Ships Federal Gunship I'm increasingly impressed with the Federal Gunship

[Bloodsign]

So I've had and occasionally used an FGS for awhile, but it was lightly engineered. I recently decided to turn mine into a real contender and have engineered everything.

I have to say, I'm liking this beast! Myost versatile ship is the Krait Mk2, and I'd say the Gunship is only slightly less versatile, with the trade off being a much tougher ship with more hard point variety.

So mine is basically a hull tank, but with a solid biweave/high resist shield/booster setup. All the serious hardpoints are overcharged MCs, with the smalls being corrosive and emissive efficient MCs. A true GUNSHIP.

Anyone else fly an FGS? How is yours set up? What do your dispensers... er, dispense?

 

[Julio Montega]

The FGS is slow, but tanky.
There is one integral flaw in the design however:
You can install a size 6 fighter hangar for 2 fighters,
but have only 1 MC seat

 

[Bloodsign]

The FGS is slow, but tanky.
There is one integral flaw in the design however:
You can install a size 6 fighter hangar for 2 fighters,
but have only 1 MC seat

Good eye, I didn't notice this at all! I don't use multicrew much at least, so not a biggie for me.

 

[metatheurgist]

The FGS is slow, but tanky.
There is one integral flaw in the design however:
You can install a size 6 fighter hangar for 2 fighters,
but have only 1 MC seat

You can have an NPC and a player flying.

 

[Rick6549]

The gunship has a little more firepower than the beluga, but is slower. Not sure about the hull, but the beluga is probably better.

 

[Abysinth]

Me, I don't like them. They're tanky and I dislike the look of them. In their defense, they do remind me of Thunderbird 4.

I have three, all fully engineered, one with all Frag Turrets [called Sneezy], with with all seeker missiles [Misanthrope] and another with all multis [Thunderchild] ... just because they seemed a good idea at the time.

I really enjoy flying them, particularly Sneezy - other ships just melt before her.

 

[Julio Montega]

You can have an NPC and a player flying.

That'd require anyone actually looking at MC,
i'd rather have the ability to employ 2 NPCs if i have 2 seats.

 

[Max Bothin]

bought one yesterday. did some engineering. I have small Rails, three MC and Two Plasmas (the big one is a plasma). I bought it to kill the meanest persons up here at Colonia. Or to be killed by them...

I like this ship...

 

[Bigmaec]

bought one yesterday. did some engineering. I have small Rails, three MC and Two Plasmas (the big one is a plasma). I bought it to kill the meanest persons up here at Colonia. Or to be killed by them...

I like this ship...

Why am I suddenly tempted to play again?

 

[Max Bothin]

because you feel the itch...;-)

 

[Voracity_T]

I fly an FDS lol.

Much prefer it to the Gunship though. Sure its less DPS and it does'nt have the exploiters wet dream of an SLF but it's build like a truck and has the most fun handling dynamic imo.