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War Eagle

War Eagle
So after I upgraded my mining ship from an AspX to a Python(Right after I hit my first Bil) I decided that it was time to upgrade my Type 7 Transport- I know "Why did you ever buy one of those to start with" ya ya. MY T7 bought everything I have after it and got me to my first Billion so :p
Anyway I am working on Navy ranks and they get tougher(more mission) the higher you get and it took forever to make "Post Captain" as I did today. So my thinking is that a transport got me this far so I need a bigger one to get that last rank to unlock the Vette a little quicker.
So I bought the Type 9 Transport, don't have a name for her yet- was thinking Bertha Butt one of the Butt sisters but then I though I should keep it serious so name yet.
Tactical White: I was surprised it doesn't heat up like the T7 did all the time and it scoops like a champ?
Is this a "Dangerous Discussion - you bet a T9 is a sitting duck. More, a lot more engineering to do 😞
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Muzz UK

Muzz UK
Look at the Conda as a trade alternative sure you won't have the space of a Type 9 BUT you'll be able to carry 150-200 units easily with weapons and good jump range.

Type 9 can be quite tanky but I find flying mine gets tedious even with grade 5 drives :D

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290t cargo with A rated modules you can play around with this as you like fit a fighter bay, guns and a fuel scoop etc. With a guardian fsd booster and engineering you can get over 40ly jump range. You need level 6 shields though to benefit for all that extra cargo space in the 7 slot.
 
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War Eagle

War Eagle
steve_muzz said:
Look at the Conda as a trade alternative sure you won't have the space of a Type 9 BUT you'll be able to carry 150-200 units easily with weapons and good jump range.

Type 9 can be quite tanky but I find flying mine gets tedious even with grade 5 drives :D
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Well I'm trying to keep my Bil for the Vette so I traded in the T7 and really didn't lose all that much- a Conda would have cost me a lot more and a lot more work to get it back.
Just upgrading them as I go, Except the Viper MkIII - I'll probably keep that one forever- it's the only one I see with the flag paint option.
 

Hacker#451563

Hacker#451563
I have a T-9 that made me a lot of money and lost me 2 really good and 1 useless NPC pilot.

Stack up the shield boosters, run a class 7 B or better shield but don't think that you can do any hull tanking with that phat beast. :(
 

War Eagle

War Eagle
Hacker#451563 said:
I have a T-9 that made me a lot of money and lost me 2 really good and 1 useless NPC pilot.

Stack up the shield boosters, run a class 7 B or better shield but don't think that you can do any hull tanking with that phat beast. :(
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I A rated everything, flies pretty nice now.
 

Stealthie

Stealthie
Smykes said:
A really good tip for when you get that 1Bil for the Vette..
Resist the temptation to buy it.....
aim for another 1Bil to outfit it and have a few rebuys.
Good Luck and Have Fun o7
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Not entirely sure about that.
Splurging on a Corvette and all the modules for it - and then engineering them - can be a bit overwhelming.
Personally, I'd suggest buying it and then treating it as a "project".
Plan out the build in Coriolis then just buy & engineer modules whenever you can afford them.

On topic, flying a T9 as a cargo ship is really "putting it on the line" cos if you take on a cargo mission that attracks hostiles, you're likely to struggle.
You never really need all of the cargo capacity a T9 offers, unless you're doing CGs, so a T10 or Annie is going to be a safer bet.

The Annie would be more expensive but, if you plan your build, at least you can modify it into a "large multirole" ship that you can keep using forever.
 

tolm

tolm
Not sure exactly how much cargo you need to handle but most missions I see are 180T or less for up to 5 million a mission. You can easily get that in a Python or even a Krait MkII WITH decent shields (engineered 4A generator + boosters) and weapons for handling any miscreants that might attempt to separate you from your cargo. If anything big turns up, just leg it.

Then again, for Fed rep, there’s the Ceos/Sothis Courier Job approach which requires no cargo space at all.
 

War Eagle

War Eagle
tolm said:
Not sure exactly how much cargo you need to handle but most missions I see are 180T or less for up to 5 million a mission. You can easily get that in a Python or even a Krait MkII WITH decent shields (engineered 4A generator + boosters) and weapons for handling any miscreants that might attempt to separate you from your cargo. If anything big turns up, just leg it.

