Big ol' Barge

[Sand-Viper]

To be fair, I think Barges were widely complained about since they could be jump-traded in. With jump trading in transports no longer being possible (sans the Base Construction Platform), I don't see the harm in bringing the Barge back.

While I was never up for owning one myself (I tried it in SP and OOOF that turn speed), it was always a real treat to run across a Barge. It was an odd combination for a ship - something so large and majestic, yet mostly self-defenseless. About the only turrets that would work on such a monstrosity are missile turrets and flaks, since even Charons couldn't shoot half of the ship's length.

I recall also, the tales of lone pirates running into one and hitting it up for 100,000,000 in a single piracy encounter. Which, if it was hauling ore - sure! I can see that, for 40,000 cargo space.

It was sort of a meme, though. Still, with the original model being incorporated into a mobile shipyard controlled by Gallia (Did they steal that idea from THP?), the Barge remains a technological possibility.

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