Ship advice

[Gemini893]

One of the problems with saying an Armored Transport is in the same league as a gunboat is the turrets. You're limited to class 7 turrets, the best of which you are able to buy on any base is the Transport Turret Level 4 (Class 7). These do not compare to gunboat turrets in any way.

True it does have the 2 gun mounts too, but now take a good look at the power output of only 40,000 and you realize that you don't really have enough power to put anything very useful for weaponry on this ship. This, in my opinion, is this ship's biggest flaw.

The class 7 shields are nice for protecting you from NPC pirates but codes are becoming more and more commonplace all the time and even making the 100,000 shielding you get from the Adv. Transport Shield obsolete. I've seen my shields wink out in one shot more often than should happen, but some of those code guns are made for that. (Did I mention that most pirates have these guns?)

I did use this ship, and I did like it very much. My experience, however, does say that this ship is to a gunboat what a Starflier is to a bomber.

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