JohnLuke wrote:Black Rose wrote:Ok so I read up on Robigo and checked out some posts for a smuggler build for my Asp.
After refitting my baby it looked like an eggshell with an engine. Seriously, light weight allow and no shields? Heats sinks and cargo racks. All D rated modules with an A5 FSD and a B5 fuel scoop ( didn't have the cash for an A)
Ok now lets see, jump range is a bit over 30 unladen and off we go from HIP 16607. 14 jumps, looks decent. On my original Asp build it was 30 jumps from Cubeo.
Well I made it there and plenty of fuel and only ran across 3 dead stars. Now I looked over the missions and took enough to total 13 million in rewards. Now just have to make it back......NOT
I was interdicted on the 1st jump, escaped and then on the 2nd, I was interdicted again and silent running is about as useful as a one legged man in an ass kicking contest and the paper mache hull fell apart in like 3 seconds. End of my career as a smuggler
I did manage to make "Pathfinder" on the trip down though
Hummm..... I'm too much of a chicken to ever run without shields.Here is my Asp long range smuggler setup.
I don't use silent running. Just boost, chaff (only when needed), jump, after submitting to interdiction. Flying in an evasive manner helps a lot when the pirates/cops are following you in SC. Weaving around to keep them from getting behind you keeps them from being able to interdict you. Once I got some practice, I was making Robigo runs with 14-18 deliveries and only a handfull of interdictions. Don't forget too that if a cop is scanning you and you deploy hardpoints, it stops his scan for a few seconds.
That's great information JohnLuke and your smuggler build is very similar to my standard build. My Standard build is a Mission Runner/Exploration ship that will turn and fight and unless its bigger, its dead! FDS and down is chopped meat, a FDL and FAS are a challenge and I avoid FGS, Python and Anaconda like the plague. lol
http://coriolis.io/outfit/asp/25A5A5A4B4A5D5C27271818181800040404050440022t2i2f.Iw18WQ==.Aw18WQ==?bn=Asp%20Explorer%252FHauler
This is the build that I found on the web by someone that swore she used, personally I don't see how it works. First off even with silent running it wouldn't survive an interdiciton and how does a pilot evade a scan at a station with a docking computer?
My first red flag should have been the docking computer as this person is not playing with a full deck 
Well that's what I get for not asking in Mobius first!http://coriolis.io/outfit/asp/03D5D5A4D4D5D5C------020200023c040202020124.AwRj4yVKg===.CwBjdAmTxSEY5PMIA===?bn=ASP%20Robigo%20build
Besides no shields, a 6A scoop? Really? That's a lot of money to tie up in a Robigo runner, and it kills the cargo space. It makes you wonder why some people come up with the configurations that they do. Different strokes for different folks, I suppose. 
The only thing I do to mine to change it to a BB runner is swap the fuel scoop for a cargo rack, and add an SRV slot for those surface missions. 
It reminds me of the Clipper (as it should) but a big, fat ass, lumbering version of the Clipper.... of course.
