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12:55 AM
Banshee private scramble code
Saw your handle on the Holonet. Star Lord saved the damsel in distress? Nice going. Told you people would start to call you that when word got around.
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Question: How is the shopping going? Reason I ask is that I've got a line on a pair of ARC-170s.
Downside: One is going to be max load for Banshee. The 170 is a 50+ year old design - these are Clone War surplus. They are built to take a crew of three, pilot, copilot/gunner, and tail gunner. They aren't as fast or agile as an X-wing. If I buy them both, we'll need at least one more pilot.
Upside: They are new in the box. Built at the end of the war and never put into service. And cheap. I can get the pair for CR60K plus shipping to Naboo. I'll sell you one at my cost. Incom built them, so changing the engines from 4J4s to the 8-series and swapping in turbolasers for the laser cannon should just about be plug and play. Controls are about the same as Banshee; they did that with almost everything they made. Flying solo will triple the range to 15 days consumables. Not only are they heavily gunned, they have excellent armor and deflectors, as well as six proton torpedoes. Hyperdrive has a 1.5 rating, and I'll bet that can be upgraded too.
What do you think? Should I go ahead and buy them?
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Something else to throw out there. From reading the net, looks like your new ladyfriend is a crimefighter from Earth. Says she used to pilot her own plane, wants to learn to be a starpilot, and needs credits to buy a ship of her own. Think she'd be interested in hiring on? Since a 170 has dual controls, we could even give her starfighter pilot training as well as a good grounding in running a big ship. Comments?
Saw your handle on the Holonet. Star Lord saved the damsel in distress? Nice going. Told you people would start to call you that when word got around.
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Question: How is the shopping going? Reason I ask is that I've got a line on a pair of ARC-170s.
Downside: One is going to be max load for Banshee. The 170 is a 50+ year old design - these are Clone War surplus. They are built to take a crew of three, pilot, copilot/gunner, and tail gunner. They aren't as fast or agile as an X-wing. If I buy them both, we'll need at least one more pilot.
Upside: They are new in the box. Built at the end of the war and never put into service. And cheap. I can get the pair for CR60K plus shipping to Naboo. I'll sell you one at my cost. Incom built them, so changing the engines from 4J4s to the 8-series and swapping in turbolasers for the laser cannon should just about be plug and play. Controls are about the same as Banshee; they did that with almost everything they made. Flying solo will triple the range to 15 days consumables. Not only are they heavily gunned, they have excellent armor and deflectors, as well as six proton torpedoes. Hyperdrive has a 1.5 rating, and I'll bet that can be upgraded too.
What do you think? Should I go ahead and buy them?
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Something else to throw out there. From reading the net, looks like your new ladyfriend is a crimefighter from Earth. Says she used to pilot her own plane, wants to learn to be a starpilot, and needs credits to buy a ship of her own. Think she'd be interested in hiring on? Since a 170 has dual controls, we could even give her starfighter pilot training as well as a good grounding in running a big ship. Comments?