Since picking up the game in June, I’ve put in about 500 hours. In that time I’ve gone Sidewinder> Viper mkIV> DBS> DBE> Challenger> Krait.
Once I had the Krait, I started to fill out my fleet. I got an anaconda, a python for mining, a Chieftan for a little while, an Adder and viper III for kicks. I also got a Federal corvette.
I love the corvette and the conda, because flying a big ship is cool as hell, and tons of fun. My baby is the Krait though. I have fitted it for combat, cargo, and exploring over the time that I’ve had it. It is still my favorite ship to tinker weapons/ modules and have a blast doing random stuff.
TLDR- Krait is the most fun of the 12 ships I have flown in the past 6 months