Well, every ship is different and collecting greens upgrades your ship, so it can start bad and get better. Still, the same ship should never be slower with afterburners. It is most likely that this just seems like this to you because the ship's conditions and upgrade status varies. What zone do you play in? To make sure whether this is some sort of a computer malfunction, the help of a server sysop is needed. The *tinfo command will need to be used to determine your computer's timing and this can only be done by a sysop. If you play in SSCX Alpha West SVS and happen to see Bargeld there, ask him, he can do it. You can also join the online tech help chat channel and ask for someone to *tinfo you there. Ask for help there (not everyone there can help but some sysops occasionally chat there) or contact me in the channel if you see me in there. Here's some instructions on how to use the chat channel: To join the channel, type ?chat=techhelp To see who else is in the channel, type ?chat To write a message to the chat type ;whatever