Review/Analysis of the new Ships

The rest of the ships I am not very excited about. They are basically FAST variants that look cool but arent very usable.
I mean, other than for a challenge and different playstyle. Which is fine.
I just wish there was a more compelling reason to use them.

Simply put, modest additional speed is not enough to really change the gameplay significantly.
I guess you can use cowardly "run away" tactics more effectively with rockets, etc.
But trying to close to use short range weapons vs distant foes would be suicide.
You can't outrun fighters or missiles/rockets nor outmanuever them.


COURAGE 1 gun, 3 bay, 6 PD, 1400/400 fast.
So, 1 gun, 1 bay, 2 PD in exchange for going from Slow to Fast. With 3 bays maybe thats doable but seems like a hard price.

CRUCIBLE 3 gun, 0 bay, 8 PD, 2000/600 fast.
Trades 2 gun slots relative to Armada for a speed boost. Meh.

AFTERTHOUGHT 2 gun, 1 bay, 4 PD 1600/500 fast.
Ugh.

EXELSIOR 2 gun, 2 bay, 6 PD, 1500/500 fast.
Similar to courage but more balanced.

INSTAKILL 3 gun, 0 beam, 7 PD 1800/500 super fast.
Even faster than Crucible, but loses a bit of toughness.

OLYMPIAN 2 gun, 1 bay, 4 PD 1200/500 super fast.
All 4 PDs are facing forward which is interesting. I like that arrangement.
Still, its kinda weak even relative to Afterthought.