Ships Swiss Army Knife of ships?

[Ceekay]

Well I finally relented and got myself an Asp-E and to be honest it's a great ship and that engine sound!! I like the handling of it apart from it take for bloody ever to stop!!!

I still really love flying the Cobra and Viper IV so with ship transfers now I'll probably bring them both over to my 'home base'. I think I'll also get a DBE to round out my fleet for a while as these should do me for a while I reckon.

Combat wise I'm not too impressed with the Asp-E but I've not got anywhere near A rate yet as it's about 50mil for a full A rate fit from what I can see and I've just started making some decent coin now that I've pulled my finger out and focused on it for a while. I'll soon be back to my wandering old self again though!!

The Asp-E needs 5A thrusters to make it a decent combat ship with anything else it's going to be underwhelming, make that your first priority and then engineer the heck out of them!

Here's my current build it still needs some L5 DDT thrusters but it's coming along nicely CDT L3 : 303 – 412 m/s @ 4 pips, over 40 LY jump range, decent internal flexibility.............

https://coriolis.io/outfit/asp/0pft...242i2f.Iw18QDJJA===.IwBj4z2HRI==?bn=Asp Ex 6D

 

[Madrax573]

The Asp-E needs 5A thrusters to make it a decent combat ship with anything else it's going to be underwhelming, make that your first priority and then engineer the heck out of them!

Here's my current build it still needs some L5 DDT thrusters but it's coming along nicely CDT L3 : 303 – 412 m/s @ 4 pips, over 40 LY jump range, decent internal flexibility.............

https://coriolis.io/outfit/asp/0pft...242i2f.Iw18QDJJA===.IwBj4z2HRI==?bn=Asp Ex 6D

Cool. I was thinking something similar for my combat fun. But why the docking computer?

One thing I have notice is that apart form the 2 size 5 internals the rest are size 3 which somewhat limits it's flexibility. However now we have module storage it would be easy to get all the modules you want for various builds at the 'home' base

 

[JetsonRING]

Hi all,

I'm currently flying a Cobra Mk III and I'm enjoying it as it has been my goto ship since 84' but I'm wondering out of the current ship line out what would your thoughts be on the swiss army knife of ED?

You know, something that can do most things well but not necessarily be the best as any of it. Thinking that I'll probably get myself multiple ships setup for specific tasks etc but looking for a swiss army knife that I can just jump into and have a go at whatever pops into my mind.

IMO the best SMALL "swiss-army knife" ship is the Cobra Mark III. The best small/medium SAK ship will be an Asp-Explorer or Python (Asp-X) and the best large ship will be endlessly debated, IMO none of the really large ships (Anaconda, Cutter, Corvette) are generalist (SAK) ships. At that level they are all somewhat specialized (though flexible). If I had to choose a "large" ship IMO the most flexible of the bunch is the Anaconda: Flexible, decent cargo cap, decent range (with mods), decent guns.

 

[Ceekay]

Cool. I was thinking something similar for my combat fun. But why the docking computer?

One thing I have notice is that apart form the 2 size 5 internals the rest are size 3 which somewhat limits it's flexibility. However now we have module storage it would be easy to get all the modules you want for various builds at the 'home' base

"But why the docking computer?" cause I'm a lazy ol Commander that's why!

 

[Madrax573]

"But why the docking computer?" cause I'm a lazy ol Commander that's why!

Quite possibly the bets way to reply with this question ever!

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Well I now have my small fleet.

Viper IV :- going to primarily setup for HIRes BH.
Cobra IV :- Small ship miner - But I love flying this so I reckon a few engineer mods will end up on this thing
Asp-E :- My 'swiss army knife' ship. Will probably get a few different load outs stored at my home base.

And I'll probably fit out a Keelback with RV and fighter just so I can go zooming around stuff if the desire crops up.
The DBE is also on the cards cos I love the 'gunship' look to it.

 

[Madrax573]

Oh and I grabbed myself the ship kit for the Cobra III as well. Cos I just had to!

 

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Oh and I grabbed myself the ship kit for the Cobra III as well. Cos I just had to!

I have that plus about 30 skins!!! XD

#Cobra4Life

Now if FD would just unlock the two extra utility mounts...