I large "tin cans" by the ton
Ships What is the Orca for?
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I large "tin cans" by the ton
It like an imperial clipper but more expensive and not as good and in my highly subjective opinion way more awesome for absolutely no reason at all.
SEX APPEAL! LOL
Going to take one out shortly for a LOOOOONG trip to the Core. I should be back by the time Horizons releases....
Kudos.
All those CMDRs flying around in their ever-so-commonplace Vultures, Pythons and suchlike. A CMDR with an Orca has taste, refinement, class.
Perhaps it should be necessary to have some minimum rankings before mere mortals can purchase one.
PS: I don't have an Orca - I'm too far down the evolutionary scale for it. Maybe one day....
All those CMDRs flying around in their ever-so-commonplace Vultures, Pythons and suchlike. A CMDR with an Orca has taste, refinement, class.
Perhaps it should be necessary to have some minimum rankings before mere mortals can purchase one.
PS: I don't have an Orca - I'm too far down the evolutionary scale for it. Maybe one day....
Well, as i am now sitting in a Federal Dropship (took it because of its bad reputation and i like it for what i am doing with it), i might pick up an Orca as next ship along the line. I do hope thou that F.D. does a balancing pass and adds missions for passenger transport ships.
As others have said: Speed, if I don´t feel to fight I just boost and jump away and I have yet to fail, multiple Imperial clippers might do the trick but they must deviate much power to the engines to have a chanse to keep up and they can´t really masslock you due to have a lower mass than the Orca.
+ Despite being slow to turn it is actually very nice to fly, you feel to be in total control thanks to great side to side movement, if you have illegal cargo you can simply fly in stations at such speed that there is not time to scan you - so great for smuggling. I have a Federal dropship as well since it has greater firepower and can land on outposts, but the flying experience can´t be compared, trying to the same manouvers as the Orca has nearly crashed it into the side of stations.
+ Despite being slow to turn it is actually very nice to fly, you feel to be in total control thanks to great side to side movement, if you have illegal cargo you can simply fly in stations at such speed that there is not time to scan you - so great for smuggling. I have a Federal dropship as well since it has greater firepower and can land on outposts, but the flying experience can´t be compared, trying to the same manouvers as the Orca has nearly crashed it into the side of stations.
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The Orca may seem to be slow turning on first impression, and it is indeed a bit slower in the roll and pitch. However, load in the 6A thrusters, and try your YAW (left/right turning). It is faster than many other ship's pitch (up/down). It is one of the only ships that fly this way, but once you get used to dodging to the side, it feels much more nimble. Just be careful on your first few docking attempts, especially if you like to speed.
That style of flying also catches other pilots off guard: when doing a joust in a Ramming Orca, you roll so that their pitch is your yaw. They often assume they can zip close past you, but you suddenly swing out like a baseball bat and smash them into flinders.
That style of flying also catches other pilots off guard: when doing a joust in a Ramming Orca, you roll so that their pitch is your yaw. They often assume they can zip close past you, but you suddenly swing out like a baseball bat and smash them into flinders.
Maybe in the future the bulleting board will be able to ID what ship you have docked in the station and if you have an Orca it can give you a commercial passenger mission from a populated station to a populated station or even take planetary passenger mission. (not just slave running)
Examples:
Shift change of a minning colony and refinery station or planet. Workers.
Exodus from a system as star is about to go super nova or even civil war. Refugges. ect..
Or mission to carry the elite and you have security requirement.
just ideas!
Examples:
Shift change of a minning colony and refinery station or planet. Workers.
Exodus from a system as star is about to go super nova or even civil war. Refugges. ect..
Or mission to carry the elite and you have security requirement.
just ideas!
I tend to only fly mine a few days of the month..
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