I've been following the spirit of the mod, exploring all possible areas while slowly working through SP (It's been a good 4-5 years since I played and I'm worse than a complete newb because of bad habits) The defend the transports mission took me five tries. God those outcasts were annoying. So I'm in Bretonia now and I'm looking for a good ship outside of vanilla to carry me most of the way. I recall after this area and Kusari I pretty much can't explore much.
The best I can find right now is the HF Trident on BS Suffolk. Is there better "hidden" ships out there available at my level (like a VHF able to equip lvl 8/9/10s for a lvl 10 recruit)? All the HFs and VHFs I found in the Crossfire systems like Custodian had lvl restricts of 24 or higher. Ship names, locations or even hints would be appreciated. If you don't want to reveal everything, that's cool, but PLEASE tell me if I'm on a fool's errand lest I accidentally poke around the omicas with my dinky Defender. Thanks for the help in advance.
I noticed the Griffin's available in mactan and I can apparently buy it once I get the money. Is it such a terrible ship? A glitch in the screen so I can't actually buy it? Or a simple programming oversight?