The Orca Is The Best Spaceship For Exploration !

OldSchoolPlayer · May 13, 2015

(IMHO...)

It's the best in both looks and durability. Been out for days, and my Orca had hardly a scratch on the windscreen !

The evidence is in my special selection of pictures taken from the most recent exploration mission.

1. "I Believe My Head is Straight", 2. "Looks Like An Atom"

CMDR Space Hamburger (I Believe My Head Is Straight).jpg

CMDR Space Hamburger (LooksLikeAnAtom).jpg

3. "Orca Sunbaking", 4. "Star Struck"

CMDR Space Hamburger (Orca Sunbaking).jpg

5. "The Orca Jumped Over The Planet", 6. "Toasted Food"

CMDR Space Hamburger (The Orca Jumped Over The Planet).jpg

7. "Where is The Water?"

CMDR Space Hamburger (Where Is The Water).jpg

Have Fun as Always!

CMDR Space Hamburger

Murishani · May 13, 2015

I want to explore in one of these so bad, but isnt the jump range in the 20's?

OldSchoolPlayer · May 13, 2015

Murishani said:
I want to explore in one of these so bad, but isnt the jump range in the 20's?

It's Awesome. You can easily get over 20 LY if you go with bare minimum equipment, but I like to go exploration with full A Grade Stuff. It does however cost a fortune !

Murishani · May 13, 2015

with my chosen loadout of dual heatsinks and dual FMU's I can only get it up to 18.91.
I love the look and feel of it but I need that jump range

Hrolf · May 13, 2015

I was out in an Asp for 10 days and had a 210 Repair bill when I got back.

OldSchoolPlayer · May 13, 2015

Murishani said:
with my chosen loadout of dual heatsinks and dual FMU's I can only get it up to 18.91.
I love the look and feel of it but I need that jump range

With my more than 2+ heatsinks, and 2 FMU's, I can average around 17LY (Fully Loaded) if this helps. For me, it's all about reliability and durability which the Orca certainly does ticks those boxes.

Katejina · May 13, 2015

I'll stick with my Asp's 31ly jump range. >__> I do love the Orca aesthetically though.

Murishani · May 13, 2015

Katejina said:
I'll stick with my Asp's 31ly jump range. >__> I do love the Orca aesthetically though.

Yeah until something comes out with better jump range (come on diamondback or courier), I'm with you Kat. Maybe when they let multiple people on one ship we can all load up in an orca and do a party cruise to Sgr A*?

OldSchoolPlayer · May 13, 2015

Katejina said:
I'll stick with my Asp's 31ly jump range. >__> I do love the Orca aesthetically though.

Thanks for your reply. I accept that Asp may have a larger jump range. I do very much enjoy having a huge windscreen to watch those spectacular star views though.

Edit: When I say "Best", it does not necessarily mean "The Longest Jump Range".

Alex Brentnall · May 13, 2015

A top line Orca without shields will get you just over 19LY best case. Oddly enough after the powerplant the heaviest thing is the class 6 life support!
In any case it has an undersized FSD (class 5) which doesn't help but a decent one of these will set you back a minimum of 55mil

http://www.edshipyard.com/#/L=60p,mpV0Wg0Wg0Wg0Wg,2-3I8S7_A02C6u6k,mpT50ompW2jw2UI

It does, however, look great

OldSchoolPlayer · May 13, 2015

Alex Brentnall said:
A top line Orca without shields will get you just over 19LY best case. Oddly enough after the powerplant the heaviest thing is the class 6 life support!
In any case it has an undersized FSD (class 5) which doesn't help but a decent one of these will set you back a minimum of 55mil

http://www.edshipyard.com/#/L=60p,mpV0Wg0Wg0Wg0Wg,2-3I8S7_A02C6u6k,mpT50ompW2jw2UI

It does, however, look great

Thanks for the stats using the "E: D Shipyard". I had thought that you can put in a lower than class 6 Life Support??? But I may be wrong on that assumption.

I suppose that people travelling in imperial class spaceship wants to fly in comfort

Murishani · May 13, 2015

OldSchoolPlayer said:
Thanks for the stats using the "E: D Shipyard". I had thought that you can put in a lower than class 6 Life Support??? But I may be wrong on that assumption.

I'm pretty sure each ship can only carry the life support class meant for its chassis size (6 in the case of the orca), if I could downgrade my life support I would, no point in it giving me 30 seconds or even 30 hours if I'm six days from a station.

OldSchoolPlayer · May 13, 2015

Murishani said:
I'm pretty sure each ship can only carry the life support class meant for its chassis size (6 in the case of the orca), if I could downgrade my life support I would, no point in it giving me 30 seconds or even 30 hours if I'm six days from a station.

My passengers probably won't want to live in an environment lower than class 6! LOL...

EddyRockSteady · May 13, 2015

That jump range will kill you if you are planning to go off the beaten track. I sit with an empty nav panel most jumps these days and that's with a 38LY range.

Bragolatch · May 13, 2015

My first trip

My Salmissra has a little more living space and it’s ready for the Targoids

Tested intensively when some lowlife started shooting at a friendly meeting

After that I needed some space so I when home to report to my commander

an got on my way

I visited my first ring planet

then a few more

I though I had found the milky way

so I stopped to investigate

I got up close and personal, turns out it was nothing special

But by the end of the day

I think I have found some balance.

I hope you enjoyed the trip.

Eloy · May 13, 2015

Murishani said:
with my chosen loadout of dual heatsinks and dual FMU's I can only get it up to 18.91.
I love the look and feel of it but I need that jump range

Dual heatsinks weigh 1t and AFMUs zero. So your range was not really pulled down with them.

Murishani · May 13, 2015

Eloy said:
Dual heatsinks weigh 1t and AFMUs zero. So your range was not really pulled down with them.

Which is exactly the sad part. Even without them the range is lackluster.

pippo · May 13, 2015

OldSchoolPlayer said:
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I have been dying to see the Orca's dashboard for a while.
Is the green screen on the right (showing a planet and a satellite) displaying what you are actually targeting? If so, what a cool feature… Or is it a still picture?

zenoic · May 13, 2015

I recently took an orca exploring, my logic was if I were to be out for a long trip I might as well be super comfortable. I even took a hold with some rare goods like Lavian brandy, luxury foods and some nice looking slaves (well the nights get lonely when exploring).
The ships boost speed is just what was required to escape the odd pirate but the jump range made the trip back very long, especially as I also went prospecting and return with a full cargo hold of metals and the luxury goods and slaves. I like to think I freed the slaves on my return

OldSchoolPlayer · May 13, 2015

zenoic said:
I recently took an orca exploring, my logic was if I were to be out for a long trip I might as well be super comfortable. I even took a hold with some rare goods like Lavian brandy, luxury foods and some nice looking slaves (well the nights get lonely when exploring).
The ships boost speed is just what was required to escape the odd pirate but the jump range made the trip back very long, especially as I also went prospecting and return with a full cargo hold of metals and the luxury goods and slaves. I like to think I freed the slaves on my return

Great use of your ship!

- OldSchoolPlayer