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Croft · (This post was last modified: 12-19-2016, 10:50 PM by Croft.)

Understood Antonio and I apologise for going off tangent. Anyway slighty more on topic, I went through all the various freighters this evening and jotted down a few basic stats including weapon arcs to get a rough idea of what each one could do or needed to be done.

Anki

The Anki is in a pretty good place, plenty of forward and aft punch but probably a little too easy to hit in any sort of fight. Dropping the class 9 and 10 slot in favour of two more turrets would make it a solid runner.

Annapuma

An abomination and an easy target from every angle, probably best to be remodelled. Could work as an anti-fighter/small hauler combo.

Aurochs

Nice slim profile on the Aurochs, an additional couple of guns up front would turn this thing into a pretty nasty interdictor for the GRP.

Bactrian

Good amount of grunt up front but the large face will be its downfall and with all its guns forward facing, its strength and its weakness cancel each other out. A slimmer front and exchange of a turret for another gun/missle might give it a piracy boost.

Camara

In a word, insane. Needs an upscaling and its turret placement altered because it has way too much going on.

Clydesdale

One of my old favourites, a slight hull boost to match the Bactrian's additional guns could make for an interesting rumble with the Molly's.

Correo

Good shape with plenty of guns and in a pretty good place, like all the combat freighters it needs something to help it threaten transports.

Courier

An odd one, its a smuggler ship for a pirate faction but other than that I think its in a good place.

CSF

Solid little runner with aft facing guns to cover a retreat, another good one.

Dromedary

Good all round little smuggler, could probably do with trading its forward guns for an upper and lower turret.

Drone

It's a bit of a box but its turret arcs are solid. A bit more hull or additional bots & bats would be good.

Garanchou

A weird ship that has all its turrets under the main hull, another one that could trade its guns for upper and lower turrets.

Grizzly

A tough nut with plenty of forward firepower and double CM's. More of an oversized VHF than a freighter, could be good for the LPI if that extra CM can be traded for something.

Humpback

Needs more hull to compensate for its huge sides but has good turret arcs, another one that would benefit from an all turret loadout.

Kestrel

This one could go either way, more guns for a pirate or more turrets for a cargo runner.

Ragnar

I'd personally rebrand the Ragnar to a pirate freighter and give it to the Unioners, drop the two class 9s for turrets and it'd make a nice death brick.

Rhino

The turrets need a placement change, anything but the front of this thing is a joke. I'd recommend moving one to each side so it can defend itself.

Sunburst

All forward guns with basically nothing to cover its back, could make a surprisingly good pirate if it had something to threaten transports.

Tarvos

Weird ship, everything is up front leaving the aft and sides hugely exposed and undefended. Could work with an agility boost or reshuffling of its turrets, either way its not got anything going for it with that cargospace.

Voyager

Good profile for a pirate freighter and plenty of bite, still needs something to hit transport with however.

For the pirate focused versions I think some form of shield buster so it can be useful against transports without making it a poor-mans bomber. Cargo piracy is still done better by actual transports so I figured it'd make more sense for a pirate freighter to with in tandem with a bomber rather than be upgunned to an insane degree.

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