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  1. Richard Bong

    Banu Defender, good fit for bounty hunting?

    Note the word should. There isn't really a way to check, especially since the modules can't work in the current Tali. Unlike the Vanguard, the front Tali module is rounded so would have go out the front or back. Also with the current placement of the gear, all loading/unloading of both bays is...
  2. Richard Bong

    Banu Defender, good fit for bounty hunting?

    1 SCU is 1.25 meters by 1.25 meters by 1.25 meters. A Box you find at a wreck is half that, iirc.
  3. Richard Bong

    Banu Defender, good fit for bounty hunting?

    I am not sure about how soon the Sentinel is planned to be out, since the Vanguard was sent, along with the 300 series, all the way back to the beginning of the Ship pipeline.
  4. Richard Bong

    Banu Defender, good fit for bounty hunting?

    The Sentinel, plus a Warden BUK, is my third ship. :) That gives me quite a few options both for escorting my other half and to support Org Operations. It also gives off a P38 vibe hence my choice for a name. :)
  5. Richard Bong

    Banu Defender, good fit for bounty hunting?

    The Tali and Connie are the same size and have about the same performance. They are both also supposed to be fairly common. The Connie has better firepower, when the Tali is not equipped as a bomber, and requires less crew to fully man. I really tried to like the Connie, especially since it is...
  6. Richard Bong

    Any idea if/when we will be able to get a Polaris corvette?

    Ah, but, for example, I wanted my Retaliator with LTI, so I took a Nox 2 pack, with LTI, and upgraded the Nox Kue to a Retaliator, and the other Nox in the pack to a Vanguard. Now both ships have LTI. It is the other way to think about buying ships. So if you bought a Polaris in the most...
  7. Richard Bong

    TEST Penguin, BEST Penguin

    Love the ship, but not the color scheme. I intend to slap the Military skin on it, unless there is a test skin, so it matches more closely, my Vanguard and my Retaliator.
  8. Richard Bong

    TEST Penguin, BEST Penguin

    This! Exactly this.
  9. Richard Bong

    Banu Defender, good fit for bounty hunting?

    Drake ships in general feel less spaceworthy than a World War 2 aircraft to me. :) Drake ships, to me are too blocky, as well. Those are the aesthetic reasons. The only Drake item I like the look of is the Dragonfly. :) It isn't that the ship can't do the job, it is just that I don't like it...
  10. Richard Bong

    Banu Defender, good fit for bounty hunting?

    I am seeing a bunch of wasted space in the Defender, but I am not seeing enough space to properly secure a bounty. The most important factor is how well do you like the ship. It is all about how you feel about the aesthetics. If you don't like the look of the ship, you won't be happy with it...
  11. Richard Bong

    New subscriber benefit

    I am not all that impressed with second and third wave PTU or release either though. :)
  12. Richard Bong

    Any idea if/when we will be able to get a Polaris corvette?

    It is as close to a Polaris that you can currently buy and fly.
  13. Richard Bong

    Any idea if/when we will be able to get a Polaris corvette?

    Back to the OP The Polaris is unlikely to be available from CIG before the next anniversary sale. (Though you can purchase it Gray Market.) The Retaliator serves a similar role at a lower price and is flyable now. If you are a Subscriber it is also available now. My recommendation is that If...
  14. Richard Bong

    Any idea if/when we will be able to get a Polaris corvette?

    A Javelin carries a Platoon of Marines, IIRC. A Platoon of Marines requires 4, rough guess it could be 5, Hoplites to deploy to the target. Boarding your dropships is easier in a Hangar than through EVA. Land a Hoplite, load your marines take off, land the next Hoplite, etc. One other thing...
  15. Richard Bong

    Any idea if/when we will be able to get a Polaris corvette?

    The point is that a Hoplite doesn't fit in the Polaris Hangar. A Sabre is about as big as it gets.
  16. Richard Bong

    Any idea if/when we will be able to get a Polaris corvette?

    Official word is a Sabre will fit, barely. If you want to carry a Hoplite, you need a Javelin.
  17. Richard Bong

    Avenger rework

    BTW Beer is not the answer. Beer is the question. Yes is the answer.
  18. Richard Bong

    Avenger rework

    As a police/bounty hunter ship it needs a weapons rack and a locker to change into body armor or civies. Remember nothing more than a side arm and a flight suit in the pilot seat. :slight_smile: Because of that most of us are going to be going out the ramp not through the cockpit anyway...
  19. Richard Bong

    Clive Johnson CIG dispel some myths that get repeated quite a lot...

    And that is just part of what should be going on. Like I said, CIG drives me nuts on this. My favorite is getting smacked by bugs I watched them fix on bug smashers.
  20. Richard Bong

    Clive Johnson CIG dispel some myths that get repeated quite a lot...

    I did 3D Graphics Software QA for 9 years. Their QA and release process drives me absolutely nuts. Especially since the servers are not the same and they still haven't figured that they have to test on both production and dev, not just dev. So yes, I feel your pain. LOL
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