GSC Virago

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Description

Adds the GSC Virago and derotates the Itch in favor of it

Description.
The Itch is pretty damn ugly, post gun remap has nonexistent staying power and basically acts as a one trick pony that blows up bigger ships. Also, despite ostensibly being the IFF cloaked stealthy ship, it lacks the reaver's jammer - not that either ship is really stealthy, but if anyone ever decides to for example give GSC the cyberdawn "disguise as an asteroid" IFF thing then this might get used for workable ambushes.

Given that it oftentimes gets used as a de-facto troop ferry I decided that we might as well give it basic boarding provisions in the form of a cell charger and an oxy canister, bolt on the jammer and lean further into the boarder symbiosis niche. The 50 milimeter cannon provides decent stand off firepower (it is however on the backfoot against basically all other fighters), and the ship is maneuverable enough to evade fire.

I understand that the armament might be a point of contention, which is why if push comes to shove we can always just give this thing 48 mike and the screamer to make it functionally equivalent to the old Itch. I personally find the 50 mil to be a nice balance of "can fend off a vanguard on a good day" and "can bust open a bigger ship if need be," but the armament is probably the easiest to change aspect of this ship.

My intended use cases for this would be:

• Longer range complement to the reaver
• Self sufficient boarder+pilot base (support via jamming + standoff fire)
• Cheap iffless ferry for lategame

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TODO

• Functional

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Media

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Changelog

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• tweak: Replaced Itch in frontline GSC use by the Virago

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IFF for reference