IIRC I have 54, maybe 55 ships (I recently bought a T-10). Several are taxis but I have a few Sidewinders and they are cheap as chips so if you don't need to sell your first (and think you may regret it later because of nostalgia) then name it something memorable & keep it for future use. With Advanced Thrusters they can become useful again later in the game, or at least can be put to good use as an explorer or scout.
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IIRC I have 54, maybe 55 ships (I recently bought a T-10). Several are taxis but I have a few Sidewinders and they are cheap as chips so if you don't need to sell your first (and think you may regret it later because of nostalgia) then name it something memorable & keep it for future use. With Advanced Thrusters they can become useful again later in the game, or at least can be put to good use as an explorer or scout.
My OCD just HAD to come up with a naming convention because I have 35 of them, and stuff started overlapping. Still short a few unique ships, like the Beluga and the two scouts (DB/Asp) so I might have to go back over the ID system to free up some numbers. These two probably won't change again:
SIX07B (Hauler) PLANET COAST 01
SIX should be obvious, 0 (zero) is the pad size (small), 7 is a unique fleet number, B is the usage - 'Bodies' aka passengers. Blue engine / weapon detailing. Paint job: Midnight Black.
SIX08B (Adder) PLANET COAST 02
SIX again obvious, 0 (zero) is the pad size (small), 8 is a unique fleet number, B is the usage - 'Bodies' aka passengers. Blue engine / weapon detailing. Paint job: Midnight Black.
Two dedicated taxis that COAST between PLANETs (nod to other franchises).
The logic: Its cheaper to fly a big ship to deploy it yourself and call a cheap one to you for the return trip. Being able to send a ship ahead of you would be better (of course FDev, I'm looking at you!) but you can always make that the last trip of the session, sleep then fly back after the transfer.
Both ships were sourced and built to utilise the 15% Li Yong-Rui discount with D Class parts for optimal mass against lowest possible prices to further reduce the transfer costs, except for the Class A FSD and B Fuel Scoop. Both are also fully engineered to G5 max with roughly 40Ly range.
To alleviate the tedium of farming Datamined Wake Exceptions, both vessels feature a handy scanner so on leaving any given dock they can check all local FSD wakes before leaving the system. This habit formed in an earlier engineers patch so, all my non-combat ships have wake scanners.
May also come in handy if hyperdicted now the thargoids are inside the bubble.
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If you're going to do that, try selling them to stations recently (this week) attacked by Thargoids that are still burning, or the nearby rescue ships. Prices seem to be ridiculously inflated by the emergency demand, as in price gouging insanity with thousands of percent markups but, bring heatsinks
Here are a few -
T6 - Trundle
Cobra 3 - Fussy Buzzer
Anaconda - Geraldine
Python - Pink Panther*
Python - Slice of Life (from Dexter)
Sidey - Ms SWAN (Ship Without A Name, and Pirates of the Caribbean)
Cobra 4 - Oh-Oh!
DbS - Kitty's Got Claws
DbX - Longbow
FAS - Lapsed Pacifist (from Ian M Banks)
Challenger - Fight or Flight
* because....
T6 - Trundle
Cobra 3 - Fussy Buzzer
Anaconda - Geraldine
Python - Pink Panther*
Python - Slice of Life (from Dexter)
Sidey - Ms SWAN (Ship Without A Name, and Pirates of the Caribbean)
Cobra 4 - Oh-Oh!
DbS - Kitty's Got Claws
DbX - Longbow
FAS - Lapsed Pacifist (from Ian M Banks)
Challenger - Fight or Flight
* because....
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Tried that. I'm only about 4 jumps from Aulin. Man, the profits were INTENSE!!! Didn't have a heat sink, a mistake I'll not make again, but even with the 6k cr of damages it was still worth it. Sold the load for about 3.2 million for an investment of about 156k including the heat damages.If you're going to do that, try selling them to stations recently (this week) attacked by Thargoids that are still burning, or the nearby rescue ships. Prices seem to be ridiculously inflated by the emergency demand, as in price gouging insanity with thousands of percent markups but, bring heatsinks
Love the Curious Cricket - perfect name for it.
