Talk:Raider-Class Corv. (Fore)/@comment-150.204.17.245-20150427095942/@comment-25332048-20150427143849

Indeed. The Corvette has a 360 firing arc with longer range, while the Raider has fixed foward-angled arcs that have a 'sweet spot' where it's fore and aft arcs overlap for 4 potential shots in a single turn. They have the same base number of upgrade slots across fore and aft cards (Tantive 4 gives additional slots, Raider might have a similar title). Corvette has lower shields and energy cap, but slightly cheaper aft cost.

So they seem fairly evenly balanced, but with the Admiral Ozzel option the Raider can rapidly sacrifice shields to power the guns, which could be DEADLY when it gets a target in its sweet spot.