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The Owen Greylock Pirate Starbridge is a pirate ship in Escape Velocity Nova.
"The Starbridge commonly in pirate service is relatively unaltered from its base design. There are a few reasons for this, but the primary one is that the Starbridge makes an excellent pirate ship as it is! Also, a good many... <ahem> 'privateers' were consulted about the vessel's design during the planning stage, and they feel that their comments have in some way helped shape this graceful keel. Most Starbridges used by pirates haven't had their engines tweaked much, but they do have more powerful guns than normal." ― Buying a Pirate Starbridge
The Pirate Starbridge is Greyshoulders Dockyards' take on Sigma Shipyards' popular Starbridge corvette. This ship is hardly any different from the stock Class A Starbridge, but a good eye can pick out slight differences in performance. The general impression left by the P.SB is that Pirates have neither the skill or the technology to improve upon Sigma's work.
The Pirate Starbridge is featured in Naev as a destroyer-class vessel. It's modified from Krain Industies designs by Skull and Bone engineers, who also produce the Pirate Kestrel cruiser-class vessel in that setting.
Stats[]
"After waiting a while for the captain of this ship to sober up, you get him to take you on a tour of his trim little ship. «I've had many a free trader on the run from this baby,» he slurs proudly. «Fools like them deserve to be ripped off,» says he with a loud belch, «...excepting yer honor's presence, of course.»" ― Hiring a Pirate Starbridge
Class B (#148)[]
For this base model only, stat changes are relative to the Starbridge, Class A.
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The most significant change is trading a turret slot for two gun slots. The rest of the changes make for an effective downgrade when combined.
Wild Variants[]
Shipvariant stat changes are relative to the stats of the basic model. The basic model is Class B. The great variety of sidegrades in the Class C category could be attributed to individual pirates modifying their ships.
The following shipvariants are unavailable in the shipyard and must be captured in the field.
Class C (#231)[]
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This variant features reduced protection in exchange for greater speed. It should be considered for capture as the fastest Pirate Starbridge, though evaluating the speed of an enemy ship to make sure it's the right Class C is tricky.
Class C #2 (#232)[]
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This would initially appear to be a 'heavy' variant with greater protection but lower speed, but it also loses a lot of equipment space. That last point makes this shipvariant extremely skippable.
Class C #3 (#233)[]
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This shipvariant somehow strikes a middle ground between the previous two variants, featuring improved speed and very mildly boosted protection in exchange for some equipment space. This is a mild 'skip'.
Class C #4 (#235)[]
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This shipvariant features mild all-around improvements over the Class B and as such should be considered the true Class C.
Class D (#234)[]
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This shipvariant is better protected but slower and it features the only P.SB. loadout worth noting. The Light Blasters are risible, however.
Technical Variants[]
The following shipvariant is unavailable in the shipyard and serves a particular gameplay purpose.
Class B #2 (#400)[]
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It appears in two "advanced" düdes for the Pirates and Marauders. b8888 is activated when the player acquires a capable ship, so this shipvariant serves the purpose of filling up the galaxy with more fodder pirates when the player is ready.
Gameplay Analysis[]
"Fast and furious, the Pirate Starbridge is a formidable foe, and a great ship to fly. Fast enough to be a serious contender against fighters (in speed -- in firepower it is just too good), that same speed makes it a major thorn in the sides of capital ships." ― EVula Survival Guide
The Pirate Starbridge is quite a bit more expensive than the stock Starbridge... but you don't get much for your money. This is the sterling example of a 'sidegrade'. The biggest hit the P.SB takes from being slapped with Owen Greylock's "upgrades" is cargo space, but it can still run every string. Compared to other upgraded Starbridges, the major advantage the P.SB retains over the Mod.SB is a 1 day jump time which is an advantage it shares with the R.SB. Due to the Rebel version's far greater statistics, it should be favored for capture whenever possible.
The P.SB.B should be avoided in favor of the original Starbridge.
There are many variants of the P.SB.C but one of them has drastically reduced protection and they all have mediocre loadouts. The most notable improvement for the P.SB.C. is the inclusion of Auroran weaponry, but there are no railguns here. Capture them if you can, if only to upgrade them to the P.SB.D.
The P.SB.D makes for an excellent escort and is a murderous beauty to fly around in. With its twin Ion Cannons and EMP Torpedoes, the D is capable of being a major threat to capital ships. When fighting in a P.SB.D, scatter fighters with a Hellhound Missile or two, then hit the larger ships with an EMP Torpedo. Both groups should then be finished off with your Ion Cannons.
Images[]
The Pirate Starbridge was modelled by Scott Vardy, torn back to individual polygons and put back together by Dave Williams for Lightwave, then remodelled by Dave with textures by either Philip Chick or Dave.
Appearance[]
As the Starbridge but... <ship description>
Ship Spins[]
This ship has 36 frames per set and 3 sets for 108 frames in total. It banks when turning in one direction for a certain amount of time. The weapon glow is unused.
- Ship: 48x48
- Weapon: 48x48
- Engine: 72x72
The weapon glow is unused.
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