We must recognize that it will be hard to resist at the charm of this Panther clipper
Looks good, yep
Panther Clipper Captains!
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Looks good, yep
We must recognize that it will be hard to resist at the charm of this Panther clipper
I dare say it may even be similar to the Type-9 in cargo, but more... manoeuvrable/aggressive. It is less wide but much longer than the T9, while maintaining the height for going through the mail-slot.
And sexy as all hell.
Nonsense! It will be 10 times the size of the Type 9, will park in orbit around the station, and cargo loading will be handled by the complementary T6 lifeboat.
So I command it, so it shall be!
Yeehaw, the clipper!
Man, in years of yore I always bought my clipper at a starport that magically had exactly zero unemployed personnel... was literally speeding up time for realtime hours just to get the crew of (I believe) 15 people together...
But then the best minigame in the universe started:
How fast can you hire and fire deck hands to squeeze the lifeblood out of these maggots and get a full crew running on minimum wage (5 cr per day, is that right?)... made me feel like a cold-hearted space tycoon
Haggis McMoose
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Man, in years of yore I always bought my clipper at a starport that magically had exactly zero unemployed personnel... was literally speeding up time for realtime hours just to get the crew of (I believe) 15 people together...
But then the best minigame in the universe started:
How fast can you hire and fire deck hands to squeeze the lifeblood out of these maggots and get a full crew running on minimum wage (5 cr per day, is that right?)... made me feel like a cold-hearted space tycoon
Haggis McMoose
Clapping for clippers
Questioning the size of the beast, are the 2 circled areas possibly cockpits? meaning it would be humongous or is the arrowed part the cockpit meaning it is pretty small.
I think it may well be the larger circle is the cockpit
I think it may well be the larger circle is the cockpit
Yeah, that was me. Had enough shield generators that I just let them bounce of my hull. An utter OP tank. But boy was it fun! Leaving a famined wasteland behind you and shortly to become obese population on the next rock you visit.
Did you even bother with weapons? I didn't for most of the time. Did the same thing in an Imperial Explorer for a while too, smaller but more style
Questioning the size of the beast, are the 2 circled areas possibly cockpits? meaning it would be humongous or is the arrowed part the cockpit meaning it is pretty small.
I think it may well be the larger circle is the cockpit
The big black thing on the nose looks like a glass cockpit
I don't think so, that would make the ship quite small as in about the size of a T7.
Perhaps a DEV can confirm which is the cockpit?
On the other hand if you look at this image for scale, look at the round thruster size and compare to the Panther, it would make sense that the large circle is in fact the cockpit.
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I don't think so, that would make the ship quite small as in about the size of a T7.
Perhaps a DEV can confirm which is the cockpit?
On the other hand if you look at this image for scale, look at the round thruster size and compare to the Panther, it would make sense that the large circle is in fact the cockpit.
I don't think the little thing you circled is the thruster -- that looks more like an utility hardpoint to me. If it was a thruster, we would see more of those things spaced around the ship, but the only one in the Panther that can be seen is that one. I maintain my deduction that the nose is the cockpit
Yeah, that is definitely the cockpit at the front, multi level like the Type-9
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No way is that the same size as a Python, the thing is bigger than a Type-9
If you inflated a python It wouldn't actually be far off the size of the large ships was what I was suggesting, the reason its so small is its nearly flat lol.
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Panther to the left, Anaconda to the right (lovely Big Ben at the center).
'tis the nose!
Can I win this thread, please?
God damn I need that ship... No ETA on it's release then? Am hoping the unladen jump range is better than the Type-9 (18LY) I want to take that beast on a long deep space voyage.
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Wide as the T9, long as the T7 truck, 1000t of cargo I guess. I'd love it.
No way it should be that expensive. Elite Trader is at one billion. Why would somebody outfit a trader above that mark?
My guess is around 800-1000 tons cargo space for 300 Million (hull price). Trader equipped it will be around 500 mill.
This would basically give players a goal between reaching Tycoon in an Anaconda and the long way to Elite.
Agility should be T9 level or slightly higher to counter the larger cargo bay. It will not outrun an Anaconda, but outtrade it by 20-30% more Cr/hr.
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