Ships Go Fast Courier

[CaptKarel]

O7 CMDRs

I am thinking of building a Go Fast Courier, it will be used to get around the Bubble fast, do data deliver missions, and pickup mats in various USS as I come across them. It is supposed to be fast enough to get away from anything, but could hurt or take out anything that can catch it. It is not expensive, can land at outposts and is relatively fast, almost 700 m/s boost, cruise at just over 500 m/s and has some teeth, DPS of about 75 with hard hitting lightweight fixed weapons. Please provide some of your insights regarding this build. Thanks.

 

[Bigmaec]

Switch to Drive Distributors, instant +40 m/s.
I'd also use a biweave as the iCourier can disengage at will.
A lightweight chaff isn't bad on a iCourier either.

 

[Fish172]

If you came across a serious fight, or a very hard NPC the Courier will get broken. Speed is the key. Fully engineered will comfortably hit close to 800 in combat trim and jump in excess of 40 light years. It is a fantastic ship, but as it says Courier not Warship. It is also an absolute blast watching them trying to catch you. Dump the hull reinforcements and the collector as they are not really useful. You can collect manually and if your shields fail the hull is paper and that level of protection will not make a hoot of difference. I would be inclined to drop the hull and module reinforcements and fit a Guardian FSD booster. I would also reduce the number of shield boosters to two max. Just an opinion of course and do not take my work as gospel, but having had Couriers for several years, this is how I would roll with it.
Good luck with the project.

 

[Ceekay]

Best speed I could squeeze out of it https://s.orbis.zone/etok the major drawback is trying top hit targets at this kind of speed!

For even more speed the Viper 3 https://s.orbis.zone/etol but with it's 15 ton heavier hull it comes with a shedload of compromises

 

[Madrax573]

Max speed courier https://s.orbis.zone/etpz can outrun anything that can kill it and if it can catch you it can't kill you

 

[Fish172]

At their ultimate the Viper MkIII is faster with well in excess of 930 m/s possible. This sort of build is very fragile though and only good for racing. For general purpose the Courier is a better choice. The Viper also handles better.

 

[Fish172]

Max speed courier https://s.orbis.zone/etpz can outrun anything that can kill it and if it can catch you it can't kill you

This is its ultimate secret..just who the hell could catch you with any firepower worth a dam.

 

[Madrax573]

On a different tack, https://s.orbis.zone/etqb I've used this for most RES (including Haz) and mission combat.

Tailor weapons to preference but keep them lightweight

 

[GloatingSwine]

Max speed courier https://s.orbis.zone/etpz can outrun anything that can kill it and if it can catch you it can't kill you

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Max speed courier that can still laugh in the face of most opposition.

 

[Madrax573]

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Max speed courier that can still laugh in the face of most opposition.

Aye but you'll have a total pita trying to hit with PA at those speeds. Courier don't fly so well at full speed.

Max speed courier is not for fighting, but for loving and running

 

[CaptKarel]

On a different tack, https://s.orbis.zone/etqb I've used this for most RES (including Haz) and mission combat.

Tailor weapons to preference but keep them lightweight

That is actually quite an impressive built, relatively strong hull, very good speed, just a bit weak on the weapon side.

My weapons on your build = Fighter Jet with Fixed Weapons.

 

[Stabby_Dave]

Here's what I use. the weapons are purely for annoyance value. If I meet anything nasty, I just drop chaff, pop a heatsink and run like hell.

 

[CaptKarel]

Here's what I use. the weapons are purely for annoyance value. If I meet anything nasty, I just drop chaff, pop a heatsink and run like hell.

With a top speed like that you just have boost and keep full throttle, nobody is gonna catch you. Very impressive.

 

[CptArcher]

Here is my courier, https://s.orbis.zone/evah
I use it in wing haz res or cz. It's kind of hard to get the rails to land but I'm doing good with the plasmas. It's plenty stout and I don't need to worry about losing shields, plus the shields regenerate so fast. Whenever a ship tries to run, I can just chase em and easily pop em with my LR rail. It's actually a very fun ship, yellow paint and handles really good.

 

[CMDR Rabbit]

Max speed courier https://s.orbis.zone/etpz can outrun anything that can kill it and if it can catch you it can't kill you

you can squeeze out a fraction (.2 or so ly) jump range per jump by switching the fsd experimental to deep charge, at the expense of overall range before refueling.

 

[Madrax573]

you can squeeze out a fraction (.2 or so ly) jump range per jump by switching the fsd experimental to deep charge, at the expense of overall range before refueling.

This is true but I have never used deep charge on any of my FSD's and 0.2 increase isn't a need for me

 

[CMDR Rabbit]

This is true but I have never used deep charge on any of my FSD's and 0.2 increase isn't a need for me

it doesn't seem like it is, but for me its sometimes been the difference between 1 jump or 2. Or more particularly on a 10+ jump trip it will usually shave at least one off.

Now, wether or not the increased fuel cost and extra time spent scooping on those longer trips is worth it is something i still haven't actually worked out. But a class 2A fuel scoop half fills a small tank almost before Verity is finished telling you it's deployed.