Ships High Speed Ships Performance values and Fastest ship in speed/distance to Time.

[SYSOPKC]

Boost to boost recharge times at full throttle (from empty capacitor at max speed)


1. Clipper 5:30 seconds at 441m/s
2. Orca 6:30 seconds at 441m/s
3. Viper MKIII 7:30 seconds at 432m/s
4. Imp Courier 7:60 seconds at 439m/s
5. Cobra MKIII 7:60 seconds at 456m/s
6. DB Scout 7:60 seconds at 441m/s
7. Imp Eagle 9:80 seconds at 447m/s


Top boost speed


1. Cobra MKIII 456m/s (of 464m/s max value)
2. Imp. Eagle 447m/s (of 463m/s max value)
3. Imp. Clipper 441m/s (of 441m/s max value)
4. Orca 441m/s (of 441m/s max value)
5. DB Scout 441m/s (of 441m/s max value)
6. Imp. Courier 439m/s (of 441m/s max value)
7. Viper MkIII 432m/s (of 446m/s max value)



0 to 20 km "from zero throttle" fastest time to distance (1 km mark launch.)


1. (5.) (1.) Cobra MKIII 43:20 to 20km at 456m/s (fastest)
2. (3.) (7.) Viper MkIII 45:55 to 20km at 432m/s
3. (4.) (6.) Imp Courier 46:28 to 20km at 439m/s
4. (1.) (3.) Clipper 46:51 to 20km at 441m/s
5. (6.) (5.) DB Scout 47:50 to 20km at 441m/s
6. (7.) (2.) Imp Eagle 47:60 to 20km at 447m/s
7. (2.) (4.) Orca 48:08 to 20km at 441m/s (slowest)



Top thruster speed


1. Clipper 348m/s (of 348m/s max value)
2. Orca 348m/s (of 348m/s max value)
3. Viper MKIII 345m/s (of 357m/s max value)
4. Imp. Eagle 336m/s (of 347m/s max value)
5. DB Scout 329m/s (of 329m/s max value)
6. Imp. Courier 323m/s (of 325m/s max value)
7. Cobra MkIII 320m/s (of 325m/s max value)



RESULTS:


The Cobra Mk III is the fastest ship in the game in speed/time to distance.
The Cobra Mk III has the highest boost speed in the game.
The Viper Mk III is the second fastest ship in the game in speed/time to distance.
The Viper Mk III has the highest thruster cruise speed in the game.
The Imperial Clipper has the fastest boost to boost speed recovery in the game.



Notes:


All times measured at Jameson Memorial with Asus K501 measuring all elapsed times.


"Boost to boost" measure reflects how fast it takes a ship to boost to max speed and recover from a fully drained
capacitor and then re boost to that max speed.


"0 to 20 km" is a measure of traveling as fast as possible and boosting as fast as possible from a standing stop.


All ships A rated for maximum speed performance and mass optimization, this includes A rating thrusters,
Power distributors, and frame shift drives. All other modules fitted at optimal minimum mass for ship performance.


All tests done 3 times then recorded performance numbers were averaged and rounded to the nearest value to determine
values above.


Max speed and thruster values reflect the maximum performance possible if ALL modules are fitted to maximize that value.
It is the maximum possible in the current game as of 3/07/16


Tests done on 3/07/16, values may change based on game build changes.

 

[Shadowed]

Clipper is faster in practice IMO. It bleeds speed very slowly compared to the Cobra thanks to the power distributor. Im combat, the Clipper can hit 441 with a proper loadout as well.

But if a Clipper chases a silent blockade runner Cobra MK3 (unarmed), I can see the Cobra getting away. It all depends on the loadout I guess. But the Clipper's higher mass makes it the best running away ship I suppose.

I was surprised to see the Viper 3 hit such a high speed. Amazing how some ships can hit their top speed with a good loadout, while other must be stripped.

 

[Kazacy]

I voted the Clipper; from my experience i managed to catch almost any ship i want (sometimes even stupid straight line silent Cobra's) and i managed to run away every time i was in trouble. It's really hard to die in this ship, you have to be very stupid/poorly fitted or just wanna stay to fight and die.
Second to me is CobraMK3, after i learn how to fly the ship, i never died again against hostile commanders; don't forget to change the paint to black or graphite, is very useful against human eyes when you run like hell in silent mode.