ASP has less cargo space than a Type 6?

[Tox Laximus]

After the Cobra with its 40 tonne cargo I went to a Type 6 with 100 tonnes, I seen a guy in a ASP and asked him the cargo space and he replied 96 tonnes.

Cobra - 40 tonne (350,000 Credits)
Type 6 - 100 tonne (1,000,000 credits)
Asp - 96 tonne (7,000,000 credits)
Type 7 - (17,000,000 credits)

This means I will have to grind in a type 6 until I can get a type 7, I thought the asp would be in between a type 6 and type 7 but apparently its not so to progress I'll be grinding for weeks in a type 6.

What I did instead was to get a fullly loaded viper and go pirate hunting for a while.

 

[Zenith]

If you forego shields, T6 can hold 112t, Asp can hold 128t.

What I'd do for an Asp is put in a class 3 shield generator, that way you only lose 8t and have 120t left.

 

[ciger]

After the Cobra with its 40 tonne cargo I went to a Type 6 with 100 tonnes, I seen a guy in a ASP and asked him the cargo space and he replied 96 tonnes.

Cobra - 40 tonne (350,000 Credits)
Type 6 - 100 tonne (1,000,000 credits)
Asp - 96 tonne (7,000,000 credits)
Type 7 - (17,000,000 credits)

This means I will have to grind in a type 6 until I can get a type 7, I thought the asp would be in between a type 6 and type 7 but apparently its not so to progress I'll be grinding for weeks in a type 6.

What I did instead was to get a fullly loaded viper and go pirate hunting for a while.

you can go with class 3 shields on Asp ->120t

 

[Undecided]

It's only 96 tons if you keep the default class 5 shield generator. You can downgrade to a class 3 and fit 120 tons in and still have as much shield capacity as the Type-6.

 

[Tox Laximus]

Maybe some the new ships will offer a solution, its still a lot of grinding for 120T but as least the asp seems more combat capable than the type 6 and thus allow me to break up the boredom with a bit of dogfighting.

I'll burn the weekend in a viper and carry on trading monday.

 

[Retu81]

You trade 4 tons of cargo space to ability to defend yourself. I'd consider that a fair deal.

 

[Kramster]

The other thing to bear in mind that a T6 is a dedicated cargo ship the Asp isn't. The Asp is multi role so it is an all rounder which gives you more combat ability etc over a T6 so the Asp is a 'jack of all trades' and 'master of none'

 

[AnnuverScotinExile]

The other thing to bear in mind that a T6 is a dedicated cargo ship the Asp isn't. The Asp is multi role so it is an all rounder which gives you more combat ability etc over a T6 so the Asp is a 'jack of all trades' and 'master of none'

You have got to spend an awful lot of money to get a better explorer ship.

 

[DaveL]

And Cobra can load up to 60t

 

[Kramster]

You have got to spend an awful lot of money to get a better explorer ship.

I think that is the main role of this ship and probably all the other multi role ships as well as providing us with a viable choice if we only want one ship.

I pretty much only run a Clipper and a Viper now and I only have the viper due to it being less expensive to lose combined with my being less than an ace pilot.
The extra cost of the Asp is to pay for a T6 with 'added' function

 

[Von Shadow]

When i'm trading in the Asp i run a Class 3A shield and use the class 5 slot for a 32t cargo rack ... means i run with 112t space but the shield is generally sufficient to provide defence against typical interdiction chumps ..... maybe that'll change in 1.2 with the AI + wings changes but we'll see
It doesn't provide much shielding but enough to take a few stray pot-shots from a target until i get them lined up for the kill