The cockpit is reminiscent of a Hawker hunter aircraft (The Red Arrow’s plane). The Imperial Courier is at least as sexy as the Imperial Clipper, in looks and sound. The Diamondback carries around 20T of cargo, so NOT a trade-ship. These ships fit nicely into the lower-mid range, between a Lakon-6 and an Asp, but are much smaller than I originally expected. The new ships are very cool, but not top of the range examples. Travelling in hyperspace there’s a sub-sound like a tunnel echo and in super-cruise your ship makes an electric motor undertone, something like a tube train pulling away or breaking. When in super-cruise, your shields now charge at the normal rate and the power management switches now function, so you can switch power around the systems. The sum of which means the game feels subtly different on many levels. So three days into the Beta of 1.3 what’s it like? Well, lots of stuff had been tweaked. May 2015 CMDR-Arithon BETA testing, Game updates (0) Homeworld: Polevnic – 181.98LY From Shinrarta DezhraĬurrent best trade: None Powerplay Beta. Perks: Enforcer Cannon (reduced fire rate but improved damage) Homeworld: Harma – 194.25LY From Shinrarta DezhraĬurrent best trade: 29.42Ly 2250 CR Total Pranav Antal (Independent)Įthos: Preparation/Social, Expansion/Social, Control/Covert Perks: Cytoscrambler (burst laser, highly effective against shields, but no hull damage) Homeworld: Lembava – 165.83LY From Shinrarta DezhraĬurrent best trade: 9.36Ly 1044 CR Total Archon Delaine (Undefined)Įthos: Preparation/Combat, Expansion/Combat, Control/Social Perks: Pack-hound rack (medium seeker missile that fires a salvo of "drunk" missiles) Homeworld: Cubeo – 196.28LY From Shinrarta DezhraĬurrent best trade: 16.42Ly 1970 CR Total Li Yong-Rui (Independent)
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Perks: Prismatic Shield Generator (particularly strong shields) Homeworld: Eotienses – 123.55LY From Shinrarta DezhraĬurrent best trade: 14.95Ly 2376 CR TotalĮthos: Preparation/Social, Expansion/Finance, Control/Social Perks: Advanced Accelerator (specialist plasma weapon) Homeworld: Gateway – 94.17LY From Shinrarta DezhraĬurrent best trade: 29.42Ly 2250 CR Total Denton Patreus (Empire)Įthos: Preparation/Finance, Expansion/Combat, Control/Combat Perks: Retribution (small laser beam causes enhanced heat damage) Homeworld: Synteini – 27LY From Shinrarta DezhraĬurrent best trade: 19.04Ly 2087 CR Total Edmund Mahon (Alliance)Įthos: Preparation/Finance, Expansion/Finance, Control/Finance Perks: Mining Lance (mining lase capable of inflicting combat damage) Homeworld: Kamadhenu – 135.68LY From Shinrarta DezhraĬurrent best trade: 24.24Lyr 1661 CR Total Zemina Torval (Empire)Įthos: Preparation/Finance, Expansion/Finance, Control/Covert Perks: Imperial Hammer (multi shot rail gun) Homeworld: Rhea – 56.03LY From Shinrarta DezhraĬurrent best trade: 20.26Ly 2304 CR Total Arissa Lavigny-Duval (Empire)Įthos: Preparation/Social, Expansion/Combat, Control/Combat Perks: Pulse Disruptor (medium pulse weapon, causes module malfunction) Homeworld: Nanomam – 82.03LY From Shinrarta DezhraĬurrent best trade: 20.01Ly 2255 CR Total Felicia Winters (Federation)Įthos: Preparation/Social, Expansion/Finance, Control/Finance Perks: Pacifier Frag-Cannon (large frag cannon with decreased damage but increased range and tighter spread) Clearly the simulation of politics is working perfectly! Zachary Hudson (Federation)Įthos: Preparation/Combat, Expansion/Combat, Control/Combat
What are the pros and cons of each power? I have no clear idea but after running around for Aisling Duval for a few days, I'm out of pocket and don't feel I've gained anything.
Trades were calculated using a Thrudd search for profitable trades of 30Lyr or less in a 30Lyr range of the ally homeworld.
Perks are available to allies after four weeks where they have rating 3 (top 50%). Not just what cool toys they offer as perks to allies, but how far their homeworlds are from Founders World, what their goals are and what trade is like in their neck of the woods. I’ve done some research to ascertain some hopefully relevant information about the ten powers.