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[Jae Hyun Nakamura]

Invader, Star Lord or Monolith Class Jump Ship.

Just because they don't orbit planets lorewise, doesn't mean PGI gives a $hit.

This three classes are able to carry dropships.(3/6/9 in exact order). All smaller Junpships are for a different purpous, while merchant class can be refitted or used likewise to transport dropships.

[Gryphorim]

Honestly I had hoped that the Venturestar from Avatar be used for inspiration in reimagining jumpships. Whatever you may feel about the movie, the starship was cool and seemed practical

[Rekkon]

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rule of cool trumps lore/facts/reason

Uh, no. Lore is the reason this game exists. Do it right or not at all.

The Venture Star was pretty cool, but it serves an entirely different role. Namely it is build for acceleration, whereas Battletech JumpShips just sort of wallow in empty space, eating sunlight until they need to blink to another system with the KF drive.