Every ship has its role on the battlefield. What if each role was to get its animal totem? Of course - space is not a jungle! but here is what I thought it would look like:
Scout:
Fast, nimble, and observant, his skills may look harmless while in reality he is always in the right time and the right place. Uncovering hiding predators and helping those who was left behind its one of the best companions to have on large maps with beacons scattered. For those traits its animal is:
Rabbit
ECM:
There is no such thing as complete invulnerability for an animal but being hit with one of ECM abilities feels like getting stung by a paralyzing venom - if you can move at all better don’t try to take any aggressive actions! You must get care and protection from your team or become an easy prey. For this it gets:
Scorpion
Cover-Ops:
The most agile and damaging among interceptors it combines stealthy repositioning with bursts of damage. Outmaneuvering his enemies he can easily force anyone to get trapped in a “bubble” of turning dogfight. Although his web does not hinders movement it will prevent many from escaping alive. Totem animal:
Guard: Looks menacing and dangerous from afar, but after you realise that they have been nerfed to the ground several times now, thy begin to seem a lot squishier.
Pretty sure I would take the Falcon for the Recon, and the Eagle for the Covert Ops, but that is just because they are brethren of the skies.
I do not really see the ECM as a scorpion tho, more like something like a bat-winged Ferret, wearing a turtle shell, laughing maniacly, pissing in the face of the audience, possibly being totally and absurdely mad. And under besaid Turtleshell, he wears another Turtleshell weilding a T-shirt gun.
Thar’ga, since alien to human is like human to animal.
Nah man, the nokia would survive that no problem. You’re gonna need something bigger than that… Maybe try using another nokia to destroy the first one, like the devs expect us to use destroyers to kill destroyers?
Do you realy have over/less minus 60k Karma?! If so you did a hell of a wrecking in OS back in a day. That’s an insane amount actually. Darn.
Hehe yeah I used to be a very active pirate! Back when I was farming monos I would do all the mono missions for each faction every day and engage any orange guy on my path with my cruise jag. Back when I was in GoD we used to go out hunting in small packs as well and have organised fights against other corps where everyone ended up being criminal! Those were the days. Now there are too many blue systems, and I don’t need monos anymore, so I have no reason to go out there. Also there were fewer and fewer people out in open space after they drastically nerfed the loot and made it so only using a spatial scanner was worth it for farming purposes. So it would take forever to find someone to shoot at.
Guard: Looks menacing and dangerous from afar, but after you realise that they have been nerfed to the ground several times now, thy begin to seem a lot squishier.
Foam wall:
The burgundFoxy did this foam wall by himself, I bet!! 
Ok so as promised! sorry for the dalay I just needed some more inspiration so here it goes (Fighters):
Tackler:
Sure we wont find auto-firing drones in the jungle but when tackler grips you with its beams gradually restricting your ship’s movement and reduces your “resistance” it feels like you are gradually choked to death. You may see him move around some asteroid and next thing he is behind you! For its powerful grip and finishing strikes its totem animal is:
Python
Command:
Command role is famous for its shield and buffs. You may both see it fighting on a front line and then providing support from distance. It’s versatility to take a hit when engaging, provide speed, damage or toughness for its team members makes it a perfect “pack animal”. A good balance and sheer amount of options is the reason for numerous builds and breeds. For its determination and supportive spirit its totem animal is:
Dog
Gunship:
Sometimes too stressful or simply confusing for new players this ship type is quite demanding. Being always visible and increasing its damage and mobility only for short period of time this deadly lone hunter can take pretty much anyone one on one. It slowly shortens the distance to the pray, engages when victim is distracted and mauls it to death with its powerful blows! For its often lone quiet approach, misleading visibility and unstoppable deadly attacks it totem animal is:
Tiger
(yes Federation you named one of them like this but it doesn’t count! your gunships are like smaller cheetah or something…)
Thank you for feedback I loved the birds and that strange peeing animal cooment!
