So this is my conda build, it does conda things, it does conda things well. It kills well, it explores, and travels around the bubble quite well.
Overall this build is a good general multi role ship to do combat and exploration with.
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Had to edit it, left a utility slot open for either another shield booster, or killwarrent scanner.
Some things about the conda, when it comes to engineering, you wanna upgrade your FSD first, and formost. The next 2 things you wanna max expcially on the conda are going to be your shields, then your engines. The conda is a flying brick, until you get your dirty drag drives on it, which changes it vastly. The next thing you want after fsd, shields, and engines is going to be your Power distribution. You are not gonna go wrong with charge enhanced and super conduit.
The conda makes a great entry combat ship, and as i said a great do everything ship, with of course the vette doing better, at combat in every way, at the price of....well....the price tag, and a 28ly jump range WITH an FSD booster.
Also a few general related questions...
1. Is it worth the time/effort of using the Kill Warrant scanner on pirates I'm hunting for missions?
Yes, it can be, if you are massacre stacking. The big brain trick to this though, is to engineer it to fast scan 5 so that the scan takes 2 seconds, then equip it to the same fire group as your beam lasers, and scan it down as your strip the ship of shields, what i do is after like 4 or 5 outtings i go over to an interstellar factor and sell all the bounties for the various systems.
2. I'm stopping to collect materials after fights, is there a way to keep track of it if it goes off your scanner? And is it actually worth bothering to collect the materials from the destroyed ships?
Generally i only pick up 4+ rarity items, which with time you just know which ones those are, the rest is not worth really getting
3. Is there a way of having my fighter pilot always set to 'Engage at will' rather than manually setting it each time its launched?
not that i know of, but default should just be num pad numbers which you will memorize with use.
4. I'm travelling between the mission tagged signal sources to get the pirates, would it be quicker going to the nav beacon or is that just likely to be suicide?
Depends on the missions you are doing, generally the nav beacon is safe for the most part, and just kinda gives you info. If you are doing massacre missions, threat levle 4 and 3 are like the best ones to go to since they dont attack on sight, and are pretty easy to take down, the next best being haz rez sites.
Also a final general tip, get your crew member at harmless and rank them up to elite.
The other tip is if you are using a fighter, go and get the lance guardian fighter. In the hands of a dangerous or better NPC pilot its amazing.
