Which ship do you think kick ASS?

The Azdara. With a few shield enhancers or a layer of doposect and it can survive an attack run on anything. Then you can wait a few seconds and you're shields are 100% again. And it is also extreemly manuverable, which has two benefits (aside from the obvious) - you can outrun anything, and you can dictate the course of a battle a lot more than you could with a warship. Except an Adzari Warship isn't as good, because they don't have the Shield Enhancers/Doposect, and the computer just has them go straight forward - making them very suceptable to disperals - and doesn't have them wait for thier shields to regenerate between runs.

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Arada. It can be just about any type of ship, depending on the configuration.

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what is with these aradas I just don't see it! :mad:
I can understand how they are turned into any kind of ship but why not go and buy that kind of ship

as for the real question i think for firepower when you buy it the Izgada (please don't laugh at the spelling if it's wroung) but for upgradeble the UE Cruiser

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An upgraded Crescent Warship or UE Cruiser. I can kill anything with either of those.

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Originally posted by Burning cow:
**what is with these aradas I just don't see it!:mad:
I can understand how they are turned into any kind of ship but why not go and buy that kind of ship

as for the real question i think for firepower when you buy it the Izgada (please don't laugh at the spelling if it's wroung) but for upgradeble the UE Cruiser

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The Arada is great because you can't always find ships of the kind you're looking for. Say, for example, you're looking for a fast, anti-fighter ship. Other than the Zachit Arada (which you can't purchase...I believe), the only way to get one is to upgrade an Arada. ANd unlike other ships, you can, simply by selling or buying outfits, turn the Arada into another kind of ship. All you have to do to trun your trader Arada into a warship is buy some turrets, pursuit missiles, and a shield upgrade. Turning it back into a trader is just as easy. On the other hand, if you buy something like a Crescent fighter, you're stuck with a fighter.
Sorry to go so long on this, but I just really like the Arada.

since this buzz is going on about the Arada I'm gonna try and buy one.

BUTTCAKE!!!

Voinian Cruiser. Sure, it's slow, but it's firepower potential is the greatest of all the ships in the game. It's shields are weak, sure, but it's armor is tremendous. I have a heavily modified one and I took out the Voinian Dreadnaught in a head on attack. Armor status after the kill was around 55%. Can any ship rival that?

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shuttle!

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Originally posted by alen77:
Which ship do you think kick ASS?

For general-purpose: Arada.

For toe-to-toe slugging with turrets: the Voinian Cruiser. (Honorable
mention to the UE Cruiser and the Igazra.) Nothing beats armor unless
you're fighting Emalghans.

I just did the Azdgari missions in 1.0.2 (I'm doing everything over in 1.0.2;
everything is more challenging) and ended up building an invincible
fighter: Crescent fighter with Dospect armor and experimental shield generator.
It's really hard to get killed in this ship, even if you have a deathwish.

Too bad you can't double-agent the Azdgari/Zidagar, in the manner that
Igadzra/Zidagar is possible. A 20 ton systems upgrade on the aforementioned
fighter would let me carry a secondary.

Voinian/Azdgari tip: The Voinian Cruiser has a fairly low shield recharge
period (200 if I recall). That's not as good as smaller ship, of course,
but it's far lower than any other capital ship. The Azdgari experimental
shield generator actually has a noticable effect on this one, basically
giving a 25% speedup.

hey, what about the Human courier vessels? (the ones on new crockett)

With some mass expansions you can tweak them up pretty good. They can handle a decent amount of turrents. If you ever need to actually haul goods around yourself gasp you can get cargo pods. Throw in some capacitors, duel SAD launchers and three phase turrents, there you go.

