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hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!! An Argosy is a ship. it is a mix between a bulk freighter and a warship. newbie hahahahahaha j/k

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• You ask the stupidest question possible.

• For your actually question, you post a single smiley.

• You post two topics in five minutes (allowed but looked badly on)

• You hate Hector. Does this mean you never registered?

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dude, just just started playing ev like a two days ago, and i just came on this board yesterday

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"I hope they'll kill hector with a forklift!

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Originally posted by diehectordie:
**dude, just just started playing ev like a two days ago, and i just came on this board yesterday

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welcome! be careful around SD, he has about 10 names. I knew about the argosy a few days after I started playing, anyways, where did you hear about?

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The Argosy is a highly versatile merchant ship in Escape Velocity, also popular with pirates. It is named after a type of merchant sailing ship, which is in turn named after the city of Ragusa.

EV Nova also has its own Argosy, which is a freighter of the Auroran Empire.

This has been a public service announcement.

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Nova will have an Argosy? That's good...It made a rather sturdy vessel for being a cargo hauler.

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Dave, what's a manticore in EVN? You knew about the argosy, so I figured I'd ask you. I'm assuming it's a heavy warship based on that movie. It looks cool.

I remeber when I had achieved my first ultimate dream in EV. I always wanted an Argosy. I got my combat rating to mostly harmless in that thing. It was the happiest day of my life. Then I got a Corvette, but I wasted ALL my money on it, so I couldn't put the upgrades I wanted to on it. But it was worth it in the end.

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Also, don't forget the Rebel Destroyer, which is essentially a really upgraded Argosy. And I mean really upgraded! It can even beat Confed Frigates!

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(This message has been edited by Captain Carnotaur (edited 05-19-2001).)

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Originally posted by Captain Carnotaur:
**Also, don't forget the Rebel Cruiser, which is essentially a really upgraded Argosy. And I mean really upgraded! It can even beat Confed Frigates!

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Perhaps you meant the Rebel Destroyer? The Cruiser is a totally different design built by the Rebellion itself...The Destroyer holds plenty of resemblence of the Argosy, and it does trash a Confed Frigate.

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Originally posted by Captain Skyblade:
**Perhaps you meant the Rebel Destroyer? The Cruiser is a totally different design built by the Rebellion itself...The Destroyer holds plenty of resemblence of the Argosy, and it does trash a Confed Frigate.:)

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Oh drat! :redface: I got mixed up on that, sorry. Thanks for the warning about that.

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Originally posted by Captain Carnotaur:
**Oh drat!:redface: I got mixed up on that, sorry. Thanks you the warning about that.

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Heh, that's alright. Once I called the Confederation Cruiser my favorite ship, but you know very well that's not what I meant.

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Originally posted by Rawzer:
what's a manticore in EVN? You knew about the argosy, so I figured I'd ask you. I'm assuming it's a heavy warship based on that movie. It looks cool.

The Manticore is a large warship of the Associated Guild of Free Traders, who are more commonly known as "the pirates." It has a large blue ionising beam called the Crown of Thorns, and powerful ionising guided projectiles. The ionising weapons make it easy for it to stun and disable other ships. It will then board its enemy, and steal their cargo. The two rings of standard cargo pods around the front section give it a very large cargo capacity.

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Man, I thought the Manticore stunk.

And don't forget the Pirate Carrier. Man that's things nasty, but not as powerful as the Federation Destroyer, Federation Carrier, or Auroran Battlecruiser.

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In case diehectordie was asking an intelligent question, here is the dictionary definition of an argosy, as it is an actual word.

1. A. A large merchant ship.
B. A fleet of ships.
2. A rich source or supply.

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You may learn about the Argosy and other standard ships in EV by following this link: (url="http://"http://www.planetphil.com/ev/info/home.html")http://www.planetphi.../info/home.html(/url)

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Originally posted by David Arthur:
**The Manticore is a large warship of the Associated Guild of Free Traders, who are more commonly known as "the pirates." It has a large blue ionising beam called the Crown of Thorns, and powerful ionising guided projectiles. The ionising weapons make it easy for it to stun and disable other ships. It will then board its enemy, and steal their cargo. The two rings of standard cargo pods around the front section give it a very large cargo capacity.

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Does andrew care that you are giving away info? He usually doesn't like anyone to give out too much info about Nova...

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Does andrew care that you are giving away info? He usually doesn't like anyone to give out too much info about Nova...

All the information I have on Nova was compiled through the completely acceptable practice of listening to the development team on the web board. If andrew doesn't like it, he's free to offer me a NDA of some sort.

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Originally posted by Captain Carnotaur:
**Also, don't forget the Rebel Destroyer, which is essentially a really upgraded Argosy. And I mean really upgraded! It can even beat Confed Frigates!

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I have seen it beat Confed cruisors without its' sheild going less than 75%