Considering building a Federal Assault Ship....

[Mobius]

a gentle warning, if your going to quote someone do it properly.

[moarbeer]

OK, noob here. Where do you buy a FAS, how much does it cost and what are the requirements for purchasing one please?


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[Flip]

You need the rank of Chief Petty Officer in the Federation Navy. It costs between 19 and 20m cr. Count 20 to 40m extra credits to outfit. MIne is worth nearly 63m cr with this setup.

You can find it in Federation systems, or in the founders world if you have access to it (either because you’re a KickStarter backer or you’ve reach Elite). A good place to find out where you can buy a given ship (but not only), is Inara.

[JohnLuke]

You'll have to decide what you want for yourself, but even with an A powerplant, I would recommend getting as large a fuel scoop as you can bear as the FAS doesn't cool well enough to just park it in a stars corona sphere and slowly scoop fuel and you're going to find yourself skimming in fast passes.

Yup... I learned that lesson! The first night I owned her, I parked it in front of a star, at 60% heat.... like I do with all of my other ships.... walked away for a couple of minutes and heard the overheat alarm. I came back to find my FAS at 175% heat! Dang it was HOT!

I was able to get her to a station with around 70% on most modules.

I swapped some equipment around (current build), and now have a 4A fuel scoop. Haven't tried it out yet, but it's going to have to do.

With the ramming capabilites of the FAS I can see why you went with several "B" modules to increase mass. I chose to stay with the A modules as I tend to need to travel 100+ ly fairly often to wing up or do PP combat and like the higher jump range.

[Xebeth]

Well, if you can't beat them, join them...

[JohnLuke]

Well, if you can't beat them, join them...

SWEET! It's what all of the cool kids are doing right now.

[Flip]

Yay! I qualify as a cool kid! It’s been a while!

[JohnLuke]

Yay! I qualify as a cool kid! It’s been a while!

[UnmarkedBoxcar]

Great...I probably need to bite the bullet and go pick one of these up...

It just looks like a space manatee, is all.

[moarbeer]

You need the rank of Chief Petty Officer in the Federation Navy. It costs between 19 and 20m cr. Count 20 to 40m extra credits to outfit. MIne is worth nearly 63m cr with this setup.

You can find it in Federation systems, or in the founders world if you have access to it (either because you’re a KickStarter backer or you’ve reach Elite). A good place to find out where you can buy a given ship (but not only), is Inara.

Thanks. Looks like more grinding is in order then. I'm 20m short of fittings and some ranking up to do.
Not to mention 5m insurance.