It's possible the new design wasn't released yet. It does say they're spending the next 2 years developing ships in the first sentance, which would indicate that the ship the rumor is refering to isn't even in the game.
Quote:Considering the range of ships Outcasts used in Vanilla, Sabre is the best match. I doubt they would report Stiletto as a new great development. Even if they did, it is definitely one of the BW ships.
Didn't Hessians use Sabres as well, though? Other than the Civilian ship line, the Border World line is used by many factions, and like the Civilian lines, they're developed by multiple different factions. Even if Outcasts did develop the original design, which I don't think is likely, they aren't the sole manufacturers, or users of the Border World ships. They're not as open market as Civilian ships, but they are still there to use by many people.
Quote:The ship distribution can't be attributed to ship origin. No ship is in vanilla is sold in multiple regions with different difficulty levels. Outcast space has different level from all other BW shipline users. Therefore it just can't have the same ships in vanilla.
When there is nothing else to determine the ships origin, then there's nothing else to... yeah. I don't think the sale locations prove who made the ship either, only disprove that Outcasts were responsible.