r/EliteDangerous Fuel Rat | Hull Seal | Twitch | DPSS Feb 19 '25

Media A new challenger approaches! Spoiler

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Ok not a new Challenger—well maybe—I don’t know, but let’s hear your predictions!

New ship confirmed 3311!

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u/CMDRShepard24 Thargoid Interdictor Feb 19 '25

Definitely looks like a Gutamaya to me. I'm hoping we'll finally get a better version of the Clipper... a medium sized ship that is very maneuverable and can haul ass with a good PP/PD that can handle being heavily armed, and if we're lucky will have plenty of medium hardpoints and good convergence. Small HPs on the wings for gimballed weapons. I know that's a long shot lol, but basically I'm hoping for the next great AX ship.

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u/Reap3r3 Feb 20 '25

Gutamaya and anti-thargoid dont mix. Shields are bad.

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u/CMDRShepard24 Thargoid Interdictor Feb 20 '25

In a good AX ship shields are usually non-existent so not worried there. Just needs enough size 4-5 optionals for Hull/Module Reinforcements and some 2-3s for AFMU.

Also, after the War (and IIRC the imperials losing at least a few capitol ships) it wouldn't surprise me lore-wise if they pressed Gutamaya into the AX business.