I came up with an idea to make the TPG Test Pilot mission worth doing again. Make a new variant of the TPG Raptor ship

Proposed specs and comparison to Raptor MKII in braces:

Name: TPG Raptor Type-X (Experimental All-Weather Fighter)
Level: 8/8/-/-/- [4/4/-/-/-]
Armor: 8500 [8500]
Cargo: 6 [8]
Weapons: 2s ports [2s ports]
Mass: 4000kg [3900kg]
Length: 17m [17m]
Thrust: 220N [215N]
Turbo Thrust: 300N [300N]
Max Speed: 65m/s [60m/s]
Spin Torque: 8.5Nm [8.5Nm]
Turbo Speed: 220m/s [220m/s]
Turbo Energy: 60/s [57/s]
Features:
Integrated Storm Radar Extender(1500m) [Same]
*** Radar Stealth Cloaking (Invisible on radar beyond 750m) [New]

Also, make it expensive, like the Valk X-1. 60k-80k credits

That's my 2 credits. :)
(edit: set radar cloaking down to 750m like i originally wanted to)

Give it L-ports and it's perfect.

A STEALTH ship surely deserves a better name than Type-X, and already too many X-ships in game. we need a better name, as Blackbird, Shadow, Ghost...?

it would get my vote if you reduce cargo to 4, and increase weight to 4200. It has increased features...

reduce cargo to 4 or even 2. add one L port. Keep the rest the same

I like it, but I'd prefer it if the current Raptors had 2 L-ports rather than 2 S-ports, instead of adding a new variant. ;)

Some would argue the Raptor already handles terrible. Heck, some players even call it the "Craptor." Making it heavier would just make it handle worse, and with no cargo hold, hardly any armor, and lousy weapons capacity. Even being under the radar wouldn't give you any good advantages.

The idea here is to make a variant that players will actually want to use and pay upwards of 80k credits for.

I figured "Type-X" would be fitting, since TPG uses that for it's elite variants of other ships. A name's just a name though. You could call it the Screech Owl if you wanted to...

2 x L-ports would be kickass. Let's throw that one in there too :)

the biggest problem I can see with a small relatively agile ship with 2L ports is a raptor with twin megaposis.

Large Ports aren't heavier in any way. Hell, the sunflare is 1500 kg while jack is 1200 kg.

A twin megaposi raptor wouldn't unbalance it. It would still be a craptor in all other dimensions... with that massive profile and super low cruise speed and all.

Edit: oh yeah, I'd prefer a buff for current variants of raptors than a new variant altogether

The craptor is and likely always will be a magnet for anything with a prox fuse. There isnt much you could do to unbalance it (in a way that makes it superior to anything) as it is already unbalanced as it is the worst ship in the game.

But, +1 cause stealth is cool