So over the past few days I've had a crack at shooting the ships mentioned in the title. It's a nuisance if they're stocked on regens, because most likely they can reach a safe place to dock before they die. It's even more of a nusiance if they have armour, as that significantly increases their survivability (even an Au8 can achieve this). And it's bloody impossible if they have all of the above and can turret steer.
Have you seen how many regens the Salvager and Raba have? Lets compare them to two other medium transports.
Quote:Borderworlds Transport:
Gun/Turret Mounts: 0/9 Base Armor: 95000
Cargo Space: 3500
Power Output: 5000/45000 Batteries/NanoBots: 400/400
Impulse Speed: 100
Cruise Speed: 350
Turn Speed: 21.49
Equipment Mounts: CD CM
Quote:Big Dragon
Gun/Turret Mounts: 0/7 Base Armor: 85000
Cargo Space: 3200
Power Output: 5000/45000 Batteries/NanoBots: 400/400
Impulse Speed: 100
Cruise Speed: 350
Turn Speed: 23.87
Equipment Mounts: CD CM
And now the Salvager and the Raba.
Quote:Salvager:
Gun/Turret Mounts: 0/7 Base Armor: 160000
Cargo Space: 3350
Power Output: 40000/400000 Batteries/NanoBots: 750/750
Impulse Speed: 100
Cruise Speed: 350
Turn Speed: 22.92
Equipment Mounts: CM
Quote:Raba:
Gun/Turret Mounts: 0/8 Base Armor: 152000
Cargo Space: 3150
Power Output: 40000/400000 Batteries/NanoBots: 700/700
Impulse Speed: 100
Cruise Speed: 350
Turn Speed: 23.87
Equipment Mounts: CM
Lets talk about the Salvager and Raba have nearly double the amount of regens as the other two medium transports, one of which (the BWT) has more cargo. Lets also talk about how the Salvager and Raba have significantly higher armour than other medium transports. Coupled with an armour upgrade this is chaotic. Lets ALSO talk about how both the Salvager and the Raba can mount gunboat turrets, further increasing their defensiveness considerably. Oh, and the Salvager is faster than the BWT, whilst the Raba is on par with the Big Dragon.
On a Junker specific note, Junkers already have very good diplomacy. This means that if by chance they were stopped by a hostile target, they could easily crawl to a nearby base and dock.
The Salvager and Raba need a sharp decrease in the amount of regens they have in order to make them balanced among other transports in terms of piracy (and similar encounters). The amount of armour they have is fine, it's just the regens. Why the heck do they have an amount of regens on the same level as capital ships anyway?