I’ve wanted to revisit this ship since she had her SCM speed increased. It was always the Retaliator’s dreadful combat speed that put me off her. I can clearly recall from my first days in the game, falling in love with what reminded me of the B1 bomber, or “Bone”, which she is clearly modeled after. She’s half Bone and half Seaview.
The Tally’s SCM has been brought up to 200, and her NAV to 1,000. So she is now a competitive warship. She has several other things changed, chief amongst them probably, that she has 6 S2 shields. Also of key note is that unlike almost all other ships in her size class that have 16k IR signature, she projects only 12k. Count me interested.
I like stealth and I love Sukoran shields, because they require much less power, generate much less signature, and partially block ballistics. Turns out having at least a single Sukoran onboard has interesting outcomes.
Let’s suppose for a moment that the current narrative is true and when armor is a thing, it will bring with it the Void Armor option, that provides -40% EM, IR and RCS signatures, just as in the Sabres, Ghost Hornet, etc. You equip that, and make flying with all weapons, and 5 of the 6 shields off, and your stealth switch on, your Standard Operating Procedure. That should give you EM and IR signatures of just 8k. That’s a really great sig for such a large ship, especially with a ballistic blocking shield running, and entirely because of your stock 12k IR.
That makes every form of the Tally stand out. What are there, 6 different combinations of modules? Combined with 6 shields and 5 turrets? And torps. And Titansuits. And living quarters. And VTOL.
The refresh rate on 6 shields must make it our best Close Air Support platform.
Unconfirmed, but spviewer says the manned turrets can be replaced by the X85 twin S2 remote turret, which would hand it off to pilot control. If that’s true and you replaced three of them, the pilot would have say, 6 Attrition 2 with ~3,000 dps.
Definitely worth checking. Don’t neglect to check out the gold pass updated ship sounds. Bangin’!
The Tally’s SCM has been brought up to 200, and her NAV to 1,000. So she is now a competitive warship. She has several other things changed, chief amongst them probably, that she has 6 S2 shields. Also of key note is that unlike almost all other ships in her size class that have 16k IR signature, she projects only 12k. Count me interested.
I like stealth and I love Sukoran shields, because they require much less power, generate much less signature, and partially block ballistics. Turns out having at least a single Sukoran onboard has interesting outcomes.
Let’s suppose for a moment that the current narrative is true and when armor is a thing, it will bring with it the Void Armor option, that provides -40% EM, IR and RCS signatures, just as in the Sabres, Ghost Hornet, etc. You equip that, and make flying with all weapons, and 5 of the 6 shields off, and your stealth switch on, your Standard Operating Procedure. That should give you EM and IR signatures of just 8k. That’s a really great sig for such a large ship, especially with a ballistic blocking shield running, and entirely because of your stock 12k IR.
That makes every form of the Tally stand out. What are there, 6 different combinations of modules? Combined with 6 shields and 5 turrets? And torps. And Titansuits. And living quarters. And VTOL.
The refresh rate on 6 shields must make it our best Close Air Support platform.
Unconfirmed, but spviewer says the manned turrets can be replaced by the X85 twin S2 remote turret, which would hand it off to pilot control. If that’s true and you replaced three of them, the pilot would have say, 6 Attrition 2 with ~3,000 dps.
Definitely worth checking. Don’t neglect to check out the gold pass updated ship sounds. Bangin’!
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