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Solar Powered Mission Runner

A small, 100% solar-powered, one-person ship. It has a single power grid with enough juice for anything you need, without waiting on charge.

Comfortable at warp 9, practically stable at warp 8. It's not terribly fast on impulse power (~130m/s fully loaded with cargo and ammo), so try to drop in at a reasonable range from your target.

* While the craft sports 20 maneuvering thrusters, I prefer less twitchy aiming so I use 12 and disable the remaining 8. They're there if you need them.

Note that I have also disabled the 3d printer by default; it drains 100 power just to remain online, and I only need it occasionally.

4 fixed guns at the bow separated into two groups (upper and lower), each group on a dedicated loader. You have 100 sensor power.

3 cargo palettes situated near where you'd need them, or just fill them up with loot. Same for the 3 lockers.

I use this ship for mission running and I love it. I can't speak to its PvP performance. It's not exactly spry, and it's a big shiny target, so I wouldn't get cocky in it. YMMV.

Fore Deck

• Short-Range Teleporter
  
• Molecular Assembler
  
• 2 Ammo Loaders
  
• Cargo Pad
  
• Crew Quarters with Jukebox and Locker

Bridge

• Holotable
  
• Hacking Terminal with adjacent locker
  
• Transponder
  
• Dual Terminal

Engineering

• Systems Management:
  
  • 3D Printer
    
  • Data Core Terminal and Expansion Bay
    
  • Engineering Terminal
    
  • Locker
• Power Storage:
  
  • 1 Medium Capacitor, 4 Batteries
    
  • Fuse Box
• Ports:
  
  • Disposal Unit
    
  • Salvager
• Misc:
  
  • Small Shield Generator
    
  • 2 Cargo Pads
    
  • Locker
    
  • Dual Terminal

Resource cost:

• Iron 86.62K
  
• Copper 25.22K
  
• Silicon 675
  
• Steel 2K

Stats:

• Mass: 38.36K
  
• Maximum thrust: 108K
  
• Maximum rotational thrust: 600K
  
• Maximum power generation: 840
  
• Armor: 10046
  
• Shield: 600

Devices:

• Cargo pads: 3
  
• Weapons: 4
  
• Salvagers: 1
  
• Extractors: 0
  
• Refineries: 0
  
• Assemblers: 0
  
• Datacore Terminals: 1
  
• Datacores: 1