Guess it all depends on the situation you are trading in.
If it's a safe area, with low numbers of pirates, which you deal with at nav points with a fighting ship, then you can probably get away with no shields or protection and cheapest hull for type 6 or 7.
Also short distances to the station from star, and limiting the number of jumps reduces time spent, maximising profits so that it is affordable to pay insurance and replace your cargo lost. Why can't we buy insurance for our cargo?
Most amount of damage suffered on my new Type 7 without shields, was when some upstart in a Vulture appeared out of nowhere inside the letterbox dock, smacking me in the nose and bringing my tin foil hull down to less than 50%, that was 6500CR.
Most amount of damage to the Type 6 was total destruction, after ramming into a solar panel boom. This lost me 700,000CR insurance and cargo, or about 45 mins of grinding.
Despite these losses, I still prefer to fly transports with only cargo upgrades and jump engines as required, but may consider upgrading to Python if trading in some far off land.
If it's a safe area, with low numbers of pirates, which you deal with at nav points with a fighting ship, then you can probably get away with no shields or protection and cheapest hull for type 6 or 7.
Also short distances to the station from star, and limiting the number of jumps reduces time spent, maximising profits so that it is affordable to pay insurance and replace your cargo lost. Why can't we buy insurance for our cargo?
Most amount of damage suffered on my new Type 7 without shields, was when some upstart in a Vulture appeared out of nowhere inside the letterbox dock, smacking me in the nose and bringing my tin foil hull down to less than 50%, that was 6500CR.
Most amount of damage to the Type 6 was total destruction, after ramming into a solar panel boom. This lost me 700,000CR insurance and cargo, or about 45 mins of grinding.
Despite these losses, I still prefer to fly transports with only cargo upgrades and jump engines as required, but may consider upgrading to Python if trading in some far off land.
