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What can you tell us about the stats? What's our SCU like? What's our speed like?

TL;DRThe ship has 72 SCU with a rover or cargo, medium components in ones and twos, three turrets, forward-facing fixed guns and fewer missiles than the Constellation but more customization.

John CreweVehicle Pipeline Director

SCU-wise, 72. Very similar, almost identical to the Connie. Again, it's rover or cargo. If you put a smaller vehicle in there, you get some of the cargo space back. Component-wise, it's medium items pretty much across the board. Very similar layout to our other ships, so ones and twos of everything. There's no wild card options like the Prospector with a one size bigger power plant or Sabres with three shields. It's very traditional, ones and twos. Weapon-wise, there's two manned turrets. I believe they're on the sides. So unlike the Connie, which is top and bottom and pretty much 360, these are two sideways ones that obviously cannot do 360 because there's a ship in the way.

Paul JonesArt Director

But they're also limited to 90 degrees.

John CreweVehicle Pipeline Director

Yeah. Again, a very sailing ship style nod. There is a remote turret on the back to cover that back. So you've got the turrets to cover the side angles, you've got the remote turret on the back, and then you've got four size four hardpoints around the cockpit, I believe, and then some on one wing.

Paul JonesArt Director

Two wings.

John CreweVehicle Pipeline Director

Oh yeah, they're on the Ys, aren't they? As the pilot, you've got a lot of forward-facing firepower. But once that is out of your view cone, you have to then rely on your turrets. So you've got three turrets, one more than the Constellation. It's got less missiles than the Constellation. The Constellation's packing, I don't know how many, lots, like 50. Whereas this is much more restricted, like eight or so. Depends how you configure your missile racks, which the Constellation can't do because it's all bespoke missile racks. Whereas this, you could put one single large missile on each hardpoint, or you could get the octo-racks and have eight of the smaller size.

Jared HuckabyHost, Community

Gotcha, so more customizable.

John CreweVehicle Pipeline Director

It's more customizable, more guns, less ammo.

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Published on this date.22 Mar 2019