Ships Trading Ship Advice

[CMDR Maymo]

Lol! My Cutter is shieldless, but it does come fitted with the most advanced technology in the galaxy...an advanced docking computer...

I didn’t think I’d enjoy bulk trading, always sounded boring to me. It was one of the last things I learned to do in ED, if there is such a thing.
It was a bit of a eureka moment when I started pulling in really profitable trades, so much so that I restarted my CMDR and went from Sidey -> T9 just from pure trading...

...I remember being so excited to buy my first T9 that I forgot to account for its jump range and ended up trapped in a system moving biowaste around until I was solvent enough to afford a better FSD.

It was good times though, digging yourself out of that kind of hole as a trader is wicked. Trucking is fun...

 

[Bob Lighthouse]

Following a bit of R&R after my trip to Beagle Point, now ready to start doing more trading to push my rating and faction affinity.

Looking at a budget up to 300 million - reading around here and Reddit the Type 9 seems to be the all round favourite. Not got the Imperial rank yet for a Cutter. Any links or suggestions for an optimum build, passenger/cargo combo? Going to be operating largely in The Bubble so jump range not a huge issue, though I'll still get Farseer to give it a tune up. I'm at Founders World so access to modules not a problem.

Many thanks.

Anaconda is excellent for passengers due to the internal layout and how passengers often work.

 

[Seizewell Warrior]

Well the "Wiltshire Hauler" is up and running, headed for Empire space to look for some profitable trading runs. Suspect it will take a bit longer to reach Elite for trading vs. exploration. Reading through the subsequent advice, once my money builds up again I may also buy and outfit a T9 just for the hell of it - variety is the spice of life or, for that matter, cold death in the vacuum of pace.

o7.