[brainman.9Hells]

Originally posted by Manta_Ky:
I traded up for a Terran Carrier recently. (...)The pilots are stupid and the crash alot. But they are good at drawing fire away from you.
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Has anybody else use fighters? What have you learned about them?

I tried the Terrar Carrier, but I haven't been able constantly find fighters at shops... I end up being without fighters. It's very annoying that they crash into you.

My pref'ed ship is the Xiati Battleship III. The strategy is to overwhelm enemies PD with missiles. 2 or 3 volleys kill most ships. I only have a hard time against other Xiati Battleships.

The Xiati battleship can carry up to 6 plasma missiles (40kt). I use a tachyon beam on front so I can shoot fleeing enemies engines and DUC on the right side (lightweight, great reload time, decent damage, great for circling the enemy at close range).

So my ship goes like this
Front: tachyon + 2 plasma torps
right: 2 plasma torps + 2 DUC's
left : 2 toxic injectors
3 PD guns
75kt of energy supply
This leaves room for all eletronics + long range scanners + repair bay + shield regenerator + energy capacitor(name?), 2 cargo holds.
The remaining space goes for shields/armor in a 2/1 proportion, regular shields, regen armor

Regards,
brainman