Q-Ships; Possible

[Vasious]

A Q Ship
A Merchant Ship outfitted with weapons (preferable hidden)

In Elite, a ship that is a merchantman sent ahead into a system hoping to draw an interdiction from Pirates and survive long enough for the ships of war to arrive?

Possible? Subsystem scans in super cruise would only show the Cannon, Multi cannon and the chaff, no?
The Rest could be cargo space.

My midnight (here) musings

[Type-6 Transporter]
S: 1E/G Cannon
S: 1G/G Multi-cannon
U: 0A Shield Booster
U: 0I Chaff Launcher
U: 0I Chaff Launcher

BH: 1I Military Grade Composite
RB: 3A Power Plant
TM: 4D Thrusters
FH: 4D Frame Shift Drive
EC: 2D Life Support
PC: 3D Power Distributor
SS: 2D Sensors
FS: 4C Fuel Tank (Capacity: 16)

5: 5A Shield Generator Str: 183.60 MJ
5: 5D Shield Cell Bank
4: 4D Shield Cell Bank
4: 4D Shield Cell Bank
3: 3D Hull Reinforcement Package
2: 2D Hull Reinforcement Package
2: 2D Hull Reinforcement Package

Obviously the Shield Banks are staggered one on two off for power conservation.
Kinetics for power conservation and 4 pips to shields.
Yes, fight not run (assuming reinforcements arrive....)

I know Armour doesn't do much in PvP but what else would go in those slots and not every hit will be onj target on the power plant so extra armour of the Cargo ship, Arm: 282 plus whatever the Military composite affords

B grade power plant would mean down grading the shield cells.

 

[who?]

Not yet possible, I don't think.

I did previously suggest a fake IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) module, which lets you choose how you're identified. So you could have a wing of Vultures, broadcasting as a Type 9; and that's what pirates will see until they interdict it and.... surprise! A slightly different concept, but with the same purpose.

ps. I'd never heard of the q-ship phrase, though I'd read about the concept in WWII. Cheers!

 

[King Sancho]

Setting a trap by running bait in a ship is possible.. I've done it before in game. The best thing is to stay out of a wing, but have them queued for your wing invite once interdicted.

Also note, that pirates run bait too... they will do the above but in reverse... where they lie in wait in normal space... with 1 guy in SC.