Once the cargo ship's spilled all its goodies out into space, why would we want them hanging about? Additionally, could be used to exert pressure on people in space we don't want them to be, without having to commit enough of a force to actually defeat them in open combat.
This is known as ' Get the fuck off my lawn' and relies on the ability to resupply a ship via EVA.
Eclipse squadron encounters enemy convoy, engages from stealth, dropping an alpha of 4 torps into their cargo shipping, keeping up a reasonable hail of torpedoes from random attack angles...
I'd have to go with some kind of R&R refit Endeavor - Landing bay, Storage pod and Service pod. Park it out in deep space and run it low power, or leave it near a station in inhabited space and offer a repair service out of it while you're not home.
Optimal escort is probably something with good range and respectable firepower - able to engage and then return to escort with potentially significant battle damage. I'd probably say something like a Vanguard.
I'm seeing a very 'Capacitor banks at 65% and falling captain' situation here - Which is good. Brings meaningful gameplay into power management and systems management - crews balancing their very limited power output among systems, dipping into capacitor reserves where necessary, and maybe some...
Welp, offline for five days while i moved house. Got back to the office, and finally managed to check the forums.
Sudden urge to wander the PU searching for snowflakes to trigger.
Surely There's gonna be missions that pay out enough to justify throwing that much ordnance down range?
Or is my entire profit margin going up in smoke if i miss the first shot? :D
Fully up for massed wings of stealth bombers.
Blotting out the sun with S9's from nowhere.
Like, what's the max player number in the PU at the moment?
That X 3.
Many dakka.