Badger escort/corvette

Armor: 750000
Cargo: 0
Weapons: 4 Gat2 turrets - 2 Fire Cracker turrets (see description)
Mass: 2250000
Volume (as cargo): 8000cu
Thrust: 18000N
Max Speed: 55 m/s
Spin torque: 7000.0 Nm
Turbo Thrust: 18000N
Turbo max speed: 155
Turbo Energy: 45/sec
Power Cell: capship Med 2000/75

Badger is designed to provide escort cover for larger convoys.

The 4 Gat 2 turrets target the pilots selected target and fire using primary fire button. Turrets are placed in a cross pattern on the front/mid part of the ship, 1 top, 1 bottom, 1 port, 1 starboard. These can not be swapped out with any other turret.

The two firecracker turrets are placed top and bottom on the rear of the ship. The turrets [ are Activated/Deactivated with the secondary trigger and ??] will only fire on hostile attackers exactly how NPC convoys work. These can not be swapped out with any other turret.

The ship will have zero shields but will have a built in group radar extender.

Manu will be exactly as Goliath except: -Artemis cores -docking bay +100 Guardian cores +4 Gat2 turrets + 2 Firecracker turrets.

+1

It's a little early and premature to bring up ideas for new capships. Do I need to explain why?

Unlike Blaqk I didn't ask for it right now or via /vote capship yes. More of taking them in a different direction.

Fair point, Dread.Pirate.Roberts.

So you don't like Capella? Or the fact that Trident S & P might be released soon, too?

Dread and I have talked about this for awhile. It would fill a niche that the current cap ships (glorified cargo haulers) don't at the moment. +1

-1

lol what are you even talking about "/vote capship" and I'm for Capellas coming BEFORE S/P, you need to stop talking nonsense, where the hell did I demand a command to "force capships right now", you're intentionally being dishonest something ONE supposedly stands against.

This suggestion is a waste of time, there are no assets behind "it" unlike the HAC, Terradon, Capella, and S/P. There is no incentive to start yet another project when there are still several being worked on and nearly completed.

You, and the rest of your cheerleading squad clearly didn't think about this enough.

@Blaqk
You've been clearly angered to the point where you no longer understand hyperbole. Simmer down, Ace.

Once again this is the suggestions (i.e. hope) forum. This isn't meant to happen overnight. Curtis is putting out new art assets, it's in his capability, and the developers do on occasion put out new ships. It's a suggestion to fill an escort/corvette niche that neither fighters or cap ships as of yet necessarily fulfill. If it fits into Incarnate's grand vision, we'll see it happen, if not, it won't. It's ultimately for the developers to decide.

Let me make sure - this isnt a hireable NPC capital ship, but something to actually pilot?

either way, sounds good for future use. though, it reminds me more of the "Anti-Aircraft turrets" in Project Sylpheed, only mobile and armoured and plenty bigger. "Attack" styled capships alone sound pretty nice.

+1 One thing, is the powercell swapable? Other than that, I can see this cap ship filling the gap between cap ships and standard ships. Well thought out.

luxen keep in mind project sylpheed even those large ships were easy to kill even on the mass driver mission where you needed to destroy 2(+?) destroyers and those are heavy armed to the teeth, but then again those "anti-aircraft turrets" was like our teradon, spam fire at you and hope for it to hit, and i am assuming that's the semi idea of the 4 gatmk2's?

edit: and also +1 not a bad idea making a non shielded capital escort ship with the idea of protecting its escorts.

Devs hasnt even done with capella or trident type s/p and a pie-rat request for another capship lol :p let them finish with capella first atleast.

@Pandoram
In case you didn't take time to read the rest of the comments:

This isn't meant to happen overnight. Curtis is putting out new art assets, it's in his capability, and the developers do on occasion put out new ships. It's a suggestion to fill an escort/corvette niche that neither fighters or cap ships as of yet necessarily fulfill.

Neither did you, A-Dawg. I was just correcting the record, what you call "hyperbole" other people take literally, no need to attempt to be coy about it.

There is no incentive to start yet another project when there are still several being worked on and nearly completed.

So you were lacking comprehension.

Speaking of comprehension... it's been stated above, twice now.

This isn't meant to happen overnight.

We're well aware they have current and future projects in the works.

Since you want to talk about reading comprehension, please point out where I stated I wanted this done overnight or any set period of time to begin with.

Perhaps the person upset here is you.

Calling a thought out suggestion a waste of time, and implying that they should work on other projects first isn't actually a critique of the idea. Unless you have something constructive to say about the original post, please move on elsewhere.

Just because you don't agree with me doesn't mean I haven't posted a constructive criticism of the idea.

Guild Software has better things to do, like fix/finish existing capital ships, the economy, and stated goals like an expansion, it's not an implication, It's explicit to the context of the suggestion.

I'm not picking a fight with anybody, instead of calling me names challenge my ideas.

Denial based on semantics and technicalities also isn't a good look.