Ships you want following you around ?

[lordmuck]

Hey peeps.

So I got the 3 free L ships. (not gonna leave names due to spoilers, even tho the game has been out for ages...)

However due to being modded with Conquest and war and those that have played it know how hectic things can be while jumping in a sector/zone (still confusing the two)

So I was thinking of keeping 1 of the free ships with me, and the other two set them up as traders where there is no jump gate or jumpthinggyballoffun.

I would like to cap a few L size to take with me as a squad kinda thing. What would you recommend ?

Lastly, as a tip.. has anyone used the mine laying drones successfully on a ship that is hostile to you? or do you also end up in weapon range and the drone is destroyed ? (they are nice against the non hostile stuff tho )

So ye, decent escorts for the Skunk L size and later on XL (probably buy them)

Thanks

[RodentofDoom]

I use the mine laying drone to setup PMC tradeships for easier capture, haven't really found any other use for it

the named pirate factions and the generic "enemy" faction will all shoot the drone as soon as it's weapon range

haven't found many uses for squad options either outside starting station construction

2 rahanas can deal with 1 light sol .. though they can take a bit of a beating in the process..

I play campaign, so fight ships tagging along usually end up getting wtfpwned by pmc stations, my trade ships are generally perma-trading .. so theres nothing left to make a squad from

coz small ships are useless

[lordmuck]

I use the mine laying drone to setup PMC tradeships for easier capture, haven't really found any other use for it

the named pirate factions and the generic "enemy" faction will all shoot the drone as soon as it's weapon range

haven't found many uses for squad options either outside starting station construction

2 rahanas can deal with 1 light sol .. though they can take a bit of a beating in the process..

I play campaign, so fight ships tagging along usually end up getting wtfpwned by pmc stations, my trade ships are generally perma-trading .. so theres nothing left to make a squad from

coz small ships are useless

I get your point about small ships in vanilla. As I am modding it out, I just got some exploration mod, ill use that when any pilot bails and CWIR claims the S ships and set them to explore. However a swarm of S ships are a pain to player and player ships lol .. just not the other way round hahaha