Wow! The Orca

[wrmiller]

Engineering an Orca is on my short list of things to do next in the game.

After spending a couple of days in a conda, I took the passenger cabins out of my Orca and took it out about 1600Ly or so and back last night. The difference in jump range is not significant enough to ever have me back in a conda. My Exploraorca jumps 44Ly or so, boosts to over 500, and handles SO much better in normal space and SC that I can't see me ever going back to a conda. YMMV...

 

[zarking]

I've joined the orca club, and it's a thing of awesome.
I kind of wanted one when they first appeared, they just looked cool, but they didn't really have a purpose back then.
Now though, with passengers and the better jump range and everything, they're great got it a nice paint job, engineered it up for speed and jump range and it's just a really cool ship for wandering around in.
I'm going to buy another two lol, and set them up for different things.
I'm actually preferring things like the orca, dolphin, eagle and courier just now, since I got bored with combat a while back and also the slow turning and low jump range of the cutter and vette. I'm taking the orca out on a passenger trip to colonia and feel like a proper luxury liner captain

 

[IndigoWyrd]

Ok then. I guess there's a consensus. Everybody loves this ship!

The only people who don't love the Orca are those who haven't flown an Orca.

As for being a combat ship...

https://coriolis.edcd.io/outfit/orc...loBhBmSQMwKYBNECcCGAbA+gYwHs0A3RAFzMRBAEYJ6g=

Take a look at that integrity. A fully fitted war whale is a fierce creature.

No, it's no combat-centric Corvette, but it wasn't built to be either, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have teeth.

 

[Robinson]

God. You people are making me want to buy one. But I don't want to buy one. But I do want to buy one. But why? At the moment I'm running an ASP-X for passenger missions (no luxury cabins). Not sure what the point is of using one, except the multiple cabins + luxury would maybe earn more cash...

 

[Cmdr Aeries Hunter]

With grd 3 DD, it's almost difficult to control. I think with grd 5, you'd be spazmodically crashing into everything.

It can be twitchy under heavy acceleration and deceleration (lots of camera shake), but once at speed it handles beautifully.

 

[Ninj]

The Orca isn't as efficient as many of the ships out there. But it really is a joy to fly.

 

[Spacecat]

I bought one last night. Planning on A rating everything but only engineering the FSD & thrusters.

 

[sovapid]

I love my orca. Use it as an engineering taxi and for open cargo CG's.

Its got a leftover DD5 thrusters from my clipper and i think it boosts to 615.

 

[fu9ar]

God. You people are making me want to buy one. But I don't want to buy one. But I do want to buy one. But why? At the moment I'm running an ASP-X for passenger missions (no luxury cabins). Not sure what the point is of using one, except the multiple cabins + luxury would maybe earn more cash...

Once I could afford an Orca (from Alioth), I immediately ripped the FSD out of my AspX and installed it in the Orca.. Felicity does good work.

I actually just finally sold the AspX hull today. The Orca isn't a means for something else. It's an end in itself. I took it out on a couple of runs to replenish my cash reserves from the purchase, but I don't use it every day. The DBX is my workhorse.