Just bought me one of those to upgrade from a DBX.
On my way to Sag A* for the first time as the first run for the ship.
On my way to Sag A* for the first time as the first run for the ship.
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That's a helluva shakedown! Good luck! o7
Thank you my friend! o7
Have you got Space AA cover, just in case
I’ve got about 600,000 light years on my AspX, Strix, which is about ten times as much as all my other ships combined. I’ve tried exploring in an Anaconda. I’ve tried exploring in a Krait. I’ve explored in a Python, a Cobra Mk III, a DBX, a Dolphin, a Sidewinder, and an Eagle, and none of them hit that sweet spot for me that the Asp Explorer does.
She’s currently engineered pretty heavily, but most of my time exploring was spent with very minimal engineering - I did my first 200,000 light years in her without any engineering at all.
I imagine I’ll be flying the same ship at 1 million light years. And probably at 2 million...
She’s currently engineered pretty heavily, but most of my time exploring was spent with very minimal engineering - I did my first 200,000 light years in her without any engineering at all.
I imagine I’ll be flying the same ship at 1 million light years. And probably at 2 million...
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Why do you have an armoured Power Plant and a fast boot FSD on this thing? You could easily stretch the jump range to like 50 ly :S
Well that for sure looks a lot better 
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I purchase my first Asp Explorer this week. I named her Discovery. A rating the FSD and adding the Advanced Discovery Scanner, along with buying the ship itself did a hit on my credit balance, so right now I have it outfitted for some cargo runs around Sol to build up some credits and my Federation rank. Once I have a comfortable bank balance I will outfit her for exploration and head out to the black. (Maybe I will do a tourist passenger mission too).
Be ready to make quite a lot of money. The 6A fuel scoop alone costs almost 5 times as much as the ship.
Anyway, welcome to the AspX family!
I've been flying this for a while now, so I suppose I qualify for the Asp Explorer's owners club ...
PAIAE1 Dancing in the Dark
PAIAE1 Dancing in the Dark
That ship is The Boss!
Thanks Dan, it is one of the iridescent schemes, the colours really do vary with the light.
So with the Krait Phantom being the new kid on the block ... (**potentialy) ... just saying that the asp is just as good (again we don’t know this for sure) But .. and it’s a BIG BUT (stop singgering at the back) rebuy, makes the AspX a cut above the Krait Phantom IMO .. as if it all goes south .. a rebuy of *3mil (*based on my 51 LY engineered AspX) is Way cheaper than the Krait or the anaconda, making the AspX the premiere exploration ship IMO.
Great exploration ship. I traded it for a Python to make money in the Ceos/Sothis systems. I will aquire a new one as soon as I have hauled millions of tons of paladium. These two systems does not sell any asp Explorer, so will have to aquire a new one once I get closer to more densly populated Space.
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After almost a year in the black, I've returned to the Bubble and refreshed my AspX a bit. She now jumps 65 Ly with the full 32T tank and almost 70 Ly on fumes. While waiting for Phantom, I'm on my way to the most southern fringes of the Galaxy. The ship performs excellent! I had to drop repair limpets to fit the FSD Booster and this is the only downside of this ship now. However, it won't be an issue anymore when the ADS frees its slot after the 3.3 update.
I'll switch to Phantom for sure, just to change something, but AspX is still a perfect vessel for long-range exploration.
I'll switch to Phantom for sure, just to change something, but AspX is still a perfect vessel for long-range exploration.
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Currently rocking this build. I'd love to somehow get the lightyears up from 45 to 60 but not sure how much more I can max this puppy out...
https://s.orbis.zone/209z
I've got 60 million credits so far, and would like to continue to save until upgrading my ship. I mainly explore and do passenger missions, but I would love more cargo space on another exploration ship so I can do more trading and mining. I only fight when necessary and am pretty adept at combat, so would also like to eventually have a good all around ship. Aesthetically speaking, I love the AspX. Can anyone recommend what ship I should upgrade to once I have enough cheddar?
https://s.orbis.zone/209z
I've got 60 million credits so far, and would like to continue to save until upgrading my ship. I mainly explore and do passenger missions, but I would love more cargo space on another exploration ship so I can do more trading and mining. I only fight when necessary and am pretty adept at combat, so would also like to eventually have a good all around ship. Aesthetically speaking, I love the AspX. Can anyone recommend what ship I should upgrade to once I have enough cheddar?
I went from an Asp X to a Python. Started out with the same loadout but with a bit more space for cargo and a few extras for a bit more surviability.
Now my Python is my all rounder with a minimal swap out of cheap parts its a cargo hauler or an passenger ship or straight up haz rez brawler. Jump range is not bad eaither with A rated FSD with maxed out range boosted engineering.
I now have other ships basically I never sell em, but mostly gravitate to my Asp and Python for most jobs except mass passenger misions and mining as I have special builds for them with kitted out ships just for that.
Now my Python is my all rounder with a minimal swap out of cheap parts its a cargo hauler or an passenger ship or straight up haz rez brawler. Jump range is not bad eaither with A rated FSD with maxed out range boosted engineering.
I now have other ships basically I never sell em, but mostly gravitate to my Asp and Python for most jobs except mass passenger misions and mining as I have special builds for them with kitted out ships just for that.