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[Aracturus]

So, I have a theory here. Several, actually.

1) electromagnetic corrosion
Bombardment with electromagnetic particles and photons over time will produce a 'burnt' appearance on most metal surfaces.

2) Reletivistic shifts in hull structure.
Because Minmatar ships typically have the pressure hull closer to the exterior of the ship (Read: not a lot of armor HP), the relativistic shifts in the speed of light cause an effect called 'quantum tunneling' to occur, in which particles pass through the empty space between each other(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_tunnelling) causing minute amounts of gas from the pressure hull to escape and, due to the high energy of the particles at relativistic speeds, bond with the exterior of the hull.

3) Large concentrations of Iron atoms in minmatar space.
Due to the concentrations of Iron particles in minmatar space (What gives minmatar space it's reddish color), most alloys produced in the Republic have higher concentrations of iron in them, as a matter of concentration.

4) Less vacuum alloy-blending
the most evenly blended alloys are produced in a vacuum, in space, were a lack of gravity prevents denser metals from 'settling' near the bottom. In Minmatar production, a zero-gee, complete vacuum alloy blending facility would no doubt be prohibitively expensive, thus, minmatar engineers instead use giant electromagnets to agitate iron particles embedded in the center of a block to be blended. As the iron particles are drawn out of the mixture, they blend the alloy. Some iron particles bond with the exterior of the alloy, giving it it's reddish hue.

Thoughts anyone?

[Ulphus]

Minimatar ships are rust red because that's the way we've always painted them...

[Karmilla Strife]

Because that's the color of fernite carbide?

[Gottii]

Red ships go faster.

[Mister Screwball]

Red ships go faster.

[Samira Kernher]

Red ships go faster.

[kalaratiri]

Red ships go faster.

[Grideris]

Red ships go faster.

[BloodBird]

Because that's the color of fernite carbide?

Breaking the 40K fan-boy quote pyramid with a simple +1 to the most logical explanation so far.

Fernite Carbide is Reddish in color.

Thungsten Carbide is golden-yellow.

Crystalline Carbonide has a metallic cyan cue.

Titanium Diborite is a dull gun-metal grey color.

Alternatively, CCP likes their color-coded ships.

Also half-way rusted armor is lighter so their ships go faster due to less mass, herpa-derp U-boat physics, fuck Sir Issac Newton.

[kalaratiri]

Also half-way rusted armor is lighter so their ships go faster due to less mass, herpa-derp U-boat physics, fuck Sir Issac Newton.

Plus 1 purely for this marvellous line.

[Esna Pitoojee]

Red ships go faster.

[Katrina Oniseki]

Red shits go faster.

[Darius Shakor]

Minimatar ships are rust red because that's the way we've always painted them...

We paint our ships?

[Vincent Pryce]

Apart from the pyramid of awesome, there was an old chronicle detailing the colouring on the Minmatar ships. It was something to do with the alloy they use to make the plating that turns the color in to red chroma.

[Natalcya Katla]

Red shits go faster.