X3TC: TS recommendation for player ship
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X3TC: TS recommendation for player ship
If your prepared to splash out abit for a TS class transport for yourself, try a OTAS Minstral. Purchased from the OTAS shipyards in Legend's Home at 287,366 cr. SuperFreighter version available at 1,498,187 cr
I bought one to replace my Mercury.
Its a well rounded ship with 4 turrets (1 gun for Front and back, 2 guns for Up and Down) and limited to the following turret mounts
Impulse Ray Emitter
Particle Accelerator Cannon
Mobile Drilling System
Tractor Beam Repair Laser
Phased Repeater Gun
Iron Disruptor
It is fast at 130 m/sec with the same cargo capacity as the Mercury (4000 units) and can have upto 4 25MJ shields compared 3 on the Mercury.
PS... Try not to put anything too fancy on the turrets. I had put PACs on the turrets and the twin turret used 6% of the power supply.
I bought one to replace my Mercury.
Its a well rounded ship with 4 turrets (1 gun for Front and back, 2 guns for Up and Down) and limited to the following turret mounts
Impulse Ray Emitter
Particle Accelerator Cannon
Mobile Drilling System
Tractor Beam Repair Laser
Phased Repeater Gun
Iron Disruptor
It is fast at 130 m/sec with the same cargo capacity as the Mercury (4000 units) and can have upto 4 25MJ shields compared 3 on the Mercury.
PS... Try not to put anything too fancy on the turrets. I had put PACs on the turrets and the twin turret used 6% of the power supply.
Commander Mad Mat
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Yes, they're very good. I've been using the super freighters fully upgraded. (Be prepared to spend about 3M more upgrading that cargo bay.) You should take a look at the Zephyrus as well, it's second only to the split TM in speed, and has much better shields; makes a great mobile base if you prefer to fly an M5 when looking for trading deals like me.
The turret configurations are a little different on the TM and super freighter. There's 2 guns on two turrets and 2 forward guns. I saw some pirates jump a Zephyrus IS and they failed miserably. The PRGs seemed to force them into braking off their strafing runs while the M4 escorts tore them up.
You might want to spoiler tag the location of the shipyard though...
The turret configurations are a little different on the TM and super freighter. There's 2 guns on two turrets and 2 forward guns. I saw some pirates jump a Zephyrus IS and they failed miserably. The PRGs seemed to force them into braking off their strafing runs while the M4 escorts tore them up.
You might want to spoiler tag the location of the shipyard though...
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I suspect that their M3's and the M7/M7M are quest rewards, but the chain is currently broken.delray wrote:OTAS is rocking really. Best M4, best TS, best SF, best corvette... All their ships are extremely good-looking and usually best or close to best in their class.
Haven't tried Boreas yet but it looks extremely sexy too.
I wish you could buy OTAS M3s though... Tried to cap one for ages.
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That's the M7, the Sirokos is the M7M... I've tried it in my cheat save and it's sadly impotent like the M7M class in general.jannix wrote:I think I saw the Aquilo missile frigate (M7M) for sale at Legend's Home. This is without doing any plot so far. But yea, I can't wait to try out the Otas M7.phoenix-it wrote: I suspect that their M3's and the M7/M7M are quest rewards, but the chain is currently broken.
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Aquilo is a m7m and available from legends home. It's cheaper than most m7ms and it mounts stronger shielding, but it can't fire boarding pods. best m7m for AI use. Looks awesome too.
You can also buy the m6. I forget what it's called.
"Venti" (m3) and "Eurus" (m4) and the boarding cruiser (?) are the only ships that arn't available.
You can also buy the m6. I forget what it's called.
"Venti" (m3) and "Eurus" (m4) and the boarding cruiser (?) are the only ships that arn't available.
Irrational factors are clearly at work.
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The Nova Raider in X3:TC has a speed around 190m/s I believe, much faster than the X3:R version.Mythix wrote:You can't buy the Venti?Sandalpocalypse wrote:"Venti" (m3) and "Eurus" (m4) and the boarding cruiser (?) are the only ships that arn't available.
Finally I find a Nova-like ship with decent speed and you can't buy it?
Wail!
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