Buying a second ship

[cowasaki]

I've got my Cobra MkIII up to mainly As with a few and rather than grinding away with it to get more credits I've decided it's about time for a new ship. I'm thinking of a Lakon type 6 at just over a million Cr which will leave me with 3/4M Cr to insure it and buy goods etc.

Can I just check.....

Will the Lakon land at every station?

If I buy the ship at one station and then set off in it do I just return there and select the other ship as and when I want?

Is the insurance cost JUST the 5% of that ship i.e. about 50K ish at 5% of a million.

How do I know where the centre of the Lakon is when I'm trying to dock as I've only flown the Sidewinder and Cobra?

Thanks in advance...... off to work now

 

[Asrar]

mmhh thats pretty low money left.
a type 6 needs a better fsd to really improove your jumprange..
i wont buy it if you have less then 3mio since you also should have at least 500k left for trading and 100k for insurance roughly ^^

its your choice, but dont flame if you end up like some happy traders that then gone blow up with no money left.

 

[Goilveig]

It can land everywhere. You have to fly back to the same station you left your old ship to take it again - either in your new ship, or buy a sidewinder or adder, ferry yourself, and take your old ship again.

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That Type 6 will be almost useless with a stock FSD. Plan the upgrades you need and see your stats there.

 

[Morbad]

Will the Lakon land at every station?

All the stations I've seen since at least Beta 2 have a medium pad, so yes.

If I buy the ship at one station and then set off in it do I just return there and select the other ship as and when I want?

Yes.

Is the insurance cost JUST the 5% of that ship i.e. about 50K ish at 5% of a million.

Yes, just note that cargo is not insured.

How do I know where the centre of the Lakon is when I'm trying to dock as I've only flown the Sidewinder and Cobra?

It's at the center of the ship and the docking hologram reflects this.

 

[cowasaki]

Cheers what upgrades would you suggest. I can make about 1 to 1.5 M a day with the cobra.

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What is the standard jump range?

 

[cowasaki]

I only upgraded the power station to A from B on the cobra today so I could reinstall the B and get another million and a bit back then once I've earned that much back I can reinstall the A power plant.

What is the standard jump range with maybe 100T and what suggestions for improving it? The route I've got doesn't need a big jump so if the standard one would do my route I can upgrade it from the profit in a few days.

 

[Severion]

To be honest, upgrading the ship is not that important. But you need trade capital. A full hold of Performance Enhancers, Gold or Palladium will cost 600K, 900K or 1.2m. These are just 3 examples of goods you'll probably want to be trading in a lot.

 

[EBBAB]

Go for the Type 6

 

[cowasaki]

If I have enough for a hold of cheaper but double your money items I can do that a few times and then as my Credits grow I can use that for the more expensive items. The route I'm doing at the moment is advanced catalysers in one directions at 2200 ish with a 27K profit on 35T and super conductors in the other at 45K or something like that. 100K covers 80T and will double the profit from the Cobra whilst I can change to a cheaper item the other way until I build up the credits (the alternative is continue now hauling 35T each way till I build it up).

Need to check the jump ranges first.....

 

[dr.zli]

type 6 is cool, fly it without shields and insurance and come here afterwards to tell us all about it

 

[Ouaisne]

Remember insurance on any upgrades as well.

Another point - my Cobra has 40t cargo. What you got extra that you don't need?

 

[robbyp]

I have a type 6 for short range trading, and a trading cobra for rares. Plus a A Viper for PvE/PvP.

My type 6 had D's for everything, except a 4B frame shift drive (4A is 1.6m ish), with a 2E fuel scoop, and maximum cargo (100T). It cost about 1.8m and does 15.8ly laden. I would wait till you have 3m in the bank before buying this, to allow for cargo and insurance costs (90k).

 

[cowasaki]

Remember insurance on any upgrades as well.

Another point - my Cobra has 40t cargo. What you got extra that you don't need?

I removed the extra 4T when I was having difficulties nearly hitting stars. It turned out that you need to totally throttle off as the countdown appears. Have got a shield bank in there at the moment but could change that.

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Well I hit the button on the big purchase so started the day with 1.71M Cr....

Bought the type6 and upgraded the FSD to D which left me with 667K Cr

After 4 return journeys I now have 1.025M Cr plus I've changed all the modules to D and increased the capacity of the cargo hold to 68 T I'm making 61K one way and 92K the other way so 153K return which takes 15 minutes. If I can get the FSD to give me 15.8Ly I can make the jump in one go and save more time.....

Thanks everyone...

 

[Marshall...]

Upgrade the cargo space, add a shield cell as a precaution, chaff + point defence (just in case), upgrade the power and you are away. I'm using mine for short hop trading (4ly each way) with Silver, which costs about 1/2 million and gives about 850c per ton return. There are higher profits but with much more, over double/quadruple costs, so I stick with silver at the moment (again, just in case). Also note that the Lakon 6 takes a while to stop if you are going flat out.

 

[cowasaki]

Hmmmmm...

Just upgraded the FSD to C but still can't make the jump in one go. How do I measure the distance between two star systems? When I am at A and click C it gives me 13.47LY in distance BUT when I plot a route it goes via B but the spec on my drive says I should be able to go 14.46LY fully laden and 19.4LY unladen.


EDIT: Just select B in the location list rather than the galaxy map !

 

[cowasaki]

Well that's the computer off for today......

It was definitely a good decision I now have 150K Cr more than I had when I started today PLUS the type6 which is upgraded to D around with a C FSB, A2 shield bank, 80T of cargo space and 2 x D beam lasers....

All in all I'm well happy with the purchase. I can't add any weight to the ship now without reducing the jump distance enough to stop my round working and I can't add any further power requirements without turning stuff on and off