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I think for this role you may be better off with a Talon Shrike, firing missiles. Even though the Shrike only has 2 launchers, they're S3, so you get impressive range. It's certainly quiet enough no one is going to see you out at 9 km or so. 12 shots, ~ 9k damage each. No sighting trail back...

Yeah, your use for the ship was my first question. You did grab my interest though so i pulled up erkul and looked at the numbers. They're pretty surprising. I have not found any configuration with IR so low as you're suggesting. However, with all stealth grade A components and a pair of...

I just got the five year warning a couple days ago. Time sure flies. Seems like just last month I was sticking the cool bannana seat on my stingray.

Yes. The moment you introduce a "duty cycle" of any kind, the Ion suddenly towers. With such a high refresh rate, so long as it can retreat out of a fire arc or damage zone in any way, it can fight indefinitely.

Actually no. Coolers are not intended to affect weapons shutdown from overheating. The issue with stealth coolers is they lower the ship's running temp significantly over other coolers, and do so without creating much EM. There are however ways to improve the cooling rate as opposed to the...

Keep in mind that the culture war is not a battle between equally vested opponents. The Right are Traditionalists who look at the glass as half full, while Progressives on the Left see it as half empty. The result of course is that the Right is centered on preserving tradition, not pressing...

Yes but keep in mind the issue is not can you hit a distant target, but how often can you hit a distant target. An Ion with an FR-76 and two Sukoran has a shield refresh of 1,148/s and a total shield strength of 101,713 pts, and the shield blocks all incoming ballistic damage, so there's no way...

I think this is the very thing that may be changing, result of several influences. First of all, the General Public punished Disney for the way they dishonored Luke. That was Kathleen Kennedy's work, and was a quite deliberate smack at "the patriarchy". The public was not amused by her hatred...

I think it will be great for ripping into Vanduul Kingships! I can't think of a better cap ship attack platform, as they're going to be very hard to hit from distance. The current stats for the Behring M9A laser cannon are 4583 dps, and even if that changes, this is a ship meant for just one...

I agree, but had I plunked down cash for a BMM years ago, I'd be pissed.

I think when players see the rotation and acceleration numbers they're going to be disappointed. I suspect they'll be about the same as the Connie--no good for dogfighting. However, for its intended role of attacking cap ships it will indeed be an awesome ship. For once I'm onboard with the...

Your estimate looks spot on to me.

I'm wondering if it can grab things other than the five storage pods. If it could grab a Ballista and deliver it, that is worth writing home about.

Is anyone else annoyed we keep getting ships rushed through the pipeline while we still have no Taurus, no BMM, no Polaris, no X1, no Vanguard or Tally modules, no Redeemer? I'm annoyed. I need beer.

Welcome to TEST! If you like combat but not PVP so much, keep an eye out for developments in the Sons of Orion missions storyline. That's were we get to murderlate Vanduul, may they forever be cursed to drink only warm, stale beer, with slugs and slime, while wearing shoes two sizes too small...

You understand, the moment you ping you're on everyone's radar. There's no such thing as stealth when you use active radar. As to camping and pad crashing, there are no fixes for that, stealth or not.

It's a woke thing. The general public has ignored Hollywood's penchant to display the very worst behavior of the broader culture for many decades. We look to Hollywood for decadence, and don't much care that they're left or right. They're entertainers, not philosophers. However, woke values...

Criminal charges for Faucci? Lying to congress is perjury. This guy needs a vacation at FCI Petersburg. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBEECclSJ7s

A lot of people pretty much hate Brie Larson, not just because she's allegedly threatened to quit Star Wars unless she gets much more screen time than Kathleen Kennedy planned, but because they hate the notion that Kennedy was going to turn her into a Jedi-god by making her the most powerful...

Ah, yes, my mistake; vadahar has it correct. 0.25 for vehicle size radar, 0.5 for small, 0.75 for medium, all observed accurate at this time, and 1.0 for large, 1.5 for cap size expected in the future but not observed. So an 8,000 IR is observable by a small ship at 4 km, not 2. And...