This is an idea that came to me earlier today: To take the existing "Precision Delta" vehicle from the vanilla game, and upgrade it to be properly competitive. At least, in a sense.

The ultimate concept I've settled on is keeping it as close to its original design as possible, and tuning its stats to create an acceleration-focused alternative to Hyperion.

As far as cosmetic alterations to the "Precision Delta" design, the main focus would be simply streamlining the existing shape, finding small ways to improve the ship's top end speed. Otherwise, keep the ship's existing handling and shield strength as close as possible to the vanilla version.

Weapons technology would take a back seat, and only get modest improvements. It should be bottom tier in firepower; not as bad as it is currently, but worse than most. Top speed would also remain pretty bad.

The big change would be making room for a larger, stronger engine that gives the ship higher acceleration. Above average acceleration, at least, if not high tier. This is intended to create a rival ship to Hyperion; except, where Hyperion uses a wide-hull craft with high top speed, Lance offers a narrow craft with strong acceleration.

I think that the stats for a true "competition" version of the "Precision Delta" should look like this:

• Thrust: 6/10
• Speed: 2/10
• Handling: 8/10
• Shield: 6/10
• Firepower: 3/10

Anyone think this would be interesting?