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This supports the distinction they've been drawing between "short haul" craft like the Reliant and virtually all the single seat fighters, and long-range craft like the Vanguard (which has beds). I was wondering why they put only one bed in the Redeemer and now I know--they want the spawn...

That is true of almost all martial conflicts. Indeed a snub fighter's best strategy is probably to get in the way without targeting enemies, but rather to just delay the action and reduce fire on the larger ship, while the big guns on the home ship work. The guns on a Carrack, Starfarer or...

Has anyone fit the MXOX LaserGatling as primary on the swivel? I would love to see vid of that baby rocking out. It fires fast, is fast to target, does great damage and should never overheat. It's the perfect primary fighter weapon, except that it won't fit on most fighters.

I like the idea of setting up the Sentinel for exploration and EM Warfare. It's going to be really handy in a serious combat to have at least one ship with powerful active radar, IR and EM sensors, especially if that data can be shipped to comrades. I just don't want to fly it with the guns...

My guess is there will be so much work for Reclaimer crews that you won't need to waste time exploring. You can have the explorers call you when they find something and literally move from job to job. If we can taser pirate groups around comm stations with a Warlock, tractor them into a...

Do you know what the skinny is on swapping out the guns on the Vanguard so you have energy for primary gimbaled, and ballistic for fixed? Would that be your build? I still don't know what the "power limited DPS" means in the chart here...

Yes, and although a base has less flexibility as compared to a refueling ship, it can be hidden. Its pretty hard to hide a Star-G. If you put it inside a base that is different and you might not need to disassemble the ship. Just store it and fly it when the tanks get low. If however we will...

Willing. . .em. . .yeah. Just some people need to be persuaded properly to give us their Carracks, Star-G's and such. I think most of them fly for "The Corporation", those arrogant bastards.

If you buy the packs you can then swap in and out the EM and extra missiles at will, yes? And did you use the nose guns much? I love the look of that bird, and its range and variability with different loads makes it very interesting to me; but I am concerned that the 4 secondaries not be...

You might check into flying a Warden. Last I heard was that it flies terribly, and no one knows if it will be fixed. If it really is as sluggish as it sounds, and those fixed S2's can't be put on smaller targets, that would mean its role is hugely reduced. I suggest ask around and see what...

This above is awesome! Adrian is my kind of player! He obviously knows what is important to making his exploration a success. I totally love that he has integrated what we know about stealth and EWarfare. And just noting, if you love the exploration dynamic but can't commit to daily play...

It depends whether you can scan while moving. If you can, a fast ship with a good range can often scan larger amounts of space in a given time than a slower ship that scans a larger area. You want to optimize based on the precise game dynamic and we don't know what it will be yet, but speed is...

Well the thing is really you want other people, people you don't know; to sacrifice their ships to this endeavor.

Agreed. The same will be true if someone tries to push their views about abortion or drug use--it does not belong. This has nothing to do with people being able to "handle civil discussion". Everyone who viewed this thread and thought it belonged before the stir, was wrong to leave it in the...

Do you apply this kind of sensibility to all human history or just the bits you don't like? I am just wondering what they teach in schools these days. So you don't believe in studying history at all?

I was thinking about this last night and wondered how this might relate to the notion of building secret bases. I did this in SW Combine for several years and it can be fun, as well as fantastically useful. If for example you want to explore Krell space, you might first build a hidden asteroid...

I think you'v got it backward. It is not until recent history that such obviously deficient behavior had the sympathy of sufficient portions of society, that they were even considered for conversation. When someone starts a thread in a gaming forum, presuming that people will agree or shut up...

I'm waiting for scan stats for making any decision here. I did a ton of exploration with Ailon Nova Guard and I know that a large scan radius is super worthwhile, as is a good top speed if you can scan at that speed. I'm not sure the ships smaller than a Lancer will scan enough area to make...

Has anyone tried to put the Warlock package onto a Titan, or the tractor beam onto the Reliant? Last I saw both wingtip ports on the Kore were for equipment only, so no weapons. I am supposing this is one thing different with the Tana, and I am still daring to hope there will be a Reliant...

I think the mods are probably going to be limited by what ports show up on the ship. So only weapons ports can take weapons, you need an equipment port for various sorts of equipment, etc. This has me worried, since I want to put the Warlock's EMP Generator in the back of a Reliant, but there...