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Speedy Transport Ship (Caldari)
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Torigoma
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#1 - 2012-04-21 04:01:01 UTC  |  Edited by: Torigoma
Whats a good Caldari Ship for transporting small cargo (100-500) from System to System quickly? I'm runnin a Badger M2 right now, but it's just to slow for the small amount of Cargo I'm halling at the moment.

I've only got 5mil to spend really, not much at all, but hoping it can get me something.
mxzf
Shovel Bros
#2 - 2012-04-21 04:05:33 UTC
Any of the Cal frigs should be able to hold 100-200m3, or grab a cruiser if you need some more cargo room.
Jeyson Vicious
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2012-04-21 05:32:00 UTC
Get the Minmater destroyer (Thrasher?). You can train to Level 3 in no time, get it up to 400 cargo room with an expander and it's fairly fast as is. Add an overdrive or whatever and good-to-go.
Kalli Brixzat
#4 - 2012-04-21 05:36:25 UTC
Jeyson Vicious wrote:
Get the Minmater destroyer (Thrasher?). You can train to Level 3 in no time, get it up to 400 cargo room with an expander and it's fairly fast as is. Add an overdrive or whatever and good-to-go.


This...but one step further:

ANY destroyer with 1+ expanded cargo bay an 2+ small cargo optimizer rigs. You'll get 700 m^3 or more. Fit an MWD, a cap recharger or two and if you have more than 1 low slot, fit a warp stab. If you have an extra mid, give it a shield extended.

Makes for a decent mini-transport.
Klymer
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#5 - 2012-04-21 06:00:55 UTC
If you absolutely need 500m3 then none of the Caldari frigs will get you there without investing in cargo rigs. The Kestrel will come the closest at 495m3 with a couple T2 expanders.

The Cormorant will give you 574m3 as it has a base cargo of 450 and a single low slot for an expander.

A cruiser is going to push your 5mil budget, but the Osprey is a good choice with 485m3 base cargo and 3 lows. You can fit inertia stabilizers and/or nanos and it can be pretty quick

Another option is to spend a bit of time and train Amarr frigate to 2 and use the Magnate. You get over 600m3 with T2 expanders. Should you decide to rig it you can fit 1000m3 in it. Plus the ship has 2 turret slots and can use 2 drones so it isnt completely helpless. Fit a cloak and a prop mod and you have a nice sneaky little hauler. It's also the racial scan frigate, you can never have too many of those laying around.