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Hmmm....Escort Class 6-QIII engines, SolarSail-3, Q-reactor and you good to go NOTHING can catch it without mods
Yeah, but I'm talking about an affordable solution early in the game that won't be useful as a major "attack fleet" type ship... and one that doesn't take 50 years of research to build.
It seems like it's at about the time I get LCs that I've met a few races and have explored out about as far as my escorts will go in any reasonable amount of time. The idea is that they'd be much faster than a regular ship, and would be handy for running through enemy turf in a hurry without either getting caught, or having to bring an entire fleet through. I like the comments on the supplies, I hadn't considered that. Thanks.
Also, I don't get how an escort with the mentioned components would be any faster than a cruiser with those same components. At that point in the game, why build the escort?