[SHIP BUILDING] Class A ship with max cargo?

[Riitoken]

Ship builders, I am looking for screenshots and builds for a custom Class A ship that has serious cargo space.

Bottom line: I want a flying warehouse, (i.e. a flying Lodge).

[Ihateeverybody]

Define Serious Cargo Space. 5 thousand? 10 Thousand? More?

I think you will still be gated by either Player Level or Ship Design Perk Requirements.

How much Mobility are you willing to sacrifice?

Here is some advice.

Go to Titan and get NG-20's Gears (landing Gears). They have 4 thrust and are the most versitile for placement. They have 3 variants so see which one is best for you. 3rd has 3 attach points vs the other 2's one.

Go to Neon and to the Showrooms of Tayio and/or Stroud Eclund for the Reactors, Engines and Grav Drives.

Then put as much storage as you can make work.

[Riitoken]

Originally posted by Ihateeverybody:

Define Serious Cargo Space. 5 thousand? 10 Thousand? More?

I think you will still be gated by either Player Level or Ship Design Perk Requirements.

How much Mobility are you willing to sacrifice?

Excellent questions. I will let you decide.

[Wasteland Project]

Galleon S203 1200 lb. A class reactor can afford 2 holds of this type because it cannot mount powerful engines (at least class B). A two class B engine (mounted together with 2 other class A) can carry 3 Galleons (slightly smaller version of the S203) plus another 240 lb hold for a total of 3400 lbs.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3066394017
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3066393850
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3066325246
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3064887412 (basic version 1.1)
Is a great game..

[Riitoken]

Originally posted by Wasteland Project:

Galleon S203 1200 lb. A class reactor can afford 2 holds of this type because it cannot mount powerful engines (at least class B). A class B engine (mounted together with 2 other class A) can carry 3 Galleons (slightly smaller version of the S203) plus another 240 lb hold for a total of 3400 lbs.

Screenshot?

[Krash Megiddo]

Originally posted by Riitoken:

Originally posted by Ihateeverybody:

Define Serious Cargo Space. 5 thousand? 10 Thousand? More?

I think you will still be gated by either Player Level or Ship Design Perk Requirements.

How much Mobility are you willing to sacrifice?

Excellent questions. I will let you decide.

4000 is the minimum I consider a useful cargo ship. It can be done in class A but you'll be much less mobile due to the best class A engines.

[Wasteland Project]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3066404490
Almost all types of perks are linked, especially this one in the photo, but you also need Naval Designer and Piloting for the types of modules..
In any case, even with a very high cargo ship, you have to play in very easy mode, otherwise you would be shot down on every ship mission.
Razorleaf in the photo he is almost unbeatable in all duels on very hard mode.

[Riitoken]

Originally posted by Wasteland Project:

Galleon S203 1200 lb. A class reactor can afford 2 holds of this type because it cannot mount powerful engines (at least class B). A two class B engine (mounted together with 2 other class A) can carry 3 Galleons (slightly smaller version of the S203) plus another 240 lb hold for a total of 3400 lbs.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3066394017
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3066393850
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3066325246
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3064887412 (basic version 1.1)
Is a great game..

I need/want a Class A ship.

[Ihateeverybody]

I think I did the math a while ago on a variety of Cargo Containers and the Mass to Cargo ratio between them was not significant. Nothing more than a .025 varience.

All storage being equal. Find the one that works for you and your design.

[Dark_Oracle1]

I built a fairly good cargo hauler, However you could never make it with A class! the ship hold 25,000 cargo and needs every engine and landing gear just to get it off the ground and that is a C class plane. I was unable to make it without warnings, this cargo hauler is not a fighter plane and it would be a misteak to treat it like one. I recommend the best grave drive possible you'll be using it alot. I will try to get image of it today.

[Ihateeverybody]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3066591882

Best I could do....well I mean for something I will never use and whatever.

Edit: Not sure why its not linking right. I will check again later.

Actually I just remembered I have Shield and Payload Perks so Adjust those downwards by at least 1/3rd. So that only get you about 2500 Cargo if lucky.

[Mumzy]

Originally posted by Riitoken:

Ship builders, I am looking for screenshots and builds for a custom Class A ship that has serious cargo space.

Bottom line: I want a flying warehouse, (i.e. a flying Lodge).

Challenge accepted. My Class-A ship has 4100 cargo with 100 mobility...
https://imgur.com/a/kGlPB1g

[ne_propheta]

Oh no.
Another Necroed one
Riitoken was summoned again and will return to our world... after the TV spot about those nice piggy-shaped buttplugs earplugs!

[momopovich]

The largest cargo space is your player character inventory. Can carry up 99999999999999999 mass or more with no problem, it only lowers the hp to 10%. Pack up, walk to your ship and go sell your stuff anywhere in the galaxy. Might want to boost your grav drive to reduce the amount of jumps needed, since you can't fast travel.

[Drake Ravenwolf]

Why limit yourself to Class A?
If you want max cargo space then you kinda need a class C engine; specifically the [SAL-6830 Engine] would get you the biggest mass budget to play around with. If you limit it to only class A then you have at best 1240 less mass in your budget if using the [SA-4330 Engine] and even less if you use another engine.

You trade top speed for more cargo space; if you went with the fastest engine [White Dwarf 3015] for 180 speed then your max ship mass gets limited to only 1020 total or else you lose maneuverability.

Even if you want the fastest class A engine... you can still use eg a class c reactor for more power, shields, weapons, etc

[Drake Ravenwolf]

Here's my spreadsheet btw:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qlhflo6zahwag06h1yzky/Starfield-ShipDesign.ods?rlkey=en5sp9jpwwb65saswchf8fodo