Posted by: Rich.h
« on: November 09, 2016, 06:13:19 PM »I would say first ditch the armour as previous stated ships like this will not stand a chance if anything makes them a target. Their survival lies in early passive detection and having a low thermal signature to get out of dodge before trouble starts. Also beef them up to full 1000t survey craft this will give you two benefits, firstly you can make use of some far more efficient engine designs and secondly throw on much larger fuel tanks. that 17bkm range might seem like a lot on paper, but consider that working on a 50% refuel order then you only have 9bkm at most of operational duty each flight, break that down and you would only manage for example a survey of two different grav points on opposite sides of the Sol system before needing to refuel. Ideally you want to try and aim for 30-40bkm or more if possible for small survey craft so they can at least get a good few surveys done before each refuel.