CR: Kronos and the Zephyr

[Dashiell]

I know what has been told to me before...

I pointed out that the Kronos is very much underpowered for its enormous size, which equals the size of heavy BS (see here), before. I was told it is a counter to the Sarissa. Now, I still find that "excuse" laughable. I also heard the old CR wished for a medium BS instead of the light and sadly quite weak Carrier, the Zephyr. Sadly the Kronos lacks even more ability to survive (and fight) against anything it is supposed to fight - except MAYBE the Sarissa, which is never used.

Now don't get me wrong, I actually like the Kronos. It looks and feels like a fat BS should be. Like a heavy BS. But it isn't. The low armor and low BB (compared to other BS) kills it. The weapon count and placement on the ship is quite good though, but that doesn't make up for the rest. Other medium BS are much smaller and can therefore evade incoming fire, the Kronos can't.

A medium BS is not unfitting for the CR. They operate in asteroid-filled areas and a heavy BS is just unfitting for their economical situation. "Lighter and agile" needs to be the motto for their succes. Overpowering the superior enemies is not an option. Overall though, due to that, the CR rather relies on snub attacks, a more guerilla-like warfare. For that they need a carrier to bring the snubs closer to the enemy, not a battleship which is meant to fight off the enemies rather directly.

As my new userpic, taken from the wiki 8| , suggests - I'm very much for the reimplementation of the Zephyr. Now as a real carrier. If you ask me, even though I like the Kronos looks and all that, you can kick that one out for the Zephyr. It makes way more sense in RP for the CR to rely on a carrier plus their cruisers and snubs. Maybe even readd the Argus - but that's a different story.

The Zephyr looked better than the Kronos, and, even though it wasn't very good, still performed better under the circumstances the CR is. Not to mention what has already been mentioned above: it makes more sense for the faction and its RP.

So, yes, please, return the Zephyr. Give it a little buff from how it has been before - more armor for example - since it is quite big, make it a proper carrier with docking module slots. And if you ask me, replace the Kronos with the Zephyr again. That's my opinion about the matter.

(sadly I didn't add the Zephyr on the pic above ...)

Pretty much my exact thoughts.

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