Speed&Agility concerns

[mishaadams198828]

So maybe im concerned over nothing by not being educated enough on the underlying maths that make the game work. But my concern is this: It seems that as you progress the higher ship pools go towards being a higher mass ship. Which is fine as I ultimately crave the carrier style anyway. But the engines speed and agility is always outclassed by other ships. How important is speed Agility advantage? Is it something that is a decent boost at lower levels and then through good crew planning and component pairing it is more than compensating for the fact your engines are trying to move a massive hulk? Im guessing that's probably it just looking for some confirmation and also maybe ideas for what to do to help with evading weapons with a 9000 mass ship. Thanks.

[resistor]

See the wiki: startraders.gamepedia.com/Ship_Combat#Faster.2FMore_Agile_ship.27s_bonuses

Basically, in terms of ship combat, bigger is better since extra components can more than make up for the Speed/Agility disadvantage.

[drspendlove]

There are also bonuses/penalties versus small craft for having sluggish engines. See the "Small Craft" page for those details.

[mishaadams198828]

Gotcha thanks. I need to dig into that wiki then!