Head to the system and station of your choice to get started. That can save a ton of cash! Also, anyone who has reached Elite rank can visit Jameson Memorial station in Shinrarta Dezhra which always has every ship and module and a 10% discount on everything. Also check the availability of FSD drives that are A-D rated, for the reason I already stated – you don’t want to get marooned in your new ship.ĬMDR Echologi on Reddit reminded me that all stations in the control of Li Yong-Rui offer a 15% discount on Ships and Modules.

You can cheat by looking on and searching for stations that stock the ship you desire. A high tech, high population system will ensure the stations will be well stocked. In the galaxy map, select the View TAB, pick Economy view select Refinery and High Tech, and opt to filter by population, raising the minimum to past the half-way point. Don’t get stranded like I did.įind a suitable system in the galaxy map. I then found the station outfitting only sold E rated Frame Shift Drives (same as I had), so there I was, in a system 9Lyr from the next system in a ship with 7.9Lyr jump range and no option (even with the credits) to buy a better FSD. Why does that matter? Early on in the game I went to a system and bought a Viper Mk III and sold my Sidewinder. You need to find a system where you can buy the ship you want AND have a decent enough outfitting stock, that you can equip you ship well.

Most outposts won’t even have a shipyard. You'll never dock your Type-7 or Anaconda at Hutton Orbital! Where to shop Outposts only have Small and Medium landing pads, so the moment you upgrade to a Large pad ship, you rule out visiting outpost locations. One other, final consideration, is the size of your ship. You will likely need to spend 300K CR outfitting a 300K CR Cobra once you've bought it and have enough cash left over for rebuy of the resulting build.Īn “A Rated” Cobra can cost over 8M CR, so don’t get carried away on your first build! However, the principle budget requirements are the same as a rule, whatever the basic hull of a ship costs, the cash needed to outfit the ship will at least equal that cost again. So what ship will you choose and how will you equip it? That depends on budget entirely. Surprisingly the Sidewinder is a highly adaptable multi-role ship, with a very respectable 24Ly light range when upgraded, but most players want to move on from the “start ship” as soon as they can. August 2017 CMDR-Arithon Beginners Guides (4)īuilding a ship is complicated and expensive, so it's helpful to know what all the modules of a ship are for and what is involved in assembling them into the ship you want.Īll players are created equal, but depending on how much you play Elite and how fast you gain experience on the almost-vertical learning curve, very few Commanders stay that way.

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