Recently I've been on a bit of a long-range sightseeing kick. I have a number of ships which can do this comfortably, but I choose the Orca. As I said above, SK ships are the ultimate in elegance and refinement. But beyond that, the Orca is a very capable ship. Among its virtues I would list
-- Wonderful view through the massive single-pane canopy
-- Excellent supercruise performance, especially pitch and yaw, roll not so much
-- Good jump range
-- Generous optional slots, particularly for mission profiles like this. My config is maybe a bit barebones, but for other commanders there are plenty of slots to fit what you want
-- Fast
-- Runs very cool (mine does anyway)
-- Beautiful, with sleek lines. It's a ship that looks the part of luxury transport. When an Orca arrives at the platform, the attendants snap-to, the carpet is rolled out and the gawkers shunted aside.
Here's the ship as I flew it on the last mission, one of those long-range Famous Explorer jaunts.
Sunburst
Normally it has a class 3 GFSDB in it to free the biggest slots for cabins, but with only a single cabin needed for the mission I swapped in a class 5 for a couple more jump ranges. Good jump, rather fast and runs very cool. Supercruises at 14% heat. Of course it's engineered to do so, but that is frosty. The Orca is a great ship found near the bottom of popularity lists. But Orca pilots like this, such a ship can not be trusted to any old commander
-- Wonderful view through the massive single-pane canopy
-- Excellent supercruise performance, especially pitch and yaw, roll not so much
-- Good jump range
-- Generous optional slots, particularly for mission profiles like this. My config is maybe a bit barebones, but for other commanders there are plenty of slots to fit what you want
-- Fast
-- Runs very cool (mine does anyway)
-- Beautiful, with sleek lines. It's a ship that looks the part of luxury transport. When an Orca arrives at the platform, the attendants snap-to, the carpet is rolled out and the gawkers shunted aside.
Here's the ship as I flew it on the last mission, one of those long-range Famous Explorer jaunts.
Sunburst
Normally it has a class 3 GFSDB in it to free the biggest slots for cabins, but with only a single cabin needed for the mission I swapped in a class 5 for a couple more jump ranges. Good jump, rather fast and runs very cool. Supercruises at 14% heat. Of course it's engineered to do so, but that is frosty. The Orca is a great ship found near the bottom of popularity lists. But Orca pilots like this, such a ship can not be trusted to any old commander
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