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So long as it's fast, yeah. The Redeemer should make a great BH ship if it has good range. The Prowler might make a decent BH ship, depending upon range and what pipes go to that upper room.The Avenger and Cutlass both look like they are going to be short range. That could cause serious...

That is another reason discriminating hunters will choose the 600i. One hopes in Void Armor it will be able to approach many ships with S1 scan to within 5 km, and that would place them at the mercy of 6 S4 Ballistic Cannons doing more than 7,000 DPS. Most small ships would just disintegrate...

If you or I were actually living on a ship, we might well want a lounge, but we don't need to be much concerned with the creature comforts of digital characters. Rather, the scan station means enhanced ability to see--which is EVERYTHING in space. I think people routinely misunderstand how...

I have been thinking on the whole Bounty Hunter role since the 600i came out. Especially the Explorer package. . .with an Ursa and a pair of X1 Force bikes, a team of 5 could have huge advantages on the surface or in space. We don't know what these ships will be like yet, but it looks to me...

It's a glass cannon. If you like to fly defensive it ought to rock. I wanna see it in Void Armor wearing all ballistic and low power reactor for tiny sig. 2XS4 Ballistic Cannons and 4X S3 Pyros, and it would be an unholy terror appearing from nowhere. Replace the turret with a Tracker module...

Just be aware that the pre-2.6 data on weapons had the Jokers create an intense power drain and overheat quickly, some ships won't be able to load 8 of them and those that can could be left with nothing but insults and nasty language to throw after about 3 seconds.

Could be. I don't recall. I know they heralded the Sabre as a superiority fighter, whereas the Hornet is a Multi-role fighter--kinda the same distinction between the F-15 (former) and F-18 (later). The F-8 is definitely a superiority fighter, and it would kick the Sabre's ass if it handles...

I don't understand this portion of the page at all. There are no gimbals listed. Did they start calling gimbals turrets or weapons (dopey designation)? IIRC, the caterpillar had 4 gimbals, 2 turrets and no fixed mounts (which is good for a ship that size). Now it says it has 4 "weapons" and...

I'm not sure they're generators. They're listed in the pylon row (the one above Utility so could just be a typo). Could be they are some type of missile, but it would explain the lack of other weapons if they are true reusable generators and a stealth Warlock sounds killer. I am still hoping...

Yeah, I remember them stroking the fact it had an S4 mount and played with the notion of its own interdiction weapon. Now the mount is gone and it has a turret? It's max one crew. Why give it a turret, unless they want to make it modular like the Hornet and you can then fit various loadouts...

Dunno what that is.

The new ships page is wonderful. Even if they change the rotation and acceleration stats, we now can look at real raw numbers and compare. Look at the Herald stats and you'll see why it is what it is. So early finds. . .look at the Reliant! The thing that killed the Reliant for me was the...

. . .changes from the new ships page: They now officially have 3 different types of weapons fitted to the 4 fixed S2 slots on the nose, so now you can choose at the least between MVSA laser, Ballistic and an unannounced and unseen S2 "distortion repeater" on the Sentinel. Means we should see...

. . .is lighter than the other Sabres, and less maneuverable. Larger (medium size) quantum fuel tank instead of small. It has only one main thruster instead of two. Half as many guns and spike missiles. Supposed to be the stealth version but I think it sacrificed too much. need to see it...

Given the size of the 'verse, I can't imagine needing more than one of these things. If most of TEST took turns on shifts each month we could keep it running non-stop for years. I would just remind again though, it is not a "colonizer". It builds bases. There is a big difference. The single...

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I think the Tally turrets will fit twin Pyros, and I still hope they can shoot down incoming missiles and torps. Would be good to find out. Could take just one turret to give that ship fabulous anti-missile capability.

The Hoplite has a wider bay door so the frame is different from the other variants and it cannot be swapped into them nor they into it. I hope this changes and they just go with the wider Hoplite frame for all 4 variants but no mention of this as a possibility yet. Will probably never happen...

IIUC, you cannot reconfigure to the Hoplite--it requires you buy that variant. I wish it were not so, but I think the official word on that bird is because it requires a larger bay door, it uses a different frame, which means it cannot be turned into a Warden, Sentinel nor Harbinger, and they...