I agree that this ship should not be available everywhere, but I think it shouldn't be hard to get. Maybe offered only in nation space?

i like the idea and concept of EC-108. Sometimes it is very useful for me to move quickly from point A to B.

Another thought for this, what if it used the EC-88 model to make it distiguishable, and also a large target?

The EC-88 model would fit it perfectly but I think the EC-88 model should remain a collectors item. It serves no purpose other than looking good and if this shuttle had the same model then the EC-88 mission tree is pretty much defunct unless the ship reward was changed.

Other than that, I agree with Atice about not caring if someone decided to run away from you while they carried no cargo. If you're a pirate, then you're not going to be making a profit and 1 Player Kill can easily be attained by someone worth fighting. If you're a griefer... well... *shrug*

I know I'd use it. Getting halfway around the universe can be annoying.

One of the original concepts for the ship was to be fast, agile, no weapons and to have a shield. Did you decide against the shield?

The shield would go against the concept because it would make the ship too hard too kill. As it is, the ship is nigh impossible to catch, but rather easy to kill if caught. A shield would throw off the balance.

I've gotta be honest; as much as the veteran players are vehemently opposed to shields, I think it would add a much needed element to the game. In addition, I have yet to see a work of space science fiction that doesn't involve shields or something similar.

Oh, shields are great.

Just not on this glorified piece of speedy space trash.

Good point; shields would be best as an upgrade or port add-on of some kind.

I recently had my ego stroked by getting a suggestion added to the game, so I would like to bump this thread for reconsideration.

I did change the non-turbo speed to 45m/s, and the max tubo speed to 225m/s.

I think it should only be available at capitol stations in nation space, including Divinia, Eo, Arta C, and Pyronis.

Also, no shields. Shields on a ship so small, light, and fast would upset the whole idea of balanced ships. IMHO, shields should weight a ton and only be used on the larger ships (perhaps a new behemoth varient).

I don't think we have a use for a super fast shuttle ship, it actually doesn't take that long to traverse the universe. However, I think there should be another sort of EC shuttle that's free, available everywhere, as fast as an Atlas X with no cargo space (but not as good at combat as an 89), and requires good license levels. It wouldn't beat some of the faster interceptor/transport ships but it would be free and available everywhere thus making it a good shuttle when transporting ships around.

Okay. ShankTank, it should not be free. Free ships are saved for old pieces of stock "junk". Maybe just incredibly cheap. Perhaps 250-750cr each?

lol Try more like 100,000 credits each.

IDEA:

Put a nerfed turret on it, only to allow "taxi" service.

So one pilot can take other pilots, either to buy a ship somewhere else, or some rescue mission, so on.

There's only one taxi in the game, should we really have a dedicated taxi ship?

We don't need another taxi. The Atlas serves that purpose well enough.

Atlas is slooow... even AtlasX, compared to this 225m/seg (810 Km/h, 503 mph). Default Atlas only reach 648km/h and atlasX does 756km/h, 470mph.

Alloh, FFS, velocities in VO are measured in m/s. Also, a dedicated taxi ship is a useless and dumb idea.

I think people are velocity spoiled. Atlas is fine, it doesn't take that long to traverse the universe. People just tend to do it with full cargo holds or inside a connie so they never get a real taste of it. My burden is that I travel with a Heavy Cell in case of any thing that needs a little neutron therapy, but it doesn't mean I can't equip a fast cell and travel wherever I want in under 8 minutes (up to half way across the system in a [DELETED BY WHISTLER] 60/s drain ship).

Hell, people used to use the EC-107 for the DR. That has a top speed of 210 m/s. I guess the Hog 2 is slow as well?