tl;dr I'm gonna NKato the hell out of this.
At last count I think we had a total of 2 Javelins, maybe 3 or 4 if people are keeping them secret for later use or have just not posted about them. I will grant that having 2 of these ships is a huge thing for us given their requirements but.....we are TEST Squadron....and that just won't fly. Two is not nearly enough to pay back the slightest insult to our Beer should we need to engage in such acts.
So the question becomes: "How do we get more Javelins for the org?"
There are several ways:
Option 3: We locate and scan down every Javelin we can find(shouldn't be too hard with our numbers) using alts as to not arouse suspicion. The scanning of people shouldn't be an issue seeing as how we can scan for cargo so people should be a natural thing. The Javelins we're looking for are lightly crewed, a single player and a bunch of NPCs or a few players and NPCs.
So lets say we find one. Then what? We TEST the hell out of the ship boarding mechanics. A Javelin can not hit small fast targets and all those Redeemers we got will finally come in handy. Prowlers can also be used if they come out before the PU launches but for now Redeemers. We use several fully loaded Redeemers at several points on the ship and breach. Once inside we fight it out and win. Can we win? Yes! Because we'll bring a number of Marines at least 1.5 times theirs.
We'll take the ship back to our hiding place, repair any damage and it will be ours.
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So what is the lesson here because if I thought of this then 5 others will have too. DON"T TAKE YOUR CAPITAL SHIPS OUT ON DAY 1. It is more important to fit and crew them properly for what we will use them for than to take them joyriding and be stolen for us.
After that then we can take them for joyriding. Sound good?
At last count I think we had a total of 2 Javelins, maybe 3 or 4 if people are keeping them secret for later use or have just not posted about them. I will grant that having 2 of these ships is a huge thing for us given their requirements but.....we are TEST Squadron....and that just won't fly. Two is not nearly enough to pay back the slightest insult to our Beer should we need to engage in such acts.
So the question becomes: "How do we get more Javelins for the org?"
There are several ways:
- It has been hinted already that the UEE decommissions these fine ships in a very stripped down state from time to time but probably randomly and with great infrequency.
- It has also been hinted that you can win one as a prize. How? We don't know.
Option 3: We locate and scan down every Javelin we can find(shouldn't be too hard with our numbers) using alts as to not arouse suspicion. The scanning of people shouldn't be an issue seeing as how we can scan for cargo so people should be a natural thing. The Javelins we're looking for are lightly crewed, a single player and a bunch of NPCs or a few players and NPCs.
So lets say we find one. Then what? We TEST the hell out of the ship boarding mechanics. A Javelin can not hit small fast targets and all those Redeemers we got will finally come in handy. Prowlers can also be used if they come out before the PU launches but for now Redeemers. We use several fully loaded Redeemers at several points on the ship and breach. Once inside we fight it out and win. Can we win? Yes! Because we'll bring a number of Marines at least 1.5 times theirs.
We'll take the ship back to our hiding place, repair any damage and it will be ours.
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So what is the lesson here because if I thought of this then 5 others will have too. DON"T TAKE YOUR CAPITAL SHIPS OUT ON DAY 1. It is more important to fit and crew them properly for what we will use them for than to take them joyriding and be stolen for us.
After that then we can take them for joyriding. Sound good?
