I need advice for starting a fleet.

[The Payload]

I've been playing this game for awhile now and I've got no idea on how to start up a fleet. I know how to do trade routes to get money, but I've got no clue on how I should go about starting up my own fleet for both campaign and regular play. Any advice would be appreciated.

[malakhglitch]

Depends on what you want to do with the fleet. Combat or Trading?

[Fat Avocado]

you could start with trading from different planets, buy lots of freighters and keep shipping goods. once you have enough money buy plenty warships, do bounty missions and board these marauder ships( they r modified and better ) keep boarding. Once you have enough ships at a point which your FPS goes frenzy, ATTACK EARTH. the end.

[76561198241871292]

100 hurricane's

[DeltaCheese]

Just have 50 bactrians with max sky lance equipment

[this_is_your_life]

During my first playthrough I went: Star Barge > Freighter > Mule > Bactrian. Took a long time so...
During my second playthrough I went: Star Barge > Freighter > 10 Freighters. I reoutfitted them for 225 (could go for 240) cargo space. This way I made money in no time.
You basically need a way to make big money till you no longer care about them. Once you have millions to spare, sooner or later, you'll end up buying bactrians since they easily outclass every other warship, freighter and transport.
I ended up doing whole storyline with a fleet of 10 bactrians [0.9.6].

[Tick]

if you are looking for a trading fleet the best ship for tradeing is hauler 3 (the earth shaper is technically better but for as much as it cost i do not think it is worth it) now if you whant to make it better you can change it some of its stuff in the outfitter. the space trucker guide work prity good >http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=548041288

now if you are looking for a war ship/fleet\/
(i am not including any ship that you have to steal to get)

1. hurricane
the hurricane is a vary powerfull ship but it comes late wanderer campaign so its hard to get
in a way
its hull is 46,500. its shields max is 72,400, its max speed is ok at 278.32. it has
6 gun ports and 5 turret mounts but it cost a lot 96.979M

2. derecho
the derecho is a nother wonderer ship its mid campaign so its not that hard to get(i gess)
it has a hull of 32,200. max shields 53,200. max speed 426.21. it has 4 gun ports and 4
turret mounts. it cost 73.583M

3. kestrel
the kestrel is a vary good ship in my opinion its prity easy to get you just need a combat
rating of 8 or higher then you just have to go to wayfarer (tararzed) and do the mission.
its hull is 6,200. its max shields is 17,400. its max speed is 325.92 it has 6 gun ports and 4
turret mounts. it cost 18.523M

4.bactrian
the bactrian is a easy ship to get you do not have to do any missions
its hull is 8,600. itss max shields is 17,500. its max speed is 158.39. it can hold 3 fighters.
it has 4 gun ports and 6 turrets. and it cost 25.844M

this is my opinion of the best ships for trading and war have a nice day

[Dogeweather]

The way i started my fleet was by capturing dozens of pirate ships and selling them until i could buy a Bactrian then i captured large pirate ships. After that i captured 30 republic cruisers during the free worlds campaign from there capture shield details then korath raiders then pug ships to wander ships then spend about a hundred hours trying to capture a world ship and be unsuccessful because its so difficult thats how you make a fleet.

Be sure to get a Pug Arfecta

98,000 Shields

80,000 Hull

640 Outfit space

You can only capture them. At (25%) the cost is 30.349M making it more expensive than the Hurricane. By expensive i mean you'll lose half your fleet to the Gridfire turrets that are installed.

How do you find them? you'll know it when you see it.

[malakhglitch]

If you want Shield Beetles, just hang out at Cloudfire and scamper to board a disabled Unfettered one before it gets blown up.

[The Payload]

Mostly I'm looking to build a fleet so that I can do the Free Worlds campaign without being blown to pieces because I'm just one ship

[malakhglitch]

Well, you actually can finish the FW campaign using only one ship. Some of us think it's actually easier.

[BobCosmonaut]

Jump to Durax and bribe the pirates. Wait for them to disable a Korath raider then capture it with a bactrian.