As much as I generally believe that violence is a messy, inefficient way to resolve things, I understand that a lot of pilots resort to it for one reason or another. And occasionally, I end up having to do that myself.
So I’ve started building cruisers and destroyers to keep the cash flow going while my research progresses. So far, that mostly means Stabbers and Thrashers but I plan to add Ruptures soon enough. Not sure about other ships; the Vexor could be a good addition to the lineup, as would be Blackbirds. I know that pilots who do a lot of agent work like the Vexor, and the Blackbird’s ECM capabilities make it a perennial favorite among those involved in PVP warfare.
Really, though, I continue to think the future for me might lie in drones. I’ve started to use them quite a bit more in my own exploration and such. And tinkering with their control software keeps me fascinated for days on end. I see a lot of potential for optimization in their threat evaluation and target selection, for example. CreoDron has done a lot of work in this area, but past experience has shown that big, bureaucratic organizations can’t move as quickly or take the same sort of risks that we freelancers can. The safety protocols they put in place after the so-called rogue drones seem to have really hampered their work all in the name of fearful bureaucracy.
This bears further investigation and research.
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