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Yup. And tanks are most often the ones who survive. It really depends upon your flying style, and what the consequences of death are. In the PU, people are going to choose tanks who would otherwise prefer a glass cannon, just because the PU will punish us when we die whereas most of the rest...

I am curious what sorts of ranges you find you need the swivel gun. If they are very close, a pair of Pyros might work well, and then you have protection from incoming missiles, which seems a good way to kill Vanguard. I still have seen nothing of shooting down missiles with Pyros.

So you are flying the big chin gun on the Vanguard on the swivel? How is that working for you? I have long thought that would be key to overcoming the lack of maneuverability the true dog-fighters have.

You can likewise run the formula in reverse. The current turret has 4, S3 weapons. Reducing them to 2 weapons should add a size, making them S4. Reducing to one weapon should add a size making it S5. Fixing the weapon should add a size, making it S6. Also they said originally there is a...

It is fantastically annoying to me that CIG can't manage to be clear and consistent with the gun mounts for various ships. We really don't know for sure what the turret is. S5 sounds right if you subtract one for each step in number weapons, but they have been anything other than consistent...

Yes, the Terrapin will fit in the Polaris. Most have been wondering about the Carrack. The Hornet will not fit in the Carrack, but the Hurricane might.

It is 2/3 the width and 2/3 the mass of a Hornet. It is much smaller and harder to hit. This might fit into a Carrack. It also should be easier to hide on sensors than a Hornet. With a smallish reactor and 6 Pyrobursts mounted, this thing is from the gates of Hell itself. With the top turret...

Just as importantly as the length, the Hurricane is 2/3 the width and 2/3 the mass of the Hornet. It uses TR1 maneuver instead of the Hornet's TR2, and TR2 main engines instead of the Hornet's TR4. It may be as nimble but will not be as quick. What it will probably be is even more stealthy...

I'd say it is the prettiest ship since the Sabre. Except of course the Polaris, which shall ever be the prettiest ship.

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/pledge/ships/hurricane/Hurricane Well, first thing to note is with a pair of S4 guns up front, you already have as much firepower at the pilot's command as any other ship I can think of. Fitted with a pair of BEHR C788 Ballistic Cannons, anything you can hit...

I have not heard anything about quad mounts, but have been hoping for this from the start. Does anyone have any detail about this? Is it a real thing? Is it just for turrets, or is there a possibility we will be able to mount quad S1s into larger gimbals like those on the Prowler? Will we be...

Great stuff. I am curious as one who has never flown any SC craft (no machine at present) why the coordinate system seems to be so skewed. The 360/00 radial coordinates are normally at top center, and here they are just off the 3 o'clock position to be annoying. Is this how people see...

Skip the first 9m40S. View: https://www.facebook.com/NASA/videos/10154931630556772/

View: https://youtu.be/-ERj_2AeHBo

If they cover the costs of everything uninsured, I can't see how it would be much concern. Suppose they paid you the costs of all weapons up front? Would you not then have no risk?

Is this a place to make a plug for the notion of the folks here to loan their ships to others who can't afford what they'd like to fly? Seems like a great team-building exercise to me. Lots of us have way more ships than we can field. If there is someone flying an Aurora or Mustang and your...

One of the issues that it seems no one has faced yet in combat, is the whole sub-category of situations that arise with long range scanners, especially from larger ships or specially designed ships like the Space Turtle. When you can sense or be sensed by an enemy while still outside their scan...

At SWC there was talk of someone putting together a personal jump calculator, which would do the precise calculations for you, so that if you wanted to go to a specific set of coordinates in deep space, it would give you the exact heading, and time that you should be in flight, so you could exit...

That was a great explanation, but I want to be clear--there is still no way for the pilot to enter the coordinates of the location you want to jump to, so you cannot do what I described above? Your friend can give you the coordinates where he is, but you cannot simply enter them into your...

Or take work flying escort for a group who can supply you with fuel for the trip. Even if you cannot refuel in space like off a StarG with a refueling probe, you can refuel anything that will fit in a Polaris, for exmaple; and so an make much longer trips. Any movement of an Idris would be the...