The Zoner Gunboat

[cmfalconer]

So...no? maybe?

Just because the destroyer LOOKS bigger, doesn't mean it'd have bigger cargo capacity. A destroyer's built to hold a larger crew compliment, ground/space troops, more mechanics, heavier weapons and equipment, and other things that the gunboat doesn't.

Yeah, trading in a "gunboat" would be "lame", but the Zoner "gunboat" isn't really one, and says so in the infocard. It's a dromedary replacement, meaning more freighter than fighter (slight pun intended). I don't have a solution to it, but "gunboat" shouldn't be the name for this ship. Perhaps "corvette" or something like that instead of "gunboat" would make this easier to swallow to those that don't agree a "gunboat" should trade.

And I wouldn't call it "unpirateable". Quite unlikely, yes, but definitely not impossible. I've rarely seen pirates working alone anymore (kudos to them all, even the rude ones), and even the best Zoner GB pilot has a difficult time evading coordinated (or even semi-coordinated) attacks.

I have a hard time summing up rebuttals, but I enjoy good discussions.

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