Pythonlady
Banned
My fav small ship? Cutter ofcourse.
What is your favorite small or medium ship?
The mighty sidewinder, best ship in the game.
Adder.
Nuff said.
Nuff said.
aye, the adder is a joy to fly eh?
the third M HP and multicrew capability allows for some one to watch your back if you mine
ephrasis on /IF/
she handles quite well aswell, in my oppinion
test for my signature...
The Adder. Shes got the looks, the handling, just enough space to be relevant while still feeling brittle enough that space stays dangerous. Currently taking my explorer config out to the heart nebula old school no AMFU etc. Something of that old 70's industrial reliability about it. Best small ship in the game, just feels like your flying the paper mache' spaceships you made in primary school
Ps. The foldaway wings too small but what a touch
Ps. The foldaway wings too small but what a touch
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I have owned alot of ships but always have the most fun in my Viper 4. Once it is engineered a bit it becomes tough fast and hard to hit. I do have to run from some engagements but I will be back quickly. Everyone talks about the view from bubble canopy ships but I hate them. Every time I take my AspX into combat I am looking at a cracked canopy. I like the feeling of sitting in a titanium tub like a warthog. With dirty drive tuning overcharged c2 multis overcharged beams and charge enhanced distributor overcharged power plant and thermal res. shields she is a different beast. I do wish for another utility or 2 but I can make do.
Cobra mk III. Its the first ship I have kept around. Ditched my sidey for an adder, and ditched that for a cobra mk III. Did my first rare trade runs in it, did my first two CGs in it. Paid for my Asp in full with it. Love to hit that boost key and laugh while I fly out of the mail slot at over 460 m/s. Way too much fun.
Assuming we're talking pad sizes, my favourite small ship is the Imperial Courier.
My first ship after the starting sidey was a Cobra Mk3 and I flew that for a few weeks whilst saving up credits and working out what I was going to buy as a workhorse ship to start earning me some credits. Then I saw that the Imperial shipyards had been unlocked for a week or whatever it was to celebrate Arissa Lavigny-Duval's ascension as Emperor and in the best midlife crisis traditions thought 'screw that I want a sports car'. I had about 4m credits available by the last day the shipyards were unlocked for, flew down to Empire space from TZ Arietis where I was based at the time (which felt roughly like flying to the core does now to my nooby self, I think the longest continuous flight I'd done before that was about 35 LY lol) and picked one up, along with enough half-decent modules to get me home safely.
I lifted off from the pad, carefully lined up with the mailslot, checked to make sure nothing was coming the other way and hit boost. Pretty much fell in love with it at that moment, the noise a Courier makes boosting inside a station is awesome. Made the credits for a Vulture and my first Asp in that thing killing pirates in the systems around TZ Arietis, it's the ship on which all of my Commander's later success in the game is founded.
My first ship after the starting sidey was a Cobra Mk3 and I flew that for a few weeks whilst saving up credits and working out what I was going to buy as a workhorse ship to start earning me some credits. Then I saw that the Imperial shipyards had been unlocked for a week or whatever it was to celebrate Arissa Lavigny-Duval's ascension as Emperor and in the best midlife crisis traditions thought 'screw that I want a sports car'. I had about 4m credits available by the last day the shipyards were unlocked for, flew down to Empire space from TZ Arietis where I was based at the time (which felt roughly like flying to the core does now to my nooby self, I think the longest continuous flight I'd done before that was about 35 LY lol) and picked one up, along with enough half-decent modules to get me home safely.
I lifted off from the pad, carefully lined up with the mailslot, checked to make sure nothing was coming the other way and hit boost. Pretty much fell in love with it at that moment, the noise a Courier makes boosting inside a station is awesome. Made the credits for a Vulture and my first Asp in that thing killing pirates in the systems around TZ Arietis, it's the ship on which all of my Commander's later success in the game is founded.
Hm, small? Imperial Courier. Medium? Fer-de-Lance. But I like flying fast and fighting npc pirates.
My favorite ship? Take a wild guess 
Why? Because I like the way it looks. And it can do most of the things in the game quite good. Python is better but for me it looks less good, it's a different style of ship if you will.
I don't like big ship for one reason: they can't land on outposts. I like outposts.
