I just sent Rarri and email about this.
Will post the reply, if I get one.
If these red quads get into the hands of pirates, every person who flys by Quad or Sleipnir is screwed.
The warp flight business just got a lot better.
An existing pirate is an ambush predictor, waiting for his slow moving prey to come into sight, because as a pirate he is equally as slow. They pick an ambush point, then they sit and wait, sometimes for hours.
With the Red Quads, they truly will be able to go hunt, seek out targets, and warp from Space Station to Space Station on a moments notice. Just one of these things in pirate hands will be felt through all of space when it's out hunting.
The new auction changes will mean Calypso auction will dip even lower.
I don't think it I'll make much difference.
1) pirates already can fly their quads faster than UL quads if they want to.
2) your investment isn't safe... UL quads were nerfed, these probably will be too in another year.
The only benefit of this ship is getting from planet to planet very fast. Useful, but worth 50k ped? No.
Oh well there's also the benefit to MA's RL Ferrari fund.
Auctions for the special-edition Quad-Wing Equus spacecraft have now begun. The listings can be found under the Global Auction section, with a start bid of 50000 PED. Start and end times for the 25 auction listings will be staggered at various hours of the day and over a period of three weeks so that interested parties from all time zones can participate.
Upon completion of each Quad-Wing Equus auction, the winning bidder will receive a special NanoWarp I device that provides warp capability for Equus-class ships, along with a Space Thruster device that allows for atmospheric entries and departures. Both the NanoWarp I and Space Thruster devices are repairable.
The Quad-Wing Equus luxury spacecraft sacrifices cargo space in exchange for rapid transport capability, and thus has lower cargo capacity than other Quad-Wing ships (10 items / 40kg). Also, the top speed of the Equus degrades if the total carried weight (cargo + cockpit) exceeds 100kg, while warp capability becomes disabled once the total carried weight exceeds 150kg.
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Quad-Wing Equus vs Quad-Wing Interceptor (L)
Lets have a look, 118.8 km/h vs 104.4 km/h, Cargo capacity (items) 10 vs 25?, Cargo max weight 40kg vs 81kg?, Max carried weight will see what they mean with that, no SI improvements, and most important no unlimited warp drive, so for a whopping 14.4km/h extra speed and the ability to warp they want us to pay 50k ped?
Quad-Wing Equus vs Quad-Wing Interceptor (L)
Lets have a look, 118.8 km/h vs 104.4 km/h, Cargo capacity (items) 10 vs 25?, Cargo max weight 40kg vs 81kg?, Max carried weight will see what they mean with that, no SI improvements, and most important no unlimited warp drive, so for a whopping 14.4km/h extra speed and the ability to warp they want us to pay 50k ped?
Warp drive and thruster is included
Regards
Kazanori
Quad-Wing Equus vs Quad-Wing Interceptor (L)
Lets have a look, 118.8 km/h vs 104.4 km/h, Cargo capacity (items) 10 vs 25?, Cargo max weight 40kg vs 81kg?, Max carried weight will see what they mean with that, no SI improvements, and most important no unlimited warp drive, so for a whopping 14.4km/h extra speed and the ability to warp they want us to pay 50k ped?
Warp drive and thruster is included
Regards
Kazanori
AND an unlimited warp drive (priceless compared to current warp drives)
AND an unlimited thruster (worth a couple of K+)
And the decay of UL WD per warp is unknown.
UL thruster is close to nothing, and on a scale of current investments is just simple ecofaggotry.
Upon completion of each Quad-Wing Equus auction, the winning bidder will receive a special NanoWarp I device that provides warp capability for Equus-class ships, along with a Space Thruster device that allows for atmospheric entries and departures. Both the NanoWarp I and Space Thruster devices are repairable.
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Dear Mindark,
for potential bidders it would be nice to know if the NanoWarp I device can alternately be used in privateers or motherships or if it can exclusively only be fittet in the equus quads.
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Upon completion of each Quad-Wing Equus auction, the winning bidder will receive a special NanoWarp I device that provides warp capability for Equus-class ships, along with a Space Thruster device that allows for atmospheric entries and departures. Both the NanoWarp I and Space Thruster devices are repairable.
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