THE JUMPGATE DEFINITIVE GUIDE - Tripod

Octavians:
Octavian design philosophy is basicly that bit from the Matrix;
"What do you need?"
"Guns. Lots of guns."
Yeah, so it isn't subtle, so sue me. Try and sue me, and I'll blow you up. That's
pretty much Octavians for you. Octavian ships forgo speed, shielding, cargo
space and MODx slots for Guns, Armour and Power. The Octavian Fighter, the
Phoenix, is the slowest, with the least MODx slots. It is very good as acting as a
target for missiles. However, getting in front of it is a mistake that you will
regret. Note that you won't regret it for very long The Raptor Bomber is in a
similar vien, but it's even slower, and you'll have even less time to regret your
mistake in. This is compensated by the fact that it's the size of a reasonably
large moon. Anyone failing to hit a Raptor needs an urgent sight test and/or
amputation of the head due to unreasonable levels of incompetance. The
Octavian Light Transport is a pile of rubbish that is affectionally known as the
'Turkey' or 'That Piece Of Shit'. The Octavian Cargo tow is great, the Light
Fighter is rather shoddy, and the less said about the Albatross, the Octavian
level 3 ship, the better. The Octavian Scout is really the shining star of the
Imperial Navy; it's the fastest ship in the entire game and wolfpacks made up of
5-6 scouts can tear apart a force many times their size. The one problem with it
is that the shielding is slightly less effective than tissue paper and they can be
swatted out of the sky amazingly quickly, if you can hit them. Octavians are
usually roleplayed as factionalists, mercenaries, or Psychotics. If you want to
piss off an Octavian, don't bother; it'll all end in tears. Well, blood, more likely,
but there you go.
I'm Octavian and I'm a hard-line factionalist borderline-psychotic. Nice to meet
you. *twitches while drooling on keyboard*