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[Juan_Arquero]

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3. i made an assumption that smaller freighters are maneuverable?

Apparently its not? I don't particularly care. My point was that the class 6 shield is sufficient on freighters, although if the Humpback is a brick he'd obviously do better with something else. I wasn't trumpeting the virtues of the Humpback, just the class 6 freighter shield if you happen to be strapped for cash.

Morrigan: I was wondering how you would react.:D

The vanilla Humpback has class 6-7 gun/turret slots and carries 250 cargo space, but most vanilla traders hate it because of its poor maneuverability. Most vanilla traders use the Dromedary due to its 275 cargo space and much greater maneuverability, even though it can only mount class 5-6 guns/turrets (and has one less shield class than the Humpback). A vanilla Dromedary can easily outfight a vanilla Humpback, even though the Humpback has superior weapons and shields.

I'm sure that the Humpback is more maneuverable than most transports (though the Armored Transport is probably an exception). Unless the Humpback's flight characteristics were changed in Discovery, it is probably the least maneuverable freighter.