I think option three is the way to go. it just seems logical that interceptors should be the fastest and have the highest turbo speed.

there is one ship you over looked, though not technically an interceptor it is my ship of choice when speed is sought...the Warthog MKII makes a great interceptor. in my opinion much better than the Vulture simply because of a. the infiniboost and b. 1S/1L.

[edit] there REALLY needs to be an interceptor version of the Raptor.

Here is Aramarth's post:
http://vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/3/13242?page=8#244043

I agree. Something should change. I'd be in favor of bumping up the top speed of interceptor ships (as defined by Aramarth).

Maybe we could have a centurian mk3 with 230 infini turbo.

Oh, wait, why did I turn into a rocket whore again?

I was thinking - why not strap rockets to your ship? They will take up a small amount of grid power and mass, but can do a one time 10s turbo. So, when rockets are put on a moth, it will boost it, but when those same rockets are put on a superlight, it will go much fatser due to its small mass. The rockets, however, need to weigh enough that if you strap 8 to a superlight, they would make it heavy enough to be unmanageable. Also, it they take 1500 damage, they will explode, causing around 4000 damage. So when a moth rockets away with 5 of them, a superlight with a couple rockets will be able to accelerate up to it, and hit it with a sunflare.

Heh. Maybe a rocket booster small port add-on?

"Heh. Maybe a rocket booster small port add-on?"

I like that idea but, how bout a booster for large and small ports...(medium ports if they ever come out.)...the idea, wether the original or my modified idea still preserves the balance becuase even if you loaded a Rag 5 boosters, 2 large and 3 small it would have no weapon load out. not much fun, not very practical but very fast...I like fast.