Redhot - Space Superiority Fighter v4.0 (dx9)

This ship was first designed as an atmosphere based fighter, but later retrofitted to operate equally well in space. It has solid acceleration from the rear and from the bottom, and comes with a very healthy amount of guns and a reasonable amount of armor. It isn't a flying brick list most of my heavy armor ships tend to be, so you want to use its capable maneuverability to stay out of direct rocket fire and deliver solid hits of your own.