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I thought of an idea for a new ship.

It basically has the weaponry of a pdn, the hull of a bs and no fuel. It has to be transported to the system and stays in the station. and as the name implies...is used for defense. And i think that it should be achieved fairly early on rank wise.

Ever heard of the Palatial Dreadnought? It is a mobile planetary defense platform.

the idea was to get more weapons in newer players, so they can help defend a system.

Do you have any idea how much it costs to outfit a ship the size of a PDN? It costs alot, you need to work up to it. I personally don't understand why newer players would need more guns or why smaller ships need an advantage over larger ships.

the platform would before war like situations...and yes i know how much it costs to do that.

the smaller ships is so that there is a different aspect to the game then, my ship is bigger than yours...now die in one blast. I think it would add more creativity and excitment...and help the economy.

Currently we have an assault craft, a ship with superior firpower to its small counterparts, but no jump capability, so for station defense and offense only. Although the idea of a medium or large ship for station fighting only (i.e. no jump) is interesting, until station locks are introduced, nothing prevents this from being used for both offense and defense.

I think the idea has merit.

Warren has described (although in a more powerful ship) the original intention of the SDC, which had no jump capability.

I'm not sure about a low rank to use it though. With the ship described, I would hope it would take at least HCA1 to use.

more players need more gun because it is their defense against enemy attack.

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When this game first came out, Paul had mentioned 'Star Forts' as being this sort of thing (not weaponry or life wise, but a planetary defense platform). Unfortunately, it has not been developed yet after nearly a year... But the thought is still there.