Pardus/YMMV


 * Badass Decay: The Phantom Advanced Stealth Craft used to be the undisputed best ship in Pardus, being heavily armored, very small, and capable of packing some significant weaponry, making it popular with pirates who prized it for its survivability. Pilots from other factions would even temporarily join The Empire just to get the Phantom so they could use it in their own faction. Over the years, however, the Phantom has steadily become obsolete, despite the only change to its own stat line being a bit of an increase in size as new technology and sometimes entirely new ships were introduced. It is still used today, but is typically only used as a grunt PvP ship and ambush breaker in The Empire. With the addition of the Nano, however, the Phantom's position as the ideal ambush breaker in the Empire may be taken from it also, creating further decay to this once god-like ship. A fair few holdout pilots exist though, mainly because the Phantom is still sexy, but it also has a small niche in open space ambushing, being one of the most practical serious combat ships outside of the Union or TSS to train up for cloaking in open space.
 * Crowning Moment of Awesome: Done by the players, obviously. Tends to be common during war operations, but sometimes happens outside of it. Also possibly anybody that proposed an idea and the devs put into the game.