Ryan Murdoc

Draxxa Kiretheuhm...Type 10....

empty Hull mass 1200 Ton, yet only Class 7 thrusters and class 6 powerplant, distributor etc.......ouch....

It's not like they knew about the Thargoid threat and could prepare right? They had to rush manufacturing...

Draxxa Kiretheuhm...Type 10....

empty Hull mass 1200 Ton, yet only Class 7 thrusters and class 6 powerplant, distributor etc.......ouch.....

Damon8r351'Tis an armed merchant cruiser.

Utilising a reinforced Type-9 chassis as a starting point, Lakon overhauled and geared every aspect of the design for combat, producing a military behemoth that could be produced in volume at short notice.

ScorpionCalteru, I suggest that yo go and play EVE on line until the devs fill the sandbox up a bit for you.
After only 2 weeks in the game I am surprised that you can't  find anything to do.

With ship names like "Tenacity" and "Ambition"  I would have thought that you would want to at least increase your Combat "harmless,  Trade "merchant,  Exploration "pioneer" ranks
Also there is,   Imperial rank "none"  Federation rank "none"

Damon8r351'Tis an armed merchant cruiser. Put cruiser guns on a merchantman all you like, but you can only squeeze so much combat ability out of cargo ship's hull.

Marra Morgan

Damon8r351'Tis an armed merchant cruiser.

No, it's a combat ship.

In-game description:

Utilising a reinforced Type-9 chassis as a starting point, Lakon overhauled and geared every aspect of the design for combat, producing a military behemoth that could be produced in volume at short notice.

(emphasis mine)

Damon8r351


Armed merchant cruisers were combat ships also. I wouldn't take one into the line of battle with me, but they do in the absence of something better. The Germans used them in the world wars as commerce raiders in the absence of more capable dedicated warships. They used the element of surprise because a merchant ship can't stand up in a sustained battle with a real warship. The aux cruiser Kormoran was even able to destroy an Australian light cruiser in a mutually destructive battle. The aux cruiser Pinguin managed to destroy or capture 137,000 tonnes worth of shipping. The British used armed merchant cruisers as anti-submarine warfare ships, and they also converted a number of bulk cargo ships and oil tankers into ad hoc aircraft carriers to support Atlantic materiel convoys.

Draxxa Kireth

Damon8r351


Armed merchant cruisers were combat ships also. I wouldn't take one into the line of battle with me, but they do in the absence of something better. The Germans used them in the world wars as commerce raiders in the absence of more capable dedicated warships. They used the element of surprise because a merchant ship can't stand up in a sustained battle with a real warship. The aux cruiser Kormoran was even able to destroy an Australian light cruiser in a mutually destructive battle. The aux cruiser Pinguin managed to destroy or capture 137,000 tonnes worth of shipping. The British used armed merchant cruisers as anti-submarine warfare ships, and they also converted a number of bulk cargo ships and oil tankers into ad hoc aircraft carriers to support Atlantic materiel convoys.

Lol, great, Thank you, Silverback!!...Now we hope to fool the Thargoids

I wonder how cold these ships would be running actually