potato chonk flying brick could be fine xD
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Panther Clipper? Pit-Con.
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At last a use for the truss feature on some Coriolis stations.
Yes but how much of those 2100t was lost when a drive was added?Now we're talking!!
The noob hammers are the launch assist for the PC, to get them up to jump speed in less than a week!
I played Elite 2: Frontier enough in 1993/1994 that I could eventually afford the Panther Clipper, and bought the 200-ton Large Plasma Accelerator. While this mighty weapon could destroy enemy ships with one shot (if you hit), the stated effect of the LPA also being able to destroy cities was unfortunately not implemented in the game. Boo! I quit playing not long after that. 
It will never replace the Hauler for exobiology.
But with only six size 8 optional slots there are some potential operational downsides.
I 'd love to see a large freighter Panther Clipper. However, if that were the case, and a freighter with say about 1000-1500 cargo capacity were available for cash only early access, it would technically be pay to win, since it would make colonizing systems considerably easier and faster. Thus making it a controversial offering. Still hope that's the case though.
Well, twice 700-ish is more in my ball park than not. With the more cargo capacity, maybe some more power and agility, than your example, there would certainly need more room for all of the core components. 3 times the cargo, with a static amount of power, would leave nothing but drudgery to fly. It's all pie in the sky prognostications anyway. And, none of mine have been right so far.Well, if you look at this pic of my Type-9 on the pad a moment ago you might be willing to go a little higher.
I reckon it occupies less than half of the pad area, and if you account for not-cuboidness (tapering in multiple directions) I'd say that might add another factor of 2 - for a grand total of over 3000 units of cargo being easily compatible with the pad area and mailslot dimensions...
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Lets make this interesting
I'll wager you 200 Platinum that they won't ^o^
Wrong, it just tows the whole planet to the Vista
King of the AFK CZ killers
That isn't a bet... It is a foregone conclusion as FD are WAY too conservative in their ship design to make anything that is truly fun - because if they did, it would cause a riot on the forum because 'balance' or summat!
Maybe the overall design follows the 'old favourite pizza slice" look?
So, what will I win?
Given that it also says "crew: 15" and "missile pylons: 8", how reliable is that "internal capacity" figure either?Now we're talking!!
Again?
Probably because they were both based on Traveller rules, which imo makes them even more modular. There were some seriously ridiculous PC builds in the old games; it's not an accident our ships are different.
Biggus Brickus?