Proposed IMG mining frigate

[Feldspar]

well I've heard alot about the CR is possesing the IMG's current ships. So i though a good niche that needs filling is IMG ships. After alot of brainstorming i though about somthing like the junker scavenger frigate, but insted of scrap it will be a miner. That way the IMG gets a replacement for a gunboat at the same time as a new mining ship to make the IMG seem more like... well miners.

Before i complete this ship I need some input on how its preformances should be to make it fair, such as; transport shield instead of gunboat shield, reduced power to compesate for the ability to mine ect...

mabye it shouldnt be a gunboat/frigate. it could just be made into transport specalized in mining.

heres what im thinking its stats will be if i change nothing...(origanal design)
5 gunboat turrets + CD, CM
1 transport turret (for mining)
transport shield
mabye 70-75k hull (trying to keep it less than a hydra)
500 cargo (this ship is a miner not a transport)
327 bat/bots
300k energy
140 thruster speed
manuverablility simmilar to hydra
price tag should be around 50-60m (could change quite a bit according to suggestion)
and the size is about as big as the bounty hunter gunship (mabye larger)



okay heres concept design #2; more powerful, but a heavy price tag (based on junker salvage frigate)
6 gunboat turrets + CD, CM
1 transport turret
still transport shield
95k hull
2200 cargo
440 bots/bats
400k energy 40k regharge
140 thrust speed
manuverablilty similar to salvager junker frigate
and a 98.3m price tag

concept #3 ; lets turn it into a fighter (based on spatail/mafic)
3class 10 guns 4 class 5 turrets + CD/bomber equipment, CM, MD
class 6 freighter shield
28k armor
170 cargo
260bats/bots
power 39k 2.2k recharge
200 thrust speed
manuverablilty similar to mafic
size about the same as a spatail
and a ~6m price tag

concept#4 full on transport miner (based on GMG's miner)
7 class 7 turrets + CM
class 7 shield
95k armor
2000 cargo
400 bots/bats
50kpower 5k recharge
140 thrust speed
manuverablilty simmilar to kamome
size: about the size of bounty hunter gunship
ad a 26m price tag

concept #5: the one by popular demand; the super miner
5 class 8 turrets+1 class 7, or 12 class 7 turrets (i only entended for their to be 7 hard points on the design, so i have no idea how, but it will be changed to fit 12 turrets)
class 7 shield
214k armor
3750 cargo
600 bots/bats
90k core (8k recharge)
140 thrust speed
manuveraility similar to hegemon
size... well personally i belive a large mining ship is completely impractical. A small mining ship can easily slip between asteroids, while the cumbersome hegemon bumps and /stucks its way through its intended home( asteroid fields) seems to defeat the purpass of an asteroid miner. However in this application the designill have to change to accomadate more turrets and a smaller cockpit (relative to itsown size)
and a 190m price tag (OUCH!)
any suggestions are welcome... this model can change

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