Beluga Liner cost
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Sneaky!
Bear in mind though Commander Tarragon, all the prices shown in livestreams sneak peeks are only placeholders, as Adam Woods himself told this yesterday: their crew in the office is just now working on the ballancing of various factors. And Mr. Sandro stated that he needs to discuss final prices with Mr. Brookes (Executive Producer). So I think you should not worry now and easy multiply your (very smart!!!) estimation by 4-5!Great thinking though!!!
Cheers!!
IMO 74 Million actually puts it in a very good place, let us examine the facts
It is much lighter armed than an Anaconda but described as being of similar size.
There is no ship that costs more than a Python or T9 and less than an Anaconda. I have long advocated for a ship in the 70 or 80 million credit price range.
The Beluga will have a maximum cargo capacity of 368 tons (unshielded). Again this puts it right between the Python and Anaconda. The T9 can carry more cargo for less money, but the Beluga will be much faster than a T9 (on the other hand, what isn't faster than a T9?) with much better jump range.
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Sneaky!
Great thinking though!!!
Cheers!!
There is no way a Beluga can cost 300+ Million (more than a Cutter) unless it will be literally print money so fast that it will make the Anaconda look like a T6 by comparison.
The FDL originally cost 90mCr IIRC.
Base price is of little importance compared to the price once fitted out for purpose.
Thank you for your constructive input. You must be a blast at parties.
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1.27954387 Gazillion credits...
Tree fiddy.
You forgot to add the cost of all time travel requirements for filching enough wings for 21st century American Drones for all those wings, the frog legs for jumping between systems, the garlic for fending off space vampires, and eyes of newt for fuel heat dissipation on refueling. You'll also need to acquire no less than three Spaceballs winnebago replicas.
- Hello what will be the jump range of the beluga? and the purchase price?
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lol. What?
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Anyway. I had thoughts on this last week. Letting pilots freelance themselves to fly Beluga passenger missions for a company without having to purchase the ship, much the same way real cruise line and commercial airline pilots do.
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...enger-Missions-Buying-Ship-vs-Freelance-Pilot
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hello sardu thanks for the reply,not thought of the freelance pilot missions for the beluga ,that sounds like a great "career" in the elite passenger cargo business
Will we get irate parents of ''dead passengers'' chase us CMR's when our lovely Beluga liners get sizzled from all the pirates pillaging the shipping lanes running passengers...??? I do not mind the cost being just under the 100 million mark, I am guessing a full compliment of passengers will pay a hansom sum when they arrive alive at their destination and not floating in space halfway there.
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Considering the limited cargo-capacity *and* limited weapons-capability, I don't think the Beluga will cost nearly as much as say the Anaconda. It'll still be horrendously expensive to equip fully though. That size 7A FSD alone will cost an arm and a leg. Add to it grade A power-gen and thrusters, and you're looking to put your first-born out on E-Bay for some quick cash. Some 400-500 million fully kitted and good to go?
The big question is, will passenger missions pay out enough to justify the cost? My Cutter with 720 tons of cargo-space is a credits printing press, easily doing 1.5 million in profits in about 10 minutes on a mediocre trade route, double or even triple that on an excellent trade-route. I was not impressed by the pay-out from passenger missions displayed in the live-stream.
Kinda like with mining - it is not something you do for the profits. It's something you do for a little while because it is different and you want to test it out. After the novelty have worn off, you only go mining because you need some specific resource or a mission demands it.
The big question is, will passenger missions pay out enough to justify the cost? My Cutter with 720 tons of cargo-space is a credits printing press, easily doing 1.5 million in profits in about 10 minutes on a mediocre trade route, double or even triple that on an excellent trade-route. I was not impressed by the pay-out from passenger missions displayed in the live-stream.
Kinda like with mining - it is not something you do for the profits. It's something you do for a little while because it is different and you want to test it out. After the novelty have worn off, you only go mining because you need some specific resource or a mission demands it.
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If relatives can sue... then don't rescue me. Just bump me towards that sun over there.
Price could be okay. It would be halfway between and Orca and Anaconda. But as mentioned, the fitting costs! Wow.
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400 to 500M? That's not much! That's just some Robigo/Sothis pocket change. Less than a week to earn that.
Baa the cost of spacing the entire first class cabin into the nearest solar flare.... Priceless