So I was just reading a thread about an intermediate corvette thread because there is no ship between say a behemoth and a goli which is true

However I think the Goli fills the role of a light capship pretty well and I have a different idea that uses a ship that I already treat like a gun boat the behemoth MK1

Behemoth New Jersey class (name is negotiable)

Specs:
-Same turret layout as the MK1
-1 more front L port
-50k-75k Armor (discuss)
-Same movement as the MK1
-Still 120c CU

Req:
-25 Player killers with a behemoth
-10000c cargo profit
which unlocks the mission to
-Deliver 1000-2000? SSS to Corvus manufacturing (for the extra armor)

Once you've completed the mission it is a purchasable ship for some TBD price.

Gives someone a way to get a Heavier trade ship without spending half their life doing it.

+1 but then anything with Behemoth in the title gets my vote

Wouldn't the port amount make it too similiar to the BHM II? I mean, it would take alot of the point of actually grinding for the BHM II out..

I'll go +0 for now..subject to change.

BHMII has 10k hull and 1 turret, it's glass death barge just like all other variants except the current Mk1

-1 to giving the Mark I the same number of L ports as the BHM. It takes considerable effort to earn the BHM and BHM Mk2.

I'd rather see a Behemoth with 5 turrets and heavier armor.

you -1'd something that wasnt even suggested

I think i can see the fun in this. I'd suggest nerfing the cargo - it is meant as a gun boat of sorts after all, isn't it? It'd make sense given the port addition and such. 70 cargo maybe? Same weight etc. Overall, +1

What use is the extra armour ? Just takes a little longer to shoot by a lone pirate, wouldn't shields better bridge the gap between moth and goli especially if the capacity is unchanged ?

-1. All around this makes the miner moth absolutely pointless since your proposing basically the exact same design. We don't need moths. We need a new ship all together. I'm very fond of the idea of a fighter ship with turrets instead of guns. That'd make more interesting gameplay. The miner moth is a hard to get ship for a reason. You can solo leviathans with it, which would mean you could farm the elite drops for said capital ship easier. I'm all up for diversity in ships and such. But not when it compromising gameplay by making it easier to get drops that are suppose to be team efforts. if you go through the trouble to get the miner moth it's worth it. If not then find a team.

Another reason I -1 this is because moths aren't that hard to kill with against players. 25 is a hours worth of roaming and searching for people or 10mins at the most to just farm pks in. Remove the L port and make it 2 and I'll +1. But currently your idea is just to compromising to me. It'd kill the market for levi drops also.

fine it's 2 L

+1 to a 2 L variant then

+1 to a 0 L port version (only turrets).

I think every ship has max ports+turrets of 5

Is this a cap ship?

Does it have a shield?
Can it use cap ship power cells?
What are the level/standing requirements?
Is it purchasable, or is it constructed? Where?