Hard call, but I'd think not. The Hull-D is a bit on the large side for practical use by a single player, I suspect, and the Carrack is a really cool ship. Gotta love explorers! Unless you *really* want the LTI, I'd probably keep your Carrack.

Yeah, I think I jumped the gun with the Hull-D. I still might be interested in a smaller version though, like the Hull-B.

I'm conflicted since I prefer the design of the Hull-C and up, but most of the time, will likely be traveling solo anyway, despite having a large organization. (Which is another reason I've thought I may have jumped the gun with Carrack to begin with)...

Or my Starfarer. Looks like that will be more than the max 2 person fuel ship they always made that out to be. They say they enlarged it by about 3 times what it was originally supposed to be.

Yeah, Hull-A or Hull-B looked a lot more reasonable to me. I think you'd be ok with the Carrack, I have chosen a Freelancer as my vessel. I'm going to be playing mostly with one other friend, and I figure leaving one slot for an NPC or a pick-up player would be fun. I was originally thinking a bomber, but I think the Freelancer will be a little more conducive to rounded play, given that it has a halfway decent cargo space to go along with reasonable speed, maneuverability, and decent firepower.

I just hope I can get at least one or two other people whenever I use Carrack. If not, I'll stick with flying the Starfarer and make my money on fuel. Based on what you said, sounds like you made the right choice based on your needs/wants with the Freelancer. That's a fast, nimble, stealthy, ship to solo or use for more dangerous trade routes, or when transporting more valuble (possibly illegal) goods.

Probably won't be that tough to get friends to join on for missions. I think a lot is going to depend on how they handle the spawn system, with regard to how you pick where you spawn. If you ALWAYS spawn where you landed, it's going to make it hella harder to get groups together...

I was planning it mostly as a well-rounded ship that I can play with friends, or solo adequately myself if I need to. Planning mostly high-value legal cargo runs, or possibly fitting some repair capability and a medical unit like the Cutlass Red into part of the cargo space, and doing the rescue ship thing. Oh, yeah, and since I don't like being out-gunned, and I *do* like springing surprises I picked the MIS variant.

I'd say no.

On the other hand, every person is different, so I'd say it really depends on whether you want to explore or carry cargo.

Me, I've got a 350R, a Herald, a Khartu-Al, and a Merchantman.

(I'm thinking of trying to fit one of the other three aboard the Merchantman.)

As for the Starfarer, I wouldn't be that worried -- people will ALWAYS need fuel, and you could even just hire yourself out as a 'traveling refinery' by tagging along with a larger convoy if you want; even an NPC convoy needs fuel.

Its why I like the Carrack so much. Lot of space, includes rover, lander, three pods that could be used for cargo, big ass engine and longe range for exploring, computer map system suite for exploring... It's really a well rounded ship, I feel.

Merchantman was definitely tempting. Its definitely fast, good with carrying valuable goods, and can act as a mobile trading post, rather than having to go back to a space station or planet.