As for the Liberator. I have a very soft spot for Blake's Seven, and my 14 year old self had deeply conflicted feelings regarding Servalan...
Sidey: Flashlight - bexause it's small, quick, maneuvrable ... and painted yellow
AspX: First Sight - due to it's explorer focus.
Python: at the biginning "Firestorm", because of full MC loadout with overcharged+incendiary and because I started to name all my ships beginning iwith "F". Later on, as my passenger Anaconda was ganked in Shinrarta, the Python was renamed into "Remember & Revenge". Ironically or strange, but at the same time I read the Elite books and got deeper into the story about Kahina Loren / Salome. I have started in the game as the event with her final fight and death was over. But that doen't prevent me from following her last wish/task "...Remember!" and add my own "Revenge" (for Kahina's death).
Explorer Anaconda: Searcher - because searching for guardians in the void. The best explorer ship for me, because I like to be fully equipped, to master every task needed out ther and to get back home.
Passenger/cargo Anaconda: firstly "Flame river" similar as Python - all MC + OC + IR. Sold it after understanding, that I'll be able to earn more money and have better surviving chances in the Open by flying the Python.
Imperial Clipper: Kahina's Phoenix - in memory of Kahina and in hope that she could be resurrected somehow. Why not - all that story about being able to copy her mind over the special pod and the commander, who seems to be a clone like Kahina was, mentioned at the end of one of the books.
AspX: First Sight - due to it's explorer focus.
Python: at the biginning "Firestorm", because of full MC loadout with overcharged+incendiary and because I started to name all my ships beginning iwith "F". Later on, as my passenger Anaconda was ganked in Shinrarta, the Python was renamed into "Remember & Revenge". Ironically or strange, but at the same time I read the Elite books and got deeper into the story about Kahina Loren / Salome. I have started in the game as the event with her final fight and death was over. But that doen't prevent me from following her last wish/task "...Remember!" and add my own "Revenge" (for Kahina's death).
Explorer Anaconda: Searcher - because searching for guardians in the void. The best explorer ship for me, because I like to be fully equipped, to master every task needed out ther and to get back home.
Passenger/cargo Anaconda: firstly "Flame river" similar as Python - all MC + OC + IR. Sold it after understanding, that I'll be able to earn more money and have better surviving chances in the Open by flying the Python.
Imperial Clipper: Kahina's Phoenix - in memory of Kahina and in hope that she could be resurrected somehow. Why not - all that story about being able to copy her mind over the special pod and the commander, who seems to be a clone like Kahina was, mentioned at the end of one of the books.
Many at Founders, others here and there, mostly there.
I keep all mine in Fuel Rats HQ, Wollheim Vision in Fuelum, for the moment at least.
Now I’ve not seen that car for yonks! Used to have the toy version that had a great big wheel in the middle.Here are a few -
T6 - Trundle
Cobra 3 - Fussy Buzzer
Anaconda - Geraldine
Python - Pink Panther*
Python - Slice of Life (from Dexter)
Sidey - Ms SWAN (Ship Without A Name, and Pirates of the Caribbean)
Cobra 4 - Oh-Oh!
DbS - Kitty's Got Claws
DbX - Longbow
FAS - Lapsed Pacifist (from Ian M Banks)
Challenger - Fight or Flight
* because....
sounds like a Vulture/ Viper for a Bounty Hunter, or another as a Rescue ship.
AspX - Siberia (space is vast and full of beauty)
Imp Clipper - Sotiria (I simply like the name and all my ships start with an S. There's also a singer who goes by that name, she's sexy, and so is the Clipper.)
Imp Cutter (MP) - The Siren (S, and for obvious reasons, she's been playing hard to get)
Imp Cutter (Hauler) - Skye
Imp Clipper - Sotiria (I simply like the name and all my ships start with an S. There's also a singer who goes by that name, she's sexy, and so is the Clipper.)
Imp Cutter (MP) - The Siren (S, and for obvious reasons, she's been playing hard to get)
Imp Cutter (Hauler) - Skye
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