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If the SLDF/SLDF-in-Exile never flew it, I'm probably not interested. Best of the Star League stuff. Or at least stuff from that era. So the Ogotai is out.
I'm curious about it because it represents this bottom rung of the equipment ladder. Lower than Clan-designed second-line designs. Lower than some of the Golden Century stuff like the Ogotai that might have lingered.
Curious to identify the best of the low and old. Because this stuff absolutely lingers on Clan aerospace second-line RATS for a very long time. They are scattered around the Clan second-line RATs on FM: Updates. Some of it still pops up in the Clan aerospace RATs of FM: 3145 even, clustered amongst the low dice rolls for the various Clans.
Obviously, it's not going to be very competitive in a straight up comparison, but I'm interested in what machines from that pile might actually hold more value, perform better, hold up better, than people might expect or presume. Based on whatever logic you can come up with. Creative thinking encouraged.