Thanks for showing us how little you care about your players.

[A10A]

Participation in community goals should give advantages. Granting early (or cheaper) access to new tech is an excellent motivator depending upon what the new tech is or does. Todd674 does have a point. Making this tech 'exclusive' to (some?) CG participants means that the tech is obviously available, but just not ever in reach of the average joe. Which most of us are. I'd suggest making it available via a (not easy to achieve) mission. Just not (for 'non-religious name's' sake) another grind. Although I'm sure that the devs would find a way to make the 'mission' another grind (it does not need to be - it can be an obligation to visit some of the more visually interesting areas of the game). Just adding my 2 cents devs. You are welcome.

 

[Griffith Fontenot]

There are plenty of reasons.
For example it can be the best ground attack small ship, perfect as an Odyssey mission runner.
Most internals from all small and medium ships - which means a lot of versatility
And if not, for the simple fact that i cannot get it?

I'm pretty happy with the DBX or iCourier as an Odyssey mission runner. Enhanced thrusters is an amazing iCourier upgrade that will show you the meaning of speed in Elite. You can even outrun the Thargoid shutdown field at top max speed. Both are good exploration ships too.