Blacksmith is a tier 9 corvette used by the Fringe Systems Resistance.
Blacksmith is one of the more dangerous ships in its tier due to its powerful weapons and surprising durability. Head-on assault is inadvisable unless you are using a type of weapon you can easily cover in thick amounts of armor, such as deck cannons or ions. It is especially dangerous against ships with shields due to its four disruptors, and even the sheer damage output of its ten large cannons alone can easily overwhelm them.
The best strategy to deal with this ship is to avoid playing fair. Long-range weapons to kite it are a good idea, but in particular its control room is completely exposed to an attack from behind, so even the weakest flanker can destroy it with a well-placed shot. While point defense is usually effective against ships that rely on cannons, the sheer quantity of shots from Blacksmith will easily overwhelm them, and flak is better for firing at Blacksmith itself.
