CorsairPassenger

The Corsair is a modern Imperial combat medium pressed into passenger service, and it does the job competently. Ten optional internals — three of them class 6 — fit a cabin suite of roughly ~122 economy berths, or a mixed economy/first board for VIP fares, while a strong bi-weave shield and a pair of deterrent guns make it one of the safer medium passenger hulls. On a medium pad it docks at the vast majority of stations, reach the large dedicated liners can't match, and it needs no rank and no permit.

Its costs are real, though. The Corsair is a Gutamaya hull, not a Saud Kruger liner, so it earns no comfort bonus — passengers pay standard rates rather than the premiums an Orca, Beluga or Lynx commands. Under a full cabin load its jump range is modest, so it doesn't reach the far-flung scenic beacons an Anaconda does. And at ~77M Cr the hull is premium money for a converted combat ship, undercut for the same work by a Krait Phantom at half the price. As a passenger ship it's the tough, high-capacity all-rounder doing passenger duty, not the earner.

Four things make the Corsair a workable passenger hull — even without a dedicated liner's polish:

• Deep cabin capacity. Ten optionals with three class-6 bays fit ~122 economy berths, or a mixed economy/first suite for VIP boards — Python-tier volume for a medium.
• Defensible by design. A bi-weave shield and, unlike the liners, up to six hardpoints — keep a pair of deterrent guns and it protects the manifest through space the unarmed liners avoid.
• Medium-pad access. Lands at most stations and outposts — far more of the network than the large dedicated liners reach.
• Doubles as everything. The same hull is your warship, trader and miner; swap cabins for cargo, a mining suite or guns at a station.

A converted Imperial combat medium that carries Python-tier volume (~122 berths) safely behind a real bi-weave and deterrent guns, but earns no liner comfort bonus, jumps only ~30 LY laden, and costs a combat-hull premium the cheaper mediums undercut — capable but poor value, held to a mid-field 50.

The 50/100 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.

Every table rates ships for passenger specifically, split by landing-pad class. The Cabin cap. column is total optional-internal capacity — room for cabins; the rating is the same 1–100 suitability verdict used across the site.

Same class — medium passenger ships

8 medium-pad passenger hulls carry a rating, led by Lynx Highliner (90). Every same-pad rival lands where this one does — the direct field to shop.

Other classes — the liners

The large-pad passenger field (9 rated), led by Beluga Liner (95) — bigger pads and bankrolls. They out-muscle this hull on the numbers, but sit a pad class away.

Other classes — the shuttle-class

The small-pad passenger field (2 rated), led by Dolphin (80) — cheaper hulls and tighter pads. They undercut this hull on the numbers, but sit a pad class away.

At ~76.9M Cr the hull is a premium buy for the role — more than three times the price of a Krait Phantom that carries fewer, but similar, passengers — though there is at least no rank gate. A full A-rated cabin suite with a bi-weave shield and a decent FSD runs to around ~120M Cr all-in, with the first-class cabins doing most of the damage to the bill. Budget a ~5M rebuy — light next to the large liners' double-digit hits.

The saving grace is that it isn't a single-role outlay: the cabins swap for cargo racks, a mining suite or hardpoints at a station, so the same engineered hull pays its way across passenger work, trading, mining and combat. For a commander who already owns a Corsair, adding a cabin set is far cheaper than buying a dedicated liner — and that dual use is the strongest case for flying passengers in it at all.

A converted Imperial combat medium doing passenger work — a deep cabin suite behind a real bi-weave shield, with a pair of deterrent guns the liners can't carry. Initial is buy-only; A-rated is the passenger baseline; Engineered keeps the manifest safe and stretches the modest laden range. The Corsair has no military slots, so the shield, cell bank and cabins all share its ten optionals.

Buy the hull and three economy cabins on stock E-rated cores — that's the whole buy-only state. The bulk berths go in (two size-6 economy, one size-5 economy, ~80 seats); the hull keeps its stock Lightweight Alloy bulkhead, the right plate for a passenger run — no armour spend here.

Leave every hardpoint, all four utility mounts and the shield-generator slot empty — no guns, no boosters, no point defence and no shield yet. The remaining cabins, shield cell bank and field-maintenance unit stay out too.

This state just flies and parks. The shield, self-defence guns and the A-rating that keep the manifest safe all come in the upgrade pass — until then, keep it out of threatened space.

A-rating priority for a defensible passenger hull:

• 1Shield Generator → 6C bi-weave — The Corsair's passenger safety net; keep the manifest alive on threatened routes. ~6M Cr
• 2Cabin suite — The payload; fit the economy/first mix the board demands. varies
• 3Core internals → A — Plant, thrusters, FSD and distributor for range and survivability. ~22M Cr
• 4Self-defence guns — Two gimballed medium multi-cannons to fight off interdictors. ~2M Cr
• 5Shield Cell Bank + AFMU — A 3A cell reserve to ride out a sustained attack, plus a 1D Auto Field-Maintenance Unit to self-repair modules on long sightseeing hauls. ~2M Cr

The passenger engineering pattern, safety-weighted — bi-weave shield and boosters first, then FSD range and cool-running cores. Felicity Farseer carries the FSD; pin blueprints for remote G1→G5 application.

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

Engineered, the Corsair carries a deep economy/first cabin suite behind a 900+ MJ bi-weave with a pair of guns to fight off interdictors and an AFMU to undo module wear on long hauls. The stock Lightweight Alloy bulkhead, engineered light, keeps mass down for range rather than trading seats for plate. It earns less per seat than the dedicated liners — no comfort bonus — and jumps only ~30 LY under a full load, so it stays inside the bubble. Solid capacity and safety on a medium pad, at a combat-hull price: capable, not the earner.

• A-rate and engineer the shield first — safety and capacity are what the Corsair brings to passenger work; keep point defence and a pair of deterrent guns.
• There's no liner comfort bonus — it earns less per seat than a Beluga, Orca, Lynx or Dolphin; pick threatened or medium-pad boards where its strengths pay.
• Loaded jump range is modest (~30 LY) — it can't chase distant beacons like an Anaconda; favour boards within the bubble.
• The hull is premium money (~77M Cr) for passenger work — a Krait Phantom or Type-7 does similar boards far cheaper; the Corsair earns its keep only as a hull you already fly.
• Match cabin classes to the board — economy for volume, first for VIP fares; and swap the cabins for cargo, mining or guns when the week turns.