Captain Chip: The Little Merchant Who Could!

[Tenebrous Pirate]

So I started my first non-combat character finally the other day. I picked a House Thulun Merchant on Insane difficulty. And boy-howdy has it been an interesting ride! I will list my stats on him and his ships, and follow up with a question.

Here are my stats so far!

Title: Vanguard Paragon V
Level: 30
Cash: $262,235
First Officer: First Mate
Second Officer: Mechanic
Third Officer: Scout

Charisma: 15
Wisdom: 25
Quickness: 25
Strength: 10

Explorer: 22
Pilot: 25
Negotiate: 15
Tactics: 24
Stealth: 25
Warrior: 10
Intimidate: 15

Factions
(Trade Permits and Death Warrants are held for all factions)
Steel Song: 231/Level 13 Officer
Thulun: 158/Level 11 Officer
Javat: 152/Level 6 Officer

Cadar: 143/Level 1 Officer
Rychart: 69/Level 1 Officer
De Valtos: 15/Level 1 Officer

Merchant Ships
Frontier Freighter
Purpose: Main Cargo Hauler
Upgrades: Ancient Reactors (+6 Engines), Heavy Bulkheads (+2 Armor), Water-Fuel Tank (~25), Advanced Sail Systems (25%), Omni-Stealth Array
Hull: 38
Armor: 15
Engines: 32
Solar Sails: 56
Crew: 100
Cargo: 180
Guns: 20
Torps: 4
Speed: Medium
Agility: High

Thulun Templar
Purpose: First Ship Bought, now used as drydock cargo storage
Upgrades: Ancient Reactors (+6 Engines), Heavy Bulkheads (+2 Armor), Water-Fuel Tank (~25), Advanced Sail Systems (25%), Omni-Stealth Array
Hull: 13
Armor: 8
Engines: 32
Solar Sails: 36
Crew: 41
Cargo: 83
Guns: 19
Torps: 9
Speed: Medium
Agility: High

Solar Freighter
Purpose: Drydock cargo storage
Upgrades: Cargo Pod (+7), Cargo Pod (+7), Cargo Vault (+12), Cargo Pods (+10), Cargo Pod (+8)
Hull: 28
Armor: 8
Engines: 26
Solar Sails: 36
Crew: 100
Cargo: 154
Guns: 20
Torps: 6
Speed: Medium
Agility: High

Frontier Spacetruck
Purpose: Wild Planet Exploration/Harvesting
Upgrades: Ancient Reactors (+6 Engines), Cargo Pod (+7), Exo-Planetary Crawler, Advanced Sail Systems (25%), Omni-Stealth Array
Hull: 36
Armor: 9
Engines: 32
Solar Sails: 50
Crew: 100
Cargo: 121
Guns: 25
Torps: 4
Speed: Medium
Agility: High

Hot-Rod Ships
Hype Jammer
Purpose: Muscle Ship with Crazy Engines!
Upgrades: Ancient Reactors (+6 Engines), Heavy Bulkheads (+2 Armor), Water-Fuel Tank (~25), Titan Components (+5 Engines), Omni-Stealth Array
Hull: 24
Armor: 7
Engines: 59
Solar Sails: 24
Crew: 50
Cargo: 50
Guns: 14
Torps: 7
Speed: Medium
Agility: High

Tiberia Cutter
Purpose: Tons of Sails!
Upgrades: Ancient Reactors (+6 Engines), Heavy Bulkheads (+2 Armor), Water-Fuel Tank (~25), Advanced Sail Systems (25%), Omni-Stealth Array
Hull: 25
Armor: 6
Engines: 34
Solar Sails: 62
Crew: 62
Cargo: 70
Guns: 30
Torps: 8
Speed: Medium
Agility: High

Spear Class
Purpose: Balanced High Speed Ship!
Upgrades: Ancient Reactors (+6 Engines), Heavy Bulkheads (+2 Armor), Water-Fuel Tank (~25), Advanced Sail Systems (25%), Omni-Stealth Array
Hull: 16
Armor: 10
Engines: 40
Solar Sails: 42
Crew: 80
Cargo: 60
Guns: 30
Torps: 12
Speed: Medium
Agility: High

My one question is, why does every ship I have, no matter its ratio of engines & sails to hull & armor, always have just a medium speed and high agility? Shouldn't my suped up hot-rod ships be classified as faster and more maneuverable?

[Cory Trese]

This is just a very small sample of ships. You've picked out ones that are Medium/High and upgrades do not change those values.

[Tenebrous Pirate]

Ahhh. That explains it. Any way that you could add in the speed and agility ratings to ships on the screen where you look at buying them? For the life of me, I can't recall seeing a ship with high speed and agility. I guess I haven't owned any yet.

Edit: >.< I know I keep asking you to do new stuff to the game, lol. Sorry if I ask for too much stuff!

[Cory Trese]

Added to the list

[Cory Trese]

I was wrong -- there are bugs with the display of the stats =(

Fixing right now

[Cory Trese]

Get the latest update for the full view of your ship status!

[Tenebrous Pirate]

Weee!