AnacondaPassenger

The Anaconda carries passengers the way it does everything else — competently, at scale, and over enormous distances. Twelve optional internals fit a deep cabin suite for ~170 economy berths, and its class-leading jump range means it reaches distant scenic destinations in fewer hops than any dedicated liner. For long-range sightseeing tours that wander far off the bubble's edge, that reach is the whole case: where a Beluga or Orca needs a string of jumps, the Anaconda often gets there in one.

Its great virtues are reach and double duty: no rank gate, no permit, and the same hull you already own as an explorer or hauler. The costs are real, though — it has no liner comfort bonus, so passengers pay standard rates rather than the premiums a dedicated liner commands; it's a large pad; and the rebuy is heavy. As a passenger ship it's the generalist that goes furthest, not the luxury specialist that earns most per seat.

Four things make the Anaconda a capable passenger hull:

• Class-leading reach. The longest jump range of any passenger ship — distant sightseeing beacons in fewer hops than any dedicated liner.
• Deep cabin capacity. Twelve optionals fit ~170 economy berths, or a mixed economy/first/luxury suite for VIP boards.
• No rank gate. Anyone with the credits can fly one — no Imperial or Federal rank, no permit.
• Doubles as everything. The same hull is your explorer, hauler and warship; swap cabins for cargo at a station.

Class-leading jump range and a deep ~170-berth suite across 12 optionals carry it; the absent liner comfort bonus, large pad and ~18M rebuy cap it short of the dedicated liners.

The 82/100 headline is a verdict against the passenger role's priority-ordered factors. Each factor carries a weight (its share of 100); this hull earns part of each based on how it performs against the whole field. The points sum to the rating.

Both tables rate ships for passenger work specifically. The role column is the maximum economy passenger capacity — but note that dedicated liners earn comfort bonuses (more profit per seat) the Anaconda does not, while its jump range reaches distant boards no liner can.

Same class — large passenger ships

Every large liner above out-earns the Anaconda per seat — the Beluga and Orca through the comfort bonus, the Cutter through raw berths and shields. The Anaconda's distinction is range: it carries a deep cabin suite to scenic destinations the dedicated liners can't reach in one hop, and it does so without a rank gate. The reach pick, not the luxury pick.

Other classes — the dedicated and medium options

The Lynx and Dolphin carry their comfort bonus and land on medium and outpost pads the Anaconda can't use. The Anaconda's edge over both is depth of berths and reach — the more your tours wander to distant, scattered beacons, the more its jump range justifies the large pad and the missing liner bonus.

At ~147M Cr the hull is a major purchase, and a passenger fit drives the bill higher than it looks — first-class and luxury cabins are expensive, so an A-rated suite with shields and a long-range FSD runs to around ~366M Cr all-in. Budget a ~18M rebuy.

The saving grace is that it isn't a single-role outlay: the cabins swap out for cargo racks or an explorer suite at a station, so the same engineered hull pays its way across passenger work, hauling and exploration. For a commander who already owns an Anaconda, adding a cabin set is far cheaper than buying a dedicated liner.

A long-range passenger fit — a deep cabin suite, a protective shield and a high-range FSD, with hardpoints left clean. Initial is buy-only; A-rated is the passenger baseline; Engineered maximises range and keeps the cabins safe. The size-7 optional holds the shield (passenger cabins cap at size 6), freeing every size-6 slot for fares.

Buy the hull and fit three economy cabins for bulk fares — first and luxury cabins come with the A-rated suite, not the buy-only pass.

Keep the stock Lightweight Alloy bulkhead and don't trade up — on a range hull the lightest plate is the keeper plate, and survivability here comes from shields, not armour. The G5 reinforcement that shaves its mass waits for the engineering pass.

Keep a base shield generator and stack three shield boosters in the utilities; point defence, heat sinks and the rest of the booster stack wait for the A-rated upgrade.

Leave the military slot, the smaller optionals, the fuel scoop, the supercruise assist and the spare utilities empty for now — A-rate the FSD and thrusters first to protect the long-range reach that defines the build.

A-rating priority for a long-range passenger hull:

• 1FSD → A — The defining stat; range reaches distant boards no liner can. ~10M Cr
• 2Cabin suite — The payload; fit the economy/first/luxury mix the board demands. varies
• 3Fuel Scoop → 5A — Convert one size-5 economy cabin into unattended refuelling so the deep tourist routes run without docking. ~5M Cr
• 4Shield Generator → bi-weave — Passenger safety on threatened routes. ~12M Cr
• 5Thrusters → A — Mobility for the heavy loaded hull. ~9M Cr
• 6Power Plant → A — Power for cabins, shield and the booster stack; engineered Overcharged for headroom, not Low Emissions. ~9M Cr
• 7Power Distributor → A — ENG capacity so the heavy loaded hull keeps boosting between fares.

The passenger engineering pattern, range-weighted. Felicity Farseer (maxed) carries the FSD; pin blueprints for remote G1→G5 application.

Recommended order

• 1FSD Increased Range first — the Anaconda's reach is its identity in this role; add a Guardian booster.
• 2Dirty thrusters to move the heavy loaded hull.
• 3Bi-weave shield and Heavy-Duty boosters for passenger safety.
• 4Cabins aren't engineered — just fit the right classes for the board.

Approximate progression across the three states (figures are representative, not exact rolls):

Engineered, the Anaconda carries ~92 mixed-class berths and jumps further between systems than any rival liner, reaching scattered scenic beacons in fewer hops — and with the onboard scoop it refuels itself between them, so the far-flung tours never strand it for fuel. The bulkhead stays Lightweight Alloy to protect that reach; the tank is the Bi-Weave, six boosters and the cell bank, not the plate. It earns less per seat than the dedicated liners — no comfort bonus — but on distant routes its reach and endurance let it take boards they simply can't service. The passenger ship that goes furthest.

• A-rate and engineer the FSD first — range is what the Anaconda brings to passenger work; add a Guardian booster.
• There's no liner comfort bonus — it earns less per seat than a Beluga, Orca or Lynx; pick distant boards where reach pays.
• Match cabin classes to the board — economy for volume, first/luxury for VIP fares.
• Mind the large pad and heavy rebuy — plan around stations or a carrier, keep a buffer.
• Swap the cabins for cargo or an explorer suite and the same hull changes roles — it has those manuals too.