Cheapest ship for fuel scooping + weapons + shield + cargo + discovery scanner?

[Satsuma]

The Viper sounds like the next step on the way to a Cobra, honestly. It's very short range, but otherwise seems pretty flexible. I've been using my Eagle as a scout ship for exploration, and it does pretty well with the caveat that I had to abandon all cargo space. I'd consider the Eagle (and Sidewinder) to be capable of doing any *one* thing well, but you do have to get into something like a Cobra before you have a ship that can do *many* things well.

 

[jpinard]

Thanks for all the comments. This is now my favorite thread in the forum and super helpful.

 

[jpinard]

Every ship comes with a cargo scoop... as in, like the pilot's seat.

Woops I meant fuel scoop!

I wish I could get missions to work correctly. The latest update really bugged things up a bunch.

Orfeboy - what's your home planet?

Also about the Hauler. I have a terrible time in it due to so little visibility. Feels like I'm driving a UPS truck with the blinders on.