Why? Because I like the way it looks. And it can do most of the things in the game quite good. Python is better but for me it looks less good, it's a different style of ship if you will.
I don't like big ship for one reason: they can't land on outposts. I like outposts.
Bob Lighthouse
Banned
My engineered iCourier brings a grin every time.
I do high speed loops around outposts before I land just for fun.
Medium's a little tougher to call. Python and AspX get very high marks, and the FDL is very satisfying to learn but it's tough to pick one I like over the others.
I do high speed loops around outposts before I land just for fun.
Medium's a little tougher to call. Python and AspX get very high marks, and the FDL is very satisfying to learn but it's tough to pick one I like over the others.
It occurs to me that I haven't picked a medium ship......
Hmmm....the Asp which paid for my Python, my python that does it all, or my FDL that eats things alive.....choices, choices.
I have to go with the FDL. It may not have the versatility of the python, but it has a class 4 hardpoint and a certain, something, that the python just doesn't have.
Hmmm....the Asp which paid for my Python, my python that does it all, or my FDL that eats things alive.....choices, choices.
I have to go with the FDL. It may not have the versatility of the python, but it has a class 4 hardpoint and a certain, something, that the python just doesn't have.
Small... there's so many favorites, but I'd have to say that I fancy the DBS the most... just love slinging that thing around in the RES... yeah, I run into a rock every now and then, but it's great fun... second, probably a Courier with dirty drives, two multi-cannons, and a plasma.
Medium... a tossup between the FDL and FAS.
Medium... a tossup between the FDL and FAS.
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Currently the FAS.
I spent the first two months of Elite doing non-combat work, gaining rank and making some money in my Cobra Mk3 and an AspEx. I love the Cobra - feels like an old car I'd never get rid of.
Three weeks ago I wanted to start gaining combat experience so I bought a Vulture and started taking it to RES sites. Mostly went well except for the two times when I became wanted - once for shooting a cop by accident, another time when I was rushing in to take some shots on a Python the police were killing, and failed to complete the wanted scan. Once, the cops killed me. The other time I managed to just barely escape.
Anyway, the Vulture is fun and all, but I wanted to step into something bigger, so I read about the FAS and took the plunge the other day. Mostly A-rated it, took it to the RES, and in my first fight with a FGS lost all sense of situational awareness, forgot to kill the fighter he launched along with his wingman before killing the FGS. My shields quickly evaporated (they were biweaves at the time), hull started taking damage, and while I eventually prevailed, I was at 26% hull. I headed back to base, repaired, and switched back to the Vulture for two days. I needed to make back some of the money I spent on the FAS.
Last night, I got back into the FAS, changed the shields to A-rated, put on two shield boosters, and went back to RES. I also changed tactics slightly. Mostly FA-off and not afraid to ram shieldless enemies, I was on a tear. Two hours and 6 million credits later, I'm in love with this ship.
I spent the first two months of Elite doing non-combat work, gaining rank and making some money in my Cobra Mk3 and an AspEx. I love the Cobra - feels like an old car I'd never get rid of.
Three weeks ago I wanted to start gaining combat experience so I bought a Vulture and started taking it to RES sites. Mostly went well except for the two times when I became wanted - once for shooting a cop by accident, another time when I was rushing in to take some shots on a Python the police were killing, and failed to complete the wanted scan. Once, the cops killed me. The other time I managed to just barely escape.
Anyway, the Vulture is fun and all, but I wanted to step into something bigger, so I read about the FAS and took the plunge the other day. Mostly A-rated it, took it to the RES, and in my first fight with a FGS lost all sense of situational awareness, forgot to kill the fighter he launched along with his wingman before killing the FGS. My shields quickly evaporated (they were biweaves at the time), hull started taking damage, and while I eventually prevailed, I was at 26% hull. I headed back to base, repaired, and switched back to the Vulture for two days. I needed to make back some of the money I spent on the FAS.
Last night, I got back into the FAS, changed the shields to A-rated, put on two shield boosters, and went back to RES. I also changed tactics slightly. Mostly FA-off and not afraid to ram shieldless enemies, I was on a tear. Two hours and 6 million credits later, I'm in love with this ship.