OrcaPassenger

The Orca is Saud Kruger's sports liner: a sleek, gorgeous ship that carries up to ~96 passengers in dedicated-liner comfort, and does it faster than anything else its size — a 390 m/s boost that shames every other large hull. For sightseeing missions to distant scenic destinations, that speed is gold: it reaches far-flung beacons and turns trips around in a fraction of a Beluga's time, so even with fewer cabins it can out-earn the bigger liner on long routes.

It carries the Saud Kruger comfort bonus, so its passengers pay premium rates and rate their trips highly, and its good looks and pace make it a joy to fly. It holds about half a Beluga's passengers and is a large pad, so for sheer volume close to home the flagship wins. But for fast, luxurious sightseeing to the galaxy's scenic corners, the Orca is the elegant specialist — the liner that gets there first.

Four things make the Orca the fast liner:

• The fastest large ship. A 390 m/s boost reaches distant scenic spots and turns sightseeing trips around quickly — speed is profit on long routes.
• Dedicated-liner comfort bonus. Saud Kruger luxury means premium pay and happy passengers per seat.
• Good cabin capacity. Up to ~96 passengers, or premium suites for VIP missions.
• Sleek and lovely. A joy to fly, and a stylish way to carry passengers in luxury.

An apex luxury liner whose Saud Kruger comfort bonus and class-leading 470 m/s boost earn the 88; only its ~96-seat capacity — half a Beluga's — holds it back.

The 88/100 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 speed turns trips around faster, both raising effective earnings above raw cabin count.

Same class — large passenger ships

The Orca trades the Beluga's capacity for speed — and on distant sightseeing routes, its pace turns trips around fast enough to rival the flagship's earnings. Against the converted Cutter and Anaconda, its liner bonus means more profit per seat despite fewer cabins. The fast luxury pick.

Other classes — the dedicated and medium options

The Lynx and Dolphin land more flexibly and the Beluga carries more; the Orca's distinction is being the fast large liner. For distant scenic runs where speed compounds into profit, the Orca is the elegant specialist among the dedicated liners.

At ~47.8M Cr the Orca is cheaper than the Beluga, with no rank gate. A passenger fit — a cabin suite, shields and a good FSD — brings the all-in figure to around 72M Cr.

It's the value luxury liner: less capacity than the Beluga, but cheaper and far faster, so on distant routes its quick turnarounds make it a strong earner. For a stylish, efficient passenger ship that isn't a flagship, the Orca is a lovely choice.

A fast luxury liner fit mixing economy volume with premium first- and business-class cabins, plus a bi-weave shield and a long-range FSD. Initial is buy-only; A-rated is the liner baseline; Engineered preserves the Orca's signature speed while maximising range.

Lightweight Alloy bulkheads are the stock hull plating — they ship with the Orca, so there's nothing to buy here. They stay on through every state; a liner trades armour for the mass budget that feeds speed and jump range.

Buy the hull and fit E-rated cores across the board — power plant, thrusters, FSD, life support, distributor and sensors, on a stock 5C fuel tank.

Fill the optional slots with economy cabins only — sizes 6, 5, 5 and 4 — for a buy-only headcount; the first-class, business and bi-weave upgrades come with the A-rate.

Leave the four utility mounts and the size-5 shield slot empty, along with the size-3/2/1 internals — boosters, point defence, shield, cell bank and the cargo slot are an A-rate job.

A-rating priority for a fast liner:

• 1FSD → A — Range to reach distant scenic destinations. ~8M Cr
• 2Thrusters → A — Preserve the speed that makes turnarounds fast. ~7M Cr
• 3Cabin suite — The payload; fit the mix the board demands. ~6M Cr
• 4Shield Generator → bi-weave — Passenger safety on threatened routes. ~6M Cr
• 5Power Plant → A — Power for cabins, shields and modules. ~7M Cr
• 6Power Distributor → A — ENG capacity for repeated boosting away from danger. ~2M Cr

Round out the kit with the safety net: two 0A shield boosters and a 2A shield cell bank behind the bi-weave, plus 0I point defence and a heat-sink launcher on the utility mounts. Bulkheads stay stock Lightweight Alloy — a liner buys speed, not plating.

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

Recommended order

• 1Dirty thrusters first — the Orca's speed is its identity and its profit on long routes.
• 2FSD Increased Range to reach distant scenic destinations.
• 3Bi-weave shield and 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 Orca carries ~96 luxury passengers at over 450 m/s, reaching distant scenic spots and turning trips around faster than any rival — speed that compounds into profit on long routes. The Lightweight-engineered bulkhead and bi-weave/cell-bank stack keep it alive on threatened routes without taxing the mass budget that drives that speed. It holds half a Beluga's fares, but gets there first, and in equal style.

• Lean on speed — the Orca's pace is profit on distant routes; A-rate the thrusters.
• Match cabin classes to the board — economy for volume, luxury for VIP pay.
• The liner comfort bonus means more per seat than a converted ship of the same capacity.
• For maximum volume close to home, the Beluga out-grosses it; for distant trips, the Orca wins.