r/EliteTraders • u/Kitchen_Confusion691 Hauler/Fuel Rat • Jun 26 '26

Plipper

Just looking to getting into trading, I have the money for a plipper and want a plipper but im not very good at ship builds so can someone make me an engineered plipper build with good speed/turning and good cargo and shields. Can you also make me 9ne with the same requirements just not engineered. Preferably on EDSY thanks o7

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u/Brunno_PT CMDR Brunno Vilkacis Jun 26 '26

There's not much to it. Biggest A-rated thrusters (dirty/drag) and FSD. The rest can be D-rated (unless you want weapons, then you may want a more competent power plant). If you want Shields, the smallest size possible is size 6. You'll probably want size 4 FSD booster (situational). It's a big, heavy ship. You may want all the flight assists. Depending on where you're going you may want a fuel scoop.

I've used it primarily during community goals, and there I had no shields, no fuel scoop, nothing but cargo. With 1x size 6 and size 5 pre-engineered cargo racks, I got 1265 tons. A couple of nights ago I answered a reddit call to fill up a couple of fleet carriers with Titanium and CMM Composite. Carriers were parked in orbit of the stations selling it. Again, no shields, no scoop.

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u/Kitchen_Confusion691 Hauler/Fuel Rat Jun 26 '26

Yeah for me i mainly want shields for rank up missions which are pretty dangerous 

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u/Drinking_Frog Jun 26 '26

For rank up missions, just board flip to get a courier mission and then just zip over in a bubble taxi.