I've just realised that completely open polls aren't really that fair, as many vote
for the larger warships and ignore things like freighters and fighters.

So I'm opening 3 different polls for a) fighters, freighters and c) warships.

The Arada can be placed in any category.

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This poll is for freighters and trading based ships. Here is the list of ships you
can vote for, just so you understand:

Shuttlecraft
Scoutship
Freighter
Cargo Transporter
Freight-Courier
Voinian Supply Ship
Miranu Freighter
Miranu H. Freighter
Miranu Courier
Arada
Emalgha Freighter

I think that's all of them...

Please feel free to vote!

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Esponer - 130 posts
Paladin - Nearly 100 posts
Sylver - 1 posts

(url="http://"http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/~dsghosh/evosite/shipyard3.html#mhfreighter")Miranu Heavy Freighter(/url). It's overpriced, but 500 tons of cargo space and the significant armor beats out anything else in the list.

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-- Senator Dan Quayle, 9/6/88

I must agree.

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"...Until next time, take care of yourselves, and each other." Jerry Springer

Miranu H. Freighter - 2
Arada - 1

I'm going for Arada in this because it's the only one that doesn't perform
like a freighter, and can do a lot.

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Don't play with changing names:
Esponer - 130 posts
Paladin - Nearly 100 posts
Sylver - 1 posts

My vote is for the shuttlecraft because it's the best value. (if you could hire more than 6 escorts, nobody would hire anything else but shuttlecrafts)

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Giule out.

Freight-courier: nicely defended, very versatile with 100+ free tons when stripped, somehow exploring the entire galaxy when it's only sold at one place!

Miranu H.Freighter - 2
Shuttle - 1
Arada - 1
Freight Courier - 1

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Esponer - 130 posts
Paladin - Nearly 100 posts
Sylver - 1 posts

The Emalgha Freighter.

Cuz it's made of wood!

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"The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws." - Tacitus

Arada all the way! It's fast, strong, powerpacked, and is easily expandable!

Though this probably doesn't count, did you know that the UE Cruiser is actually a very nice trading vessel? Sure it's slow, but just sell all the Hunter Missiles and Rockets, buy a lot of cargo pods and maneuverability/speed/acceleration upgrades and you got an unbeatable trader ship!

-Captain Carnotaur

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Miranu H. Freighter, because if you convert a little less than half its cargo space into wepaon space you could buy tons of defense items (turrets, missiles, rockets, etc.) and still have more than enough cargo to do multiple misisons!!

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Muranu H frieghter.

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"Life is like a trade ship going to JamesTown, you never know what you gona get."-Escape from Monkey island

My choice of freighter would have to depend on the situation. If I'm looking to hire freighters for escorts, I would go with Miranu Heavies if I could afford it. But 72,000 credits a day is pretty steep. They are the best all around: they hold the most, and they are very capable of taking care of themselves if you get attacked. In fact, they have more armor and shielding than Turncoats.

If I'm just starting a new pilot and can't yet afford Heavies, I would go for UE Freighter Escorts. They are pretty inexpensive for how much they haul, and they have no weapons. It may seem like a bad thing that they have no weapons, but it prevents them from attacking my opponents, so they don't get shot. If I am flying a freighter myself, I like to use the Cargo Transporter for its speed. It can outrun most human renegades and haul a decent amount. I wouldn't want to use it in combat, because its turning rate is too low, but I don't often try to mix trading with combat. The Arada can be good for hauling cargo as well, but if I am in an Arada I usually set it up exclusively for combat.

Paradigm

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So that's a vote for...
Or is are you not even participating in the poll, just saying hwat you think?

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"...Until next time, take care of yourselves, and each other." Jerry Springer

Long live the Arada! That's my vote by a long shot...

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~Captain Skyblade

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There are only two I really like and those are the Miranu courier and Arada.So I vote Arada.

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I'm not dead yet.In fact I feel pretty good!"
I cut off your arm!""It's only a flesh wound!"
"Bless this holy hand grenade..."

Freight-courier: speed, firepower and decent space, and it looks kinda cool too.

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The last time I was on this board, the price of dumb questions was really high.
Ask me what I'm doing.

MHF of course. If you upgrade it right, you get all the room for a full load of space mines, and more still, not to mention 100 tons of cargo space. A great ship for fighting and freighting in EVO.

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Miranu Courier.

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War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.
Big Brother is watching you.

MHF - 5
Arada - 4
Freight-Courier - 2
Miranu Courier - 1
Shuttle - 1
Cargo Transporter - 1
Emalgha Freighter - 1

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Esponer - 130 posts
Paladin - Nearly 100 posts
Sylver - 1 posts

Believe it or not, I actually have a different personality to SilverDragon.

My vote goes to the Shuttlecraft. In that thing I've taken down 2 Kraits at the
same time, Helians and every single Voinian heavy fighter you meet on the first
UE mission - run the blockade.

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Alexandria,
Save the Queen.