EVE New Citizens Q&A

Yeah, freighters are pretty much the slowest thing to travel in. If you aren't carrying any cargo, a shuttle is probably your best bet. Near instant align and decent in-warp speed. Interceptors/cov ops will likely be the fastest thing come Rubicon, should you have the skills to fly them.

Thanks for all the help all!

Freighter definitely, Tayra somewhat.

But the nimble Industrials (Sigil, Badger, Nereus, Wreathe) can all be brought to less than 4 second align time if you fit some inertia stabilizers. And they warp as fast as a frigate, so they are a good general transporter. Blockade Runners warp even faster and have a lower base align time. They have less low slots, so they usually have a slightly larger align time, but as the faster warp speed makes up for it - especially in Rubicon.

Also, if you fly thru high-sec, carry some inertia stabilizers with you - if you are just traveling with little or no cargo, you can fit them to noticeably reduce your align time.

And if you just want to travel quickly without any cargo, in terms of speed, the best are: jump clones , interceptors, cov ops.

How about some inertia stabilizers?

High slots: nothing

Mid slots: usually nothing
(If you have a really slow ship with a 10+ second align time, then fitting a MWD/Afterburner and running it once will reduce your align time - but that only helps if your align time is larger than the cycle time of the prop module, otherwise it'll take longer.)

Low slots:
- Inertia stabilizers
- Nanofiber Internal Structure - Inertia Stabilizers reduce your align time more, but they also increase your signature radius. If you care about not getting locked, Nanos might be better. (Nanos also increase your max speed sub-warp speed, but that isn't really useful while travelling, as you'll be in warp or aligning. Unless of course you use the autopilot.)

Rigs:
- Hyperspatial Velocity Optimizer - increase max warp speed and (coming tomorrow) also warp acceleration
- Low Friction Nozzle Joints - reduces align time
With Rubicon, the Hyperspatial Velocity Optimizer will be the rig of choice for fast travel.

I think that's it for modules. Other than that there are some implants you can use and a few skills that reduce align time.

Even a shuttle is faster than a freighter.

If you want to keep to the industrial line, Blockade Runners are VERY FAST (second to only Interceptors/Covert Ops), and can easily take shortcuts through lowsec thanks to their covert cloak. They all are capable of hauling at least 8000 m3 (that seems to be the "sweet spot" for fitting all of them - enough for most level 4 courier missions).

Alternatively do what most nullsec alliance people do. Maintain an alt who's only purpose is to update buy/sell orders in Jita.

If you do get a trade alt remember that Ammar-Jita is only 5.5 mill ISK for up to 860,000m3 with Red Frog Freight.

In my experience they will deliver well within 24 hours and it removes all that stress about whether you will get ganked on the way.

Bah, the Gnosis is still a BC, so with the changes to warp speeds, it's now slow.
A fast industrial will warp almost twice as fast. And while the Gnosis has a very nice align time, the difference isn't big enough to overcome the difference in warp speed.

However, you can fit a much better tank on a Gnosis, so if you want to carry valuable items, it can be a better choice.