[Snail]

Which do you prefer, the Chronos or the Triton? I ask this because the Triton is a piece of ****. Seriously. Look at the stats:

Chronos
Top Speed: 40m/s
Hitpoints: 10,000
Turrets: 1 (Avenger)

Triton
Top Speed: 30m/s
Hitpoints: 5,000
Turrets: 2 (Subach HL-7, Standard Flak)

Sure, the Triton has more firepower, but it's big, slow and easy to kill with a few tempests. The Chronos has twice the armor AND goes faster. In Post-Capella campaigns, would you like to see kickass Chronos freighters, or Triton freighters? Sure, the Chronos is old but it is better (in wartime) than the Triton.

[Black Wolf]

Triton has vasty greater cargo capacity - TC TRIs are huge buggers

[Mars]

I'm pretty sure the Chronos only has 8,000 hit points.

[Snail]

Well the Wiki says otherwise. I'll check the table.

EDIT - Checked the table, it is indeed 10,000

[Mars]

Either way, I'd have to agree with you. Plus the TAC 1 is vastly tougher than the TC-TRI

[ShadowGorrath]

Maybe the Chronos is more expensive to build? I mean, the Ursa is very expensive, so that would explain why they stopped building Ursas. So maybe that's the case in the Chronos too?

[Mars]

If anything it's implied its comparatively cheap

[Polpolion]

You know, these stats aren't everything. Escpecially considering this isn't a combat vessel. 

The Triton is a better freighter because it carries bigger containers, and thus can ship more. Speed doesn't really matter because of subspace, and neither does armor because if on the off chance the freighter is anywhere near combat areas it will have an escort. Same goes for armament and pretty much everything else that is measured in the tables.

[Mars]

I'd much prefer to escort a chronos though.

[Snail]

You know, these stats aren't everything. Escpecially considering this isn't a combat vessel. 

So what does matter? What paint job it has? Whether it's pink and furry?

[Droid803]

The size of its cargo container matters XD.

[Snail]

Les freighter pilots sont doomed.

[Droid803]

Well, neither lasts very long against Hercs with hornets...
I'd say if it has between 3000 and 20000 armor, the survivability is essentially the same - virtually none.

[Snail]

That's true, most cruisers die immediately when a few Hercs or Basilisks armed with Hornets jump in.

[Mars]

A wing of pegasi can take out a Triton in no time though

[Colonol Dekker]

I'd pick a Chronos, simply cos i could live in one, retrofit it millenium falcon style and live in it without paying stupid crew fees.

[Jeff Vader]

This is why it's good to be used to living in tiny little apartments. I could live in a ****ing Hermes with ease.

[Colonol Dekker]

The little floats (well i always assumed they were floats) on a Hermes would make it convenient to go fishing in one. . . Like Starbug.

[Droid803]

I'd pick a Chronos, simply cos i could live in one, retrofit it millenium falcon style and live in it without paying stupid crew fees.

Then why not use a Poseidon?

[Snail]

Then why not use a Poseidon?

2000 hitpoints is why.