Type 6 for doing missions out of sothis

[Rebornjammer]

Nice thanks guys. These forums are the best because every time I google to read things the info is like two years old haha. One quick question do I need to do special missions to rank up with galactic powers ?

[Relix Typhon]

Nice thanks guys. These forums are the best because every time I google to read things the info is like two years old haha. One quick question do I need to do special missions to rank up with galactic powers ?

Yes, when you get to 99 or 100% at a certain rank you need to go to a faction that you are allied with and they will give you a mission that is marked as a rank up mission.
Don't worry if you cant find it, they can sometimes take a little while to appear and if you carry on with normal missions, when you eventually complete the rank mission you'll be x amount into the next rank.

I think I'm right in the above, someone will correct me if I'm wrong

[de Carabas]

I think I'm right in the above, someone will correct me if I'm wrong

Sounds about right, assuming that RebornJammer meant Federation / Empire / Alliance.
I read it first as a PowerPlay question, which is different and something I've pretty much avoided other than in getting high enough in the ranks to get Imperial Hammer rail guns

[Rebornjammer]

Yeah I meant it as a federation question haha this game is so huge it's out of control. I've took a few smuggling missions and long range haul missions got killed by pirates on a smuggling mission and I had most of my cash invested in cargo so I took a huge hit. Last night I had about 7mil I'm credits for boom delivery in my cobra and ran out of fuel 6 jumps away from my target system. It's funny because the more things like that happen the more I want to do good in the game. I'm addicted to the struggle and the risk vs reward aspect of this game lol.

[Roger Wilco Jr]

The reasoning behind not changing from a Cobra to a Type 6 is that when doing data delivery, particularly short range data delivery, your time getting in and out of the station is where you save time, and for that, you want a fast and maneuverable ship, of which the Cobra Mk3 excels. The AspX also excels at getting in and out fast, but adds more cargo space for doing longer range deliveries.

But surely that would mean you are speeding!


Anyway, don't you need a fuel scoop for the Ceos/Sothis runs?
Never done them myself, but I think you needed one for Robigo and others.

[Rebornjammer]

Yeah a fuel scoop is required which is why I'm not running shields haha

[AJH]

Also keep in mind that the Type 6 can land at outposts. The Type 7 can not, so be careful if you stay doing deliveries and look for the next step.

The type 7 is a medium ship. It can still land at outposts. It is the Type 9 that can not land at outposts.

Nope.
T7 is a large pad only ship.

T6 is medium the only non large ship in the type series.

Whoops, misread the elitewiki when it said it was the medium ship in the series. But you are correct, thanks for pointing it out.

[AJH]

Anyway, don't you need a fuel scoop for the Ceos/Sothis runs?
Never done them myself, but I think you needed one for Robigo and others.

Not necessarily. I usually keep one for safety, but it's also possible to carry enough fuel and switch tanks when you get out there as long as you are doing stuff between the stations out there. In my AspX I'll even sometimes keep fuel tanks to make it so I don't have to scoop simply for expediency, but then again I have an engineered AspX for that so getting from Ceos to the bubble fully loaded is only 10-13 hops.

[TorTorden]

The type 7 is a medium ship. It can still land at outposts. It is the Type 9 that can not land at outposts.

Nope.
T7 is a large pad only ship.

T6 is medium the only non large ship in the type series.

Whoops, misread the elitewiki when it said it was the medium ship in the series. But you are correct, thanks for pointing it out.

No worries.

It honestly think it shouldn't be.
It carries no more cargo than a python which is a medium ship.
Has no manoeuvrability, shields or guns to speak of.
And if you hull tank it you nerf jump range and cargo capacity...

[Rebornjammer]

So when I carry a spare fuel tank I have to switch between them? Also AJH please send me a copy of your load for that crazy sounding asp that sounds like the kind of ship I am looking to build.