Nemo wrote:Arga wrote:As a side note, Scarab MK II, requires Industrial robot 10, not glider skill. Meaning that non-mining accounts that people bumped up to Indy 8 to haul with, won't have access to the MK II for 54 days (if they even choose to spend the additional 78k EP on getting from 8 to 10).
But yeah, the frieghter would probably have it's own extension, but the first version would probably only need lvl 4, a light freighter with 10kU, saving room for heavies at 8 with 100KU.
Scarab MkII presumably still requires at least Glider 5...
As for freighters, it would be nice if there was a gradient, as you suggest-- or perhaps even three freighters.
There was a big gap between Sequer and Lithus/Scarab.
All freighters should be: slow (imo your pay off is big cargo holds) & can loot cans / fiald cans (only station to station as has been said)
"Light Freighter" smaller cargo hold little bit faster than the bigger version (s) but has a better masking value (120rF ?)...
For sake of argument why not say has 20k cargo hold
"Med Freighter" Cargo hold 50k little bit slower than the light version tho. Has bad masking (80rF ?) But better Detection value then the light freighter version.
"Heavy Freighter" 100K cargo. Very slow. Even worse masking then a med freighter (60rF? cant that even be done??? lol ) but as a trade off this has VERY good detection. it can be seen a long way of but it to can see other things along way off.
I would imagine all Freighters would be in the destroyer like class of mechs....
i think it would be cool if that had a multi leg design like a centipede OR if u ever read the book series Tthe Amtrak Wars they had these things called wagon Trains which were land going battle ships that kinda looked like this: http://images.wikia.com/amtrakwars/imag … ntrain.jpg
Imagine seeing on of these 100M or more long snaking its way along a HWY
I think Freighters should have no chasis slots & many lack any targeting at all.
Led & head slots only imo
just a few ideas
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