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« on: August 23, 2022, 10:35:27 PM »
I wouldn't really call Magellan ships Midline; they might have some bits of Midline like flexible weapons mounts included, but otherwise have a definite Low Tech feel due to their Robust Construction hullmod that promotes armor tanking. The Line ships also tend to have more Low Tech-associated ship systems like AAF or Burn Drive equivalent, though a handful of their Fast ships have Plasma Jets and Plasma Burn equivalents - those in particular make great fun as a player flagship!
If you've got a Magellan Military contact, you should be able to get their capitals from there easily enough from a production contract. Plus you can pick up less-common ships like the Blackcollar variants (with a few exceptions). If you don't have one, or you want to be sneaky, you could also try ambushing a Magellan patrol with a capital and hoping for the recovery. Otherwise, just down to luck in the markets. Do make sure to check Valca Bastion every now and again too - it might be small, but it does have a military presence. Both Magellan capitals have their merits, though I personally have a preference for the Porey.
The Bonecrushers are great. The medium mount is fairly expensive and has short range, but it hits like a truck and has a great EMP arc effect. It's also a Hybrid weapon, so you can put it on Energy mounts! The large version sheds both of it's problems and really shines - just a shame that Magellan currently has very few ships that can mount it currently. However, looks like the Graff is getting a bit of a rework so to gets a large composite mount, so there's that to look forward to. Speaking of, the Blast Hammer looks great!
