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The Python has bigger guns, more armour, stronger shields and more cargo capacity than an Asp Explorer, but the best thing I found when I moved to it: it has great retros. You can boost, boost, boost to a docking port when you're grining, and count on being able to stop. Can't do that with an Asp: if you boost ''anywhere near'' the dock you'll either overshoot it by miles or smash into it.

Annoying parts of the Python: trying to get lined up on a dock (because pilot is slightly off-centre and it's hard to tell if you're level), shitty jump range, and difficulty running from fights (compared to Asp and Cobra at least).

NPC ships to avoid in a Python: Other Pythons, Anacondas, Federal Gunships, Imperial Clippers, Fer-de-Lance, Imperial Cutters and Corvettes (obviously), and Federal Dropships. That's not to say that you'll lose, just that you'll take more damage than is worth any bounty. Everything else it'll eat alive, even if it's Elite and has rainguns and crap.