Battletransports

[Mímir]

I have never lost 1 on 1 Btrans vs fighter. If thrusting they pretty much need to stay in rear arc of Btrans at all times. When they come in for shots? they take fire from 12, 1K turrets.

True I havent actually killed one of the new ones either, but made a couple of them run crying to mommy just when they thought they'd be the ones smoking me. One guy was even taunting me, daring me to engage him - he went strangely quiet when I had chewed through half his hull:-) Had I not been in House space with plenty of lawful bases around, I would have had time to kill it, but it requires a lot of patience. As someone else said though, if you are a lone pirate against 2 or 3 btrans, you will have your hands full.

There is a major advantage in having spent most of your time in a transport when you are on the pirating side, because you will know how to take advantage of blind spots and the limitations of turret view. A constantly moving sabre can be really difficult to hit.

But don't make the mistake of thinking you won't be running. Because at some point, you will. Or you could just pay and get back to trading:-)

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