xavier and Vengeance by far
 * good turn speed
 * overwelming firepower, 12 heavy novas really cause havoc
 * decent in a siege
 * excellent against small ships
 * good spinals
 * OK acceleration
 * very good shield.
 * only Xavier Class that can be used by anyone.

Cons

 * Lower than average armor resistance.
 * quite squishy for an Xavier class.
 * ridiculously expensive for a T10.
 * slow going up and down
 * although it can siege, it cant solo siege a novabase like its siblings Xavier and Vengeance, and struggles against high tier Superbases.

Fun Facts

 * Its named is german, Sonne Meaning "sun" in german.
 * the only SBB in the raider division.
 * most players will avoid fighting this ship due to its raider status, it does 20% more damage than other ships with the same weapons
 * basically a speedy version of Vengeance.
 * has over 5000+ confirmed shootdowns.
 * used to be docked at DS1 for a short period of time during the siege of DS1.
 * helped end world war 11....at least, in space anyway.