How to support trading factions

[Rudo]

time to dust off the barghest/falcata swarms.

Yet another point for my "boost trader defenses" proposal. People don't like the idea of a transport with gunboat offense and survivability, but this is often what they're up against.

And honestly, would a fat, knock-kneed ship the size of a cruiser, even with semi-gunboat shielding and point defense do well against two or three well-flown bombers, gunships or "q-boat" type transports?

Even a slender streamlined gunboat designed to kill bombers is mincemeat against them in numbers.

1 trader.
1 pirate.

Someone up there is the hunter. Someone up there is the hunted. You've been caught. You're in a sticky situat... LOL just kidding the trader should be expected to win good RP ye ye it's np.

Hate to rehash last night's argument here Dusty, but

*points to the Reaver Cap8 PTrans with full Black Widow turrets*

Which side of the equation is that ship on, now? Someone's not following the cookie-cutter philosophy you're spelling out here.

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