*I* was actually considering modeling the mining ship RED DWARF in the near future. It would probably end in disaster, since I'm very, very bad at modeling (learning every day, though). It would be massive, with a huge hull health. It would support class 1 or 2 shields only, simply to prevent damage from asteroid collision. It would support 6 - 8 turrets, but no forward firing guns. It would be too big to use berths, though, so you'd have to use the moor-to-berth fix.

Hey, and when the pirates come along to steal your cargo, you can just ask them nicely to go away and come again another day. :p

Trains and other transport vessels have escorts for a reason, guys. If you have no escorts, then make darn sure you can survive a firefight. If you are that huge, a dogfight in an asteroid field is out of the question because you're either sitting there like a dead parrot or your bouncing off of asteroids like a giant pinball machine. 40,000 hull points aren't going to help all that much when you're getting pounded by 4 corsairs in Titans (or whatever) because while it may take them a while, they will eventually get through if you have only 1 turret. The Red Dwarf seems a bit more feasable, but the level 2 shields will fall fast when you move like a bovine in the mud. At least with a dozen turrets you'll be able to have a chance to defend yourself.

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All the better reason to hire escorts, right?
It does give you a number of different options, doesn't it?
Go deep into an asteroid field and run the risk of not being able to escape, or stay on the fringes and spend hours mining.
Stick to Liberty space where all you have to worry about is Xenos in Starfliers and Junkers in...whatever Junkers fly, or go mine some Diamonds out amongst the big guns.

These are just ideas, and as/if they're brought to reality they have to be tweaked. But it's really no good tweaking an idea until you know exactly how it plays out. Let's face it, mining ships aren't designed to be in a dog fight. They're not meant to be fast or powerful (though they should be heads and sholders above transports). They just kind of lumber along. A dozen level 6 turrets won't do jack squat against a pack of Titans either, so your best bet is to get a pack of Titans on your side, or stay away from the whole mess. Part of expanding the game is expanding your options

there is a reason for getting good with baddies BTW.

there's a mining vessel already in the game. it's THE WIDEST SHIP IN FL. If you equip it with its specific FX, it looks SO COOL

Has a lot of turrets though


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