Privateers - a good race

From: tnelson1@ub.d.umn.edu (Tim Nelson)

Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1993 19:23:38 +0000

In article <1993Feb1.051227.9295@mondy.uucp> mdm@mondy.uucp (Michael Mondy) writes:
>Personally, it seem odd that the Privateers haven't been snapped up.
>You can't build the biggest battle cruisers, but you can build some nice
>ships before others can (you need a good economy and quite some time to
>build those mongo ships).  The Privateers ships seem to have a longer
>range than a lot of other ships; with better fuel/weight ratios and
>larger tanks, they can boost at high warps for longer periods of time.
>Just the sort of thing to harass the other alliance's shipping routes to
>undercut their economy. Would somebody who's actually played this race
>comment on how well they worked out?
>
>For that matter, I'd like to see discussion on what happened in any
>games that have been finished.
>
I am currently playing in a game where I am the Privateers in version 2.1.
They seem very easy to start with, and some of there ships are VERY effective
at disrupting someone else's traffic, I have successfully taken out the
Cyborg's ships and in doing so removing their chance for becomming anything.
Also, moving things with my ships came very easy, the Dwarfstar Class
Transport is one of the best ships they have.  With 6 beam weapons and 220
cargo room, it makes a nice defendable freighter.  All their ships may be
small, but they pack quite a punch early on!  And can also get those supplies
to stay a threat throughout the game.

My current status at this point is a major expansionist with some power, but
not the greatest threat, but I have enough ships to hinder any race if they
decided to mess with me without allies.

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References

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mdm@mondy.uucp (Michael Mondy)
Mon, 01 Feb 1993 05:09:42 +0000
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mdm@mondy.uucp (Michael Mondy)
Mon, 01 Feb 1993 05:12:27 +0000