I happened to find myself pootling around the universe last night, in a system where the Azzies and the Iggies had been shooting hell out of each other. Being an opportunits kind of a guy, and seeing a ship that I had never flown before drifting nearby in a disabled state, I grabbed myself an Igadzra Arada.
I didn't think much of the initial configuration, but I was excited by the prospect of an Arada mounting five guns. (It comes with three front-mounted swivel phase cannon, and two rear-mounted swivel phase cannon.) Mount them all up at the sharp end, I reasoned, and you'd have yourself a serious little destroyer. Rather like the powerful fighters that haven't been seen since original EV... or F25, if you like unbalanced plugs.
Quick as my jump drive could carry me, I headed off in search of a decent outfitters where I could dump those rear swivels and then head on up to Paaren to get myself some neutron cannon. But no! Tragedy! The Igadzra Arada is a Suckship! Suckships are those occasionally encountered ships which mount an extra weapon, but which mysteriously don't free up a slot when you remove it. (The Voinian Cruiser in ROTV1 is the same.)
How sad. For this I gave up a UE Cruiser with all the trimmings. For an Arada with a paint job. sigh
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