Impulse buy? No, not at all.
07 Apr 2016PaleGringo
So I had a decent session out bounty hunting last night, picked up another 10.8MCr in various factions that were keen on removing some pirate trash from the system. I went back home and bought a Hauler, equipped her with two chaff launchers, the best FSD I could put in her and some peppy engines and sparkly components. Came out to about 3MCr for the trip before I scrapped it down at Newcomb Hub in Kamito. 13KCr isn't too bad for a rental space shuttle I suppose.Minor gripe about Newcomb - It is probably the worst "High-Tech" station I have ever come across. I appreciated Li Yong-Rui extending his 15% discount to Empire space though as it was only a quick 96LY trip to get another 15% off, and that does stretch the credits after all.
But they didn't have anything larger than a Class 3 thruster? Seriously?
I did what I could there to fit the Artemis for her maiden flight and landed at Potez Port where I picked up some more parts and upgraded others. Still didn't have what I was looking for so it was over to Bowen City in HIP 20342 to finish my initial configuration. I was sorely tempted to get some more components off the list ... still another 126MCr and change left to get it where I want her to be in the long term. Still, she flies as well as anyone could hope her to now, and 192T of cargo racks looks impressive. I was heading back to Ugrivirii when I decided to make a side turn and instead try out the Bessel Gateway / Araki Port cargo runs and see what a round trip looked like.
Somewhere in the neighborhood of 560KCr / loop. Not bad. Just testing it out a couple times earned me the rank of Merchant, which is pleasant as I had been a Dealer way too long.
So maybe I'll bounty hunt some and really get a feel for her. Maybe I'll trade some more as long as I'm here at Karid. I've got less than 37.5MCr in my account now that I have three ships and the thought of moving a fleet via Hauler rental isn't something I relish. I think this will be it for now. I like her... all except for the orange accents of course.