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Crichten writes one post and suddenly we go from 57 to 67. I don't think we will have trouble finding folks to pira. . .em. . .sail with.

I would bet they nerf the Blue in some way so that the Black keeps its place as the standard Cutty. If you can't remove the stasis pods, the Black will be the main choice. That is my bet. This would make the Blue great for bounty hunting and not much else. They want the Black as the...

You need to decide what you want to do before you consider what is an effective way to do it. Certainly there are plenty of people here who will loan you a powerful and capable ship once you decide how you want to spend your time. You don't need to buy ships. You need to connect with players...

We have the same curiosities. It will be great to see how they work it out. Certainly if we can link to spawn in any given bed, that would explain why ships like the Redeemer don't have as many berths as crew. What happens when ships are linked together in small fleets, and whether a bed on a...

There is also the extra-communal, anti-humanist, belligerent fee owed by The Outsiders on Leir, for turning their backs on humanity. Word is they are storing several Polaris in order to pay their fees to the appropriate folks carrying official letters of mark, or maybe unoffical letters.

It is doubtful that everyone who has asked to be on the list will be available to actually join a group once this type of group play is enabled. It is still worth noting we currently have 57 people on the list. If 15 of them are available in the same time frame, that is a good sized group. It...

IIUC, the bed allows you to respawn in situ. so for example, if you are on a mission to take a Polaris intact, and have a wing of 6 Vanguard acting together, you probably want one Warden in the mix. If one of your Master Sargents who are running the assault teams dies, you want him to respawn...

My take on a ground assault package is that the things needed are in order: troop transport capability, very heavy shields, bottom facing turrets or lesser alternative is chin mounts that can target ground assets. This said it is good to note three issues that are important to me. First, in...

If you try to do everything, you can indeed do it all, but will do it poorly at best. I suggest plan around you main interest and fit other activities in as side ventures. Remember you can borrow ships from friends, so you don't need a Prospector to try prospecting, and the game is full of...

I'm not sure why I am not getting an image I can post or even DL. IMHO, the real trick to designing fleet engagements is to not use more assets for any one task than are necessary. You want to build in reserves in case something goes wrong, but your reserves can't be particularly large or...

Perfect partner for the Prowler.

I think if you compare the Aquilla to the Max, you will find there is almost no comparison. Yeah, the Aquilla will be easier to hit in a fight, but it rules over the Max in every other category, save that it cannot fit through the smallest wormholes. If you have a serious interest in...

Can someone point me to where there are statements about what ordinance an Eclipse can carry? How many of what size torps and missiles? BTW, the componests spreadsheet has been updated. Apart from the 100+ changes in the missile page, they removed the entire column for distortion damage...

That is the profile of an information merchant--someone who stalks the hangouts, identifying movement patterns and partnerships, who is actually "growing" in a significant sense as he adds to his network of information conduits. You fit the profile of a covert agent, and there is a LOT more...

The StarG is a great option, in that it can refuel escorts, so you can pick anything that can refuel in space. We don't know how many fighters that includes, but it will include the Tana at the least, and half dozen Tana loaded for bear even in the hands of NPCs would form quite a deterrent...

I don't think we know enough about the big ships to make good decisions about them yet, but my guess is the Idris will require about twice as many players as the Polaris. So to me the question comes, which are you better off with, a single Idris M or a pair of Polaris? I think the pair of...

No ship without escort is safe. The guns and turrets on Lancers only make you feel safe, but Lancers are flying targets, and IMHO you should never fly one without escort outside UEE space, or even in UEE space where there are pirates. If what you want is a mix between exploration and freight...

The Warden has a bed. You cannot re-spawn in-situ without one. The Harbinger has room for more and larger missiles than any of the others. The Hoplite carries boarding troops none of the others can carry. The Sentinel carries EM warfare gear that is unavailable to almost all other craft. If...

Swapping the Avengers for more Vanguards would be attractive to me. I am hoping to own an entire wing of Vangaurd, including all 4 variants. I think you can fly sweet missions, even if you have to pay NPC pilots. Trouble is, when you spend that kind of money you can just buy a Polaris, and...

Keep in mind there will be at least three different kinds of sensors, maybe more, and at least three different sizes with very different ranges. It will probably take more than a dozen Reliants to replace a single Carrack, and most craft can't mount the sensors necessary to exploration at all.