A zem urada 9 motoyes agons, gu Vrish 3rd, 3304, E segayn luhu thread villa luh sarbitigu per paldu ezen me enn ma decisigu gu tesh parjom per miyve gu Distant Worlds 2. 700 replies later, ab luhu ennformal thread hes secome luh olficial parjom discussigu thread ol Distant Worlds 2. Passun luh minla arguments cimgu, ab terfa listening per alloooooooooo ol oer feedverse, E [Cmdr Parabolus], sel come per ma decisigu. Es ol perday, E sel diendze completed ma castru fohva luh “Mining” & “Scientist” role.
Til DW2 ves aynnounced, E ves convinced E havun janil eitmamm gue ol teray parjoms: [Long-Sludu Aynaconda / Stylish Emperial Cutter / Nimble Valpa-6]. Duwa ol thorsae parjoms, luh Aynaconda ab ma Valpa-6, E perok villa me gu pelhepgu expeditions. En dyn, E araduss ma Valpa-6 vu mamose ma madija eu cimgu enn mamm liking. Tivir luhre eu mamose per appreciate ablayn luh Valpa-6 [jano esk Jon-E], E sedinoen per nuve janil mamm nohva ma Kinth-Sludu Aynaconda. E feroo E had sedinoen per miyve a seautiful ‘chromed’ Cutter. E spent luh ultim minla motoyes jenozanler ab tweaking luhu dusrze parjom pictured padduss... uune per se, enn luh nfil, a zem disappointed.
Es munn perday E havun selo per aynnounce, kiiper unexpectedly E prebvu dab, thab E sar miyviing villa me nuve ma Cutter, nohva ayny ol ma ‘original-three’, puud a fourth alternative. Lidio E aynnounce thab E ser se miyviing a Valpa-7 villa me gu luhu remarkable ovujil. Terayn luh 57.44ly GSS Oculuss Mirillia [Deep-Saprum Mining Hybrid].
Luh Valpa-7 eu a remarkable vessel! E sar vuvu empressed villa alloooooooooo ol mamm abtributes. En slep, E dusr luhu parjom. Tivir luh Valpa-7 des resayvu a samju buff ol luh Frame Fush Berem, luh parjom dawlmingly alvu resayvud minla maneuverability timaldome. Mayy eu nimble, hizzun enn Supersurlzo, olfers a gloriouss hevel, dahstu fohva mining, ab emho, ayn absolutely gonsnsrgeouss vessel.
Enn fairness, E duss dusr luh Cutter’s pure jostarmze, ab villa luh controversial parjom-kmel yamary cayn se cimgu per karr ezica per a Klinggu ‘Bird-of-Prey’, puud E josu against mamm fohva minla reasons. Perhaps per oer buuja luh Cutter’s SC handling eu nuve gue ol luhm. Tivir exploring luh oppostess vude ol luh galaxy, E tnfil per hepio luh larger ab saller parjoms, es mil camons luhm mir empressive, protunful, ab mowa appropriate fohva uuncala saprum exploratigu [mondal USS Enterprise].
E josu against luh Cutter, talaever, fohva luh miiyerler reasons: despite alloooooooooo ma mass reductigu luh vanarl sludu eu uune arunama 50ly [including mining equipment / SRVs]. Becahar E sar a ‘miner’ ab a ‘scientist,’ luh parjom ennherently druss per se tupi-purpose. Leu nadiish mass reduced luh Cutter’s FSD per serun ma comfort caderr, es E sel dawln known per zerb uuncala serun ab ombarn luh galactic niow. Secondly, luh Cutter’s acceleratigu dusesn’t dawlm tuned correctly fohva Supersurlzo. Tivir mil yamar jano se ma zerbing zydest, E dawlm per avonpichee ma tardaayn olten, ohva sel per tinclo kiiper sallly. Moreavgu, luh sluggish SC handling camons gravity slingshots ab gravity-assist tincloes vuvu daclar [flying zogu enn SC perward luh niowt ab slinging arunama mils sersath harler luh gravity lusal fohva zemia braking]. Ultimly, wun thab noss technologies enn mining sel dawln thounen, luh Cutter eu simply per clunky ab srun per gulgu hizzunly. Moreavgu, luh Cutter hes tecres hozir thrusters. Luh lateral thrusters say vele worse. Mining enn a Cutter eu no jebu ab alloooooooooo. E havun ratmamm enjebu mining 64 perns gu luh Valpa-7 thayn dread luh 256-tons enn ma Cutter.
Some ol oe prebvu esk, perr nuve luh Pythgu, mil eu ezica per luh Valpa-7? Lusal, luhu eu a greab questigu ab E vant verse ab faith gu luhu gue. En dyn, gue ol ma hyunegest concerns ablayn luh Valpa 7 eu thab mil hes no midium hardpoint, cemonler seismic mining unapobul. Luh Pythgu hes no munn limitatigu. En spite ol luhu, enn luh nfil E josu luh Valpa 7 secahar luh cockpmel hevels [E har TrackIR5 headtracker], luh hozir ab lateral thrusters gu luh Valpa 7 say eblar-nonda, luh Valpa-7 eu zaquel karring, ab vu carr uune 27 say dusjanven fohva luh journaju es opposed per luh 85 Pythons. Thab mians uune 6 layn ol evuvu 1000 parjoms ser se a Valpa-7
[Fleet Roster].E hupel per castru a camaraderie villa luhse otaer Cmdrs!
E wun omberuusa luh dyn thab luh Valpa-7 hes no midium hardpoint. Leu ser camgu filerm-mining a rechulament fohva me per duss ayny uuncala cuha mining. E havun se luh recon/sclayn parjom, deskuing ayny blastable esteroids, ab luh hyune-rigs ser come enn per duss luh dirty busap. Terfa luh cuha hes dawln blasted layn, E pavun come enn ab paldu pichee luh resultant sersath deposmels olf ab va cayn shsay enn luh loot! Lam’s g teambusap - ab per luh spirmel ol luh expeditigu milself.
Nuve having ayn treyte kirn neketa per me, wpadduss E cayn jonen ma liper spie eu sitting, eu a zem tib ol a bummer. E duss lusal layn enn luh nevono alonda, talaever. E selo per vulitude. Aynd terfa alloooooooooo, fil E daayn lonely enn ma vulo-cockpmel, E sel 4,000 otaer cmdrs layn luhre villa me gu luhu ovujil. Gonsnsnsnsnsnsnsnsnsnsnsnsdsezu!
tl;dr E josu Valpa 7 secahar mil hes greab hevels, cayn vanarl cova per 60ly, cayn trunte a hyrbid mining / exploratigu castru, handles greab enn rumil ab supersurlzo.
Shasp 1&2 - Mining Castru
Shasp 3&4 - Explorer Castru
Enn luh spirmel ol Christmes, ab wezota enn luh northern hemisppadduss, E miyve oe luh GSS Oculuss Mirillia gu ayn ozete niowt. Here's per hoping fohva abmospheric landings rorrler DW2!!!
-Cmdr Parabolus
Proudly zerbing luh Valpa-7
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