Pros.
Huge cargo space, fat shields and plenty of guns, looks cool with those wings.
Cons.
Even with engine tuning through the roof and maximum steering it's a sitting duck. Khaak clusters isn't that much of a problem as long as the turrets hit but one really has to plan when trying to line up the shots since you turn so damn slow.
Against Xenon it's worse, albeit faster than the NOVA i flew before the OSPREY is as agile as a pregnant mule with broken legs stuck in a tarpit. Anyone of the other M6 has enough speed and manouverability to dodge incoming fire from the Xenon M1 & M2, the Osprey will get pounded into scrap (Ok, it might take awhile but it WILL happen)
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I'm planning to get more of the Osprey's though since they are weapon platforms compared to some of the others but there are some problems.
1. Is there ANY other way to fully laden your cargo hold without having to use a maxed-out harrier and ferry the cargo back and forth? Can i use the transporter device and if so, how? With 1500 in cargo space we are talking 15 trips just to fill the hold.
2. WHY does the Osprey show the Harrier docked on the underside of the ship when it has a huge-assed hangar right in front of the harrier? I thought ships landed aboard the M6, not piggybacked on the outside, it looks downright silly, it's not how I envisioned a ship with a docking "bay". (any script to remove that perhaps?)
(provided you know what you are doing)
I then started using the strafe drive, and I cleared the sector in about 30 minutes - including the shipyard and the other station. Great fun! Rank went from Ace 2nd 33% (have been increasing very, very slowly lately) to 68%.
Now there is a long line of happy AI freighters that can move peacefully through the sector.
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