Lynx HighlinerPassenger

The Lynx Highliner (your KA-16M) is a pre-built Saud Kruger medium liner — a dedicated passenger ship that lands on a medium pad, carries the Saud Kruger comfort bonus, and is purpose-set for the Robigo–Sirius sightseeing run, one of the most lucrative passenger loops in the bubble. As a dedicated liner it earns premium rates and happy passengers per seat, and its medium pad reaches stations the large Orca and Beluga can't.

It arrives as a pre-built with stock E-rated modules and a modest starting cabin suite (your current fit carries four economy cabins — about 48 passengers). The pre-built rules apply: the stock modules sell for nothing and can't be stored, so the play is to engineer the cores in place and fit better cabins and kit into the open slots, never swapping the stock modules out, which preserves the free rebuy. Built up, it's a superb medium liner — flexible, comfortable, and ideal for the Robigo run you already fly it on.

Four things make the Lynx a fine medium liner:

• Dedicated-liner comfort bonus. As a Saud Kruger ship, passengers pay premium and complain least — more profit per seat than a converted hull.
• Medium-pad flexibility. Lands at most stations, including outposts the large Orca and Beluga can't use — ideal for varied passenger routes.
• Purpose-set for Robigo. Configured for the famously lucrative Robigo–Sirius sightseeing loop you already run.
• Pre-built and ready. A complete liner out of the box with a free rebuy — build it up by engineering cores in place and filling open slots.

A dedicated Saud Kruger medium liner that leads on comfort and medium-pad reach with ~100 seats, held off the top tier only by a hold far smaller than the Beluga's ~184.

The 90/100 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, and the Lynx's medium pad reaches routes the large liners can't.

Same role — dedicated liners

Among dedicated liners the Lynx is the medium-pad flexible pick. The Beluga carries far more and the Orca is faster, but both are large-pad; the Lynx lands where they can't, which is gold for the varied station destinations of sightseeing missions. The Dolphin is its cheaper small cousin.

Other classes — the converted ships

Converted ships like the Python or Cutter fit more raw cabins but lack the liner comfort bonus, so they earn less per seat and draw fewer premium passengers. The Lynx's dedicated-liner status plus medium-pad flexibility make it a better-earning, more flexible passenger ship despite a smaller hold.

The Lynx arrives as a pre-built liner valued around 68M Cr with cheap stock E-rated modules (~1.3M Cr) and a ~3.5M Cr rebuy. Building it up — engineered cores in place, better cabins and a stronger shield in the open slots — brings its practical value past 85M Cr.

Its earning power is the Robigo run: high-value sightseeing missions on a short, lucrative loop, where the dedicated-liner bonus and medium pad shine. As a pre-built it's a ready-made earner from the start, improving as you build it.

The Lynx Highliner is a pre-built (ARX) ship, so the pre-built rules apply: its stock E-rated modules sell for 0 Cr and can't be stored or transferred, but engineering them in place does not void the free rebuy. Never swap a stock module out — only add modules to open slots, and engineer the existing cores where they sit.

In practice: engineer the stock FSD, thrusters and power plant in place for range and mobility; upgrade cabins by fitting better ones into the open optional slots; and add a stronger shield. This keeps the free rebuy intact while turning the stock liner into a properly capable Robigo ship.

The Lynx is a pre-built Saud Kruger medium liner. Initial is its stock fit — E-rated cores, a size-5 shield and four economy cabins (~48 passengers). A-Rated lifts the cores to A and fills the optional slots with a bi-weave shield and a mixed economy/business/first/luxury cabin suite; Engineered adds the range, mobility and shield blueprints. Engineer the stock cores in place via the remote workshop to keep the pre-built free rebuy rather than selling them.

The Lynx ships complete, so the Initial column is simply its stock fit — nothing to buy. It rides on stock Lightweight Alloy bulkheads, carries two 1F Pulse Lasers (Fixed) on the medium hardpoints, all-E cores (5E Power Plant, 6E Thrusters, 5E Frame Shift Drive, 6E Life Support, 5E Power Distributor, 3E Sensors), a 5C fuel tank, a 5E Shield Generator and four economy cabins (two size-5, two size-4 — about 48 passengers), plus a 1E Supercruise Assist and 1E Docking Computer.

Both utility mounts are left empty (—) at this stage — no shield booster or heat-sink launcher until the A-rated pass. It earns on the Robigo run out of the box.

The stock modules — bulkheads included — sell for nothing and can't be stored, so engineer the cores and armour in place rather than swapping them out — that preserves the free rebuy.

Build-up priority (engineer in place / fill open slots):

• 1Cores → A — 5A Power Plant, 6A Thrusters, 5A Frame Shift Drive and 5A Power Distributor for power headroom, range and the mobility to boost clear. credit cost
• 2Shield → 6C Bi-Weave (size-6 slot) — fast-regen passenger safety on threatened routes. ~4M Cr
• 3Cabin suite (open slots) — 5C First, 5B Luxury and 4D Business for premium fares, economy in the remaining size-5 slot for volume. ~5M Cr
• 4Life Support → 6D, Sensors → 3D — drop to D to shed mass a liner doesn't need. credit cost
• 5Utilities → 0A Shield Booster + 0I Heat Sink Launcher (open mounts) — reinforce the shield and dump heat. ~2M Cr

Passenger engineering for the Lynx, applied to the stock cores in place. Felicity Farseer (maxed) carries the FSD; pin blueprints for remote G1→G5 application — ideal for engineering a pre-built without swapping modules.

Recommended order

• 1Engineer the stock FSD in place for Increased Range — remote workshop application is perfect here (no module swap).
• 2Engineer thrusters and plant in place for mobility and cool running.
• 3Add and engineer a bi-weave shield in the open slot for passenger safety.
• 4Upgrade cabins in the open slots; cabins themselves aren't engineered.

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

As delivered the Lynx carries ~48 passengers ~16 LY on stock modules and Lightweight Alloy bulkheads; built up — engineered cores in place, upgraded cabins, a real shield, and G5 Lightweight Armour that adds integrity without weight — it carries around 100 in comfort on a flexible medium pad, with range to reach the Robigo beacons. The dedicated-liner bonus and medium pad make it a superb, flexible earner.

• Engineer the stock cores in place and fill the open slots — never sell stock modules, to keep the free rebuy.
• Mix in first/luxury cabins for high-value VIP fares; economy for volume.
• The medium pad is a real edge over the Orca and Beluga — it reaches more destinations.
• Use the remote workshop to engineer the pre-built cores without swapping modules.