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  1. Richard Bong

    Distance is its own reward

    Two more tips I have found helpful. If you are interdicted as soon as you hit normal space, hit F2, set your route and hit F1. This facilitates running away. If you are interdicted at less than, about, a million km from Arc Corp or Hurston, it will not let you resume your trip unless you jump...
  2. Richard Bong

    If its red its dead

    Those Size 9 torps are really OP for the typical target in the current PU. They don't have, quite, enough boom for their final intended target. When you care enough to send the very best, say it with Argos.
  3. Richard Bong

    Distance is its own reward

    There is a reason the Vanguard line is my go to ship. Less quantum travel time, less fueling and less issues with pirates. In fact it is why I am considering two of them. :) My Retaliator is for flying with friends and my Avenger is for the local stuff either at start or once I get there. :)...
  4. Richard Bong

    What do you look for in SC spaceships these days?

    I have, though it has been a while. And the visibility from the wheelhouse is exactly what the Freelancer and Starfarer remind me of.
  5. Richard Bong

    What do you look for in SC spaceships these days?

    My Retaliator has always been PT-73. I just need to be able to change the number on the hull. :)
  6. Richard Bong

    What do you look for in SC spaceships these days?

    Damn it! I may have come up with the answer to my Vanguard Sentinel + Warden BUK issue. The modularity is supposed to go across all 4 Vanguards now. It also covers what to do with my Gladius. Gladius to Hoplite. Stealthy Vanguard, Fighter Vanguard, mix and match.
  7. Richard Bong

    What do you look for in SC spaceships these days?

    Retaliator and, hopefully, Warden for me. The question is what to do with my Gladius. ;)
  8. Richard Bong

    What do you look for in SC spaceships these days?

    I can't get over the C-47 held together with 100 MPH tape vibe I get off the Cutlass and Caterpillar.
  9. Richard Bong

    What do you look for in SC spaceships these days?

    Also sounds profitable. However if you have someplace to be, stopping might not be in your best interest.
  10. Richard Bong

    What do you look for in SC spaceships these days?

    It is a WWII Battleship wheel house, with less visibility. :)
  11. Richard Bong

    What do you look for in SC spaceships these days?

    View: https://youtu.be/3T3MgIRUwj0
  12. Richard Bong

    What do you look for in SC spaceships these days?

    The one thing not mentioned so far is the view. What good is travelling through space if you can't see it. The Connie may be boring, but you won't get lost in it. The exterior looks like someone threw up a box of greebles all over it. But the obstructed view, absolutely kills it for me. The...
  13. Richard Bong

    What kind of range does the Mantis have?

    So it is yet another carrier bird. Thanks guys.
  14. Richard Bong

    What kind of range does the Mantis have?

    The specs make it seem rather short ranged. How many round trips can it make from Olisar to Area 18?
  15. Richard Bong

    the Sentinel

    The difference between the "BUK" and the Combination Kits they have become is that it is no longer a one click swap and nomenclature.
  16. Richard Bong

    F7C-M SH and F7C Hornet Question

    I am only keeping one, the Gladius is a place holder for something else while I keep my Penguin.
  17. Richard Bong

    F7C-M SH and F7C Hornet Question

    My better half still has a Super Hornet. Like you, I also upgraded to the Vanguard. I have a strange feeling that the Carrier birds, like the Hornet, are going to be less sought after after once the Nyx, or other system on the other side of Pyro is added to the PU. Carrier birds have enough...
  18. Richard Bong

    F7C-M SH and F7C Hornet Question

    There are a few reasons for that back seat. A second ship is not always better or even a good idea. The brochure even mentions a lockdown mode for carrying bounties.
  19. Richard Bong

    Vanguard is a beast of a tank

    Since they are now covered by the ship's insurance, I pull the Revenant from the warden, put it on my Avenger Titan, pull the GT 220 from the Gladius and put it and the nose GT220 on the Titan's wings. I use the Titan to play courier for a couple of hours, the put a CF-557 and the new laser...
  20. Richard Bong

    the Sentinel

    Oh, the speeds are based on running the same components. Running the stock stealrh components rhe Sentinel is slower than the Warden and Hoplite.
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