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Anderson Wes
Ars Caelestis
Ascendant Frontier
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Posted - 2006.12.11 05:44:00 -
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Just another silly idea - 'Q' ships.
IRL, what they are are converted merchant ships that appear as such until they unleash their (formidable) weaponry.
Inherent limiters are that these ships are still based on an industrial hull. That means poor sensors, low max number of targets, etc. Also, that means the max number of rigs is somewhere between 1-3.
I suggest the following, which affect the BASE cargo hold stats.
1000m3 of cargo space for 1 high slot.
1000m3 of cargo space for 25m3 of drone space (per perhaps 10m3)
1000m3 of cargo space for 500 extra armor / shields
1000m3 of cargo space for 5% extra resist in one category.
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PtolemaiosPlato Solomon
Gallente
Brave New World
OPUS Alliance
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Posted - 2006.12.11 05:56:00 -
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Not a bad idea. In fact, I like it!
But to make the "little nice surprise fireworks for special friends" perfect, I would suggest not to have these weapons outside the ship, or the ship in any way recognizable as altered hauler, but to have these weapons loaded into the cargo bay which is revealing the weapon "on demand". The weapons would not be mounted like real weapons but stored (but active) inside the former cargo bay.
From the outside, the ship looks just like any other hauler of its class. Just in a fight, this hauler reveals the nice little surprises for the new special friends.
This is similar to a thread I posted before.
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Horatio Nately
Caldari
808 Enterprises
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Posted - 2006.12.11 08:30:00 -
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That'd actually be quite fun. Bring the term "Battle Badger" to entirely new levels. Nice.
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Joshua Foiritain
Gallente
Coreli Corporation
Corelum Syndicate
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Posted - 2006.12.11 09:11:00 -
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Yes please, i want my battle interon to be able to take on cruisers 
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Kittamaru
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Posted - 2006.12.11 15:29:00 -
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Hehe, I like this idea. Make it work for Freighters too :D
Iteron 5 + 5x local hull expanders = more than 25k of space. This results in 200 m3 of drone space, 8 high slots, and a crapload of extra armor/shields :D
EDIT- on re-reading, I see Base cargo hold stats- missed that the first time XD
Yeah, make it work for freighters :D Can you imagine, you see a freighter sitting at a gate in low sec, lock it, and all of a sudden it opens up on you with like, 8x 425 mm railguns XD
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Tolarus
Keepers of Darkness
Namtz'aar k'in
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Posted - 2006.12.11 19:23:00 -
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Merchant Raiders! lol this would be great. Give some pirates a second thought before they go jumping on civvies. Could also work in the pirates favor as well
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Kharakan
Amarr
Morticus Impendium
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Posted - 2006.12.11 20:10:00 -
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Freighters with doomsday devices plizz.
 Originally by: Joshua Foiritain (to Dark Shikari)
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Miss Overlord
Gallente
Ferrum Pugnus
New Eve Order
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Posted - 2006.12.12 00:37:00 -
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mini doomsday along a specific dmg type would be nice like a XL smartbomb
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Anderson Wes
Ars Caelestis
Ascendant Frontier
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Posted - 2006.12.13 06:01:00 -
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Edited by: Anderson Wes on 13/12/2006 06:01:11
Don't like converted freighters. That's already the thesis behind certain capital ship designs. Plus, a doomsday smartbomb on a freighter (which destroys itself) sounds like an easy way to do insurance fraud. Cute for a 'one time' exchange, otherwise useless.
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Iteron 5 + 5x local hull expanders = more than 25k of space. This results in 200 m3 of drone space, 8 high slots, and a crapload of extra armor/shields :D
Not really. Like I said, this would affect the BASE cargohold size, and be limited to rig slots, for balance reasons.
So, an iteron V has 6000m3 base, and 3 rig slots. This means a coverted one would have a maximum of 3 slots, and 3000m3 of cargo room.
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That'd actually be quite fun. Bring the term "Battle Badger" to entirely new levels. Nice.
That's the idea. Too many Honor Harrington novels.
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Anyone think of any drawabacks that I haven't mentioned, or changes for balance reasons?
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... now where's my deployable missile pods, damnit? :P
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