Banshee is a tier 14 destroyer used by the Fringe Systems Resistance.
Banshee is an unusual ship with an extremely long design that includes multiple smaller cockpits and reactors spread along the ship instead of a few large ones. This means that careless usage of weapons, especially ions, can cause Banshee to split into smaller sections which will continue to attempt to ram you, which can be quite difficult to deal with. Banshee is fast, but not particularly fast, so a kiting ship that can go over 90m/s backwards can easily and safely defeat it. If meeting the ship head-on, properly defended sides are crucial, as Banshee's extreme width will allow it to simultaneously fire at both of your flanks and your front at point-blank range. Armor is a most effective defense as Banshee's large and spread out weapon placement prevents it from boring a singular hole through armor and instead forces it to try and wear down all of your armor at once.
As its armor is spread thin and much of its surface is covered with large cannons, deck cannons will be effective weapons, especially as they are easy to protect. Missiles are not recommended as Banshee's eight flak batteries will shoot them down. Ions are not effective, as they will need to bore through the armor of each segment of Banshee at a time, and fixed ions will be unable to effectively fight back after splitting Banshee in half.
