Fastest ship for exploring

[Magnitude]

What ship is the fastest to fly from planet to planet and fly around in atmosphere.

I just returned to the game since many months absence and the solar ship and the new speeder are new to me. Are these faster then a fighter with manoeuvrability focus or not ?
And does manoeuvrability increase the speed of a ship at all when flying planet to planet, I already tested and saw very minor increase in atmospheric flight speed when adding 1000 to the stat, but it handled a lot quicker. I don't know if its faster when using pulse engine.

[Martel]

The speeder is drastically more maneuverable.

They all go the same speed going from planet to planet

[Aurumworks]

You can put the sublight amplifier on an overcharged slot to increase pulse speed. At least on paper.

[Jaggid Edje]

The Solar ship is. It has the most available upgrades to boost and pulse drive available of all ship types, due to the Vesper sails.

Any other answer is just people telling you what ships THEY like, not the actual answer to your question asked.

I mean, I prefer exotics. It's still not the correct answer.

That said, any ship is plenty fast once fully upgraded. If you put all of your best pulse drive upgrades in the supercharge slots you will push the ship to the fastest it can be.
Ignore adjacency for this if your superhcarge slots are not near each other. The supercharge bonus is greater than the adjacency bonuses that you lose.

As for the Utopia speeder, it is just a fighter, and has no other bonus that differentiates it from any other fighter in the game files (It's actually totally identical to the golden vector if you strip all technologies and compare them side-by-side):
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2948581846
Now, it could have some hidden bonus that is hard coded (in the files we modders cannot see), but after flying it for around 60 hours so far, I don't think it does. Still, I could be wrong.

[Musashi]

I managed for my Utopia Seeder a speed of 300 over ground ..with a maneuverability of 1832
Boost in space is 3040

[Magnitude]

Originally posted by Jaggid Edje:

The Solar ship is. It has the most available upgrades to boost and pulse drive available of all ship types, due to the Vesper sails.

Any other answer is just people telling you what ships THEY like, not the actual answer to your question asked.

I mean, I prefer exotics. It's still not the correct answer.

That said, any ship is plenty fast once fully upgraded. If you put all of your best pulse drive upgrades in the supercharge slots you will push the ship to the fastest it can be.
Ignore adjacency for this if your superhcarge slots are not near each other. The supercharge bonus is greater than the adjacency bonuses that you lose.

As for the Utopia speeder, it is just a fighter, and has no other bonus that differentiates it from any other fighter in the game files (It's actually totally identical to the golden vector if you strip all technologies and compare them side-by-side).
Now, it could have some hidden bonus that is hard coded (in the files we modders cannot see), but after flying it for around 60 hours so far, I don't think it does. Still, I could be wrong.

So if i find any type of ship with 4 adjacent supercharge slots and put my pulse drive mods in there its going to be the fastest i can get it ?

[Jaggid Edje]

Originally posted by Magnitude:

So if i find any type of ship with 4 adjacent supercharge slots and put my pulse drive mods in there its going to be the fastest i can get it ?

No, but if you find a ship with 4 supercharge slots adjacent that is also a solar ship AND work to get all of the best pulse drive upgrades that can be generated. Then it will be the fastest ship that you can get.

Your method alone would still be a very fast ship though. :)

[Magnitude]

Originally posted by Jaggid Edje:

Originally posted by Magnitude:

So if i find any type of ship with 4 adjacent supercharge slots and put my pulse drive mods in there its going to be the fastest i can get it ?

No, but if you find a ship with 4 supercharge slots adjacent that is also a solar ship AND work to get all of the best pulse drive upgrades that can be generated. Then it will be the fastest ship that you can get.

Your method alone would still be a very fast ship though. :)

well i know the reddit coordinate exchange has a fighter with adjacent supercharged, i guess i'll go get that one and keep an eye out for any solar ships
thank you for you explanation.
btw, for solar ships, how do they work exactly ? do they always have the boost or you need ot be facing away from the sun?

[Jaggid Edje]

Originally posted by Magnitude:

btw, for solar ships, how do they work exactly ? do they always have the boost or you need ot be facing away from the sun?

Always, as long as the Vesper sail is functioning. It would be SO cool if the system sun(s) played a role though.

You might also be interested to know that there are several pulse drive technologies that you cannot install in a normal game. One is a special pulse engine, the Waveform Engine, that is only available to saves that started as Expedition 3, and the other is a pulse drive upgrade, the Photonix Core, that is only available to PS4 players who bought the Limited Edition.

You could unlock those for your game via either mods or the save editor if you care about missing out on them.

[Magnitude]

Originally posted by Jaggid Edje:

Originally posted by Magnitude:

btw, for solar ships, how do they work exactly ? do they always have the boost or you need ot be facing away from the sun?

Always, as long as the Vesper sail is functioning. It would be SO cool if the system sun(s) played a role though.

You might also be interested to know that there are several pulse drive technologies that you cannot install in a normal game. One is a special pulse engine, the Waveform Engine, that is only available to saves that started as Expedition 3, and the other is a pulse drive upgrade, the Photonix Core, that is only available to PS4 players who bought the Limited Edition.

You could unlock those for your game via either mods or the save editor if you care about missing out on them.

I do care, but i also don't want to cheat, its a dilemma !
on one hand I hate that you cant get the rewards from previous expeditions, especially since some are useful, on the other hand I understand that its a reward exclusively for more veteran players.

[Jaggid Edje]

I totally understand, still it's good to know, so that when Expedition 3 runs again, you know what one incentive for doing it is.

[Magnitude]

Originally posted by Jaggid Edje:

I totally understand, still it's good to know, so that when Expedition 3 runs again, you know what one incentive for doing it is.

they rerun old expeditions ??

[Jaggid Edje]

Originally posted by Magnitude:

they rerun old expeditions ??

Yes. They just re-ran expeditions 6-8 in December-January. Been over a year since 1-4 have been re-run. I personally expect to see that happen sometime between now and early next year because of that.

Note that, unless they change it, the Waveform Engine is available ONLY in the expedition save. It is not one of the rewards that can be claimed on your other saves (which annoys me to no end).