I'm participating in this weeks CG. My first.
I've encountered pirates on a few delivery runs. They might have bin Griefers/Gankers, don't know.
All the same, they killed me with ease after pulling me from super cruise. My ship went insta-puff.
This is not a surprise to me, since at one occasion I saw it was a Fer-de-Lance and I'm flying a T-9. Fighter vs Hauler.
It made me wonder. How is it possible for a Fer-de-Lance weighing 282 tonnes fully loaded (Hull mass + Full cargo + Fuel) compared to my T-9 weighing 1262 tonnes (Hull mass + Full cargo + Fuel) to bring my mass to drop out of super cruise. I represent 5 times his mass.
Bringing the T-9 to a hold, should take a huge toe on the pirates fuel.
Maybe it should take 3 Fer-de-Lance to bring a T-9 out of super cruise.
The fact that he/she can pull me out of super cruise and make me drop into normal propulsion is a bit of a mystery to me. This in my mind equals me being able to stop an elephant by grabbing its tale and by assuming a firm stance, bringing it to stop.
In my mind the Fer-de-lance should at best be able to slow the T-9 down to low-speed super cruise, a speed where the attacker is able to deploy hard points and attack. But the pirate would have to switch between slowing the T-9 down and attacking.
This could benefit a skilled pilot who would force the pirate to consider whether he/she is able to stop the boat before running out of fuel.
The pirates would risk being stranded at the freighters mercy.
I would ram the
Maybe a new module for freighters. A module that could hold 10% off the total ship mass in ice. This module should be assigned to a fire group allowing the pilot to dump a block of ice (loss weight instantly) during interdiction, giving a boost out of the tube.
Maybe this would even the playing field a bit?
I've encountered pirates on a few delivery runs. They might have bin Griefers/Gankers, don't know.
All the same, they killed me with ease after pulling me from super cruise. My ship went insta-puff.
This is not a surprise to me, since at one occasion I saw it was a Fer-de-Lance and I'm flying a T-9. Fighter vs Hauler.
It made me wonder. How is it possible for a Fer-de-Lance weighing 282 tonnes fully loaded (Hull mass + Full cargo + Fuel) compared to my T-9 weighing 1262 tonnes (Hull mass + Full cargo + Fuel) to bring my mass to drop out of super cruise. I represent 5 times his mass.
Bringing the T-9 to a hold, should take a huge toe on the pirates fuel.
Maybe it should take 3 Fer-de-Lance to bring a T-9 out of super cruise.
The fact that he/she can pull me out of super cruise and make me drop into normal propulsion is a bit of a mystery to me. This in my mind equals me being able to stop an elephant by grabbing its tale and by assuming a firm stance, bringing it to stop.
In my mind the Fer-de-lance should at best be able to slow the T-9 down to low-speed super cruise, a speed where the attacker is able to deploy hard points and attack. But the pirate would have to switch between slowing the T-9 down and attacking.
This could benefit a skilled pilot who would force the pirate to consider whether he/she is able to stop the boat before running out of fuel.
The pirates would risk being stranded at the freighters mercy.
I would ram the
Maybe a new module for freighters. A module that could hold 10% off the total ship mass in ice. This module should be assigned to a fire group allowing the pilot to dump a block of ice (loss weight instantly) during interdiction, giving a boost out of the tube.
Maybe this would even the playing field a bit?