I currently got an Azdara fighter bay in mine

(massive tweakiness)

My complaint about tha Adara is that they suck for boarding. I have a tendency to try and capture ships a lot, currently I have 6 Renegade Aradas flying around with me...I'll probably send them into some form of suicide fight, if only the AI wouldn't get confused by fast ships

i have a ship that can stand anything, and here it is:
Azdara
dospect armor
both shield generators(experimental and normal)

I can stand up to anything

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"what is life but a prelude to death?"-me

Give it some dospect armor (that stuff makes you invincible in crescent space), a few phase turrets coupled with a pair of Emalghia Cannons, Sell the missiles and rockets, get a couple of SAD launchers, get the works for your engine (including the Azdgari one), and the UE Cruiser is unstoppable.

Also, if you're planning on dominating crescent space, get something Voinian (even if u have to capture it).

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I've twice been conquered.
Three times more.
Never again shall humanity purge me.
And never the pfhor.
-Durandal

Ha! the Arada, I lugh at your puny ship as it gets splated against my WOODEN hull. Can you guess? (either by reputation of being a Emalgha lover or my woden hulls) that i fly around in a souped up Emalgha Freight, sure it took over 16 Million credits (and one year real time) but it is cranking in millions for my plundering Voinion ships (I must admit though I do have problems killing the cresent, but the strong armor makes my ship impenetrable to cresent guns. And I also own two Vionion planets, why do hire such good bounty hunters? Well, I also have to have a fleet, i got three Voinion Supply Ships since my Emalgha Freighter only hols 20 tons and I got a UE destroyer (they didn't like it that I boarded it but I paid a renegade to make it all better) and I got two Vionion Frigates, my little fleet could take you all on! LONG LIVE EMALGHA!

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{Takes a flamethrower and shoots at Pattons' Emlagala freighter.}

Grins like this

The best ship, of course, is the Shuttlecraft! Everyone overlooks the shuttlecraft because it's small, but consider this:

Crescent Warship: 9,000,000 credits
Shuttlecraft: 10,000 credits.
9,000,000 / 10,000 = 900. NINE HUNDRED.

This means that for the price of one Crescent Warship, you can buy NINE HUNDRED shuttlecraft. Which means nine hundred blaze cannons. Hell, nine hundred shuttles could destroy a dozen crescent warships. I don't know why the hell the UE doesn't just use huge fleets of shuttles, because they could conquer the Voinians within a week with such a fleet. And it's great for hauling cargo, too!

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Think about this. One Azdara can kill 1000000000 shuttles, and 100000000 crescent warships. Thats why Adzgari are the best.

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"Let the smoke out"-Jack

Patton that goverment SUCKS ASS The Cresent has better ships the Vionions have better ships. I like to see you destroy a drednout with that peace of **** SIHP you have. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

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You know it is really getting annoying, all of you slamming the Emalgha ships when you most likly HAVEN'T EVEN FLOWN ONE!!!! Yes left un upgraded they are no good, but have you ever tried to upgrade one? And yes, the Winston Churchill (my Emalgha Freighter) has taken down a Vionion Dreadnaught (thankfully I've never had to do it again!) And I'm also thankful U.E. dosen't have flamethrowers!

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Several:

Igazra: real powerful ship, which can take out several Crescent Warships and Azdgari Warships at a time with upgrades.

Crescent Warship: flagship of the non-aligned crescent governments, upgrades will make this ship real maneuverable and powerful.

Azdgari Warship: an upgraded Crescent Warship, this ship is already very maneuverable as a stock ship and carries a strong fleet of 6 Azdaras that can wreck a small to medium ship in no time with its fast shield/armor recharge rate and speed.

Arada: a very versatile ship that can be upgraded as a cargo freighter or a superior warship.

Zidara: another very versatile and maneuverable warship that can be upgraded to take out any ship. Work for Igadzra and capture a Zidara and you will have both the Plasma Siphon and Laser Beam standard on the Zidara. Carries a fleet of two Zidagar fighters which have been upgraded from Crescent Fighters to be more powerful and effective in combat.

UE Cruiser: the flagship of the human world, this ship, despite its slow speed and lack of maneuverability, can be upgraded to take out any ship heavy or light combat.

MiG, yes the real and original MiG

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