From what I can see the prison liner is rarely used. However with the introduction of cloaks an idea crossed my mind... what if it was a dedicated spy ship instead (lore wise)? I do not know of many that are used for actual prisons or prisoner transport, but they have the size and cargo capacity, along with the armor and armaments to be written off as potential research and or surveillance ships... along with that drab, uncomplicated industrial look that those roles would need.
Right now they fill almost no role, in game usage and RP use wise. This could be one thing to spike interest in them... or we can remove the fact that they are prison ships and maybe change it up to be some kind of light liner or some kind of deep space ship or a standard heavy transport.
The BPA uses the prison liner as a CCD ship because of its CD slot and it fits in well with the RP but yeah its a very under used ship though its price may have something to do with that.
Prison Liner - 200 mill (there about) for a 3.3k cargo, 180k hull with 9 guns and a CD.
Compared to:
Firefly - 40m 3.5k cargo, 100k hull with 8 guns and a CD.
Not exactly cost effective but its a great ship to RP with and I think it has a certain presence about it, quite regal in a cold no-nonsense kind of way. Using it as a troop transport sounds pretty good but I still think the price tag will put folks off, perhaps making it something like the gallic assault transport in terms of price and hull?
' Wrote:The BPA uses the prison liner as a CCD ship because of its CD slot and it fits in well with the RP but yeah its a very under used ship though its price may have something to do with that.
Prison Liner - 200 mill (there about) for a 3.3k cargo, 180k hull with 9 guns and a CD.
Compared to:
Firefly - 40m 3.5k cargo, 100k hull with 8 guns and a CD.
Not exactly cost effective but its a great ship to RP with and I think it has a certain presence about it, quite regal in a cold no-nonsense kind of way. Using it as a troop transport sounds pretty good but I still think the price tag will put folks off, perhaps making it something like the gallic assault transport in terms of price and hull?
The price of the Prison Liner is 127 million. Not somewhere around 200 milions.
But yes. This ship should be something like a troops/prisoner transport. With the new marines "commodity" Perfectly for military faction needs. And i like Kikatsu`s idea of a ship for a spy. But first: Please change the name. Marines in a Prison liner are kinda meh.
Edit: Oh well, not the discussion here. But the Gallic transports are a way too cheap for their cargo and the power they have. At least the L`ane and the Taureau
Yeah,I've had some pretty nice RP moments with my LPI- prison liner too.. It had to go though. It's fun to RP with it at the start but that's about it. It offers nothing more,just a boring prison ship.