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Advice on Smuggling ship - Armageddon - 07-20-2009
Im looking to make a sneak behind the lines style smuggler. Probably in a small ship. The smuggler would be a generic smuggler hauling many different kinds of goods. He would not just smuggle illegal goods but break the trade embargos as well.
To be clear i don't want to use a transport for this. In and Out of RP my smuggler will rely on the size of his ship and the skill of his crew to avoid his enemies. So i am looking for more a freighter/fighter style ship. I am aiming the ship at having good RP and fun. Not hauling 5000 units of artifacts through liberty hoping noone notices.
To sum things up i am asking for a reccomendation for a cheap freighter which would serve my purposes and is rather strong offensively to keep me safe while hauling goods through heavily populated sectors.
Thanks
Advice on Smuggling ship - 11of10 - 07-20-2009
You should maybe check out Anki, it is sold on Newark station in New York system, and I believe, other Interspace stations, which would be Waterloo, Bonn and Roppongi, in New London, New Berlin, and New Tokyo.
14500 Armor
3 Class 9-10 Gun slots, I believe, and I believe 4-5 turrets shooting forward.
Just check first.
Advice on Smuggling ship - Armageddon - 07-20-2009
The specs are not too bad but i simply can't see me flying that ship a lot... Any other options available... It does not have to have a lot of cargo at all really. Though thanks for the reccomendation it is certainly and option.
Advice on Smuggling ship - Xalrok - 07-20-2009
What about the Dromedary? It has three class 8 gun mounts, 5 class 5 turret mounts and I think about 8500 hull strength. But then I haven't flown it in a while, so I'm not so sure about the handling or which way the turrets fire.
Advice on Smuggling ship - Armageddon - 07-20-2009
that is one i was thinking of.. I guess it is time to just go on a flight around docking on bases where ships are sold finding a good one.
Advice on Smuggling ship - maclypse - 07-20-2009
' Wrote:that is one i was thinking of.. I guess it is time to just go on a flight around docking on bases where ships are sold finding a good one.
Check out the "Camara" on Pittsburgh as well. It's one of the largest freighters out there, at 630 cargo hold. CM+M equipment provides for excellent escape options and the 6 class 5 turrets don't hurt either. The ship is also very slim and agile - making it very capable of dodging incoming fire. As freighters go, this is my favorite.
Advice on Smuggling ship - farmerman - 07-20-2009
The Junkers' CSF Freighter seems like a good sort of ship for smuggling.
Advice on Smuggling ship - JakeSG - 07-20-2009
Uhh... The Bactrian Freighter I think it is? Not too sure about its exact specs, but it's commonly used amongst the Rogues/Mollys, and possibly the Junkers too. Might be worth checking out.
Advice on Smuggling ship - Wuselkobold - 07-20-2009
If your char hast a Corsair-affiliated background, you could use the Correro.
The Camara is everybody's darling as well.
For more firepower with moderate cargo space, check out the Zoner Gunboat.
Advice on Smuggling ship - Guest - 07-20-2009
The Pirate Transport is an agile ship, not less agile then, say, a gunboat. It has 7 forward firing turrets, lots of armor, 3400 cargo space, slap a mk8 armor on it and you can munch up anything that comes your way. Type 3 turrets are a pick if you feel like you will encounter large ships, type 4 if you feel like bombers will give your trouble.
But actually, since the turrets are so close together, two deb turrets and, say, Kraken turrets would work nice.