OK, I never said it was perfect, so let's consider this page a work-in-progress.
Firstly I did not say that only a 'core' ship can be an Iron-ass. Many OXP ships can also be iron-asses, but I felt it was also important to make the distinction between Iron-asses and uber-ships, partly to try to avoid the confusion which is rife and is encapsulated
here.
For my edit, I firstly went back to the original draft of the page, which itself was not perfect. It had also been flagged as a stub requiring expansion, so I thought it was reasonable to expand it in two ways. Firstly I tried to make it clear exactly what an Iron-ass is, namely a regular ship which has been fully equiped in terms of defensive and offensive armaments. I gave the example of a Cobra III which seemed logical as that is the starting ship.
As a consequence of the confusion regarding the distinction between Iron-asses and uber-ships, it just seemed sensible to also try to clarify that distinction within the article.
I accept that uber-ships can be Iron-assed, and therefore accept that the article as it stands could be improved further.
I will revisit the page when I get a minute and try to improve it, and would urge others to do the same.
Edited to add:- I got a minute
Is
this better?
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Far Arm ships
