Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 12:43 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0jyKabLHVcWestwood wrote:I traded in my battle worn Kirin XM for a humble Interstellar explorer.
Fly it with pride. Whatever you fly.
Fly it with pride. Whatever you fly.
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Fly it with pride. Whatever you fly.
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 12:51 am
Oh I do...more so with the simple ships though.ClymAngus wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0jyKabLHVcWestwood wrote:I traded in my battle worn Kirin XM for a humble Interstellar explorer.
Fly it with pride. Whatever you fly.
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 12:54 am
But if you could inform us where we are going wrong, then maybe a happy compromise could be reached? (around cobra mk 4) 
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 12:59 am
Alas! No one is going anywhere wrong. However, after flying the cream-of-the crop star-ships for many a month, I have found that I enjoy the space ways considerably more in a rusty low end ship. Perhaps it's an inferiority-complex I posses.
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 9:36 am
Thats how I bought it?? It is the XM version though, not just your average common or garden variety Kirin...Cmdr Wyvern wrote:I doubt he's flying a Kirin; the Kirin only has four energy banks.
(Unless it's been illegally and unnecessarily modified, tsk tsk you cheatin' weaselid. A Kirin is iron assed enough without having to go to that extreme.)
BTW Tivva, there's a new version of MilHUD out.
If you're counting the bars then it actually shows 7 too...I'll go check the shipdata file & report back.
Didn't realise there was a new Hud out, must go look.
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 9:44 am
Oh yesClymAngus wrote:Oh look ex-military variant. I bet your having some fun with that.
How are you finding her?
She's a bit less nimble than the Caddy Omega, my previous ship (which I never thought I'd sell). But the firepower
Slightly different tactics required than the caddy too, these turrets can fire forward
If there was anything I'd change it would be her size- 400t is a bit too much for me. I'd prefer about 200-250t & more maneuverability.
Although the turrets make up for some of that, but it'd be nice to get the Mil lasers on target a bit quicker sometimes...
Tivva
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 2:22 pm
The energy reserve for all Kirin variants is 256, or four bars. The XM has a slightly better recharge than either the CV or Sport versions.Thats how I bought it?? It is the XM version though, not just your average common or garden variety Kirin... :Cool:
If you're counting the bars then it actually shows 7 too...I'll go check the shipdata file & report back.
Yup, MilHUDv3.Didn't realise there was a new Hud out, must go look.
That giant hold really pays for itself with those contract hauls on the F8-F8 screen.If there was anything I'd change it would be her size- 400t is a bit too much for me. I'd prefer about 200-250t & more maneuverability.
Although the turrets make up for some of that, but it'd be nice to get the Mil lasers on target a bit quicker sometimes...
Tivva
Sure, a Kirin is ponderous, but I've found that makes it an ideal platform for long-range precision sniping.
But if you want quicker and smaller, there is the Kirin Sport. Though you have to live with fewer, and weaker turret placements on that model, and only 150 TC max cargo. On the plus side, it doesn't guzzle fuel near as hard.
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 4:22 pm
I've done a couple of F8-F8 contracts & i think i was just starting to get the more lucrative ones coming up (the 300t narcs offer put me off as i thought I'd never get to dock with a Fug status...) & then Cataclysm got in the way...Cmdr Wyvern wrote:
That giant hold really pays for itself with those contract hauls on the F8-F8 screen.
Sure, a Kirin is ponderous, but I've found that makes it an ideal platform for long-range precision sniping.
But if you want quicker and smaller, there is the Kirin Sport. Though you have to live with fewer, and weaker turret placements on that model, and only 150 TC max cargo. On the plus side, it doesn't guzzle fuel near as hard.
What I'd really like is a Kirin assault version- half the size, to make a smaller target, half the cargo hold (natch), more manoeverable & with 6 turrets but all on top & with a forward firing arc. Nothing at the rear or underneath- this baby is going in on the attack...Price accordingly the right people will pay for it...
I might see if I can hack the std oxp but I'll probably frak it up....
You never know we might see a special oxp looking for a stolen version in the hands of pirates & a certain shipyard want it back...
The "Sport" version doesn't cut it for me & the graphics arn't upto the pukka deal either...
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 7:54 pm
To get this thread back to screenshots, a few recently declassified Spec-Ops pics:
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 8:15 pm
Awesome, Thargoid!
Mind saying what ship that is giving your comrades a spanking?
Mind saying what ship that is giving your comrades a spanking?
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 8:15 pm
very very nice...
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 8:17 pm
Aquarian Strike Fighter - Raptor class.
But don't worry, we have a counter for it, which will be arriving in your galaxies shortly.
But don't worry, we have a counter for it, which will be arriving in your galaxies shortly.
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 8:17 pm
More top secret military footage:
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 8:32 pm
There's a LOT of hostiles on the radar!!
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 8:35 pm
A fighter vs a Warship, it's more or less an even match, I'd say.Thargoid wrote:
But don't worry, we have a counter for it, which will be arriving in your galaxies shortly.
That same fighter going head to head with a Battleship, now that takes a ton o' nuts. In fact, you could question the sanity of that figherjock right off.
I'm never able to slug it out with a Battleship without racking up an epic repair bill.