gotcha. That makes sense.Deus Siddis wrote:Sorry I wasn't being clear, I meant those as two separate statements. On one hand the Guild can use its Clydesdales to protect their business in systems that are poorly patrolled by the military or militias.
This doesn't make as much sense, imo. Not entirely, anyway. I'm trying to figure out why they would spend resources on that. I suppose it could be to keep the shipyards running while they have downtime between ox/elephant productions. It's probably cheaper to keep the labor working than to send them home...and the cost of materials is easily recouped in the sales price of the ship...might not be a bad racket, after all.But I think the main purpose of producing the Clydesdale is simply to sell it to factions like the Purists or Highborn or Shapers, who don't produce their own heavy warships because they are too costly. So basically the Guild runs a side business as a military weapons contractor, building and selling Clydesdale cruisers using their vast infrastructure of heavy shipworks, that they have already established for constructing their fleets of thousands of super freighters like the Ox or Elephant.
Wait. What?? No. no no no. *heavy sigh*Something like that might be better, but it would also have to be a lot smaller. There's just nothing quick or agile about 2 kilometers of armored hull.
Yeah. No way. 2km is insanity. That's a space station, not a ship. I thought it was just a bit smaller than the ox... at least, it should be. Just give it massive thrusters, heavy armor, but maneuver like a drunken cow. Like I said -- rip through blockades, and hit the jump points at full speed.