The Vulture loadout Thread: Plasma, Beam, Cannon, Shield Boosters ...

[Loriath]

Clivewel, bump those E modules (Life Support) to D t save Weight. Gets more Jump Range.

Nice, and Color Coded. Danger and OMG WE ARE ALL GONNA DIE. lol

[Sendraks]

I run with C3 pulse and a C3 cannon. The single pulse is good for popping everything up to Cobra size in a Res and I save the cannon for the bigger ships that appear.

Reloading is a bit of a pain, but compelling me to return to dock to reload and cash in my bounties helps avoid losing a load of bounties if something goes wrong. Ok, I've only flown into an asteroid once by accident (it was dark and I didn't have my lights on), but that's enough to make me wary of losing 1mill+ in bounties again.

[clivewil]

Clivewel, bump those E modules (Life Support) to D t save Weight. Gets more Jump Range.

i can't unfortunately, the very slight extra power draw of a 'D' unit forces me to have to downgrade something else to make it all fit.

i tend to spend a lot of time going between outfitters to modules to outfitters and back again, to get the balance as fine as i can while still being able to power up the ship. but every other type of ship i have runs 'D' life support - it's only on my Vultures where everything is balanced on a razor's edge, that power overrides weight

[Gorf]

...Hull doesn't help when they target subsystems.

Is that true? Just going off my experience of shooting NPCs, it takes noticeably fewer shots to reduce a 'conda's power plant from 80% to 0% if its hull is at 20% when you start, than it does to reduce its power plant from 80% to 0% if its hull starts at 95% or so.

[Trinity Star]

I have stuck it out against Anacondas/Pythons when my shields have gone until they have been destroyed, my hull has never been below 80% yet...

[Arda]

Im going to "upgrade" my PvE Cobra with a Vulture for pure PvE only. I cant afford a PvE combat python for the moment
Some good info in this thread. Any more tips or hints would be much appreciated

[jakspratt]

Just purchased a Vulture and first trip was to move it 114LY to join a CG. Glad I fitted a fuel scoop and with a 17LY jump (on fastest route) I was having to scoop nearly every other star. Is the capacity (8) the largest fuel tank you can fit on a vulture?

[JohnLuke]

Just purchased a Vulture and first trip was to move it 114LY to join a CG. Glad I fitted a fuel scoop and with a 17LY jump (on fastest route) I was having to scoop nearly every other star. Is the capacity (8) the largest fuel tank you can fit on a vulture?

From what I see in the 1.3 change log, additional fuel tanks can be added. I have not tested it though, so .... don't shoot the messenger if it doesn't work.

From the change log: "Allow any general purpose slot on any ship to contain a fuel tank module"

[PulsarShark]

Additional fuel tanks are working, but you'll notice if you add one that it will decrease your jump range because your mass will go up several tons when it's full. So adding a fuel tank seems like something that's only practical for special situations like... I'm not sure...

Exploration? (With mass/route management, ie, don't scoop to 100% full until you see a string of unscoopable stars coming up). But that doesn't apply to Vultures.

Moving a new, not-yet-upgraded ship over a long distance? (Throw the tank in there, put in a better-than-stock FSD and fuel scoop, and save weight by leaving everything else until you get to a major station in the area where you intend to be operating for a while)

[clivewil]

So adding a fuel tank seems like something that's only practical for special situations like... I'm not sure...

before 1.3, a few of the community goals required me to travel from Fed space to Empire in my Vulture, and a couple of times there was a scary part of the journey where i found 3 brown dwarves in a row, and heard that lovely reassuring message "main fuel tank drained"

would i waste a slot in my Vulture for an extra tank? probably not - i always managed to find a scoopable star within range - but it's good to have the capability if the need arises. might not be so lucky next time.