Type 6 cost?

I know the Type 6 is around 1.1 million credits how much to kit it out? I have 1.5 million credits at moment. I want to keep my cobra and use the T6 for trading/mission but clearly need self defence capabilities.

Max cargo and range are my priorities.

Thanks

J
 
I'm not sure how much it would cost to fully outfit a Type 6 but as far as I know the top of the range A4 FSD for a Cobra costs something in the region of 1.6 million so I'd expect at least the same for a Type 6. Upgrading the cargo capacity would not be as expensive. As for self defence, if I remember correctly, the Type 6 only has 2 class 2 hardpoints. I'm guessing that 3 million would be a good starting point.
 
I've just done precisely this - kept my tricked-out Cobra (worth about 3 million Cr) as an explorer/miner, and bought a type 6 to fit out as a dedicated trader (maximum cargo racks, upgraded FSD/power plant/power distrib/thrusters/shields ; stripped out everything else, including weapons, to save weight and increase range). From what I've seen so far I'd say about another 2-3 million on top of the purchase price would be enough.
 
My L6 is trading in at 5,400,000 at the moment. No utility HPs, dual mining lasers, refinery, disco scanner, cargo racks, shields
 
Nothing like that on mine, 2x32t racks first priority and got her up to 96. Gone to a slightly better spec but not top range as she was tending to overheat and the range was a bit limited. The first real ship for making money through trading and missions IMO
 
On thing I forgot when I brought my Type-6 is to keep enough cash to fill your 104 cargo bays ;-)

I got my Type-6, upgraded the Power, Distribution, Shields, Thrusters, and up to 104 cargo holds .... then realised that I had 20k to buy from the market! So had to go back to BB missions, but got lucky as there was a $200k delivery with a 11min deadline! So managed to get decent cash back fast!
 
Nothing like that on mine, 2x32t racks first priority and got her up to 96. Gone to a slightly better spec but not top range as she was tending to overheat and the range was a bit limited. The first real ship for making money through trading and missions IMO

So based on that how quickly do make money Cr per hour approx?
 
I know the Type 6 is around 1.1 million credits how much to kit it out? I have 1.5 million credits at moment. I want to keep my cobra and use the T6 for trading/mission but clearly need self defence capabilities.
Max cargo and range are my priorities.
Thanks
J

I think I spent around 2.5 million credits to kit it out for maximum trading capablilities of the no shield type. ;)

Shok.
 
So based on that how quickly do make money Cr per hour approx?

Well I have 104 cargo spaces. For simplicity say 100.

Also let's assume you already have a good trade route between 2 system that are less than <9 lyrs apart.

It takes 10mins to fly between 2 systems that are within 1 jump range (assuming stations are <5Mm from the star) - Again lets say 15mins to get there, check the BB for a any cargo run's to the other system (if you are getting 1k per Ton, then it's worth it), and buy/sell at the market place. So at 15min's that's 4 trips per hour.

If you are making 500 per ton, then that's 50,000 per run, therefore 200k / hour.

If you start making 1000 per ton, then that's 400k / hour.

I was making 1400 per ton at one stage ... so was on 560k / hour - This dropped to 600k finally last night, as I may have altered the local economy ;-) ... so need to find a new place.


If you want to farm quick cash this is what I do :-

1. Find 2 star systems that you can easily trade between. I was using LHS 215 & DX 799 trading Gold and Performance Enhancers.

2. Check the BB ... sometimes you get 30-60k missions with a 20-25min timer for 30-60 ton's ... so worth it. Even 2k Runs for 1 Ton of cargo is worth - every little helps. I've had 2 missions 160k & 191k for a 10min run to the other system for less than 30tons! <- Edge of Seat Flying and excitement on those one's! Especially when it's a 80k fine!

3. Fill your cargo up from the market, and fly to the other system.

4. Rinse and Repeat.


Not exciting (apart from those 200k mission) but does get you decent money.
 

Lestat

Banned
I might get a mining laser and Refinery that has 3 slots. Mine the cargo full and then re outfit it.
 
All that plus... You will start to get a feel for the local markets in your chosen system and the more you trade there, the more qudos you get. And you get to be known as friendly to that local system. This seems to generate generous missions and more often. I have no evidence for this but it seems to be the way it works. You will notice that missions are asking for the same commodity over and over again. So you can stock up on what you anticipate will be in demand. Therefore you can remain docked with the goods in your hold and check the bulletin boards from time to time and trade where necessary. You can get on with other things in life rather than being chained to your computer all night.

Some would regard the as cheating but in my opinion it is proactive trading. The way the missions are sometimes written suggest that this is a legit methodolgy
 
Right decision made i will chop my Cobra in for a Type 6, not doing a lot of fighting in the Cobra anyway. Soon have enough cash for another one anyway. Thanks all.
 
Has anyone here problems to upgrade shields ? At my type 6 i cant upgrade the shieldsystem. Its always red. How did you manage this ?

Thanks for help !
 
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