Intergalactic Summit

Well, she's comparing their EWAR capabilities to the Amarr...

I know, right? If it was me, I'd go batty.

Minmatar ships aren't that bad, actually. Figure that after we conquered the Minmatar Empire that whatever sad ship designs & technology they had was looked at, laughed at, and tossed into the furnace by the Amarrian shipwrights who found them.

Their rebellion didn't come until several centuries later, and by that time anything they were using - theft, scavenging, whatever - was basically Amarrian technology that they "appropriated" for their own purposes.

So in other words, and I know this is really going to burn their all-consuming pride, but the fact is that Minmatar ship technology is quite obviously rooted in Amarrian ship technology. It may look different on the outside (gold ain't cheap, and art & aesthetics aren't their strong points either) but when you get down to the underlying principles the foundations of all their technology is Amarrian.

Now since then they've gotten a lot of help from the Federation, and I'm sure the Caldari sold them some stuff too. But if you were look it in terms of evolution, every Minmatar ship today can ultimately trace it's ancestory to a stolen Amarrian ship from the days of the rebellion.

So with that in mind I feel no shame in saying that Minmatar ships can actually be pretty decent. After all, they're descended from some of the finest ships in New Eden.

1) Farting. Yes, I'm serious.

2) Look up "tuned chassis-flexion" or similar. A perfectly rigid-throughout brick of a chassis is sometimes less optimal for manoeverability, especially when you consider that ours also have to deal with the kick-back from our preferred weapons-systems. All that energy does need to go somewhere, after all, and absorption into non-structure-critical areas that have some "give" to them is arguably better than trying to dissipate through a whole structure that has less or no "give" to help it do so. (In other words, we know that no system is perfectly efficient, and that our gyroscopic counterbalancer mounts certainly aren't. They day we get that sorted is the day these will be able to re-fire as fast as these without literally battering their host-platform into junk in seconds.).

3) A bit spare, but functional, and even elegant in their own "all-business" way. Lounges, massage-chairs, and pool-side barefoot bars are nice, but they don't belong on war-ships.

4) I access GalNet with the power of my brain. Mmmmmm: Brrraaaaaiiins...

Of course. Don't mind the fact that Amarr hulls are slow and sturdy while Minmatar ones are fast and fragile.
Don't mind the fact that lasers and projectile weapons are widely different, not only in their effects and functioning but in their fitting needs.
Don't mind... Oh, well.

As usual, Katran, don't mind the facts.

"You people."

For your information, miss Ji-Young, I exclusively fly Amarrian hulls in service to the Empire.

I simply have a basic understanding of how Matari ships work.

Fernite carbide is red.
Tungsten carbide is gold.
Crystalline carbonide is green.
Titanium carbide is grey.

Guess which nations use which materials.

While your ignorance of Minmatar metals is excusable, your suggestion that a member of PIE would fly a Minmatar ship is not. PIE flies Amarr hulls exclusively.

The Amarr electronic systems are still better to my knowledge.

1. It's not difficult to make ships spaceworthy, it's difficult to make ships spaceworthy and "cute"
2. The welds and joints on my Typhoon are as strong as anything built by Roden.
3. Seating and accomodations vary, from using simple rugs and pillows for a more homey flavor, to off-the-shelf kits you can order out of a magazine.
4. Oh please, I can access Galnet even planetside, on my phone while sitting on the toilet at my auntie's house

Please be aware that being ignorant or not showing proper respect for the capabilities of your enemies leads to you underestimating them. Underestimating your enemy leads to them kicking your ass in most cases, so I would advise you to closely study any and all ships you may encounter in combat, so as not to underestimate them.

As for the wingy bits on Minmatar ships, I always assumed they were heat radiators for thermal regulation. All ships come with reactors, so solar panels shouldn't be needed, and at the same time, due to how radiation decreases with distance, solar panels wouldn't be much use more than a few AU from a star which is bad for a ship supposed to operate in many different locations in many different systems.