2nd ship's - how are you using this?

[mollymawk]

I have just started playing with 2nd ships. I just wondered how you guys are using this ability.

At the moment my main ship is a cobra, worth about 1.5mill. My extra ship is small pew-pew eagles or sidewinders for a bit of cheep fun, dog fighting npc's takes longer and the insurance is lower. I worry If I get anything bigger I could wander so far away, getting back to the other ship would be a real pain.

I do wish I could go shopping for modules for the new ship in my old one already fitted ship with a decent jump range.

 

[EAGLE 5]

Did a secondary Cobra for a bit outfitted for mining but my trigger finger got a little itchy so I sold it and went back to my combat ready Cobra.

 

[Rich Bramwell]

Keep your Cobra for battles and minor hauling, then grab a type 6 and fit it to 100 tons, then you have a heavy hauler for making fast money on superconductor hauling and a battle ready ship for annoying pirates. I tried out keeping a million credit Viper in my garage for a while, using it mainly at the Dahann conflict zone, and an Asp just for hauling, but I got bored and needed the money for Asp upgrades because they are quite expensive for A5 and B5 modules, about 5 million a module.
I look forward to a bigger choice of ships in the future, especially the Python and Fer De-Lance, which will require a lot of money and work in other ships just to be able to afford it. Plus in the game files somewhere is a ''Cargo Drone ship'', not sure if it will make it into the gamma, but that sounds interesting, if you could ''tow a cargo ship on auto-pilot'' behind another ship full of goods, double the money....double the trouble.

 

[N6MAA10816]

Had a Hauler and a viper for a while...thought it was a pain upgrading two ships so I part-ex'd them for a Cobra...which does both jobs and is much more fun!

 

[insanephoton]

To be honest I'm not really using it. I've got my original Sidewinder (with some upgrades) parked at Styx and haven't touched it since I bought my Cobra. I would probably have been better off just trading it in.