Transports

[cabinn]

Well at the moment i've got a borderworlds transport and it seems to be working out fine but I am looking for a Transport that has a bigger hold. (i.e. Bigger than 3600)

Anyway, is it against Server rules or OORP to fly a Liner for Trading purposes?

I can't speek for the container transport or the whale - but I have flown the borderworlds transport - the firefly, the luxury liner, and the adv train.

firefly is great because of its small size - it can fly anywhere with ease - it has 8 turrests but only 4 fire in at once in any given direction.

the borderworlds transport was good too - very easy to fly around.

both the liner and the adv train are hard to fly from place to place. The liner fires more turrets - but carries less.

The adv train fires 5 in any given direction - but is hard to fly - the turning radius is HUUUUGE. docking with trade lanes can be tough - it will get stuck - and the only thing more riduculous than trying to fly a train through an asteroid field is watching someone else try to fly a train thru an asteroid field!!!

Several folks have said 'pay the pirate' - ignore defenses - but your original question was about surviving the NPC Wild. I agree, they are the big problem. Nomads have bad guns, but the NPC's don't disrupt you - the Wild carry the same bad guns and they disrupt you. The best thing about the train is the baddies need the train disruptor to stop you. The important thing to look for in a transport is armor - not the guns. And you should buy the Mark VIII armor upgrade. Uber-armor will help you survive the Wild NPC's.

As for the liner - it has big armor - and silly to fly in an atseroid field... but when I fly the liner I feel obligated to carry at least a few passengers for RP purposes.

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