Ships Poor man's Cobra MK III lloadouts - Post your budget variant here

noldunar

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Hi All,

like we all know, the Cobra MK III is THE iconic ship in the Eliteverse. Now that the MK IV is on the horizon, I want to encourage you to post your most creative budget loadouts here.

Everybody can stuff all A-rated equipment into a ship but let's be creative and try to come up with cheap loadouts for new players.

Here is the deal: Post a Cobra MK III loadout in this thread that does not meet or exceed a purchase price of 2.6 million credits (2.599.999 is fine).

I will start with a stealth combat build. This build is designed to run cold for an extended period of time.

http://coriolis.io/outfit/cobra_mk_iii/24C4B4C3D3A3D3C2727242402022b2b2b2q2769.Iw1-kA==.Aw1-kA==
 
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Cody

Cody
I don't believe you can fit that in a Cobra Mk III - but I ain't an expert. As for funds, I only have about 150k to my name.
 

noldunar

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Now you have inspired me Cody.

Another low-budget explorer variant.

http://coriolis.io/outfit/cobra_mk_iii/04D4D4B3D3A3D4C121212120200f43547f22i2g.Iw1-kA==.Aw1-kA==

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Cody said:
I don't believe you can fit that in a Cobra Mk III - but I ain't an expert. As for funds, I only have about 150k to my name.
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Yes, you can fit a scoop into whatever internal compartement you like. See my build. And as for funds, I mean you can go up to 2.5 mio budget for your loadout that you post here.
 

WR3ND

WR3ND
If you're up to a Cobra, you don't need a budget loadout really, just make some credits trading for a few hours or so and you should be able to max it out with whatever build you want. Optimize for jump range and speed and maybe some SCB or the like if you're trading in open, then find some good routes trading rare cargo between, far enough away to be worth it, but with the stations close enough and close enough to the main stars in the systems to be fast and only needing to refuel at the stations. As I recall, back when I did this I used a half sized fuel tank as well. I made about 3 million credits an hour doing this with a 44t cargo capacity, but I got lucky with a 50t limit on one of the rares I was trading.

Here, you can use this list to help you on your way: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=63119
 
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Cdr Voorheez

Cdr Voorheez
Here is a good Cobra explorer build for 2.4 mil credits.
Remember good explorer=
Good LY Range
AFMU fitted for those long trips
Fast, good capacity fuel scoop
Some shield mitigation if caught out in interdiction
Ability to boost if caught out in interdiction
Discovery scanner
Detailed surface scanner
Here's my submission: 2.4 mil explorer fit

http://coriolis.io/outfit/cobra_mk_...2i.AwRjNco5KA==.Aw1-kA==?bn=Cheap Cobra build

Not ideal but it has all my stipulations listed above.
 
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noldunar

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WR3ND said:
If you're up to a Cobra, you don't need a budget loadout really, just make some credits trading for a few hours or so and you should be able to max it out with whatever build you want. Optimize for jump range and speed and maybe some SCB or the like if you're trading in open, then find some good routes trading rare cargo between, far enough away to be worth it, but with the stations close enough and close enough to the main stars in the systems to be fast and only needing to refuel at the stations. As I recall, back when I did this I used a half sized fuel tank as well. I made about 3 million credits an hour doing this with a 44t cargo capacity, but I got lucky with a 50t limit on one of the rares I was trading.

Here, you can use this list to help you on your way: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=63119
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Thanks for the advice but I started this more as a creative excercise than out of necessity.

For myself I could build a maxed out Cobra if I really wanted but since I started playing in open my primary goal is to keep the rebuy down and fly cheap but efficient builds that get the job down. At the moment I am doing missions in imperial space to build up my rank. Most of the time I do smuggling or delivery missions and pirate kill missions or easy target assassinations. I am not into PVP, so therefore I find budget builds sufficient against the AI in PVE.

And regarding the explorer and long range trader: Nice builds. I haven't really tried exploring or trading yet but when I get around to it, I make sure I try these builds. I am actually flying a super light, super fast smuggling build myself.
 

noldunar

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And the Cobra MK III rare trader.

Especially designed for rare trading it can travel over 150 ly fully laden for maximum profit without wasting time to refuel. It is fast enough to escape interdictions, thanks to it's low mass which fully laden is 60 tonnes below optimum thruster mass. It packs quite a punch to fight of smaller pirate vessels and of course it can carry 36 tonnes of juicy rares.

http://coriolis.io/outfit/cobra_mk_iii/04D4C4A3D3A3D4C7i1b12180002030348f2f201.Iw1-kA==.CwBhrSo8SA==
 
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