Then again, for Fed rep, there’s the Ceos/Sothis Courier Job approach which requires no cargo space at all.
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I run Fed missions out of Gupta City and with the T9 rather than the T7 I'll finish it much faster this rank.
 

tolm

tolm
Smykes said:
A really good tip for when you get that 1Bil for the Vette..
Resist the temptation to buy it.....
aim for another 1Bil to outfit it and have a few rebuys.
Good Luck and Have Fun o7
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2 billion for a vette? Where the hell are you shopping!!
 

DDastardly00

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I have fond memories of my T7, it was D-rated on everything except the FSD for max jump range, handled like a slug, but still was a cargo capacity upgrade from the T6. I learned to trade with that ship and it made me a small fortune trading Rares before I sold it to get my Anaconda. It's one of the ships I sold that I kind of miss.

Congrats on the T9, I haven't bought or flown one yet, maybe some day but will more than likely get a T10 first.
 

War Eagle

War Eagle
DDastardly00 said:
I have fond memories of my T7, it was D-rated on everything except the FSD for max jump range, handled like a slug, but still was a cargo capacity upgrade from the T6. I learned to trade with that ship and it made me a small fortune trading Rares before I sold it to get my Anaconda. It's one of the ships I sold that I kind of miss.

Congrats on the T9, I haven't bought or flown one yet, maybe some day but will more than likely get a T10 first.
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My T7 was my main ship for as long as I have had it, it was really hard to let it go. Most players think it's not worth buying but it has gotten me to where I am, the only other ship I flew a lot is the DBX for exploration and not sure if I'll need a different one for that.
 

Ethaidan

Ethaidan
tolm said:
Not sure exactly how much cargo you need to handle but most missions I see are 180T or less for up to 5 million a mission. You can easily get that in a Python or even a Krait MkII WITH decent shields (engineered 4A generator + boosters) and weapons for handling any miscreants that might attempt to separate you from your cargo. If anything big turns up, just leg it.

Then again, for Fed rep, there’s the Ceos/Sothis Courier Job approach which requires no cargo space at all.
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That's not the point of a T9. Mine is parked at my favorite cargo station that regularly offers 180t for 9-11mcr and this beast https://s.orbis.zone/3pvq can stack three of those at a time with spare space for half of a fourth or some cheap gold bits to drop as a piracy tax if I get bored of the chain interdictions.
 

CMDR Cknarf

CMDR Cknarf
An Engineered T9 can be quite unkillable, and still haul 750+ tons without issue.

Unengineered, it can still be sturdy enough to escape, but you’ll have to sacrifice quite a bit more cargo.

Prismatic shields are definitely worth looking at. You can get better defenses out of a smaller optional slot, letting you save larger ones for cargo.
 

777Driver

777Driver
Ethaidan said:
That's not the point of a T9. Mine is parked at my favorite cargo station that regularly offers 180t for 9-11mcr and this beast https://s.orbis.zone/3pvq can stack three of those at a time with spare space for half of a fourth or some cheap gold bits to drop as a piracy tax if I get bored of the chain interdictions.
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That's a nice build, I really should work on my hull resists, just don't have the time to focus on engineers. Getting attacked by cmdrs is extremely rare, and you don't even need engineering for NPC's,

Have a couple of T9's stationed at various hubs that constantly offer multiple 180 tonne missions to the same ports, all offering 6+ mill each, single jumps under 10LY.

As much as I love the Python, it just can't compete.

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rrobes

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You can make just as much CR using a Python and taking missions to outposts where the large can't land.

I've never used a T-9, but owning one was made moot by getting a Cutter. I don't think that flying a T-9 would be fun for me, slow to turn and boost.

I know there are many out there that swear by them. I guess it's like my Corvette (which I use 99% of the time), some love it others hate it.
 

777Driver

777Driver
rrobes said:
You can make just as much CR using a Python and taking missions to outposts where the large can't land.
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You can't, trust me. I fly the Python because it is my favourite ship in the game after the Krait MKII. 180 tonnes for 6-10 million to an outpost will not bring in the same amount as 4x 180 tonne missions each offering the same amount to a large port. You even have space left in your hold to pick up some regular commodities.

It really isn't complicated, use a Cutter or T9 in a region that offers multiple high paying missions to the same port, plenty of those areas out there, just need to know where to look. Use a Cargo Python for areas that are dry on missions, the outposts will generally have those 180 tonne cargo runs.
 
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