Starsector 0.97a is out! (02/02/24); New blog post: Simulator Enhancements (03/13/24)
Venture.It sucks when compared to most other proper cruisers.But it slaps down on anything outside of it's weight class.
Venture, I completely agree. I wish it was militarized as default, the main problem with it's viability is the 7 speed, since you get pushed into wasting tons of OP to make it so it doesn't slow your fleet down.I wouldn't expect it to punch at it's size level since it's basically a support cruiser that everyone can build. So I can accept that.
... it just takes a long time.
Shepherd. I'm a loot *** so early on I always grab a bunch of them, making sure that I have at least 1 Salvage Rig. They have fairly decent cargo capacity until I get dedicated cargo ships. I usually end up with like a dozen or more of them, gradually replacing them with more Salvage Rigs and dedicated cargo ships as my combat fleet gets bigger.
+1 for pirate colossus. The main draw for me is that it's the only vanilla ship with ground support that's considered civilian and doesn't eat into your skill limits.