Cobra Mk III explorers. Share your layouts and experiences.

PANTHER STARFORCE

PANTHER STARFORCE
Gorrister said:
You can save weight by getting a D grade powerplant. Also one mining laser is sufficient. You always need some firepower.

Pristine rings are listed in the thread "call of the wild" but if you find some yourself you are invited to add some names to the list. Regards, Gorrister.
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Gorrister, thanks for the advice on the power-plant! Nice bonus to added range!
Also thanks for the recommendation on a single mining laser. perhaps I have been pushing my luck being completely unarmed. I have managed to use the Cobra's speed to successfully flee from more than one predator... but I suppose my luck will expire eventually :)

I have seen the call of the wild thread... but perhaps in a stroke of naivety I have become excited with trying to discover some pristine reserves for myself and contribute to that thread... but I'm sure everything for a few hundred light years out from the bubble has been thoroughly covered? I don't have a very good feel for what parts of the galaxy have been mapped. Is there a tool or method I can use to better visualize this?

Thanks!

-EJIRO
 

Allitnil

Allitnil
For exploration purposes, it is advisable to go with an A grade power plant as it is more heat efficient so makes it easier to fuel scoop and reduces the chances of damage from jumping into a close binary system. Also, a one-lower A grade power plant both weighs less and gives more power than the one-higher D one. eg a 4D power plant weighs 4.0 T and gives 11.7 MJ whilst a 3A weighs 2.5 T and gives 12 MJ.
 

Ziljan

Ziljan
In addition to using an A grade plant, the smaller that plant is, the better your heat will be while refueling. The heat gap between a 3A and a 2A is the difference between needing a heatsink to jump to SC out a corona, or being able to jump to a whole new system while in coronal normal space without breaking 80% temps. This will depend on ship of course. You need to have enough power to survive the rampant power play violence in the Bubble even while not aligned and in solo.

Going shieldless in a DB Explorer that peaks at 250 speed with no power for chaffs is a recipe for instant death, even a lowly NPC Eagle could ruin your day. Or your month. In short, all the jump speed and heat efficiency means nothing if your data doesn't make it home.
 

Imsaho

I
My first 3000 systems or so were in a Cobra and it was great. For most of that it the loadout was all A just because there was really nothing else to spend it on. I eventually moved to an Asp but only because it was quicker to get to "green fields" of never-explored systems. Once I've found a nice area, I just cruise around with no long jumps and for that the Cobra is first rate.
 
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