That is, only using Elite Dangerous-Horizons. ie. Using no External Sites.
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Newcomer / Intro How do I find where to buy a Cobra MkIII?
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Stangely, High-Tech is rather sparse for the MkIII (less than 50 stations) - industrial is the best bet followed by extraction and refinery.
I'd just go to Jameson 
AFAIK the OP doesn't have access to Shinrarta yet, please don't troll him.I'd just go to Jameson
Pretty certain Ray Gateway in Diaguandri would have one - it has most stuff and is a great central point to call "home".
You have to fly there and look, there is no in-game way to see what a station has for sale remotely.
As Para has already said, industrial, extraction, and lastly high-tech systems are the most likely to have them.
I'm there now. No. Hence my question.
Hadn't asked you elsewhere, because you fly fully assisted with External Site assistance.
No. Surprised me too. However, it is the search method I am seeking.
I understand. But they are excluded, or meant to be, as choices in the question (as stupid as that may seem.)
Quote: "ie. Using no External Sites."
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Thank you for telling me where.
However, the question was also meant to infer that if it was possible, how do I physically do it ? Thank you.
It is the Bodies (eg. Stations, Carriers, etc ) that have the shipsyards, not Systems as I understand it.
ie. Bodies within System have the shipyards.
Or do Systems list ships for sale in shipyards?
There is no in-game search. You have to go there and look.
Really? Wow. Now that's quite surprising to me.
you have been told by a couple cmdrs
there is no ingame method to find ships or modules
fly to large stations and look is the only way.
I made another post elsewhere that does tell what types of stations tend to sell certain ships. but this boils down to experience and seeing the patterns.
but only large space stations have shipyards(not all but most do have a shipyard), outposts do NOT, and planetary bases are a coin toss regardless of size.
to repeat there is no ingame method to find ships or modules
your best bet is using eddb if you really want to not waste time and gain frustration.
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As far as the underlying logic goes, which is I think what OP is wondering about, it's very unclear. Roughly speaking, systems that are richer and with more technologically-advanced economies will carry more advanced ships in their shipyards, and also have more slots in the selection. This seems to apply across all ship sizes, so even the poorest backwater starport will stock some kind of large ship, so it's not just based on cost. Afaik the Cobra is a moderately advanced small ship, so you'll be most likely to find one in economies (like industrial, as mentioned above) that are moderately but not maximally developed. Unfortunately this is only a very broad rule of thumb that is guiding the RNG - the desire for more reliable information is exactly why the external databases were compiled.