Utility Ships

[ReeverDrak]

Now one thing iv always wanted for chirstmas in X3, and XTM is a dedicated small to medum sized utility ship... basicaly a ship with good sheilding, speed and manuveralabilty and hold XL loads but can only hold a small amount and only be able to equip a non weapon.

To give an idea iv come up with a few vereants i S, M and L loadouts the 3 races i think are the best to have these ships> Teladi (mining), Boron (repair), Paranid (tractor).

Load outs and pos costs are as follows.

Mining
Speed = min 110kps max 230kps
Race = Teladi
ShipName = Sparow
Cago = min 100u max 300u

Size.....Cost........Sheilds.....BuiltinExtentions
S.........600K.......1x1MJ.........SETA, SpecCommandSoftMK1, Mineralscanner, NavsoftMK1, duplexsc
M........690K........2x5MJ........SETA, SpecCommandSoftMK1, Mineralscanner, NavsoftMK1, duplexsc, orecolecter, bestsellinglocator
L.........790k........2x25MJ......SETA, SpecCommandSoftMK1, Mineralscanner, NavsoftMK1, duplexsc, orecolecter, bestsellinglocator, teleporter, MiningLasor

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Repair
Speed = min 90kps max 180kps
Race = Boron
ShipName = Nautulas
Cargo = min 50u man 180u

Size.....Cost........Sheilds.....BuiltinExtentions
S.........700k........1x1MJ........SETA, SpecCommandSoftMK1, NavsoftMK1, Triplxsc
M.........730K.......1x25MJ......SETA, SpecCommandSoftMK1, NavsoftMK1, Triplxsc, VidEnhansGogles, FleetSupsoft,
L.........795k........1x200MJ....SETA, SpecCommandSoftMK1, NavsoftMK1, Triplxsc, VidEnhansGogles, FleetSupsoft, Repair Laser

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Tractor
Speed = min 80kps max 240kps
Race = Paranid
ShipName = Perraneas
Cargo = min 85u max 200u

Size.....Cost.........Sheilds.....BuiltinExtention s
S.........590k.........1x1MJ.......SETA, SpecCommandSoftMK1, NavsoftMK1, Triplxsc
M.........657k........3x5MJ.......SETA, SpecCommandSoftMK1, NavsoftMK1, Triplxsc, Dockingcomp, boostext,
L.........1.12m......3x25MJ......SETA, SpecCommandSoftMK1, NavsoftMK1, Triplxsc, Dockingcomp, boostext, Tractorbeam

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What dose everyone think??

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Here's the draft i made for the boron... just had it floting in my head so i thought dam it ill draw it in paint lol.

Working o the Mining ship... suggestions welcome

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[Tritous]

I've never minded the small ships, it's the low speeds of the big ships I dislike. They have HUGE engines, they should be capable of going 500m/s no problems, but should also take the better part of 10 minutes to get to that speed (and slow down from that speed).

It's a nice concept, too many of the stock ships are a bit "meh". There really isn't as much variety between races as their used to be and with how easy notoriety is you just buy whichever is best in that class (there isnt so much tradeoffs, just good one / bad one).

Not too much point in a tractor drone though because you still can't pull stations any faster than they move at. If you could link 4-5 together and tow faster as a group yes, but that would take some VERY tricky scripting. Mining is too limited by low cargo too unless you plan to use it to just break rocks up and something else collect them

Also note the COST of the items you are talking about adding, that tractor beam is about 800k, that's a 120?k drilling system + a 50k tractor beam for just 100k more?

I'd like maybe an argon TP about the size and a little faster than that mining ship : a real "express"

Perhaps a war drone with two turrets with near 100% coverage and a couple IDs and IREs to be a super war drone (or mine removal)

Perhaps real scout drones that move at high speeds patrolling sectors and drop beacons / temp nav sats near anything they find interesting (with a nice simple beep tone for the pilot to look into the details themselves)

A particular nicity would be a jumpdrive drone. docking space for 1 ship M3-6, jumpdrive, and a generator that supplies it with the power to jump up to 3 sectors. 4-5 of them would be the favourite tool of anyone who caps a lot. low shield, high speed, jump drive and software. *buys one now*. Uses a "deploy" command to unfold into an m5 with dock, and pack command to close back into a drone for picking back up. I'm not sure if that really counts as utility ship though

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[LostLunatic]

good idea.imo the miner should be slower with better steering and more cargo.for the repair ship less cargo more speed and less maneuverability,and a tractor ship is sorta useless unless you like moveing around stations.there is a TC thread about a repair ship that i cant seem to find again

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[ReeverDrak]

well my main focas was on the miner, and there not drones, there more like TL's or M4 class ships, thats why there speed is hight, there not big ships, there small, and with the miner i wanted a speed to cargo raysho that would make it better and faster than any TL at mining but not out of balence. one nifty thing is (and there may need to be a script for it) with the telaposter the ability to quickly collect rocks...

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[dralk]

i think that would be great addition but i think that boron utility ship looks alot like a snail

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[ReeverDrak]

you one quater right lol i based the idea as the name suggests on the Nautulas which is a sea thingy as you'd prob know =P

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