Leviathan class Supertanker

[Panzer]

Maybe purchase restrictions? Only certain ID owners would be allowed to buy something like it.

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[pipsqueak]

Well 6k capacity can be justified if it can be easily damaged. Think of a Battleship size, but Wider, battleship maneuverability. So it can not take JH shortcuts as most of them are in asteroids. A pain in the butt to fly and line up on trade lanes. and a lvl 6 shield to boot. Give it more hull capacity than a BS so it it gets hammered, it can still continue flying, while being hammered. (Repair Bill will make it even LOL)
May be two cAP SHIP CLASS TURRETS. One on Each side.
I am thinking 1 million hull.
1000/Nano Batteries/Nano only
5500 capacity.
So if you got the Kahunas to fly it, go ahead (Remember lvl 6 shield only).

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[Drake]

Going on the assumption that Igiss really means it when he says nothing bigger than a 5000 hold, I think something like an extra large version of the Whale. No guns, no CM, only transport shields and good but not exceptional armor. At this size, it probably still should have a slow thrust speed... Even the C-Tran can thrust. A souped-up version of the Whale is also fitting of the name 'Leviathan'.

[BULLDOGNK]

I dunno what admins will allow, but pretty sure that transports with cargo capacity more than 5000 will not be included into Discovery in anywhere near future.

However, we do need more 4500 cargo transports. Right now there's only one, and other transport models we have (like Behemoth, or Gallofree) are too small to get to 4500.

I agree with you Igiss, the limit should be kept at 4500,

because any higher we will have to called the Mod "Discovery Traders Mod"

Thats my point on this issue..

Cheers

[Jwnantze]

An excelent point. traders already make a killing

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[Panzer]

Yeah, at the momet, it's just fine. Not enough to make it sickeningly boring, enough to get filthy rich over time

The credit is worth enough

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[octavius]

I skipped over the last two pages of suggestions, so if my suggestions are already made, I apologize.

Cargo: 7000-8000
Turrets 1 to 2 Class Two turrets
Price: $350,000,000+

7-8k cargo is good, especially if it is a hard to move huge transport.

Two small turrets, class 2, would enable it to mine should the owner desire to do such activities.

A high price would ensure that people can't just jump into it at first opportunity, as far as I know, that is 300 MILLION more than the most expensive transport (I know of) The price would not only be justified by the cargo amount, but also the size of the ship.

Anyways those are my cents.. Can't wait to see the design.

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[mohr]

Hmmm, well as of right now the Container Tran and Ltrain are the one mans dream for shipping needs. They can go anywhere in Sirius and haul large quantities of cargo. While it is dangerous to trade with these, they still have a decent chance to escape. This ship was concepted as a transport that cannot get to those difficult to reach shortcuts, would be too dangerous to use unprotected, and still be benefitial to use. It was supposed to be something for the big lawfull organizations to use w/ all those trade lanes.

Igiss' word is law, so the concept probably needs to be altered a little to make this still usefull. The fact is, the Whale is not used b/c of hold size and lack of defence. The Contaner Tran is used b/c of its' defences. What will this have to entise people to use it? I am open for ideas...

Mohr

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[Drake]

I think if the Whale had a 5000 hold, people would use it. It's slow, not very maneuverable, and has no weapons, but people would use it. No one bothers with it now because the L-Train and C-Tran both have or nearly have 1000 more hold size, plus they're tougher and get weapons. A 2nd generation Whale ('Leviathan') would work well, I think, and be balanced against the transports that can actually fight back.

[uspatriotsf]

Come to think of it the Whale is rather pointless isnt it? No benefits to it whatsoever. I say make something like the whale but with the advantage of having the largest cargo hold. Igiss said 5000 max, so run with that I say.

EDIT: Drake pretty much made the point I was trying to make first.

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