Hathor Gunboat - Zoner design but only Order build it?

[reisiger_duke]

Hum... I see a lot of arguments about the intend of the Conference GB...

Ok, so it is not meant to fight, but to run? But then why calling it a gunboat instead of a super heavy armoured transport?

When trying to enforce the NFZ, diplomacy is indeed a Zoners greatest asset - and yes I successfully got pilots to silently move away the moment I undocked with the Treecat (the first one - Conference class), but if diplomacy fails (like when i.e. Nomads or Wilde attack or threaten a Freeport), then the Zoners have to roll out cruisers, destroyers or battleships along with fighters and bombers... but as good as no conference gunboats as they have little use.

So if there is a combat situation, Zoners are missing an offensive gunboat. True a double screamer will wreck havoc on anyone's shield, but if you fight against fighters or bombers, how often will they get caught in that?

I see the Conference as an 'ultra deluxe armoured transport' with only a little more cargospace than the dromedary in relation to it's cost, and the Zoners missing a gunboat.

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