{"id":12263,"date":"2021-07-30T10:00:45","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T09:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=12263"},"modified":"2021-07-29T13:27:10","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T12:27:10","slug":"aerial-traders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2021\/07\/aerial-traders\/","title":{"rendered":"Aerial Traders"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This week we have a couple of new sets of merchant vessels for Imperial Skies. Although an unarmed cargo carrier may not seem the most exciting of models, they open up more possibilities for game scenarios. These can range from a simple attack\/defend a convoy game, to fleets getting caught napping while replenishing (maybe all of your battleships start the game with no heavy gun ammo and have to spend two turns stationary next to a freighter to reload ?).<\/p>\n

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We have two US vessels and two Scandinavians – a small freighter and a coaler each. Both have the same basic hull styling of their respective nation’s military vessels so will fit in as fleet auxiliaries. There is also a small Scandinavian Federation crane lighter to aid with loading and unloading, but which could be useful for any nation.<\/p>\n

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Finally, we have a replacement for the old Amazone patrol vessel. Vessels like this are seen at many civilian air stations, patrolling the skies while keeping an eye out for pirates, anarchists or enemy ships. They are very lightly armed and fairly fragile, being built to civilian rather than military standards.<\/p>\n

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VAN-5004<\/a> – Amazone Patrol Cutter – \u00a30.50
\nVAN-5014<\/a> – Cactus class Light Freighter – \u00a32.00
\nVAN-5015<\/a> – Hudson class Coal Tender – \u00a32.00
\nVAN-5016<\/a> – Visborg class Freighter – \u00a32.00
\nVAN-5017<\/a> – Svalbard class Coaler – \u00a32.00
\nVAN-5018<\/a> – Q-7 class Crane Lighter – \u00a30.75<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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