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I'd personally reccomend this ship having flown it for several hours mostly upgraded.

If PvP and Super-intensive fighting arent your thing, then you can fit a 32t cargo rack and have a multi-purpose ship. It also has superior jump range to the Dropship. This thing also MOVES, the only issue is that its momentum Can, and will, get you killed if you're not careful. '''''Know when to use your boost,''''' as Ive lost a Dropship to boosting past an elite cobra (Promtly recieving crippling rail damage to my rear) and a Asssault Ship to a rear-end incident with a Corvette in a Combat zone. Note that the ship doest slow down well at all, and best way to avoid obstacles is to use thrusters and pitching to angle away than to slow down

Otherwise under control, this ship has amazing pitch and mobility given its boxy shape, and a class A power distributer in this ship is capable of running 2 Large Pulse lasers for as long as needed.

Also, this ship is actually capable of ramming things for a huge damage spike. Try 4 pips to shields and boosting into a Conda in a RES for some free damage, usually 1/3 his shields (and yours), but your ship will likely never get hit by its weapons due to the AI, and the manouverability.

With enough Hull packages and Bulkheads, this ship continues to fight even after shields down for a time. An interesting prospect for those Run Silent builds out there.

The extra 2 medium hardpoints over a ship like the Vulture is nice. Ive experimented with Plasmas, Rails, Frag cannons... Its definitely a build-change and experimental oppurtunity over Vulture.

One thing to note is the Firing Arc for the large upper hardpoint is not that great when fighting things in front of you 100m or so. Anything below your central view will likely not be hit by a gimble mount weapon. The lower hardpoint appears to have amazing elevation on the other hand, capable of hitting tagets above your view point.