Or, how to get an extra set of Engine, RCS and Thrust ugrades for free. Many of you no doubt know this, but I searched and haven't seen this anywhere, so here goes.
A while back, I saw a post where someone wanted to know where to buy the Azdgari warship because of the higher base shield regen rate. That got me thinking: do any other ships in EVO that have various "flavours" differ in anything other than pict and weapon load-out? The Arada seems the most obvious place to check, so I did... (apologies if the spacing is messed up)
Arada: Generic Rngd. Merch. Igadzra Zachit Azdgari
Cargo: 40 40 50 25 40 25
Mass*: 100 100 79 100 72 90
Shield: 500 500 500 600 600 500
Speed: 600 600 600 600 750 750
Accel: 300 300 300 300 300 375
Turn: 4 4 4 4 4 5
- Mass = available mass after selling all sellable outfits.
As you can see, they all vary slightly except for the renegade, which is the same as generic. The reason for the differences, I think, is that previous to 1.0.2, ships couldn't come with stock outfits other than weapons, so the underlying values were changed to simulate outfits such as mass expansions etc. This wasn't fixed in 1.0.2. So if you want a free set of Engine, RCS and Thrust ugrades, capture an Azdgari Arada--and then you can slap another set of ugrades on it. Fights like a light warship, handles like a fighter.
(Yes, I'm bored today).
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(This message has been edited by Kermit (edited 10-16-2000).)
(This message has been edited by Kermit (edited 10-16-2000).)