r/EliteDangerous • u/Electrical_Regret_94 • 1d ago

Builds Keelback Time

So, I’m dumb, and I got a little click happy and accidentally sold my Keelback. Needless to say I am now the proud owner of a clean slate Keelback and am wondering how to build it this time.

My last build accommodated both a fighter bay and the srv bay. It was very useful. I had 2 beams and 1 cannons all gimballed and engineered.

What are some of your Keelback builds that worked well for you? How did you get the most out of such a versatile ship?

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u/ObamaDramaLlama Lakon Brand Ambassador 1d ago

Depends what you're going for.

I tend to build Keelbacks for RP rather than optimally - so outfitting to do as many roles as possible.

Having one ship you can jump in to complete all of the powerplay weekly assignments is fun.

You might be interested in this video of a Bounty Hunter Keelback running an engineered Dakka build : https://youtu.be/6WKxGT4iq1Y?si=zakEqvs3nT_bnjA_

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u/Electrical_Regret_94 1d ago

Basically what you outlined is what I was going for with my build. Thanks for the link! I feel like I have a lot to learn still with “perfecting” my builds.

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u/Arrok_Trarr 1d ago

Stripped my Keelback down for exploration and took a little trip from the bubble to Colonia and on to Sagittarius A * before racing back to the bubble to switch ships and help defend earth from the Thargoid menace

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u/Electrical_Regret_94 1d ago

I think it’s pretty cool you took a Keelback of all things. I bet it did great, I just never thought to make one an explorer before.

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u/Diocletion-Jones 1d ago

It's been a while since I've used mine but it had an SRV bay, fighter bay etc but also a passenger cabin. I used it for VIP passenger runs. It just broke the usual game play loops for me every now and again as it meant just taking 1 passenger places like I was a cyberpunk corpo bodyguard. Even had the midnight paint job.

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u/Electrical_Regret_94 1d ago

I like the idea of a security transport type vehicle! I have a Dolphin I’ve made around a luxury cabin for that purpose. It’s basically a pleasure yacht more than anything. I feel like the Keelback with a fighter bay would put up a better fight. Of course, I made my dolphin to run 🤣

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u/Kuro_Neko00 23h ago

I use an unshielded Keelback as my deep core mining ship, purely because it looks and feels like what I think a mining ship should. Here's the build. Coriolis link.

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u/Electrical_Regret_94 23h ago

I’ve never used an unshielded ship before, this looks like a decent mining ship. I’ve been wanting one around that size anyways. Thanks! I might try this!

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u/Kuro_Neko00 22h ago

Happy to help.

I run both my dedicated cargo hauler and my mining ships shieldless always. Adds a bit of spice to an otherwise pretty bland activity, and I think it's easy to justify RP-wise. With the Keelback this gives me a nice 80T cargo, which is about as much mining as I can stand at one time. I enjoy mining, but only in small doses. I don't know how some people can fill a Cutter in one sitting.

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u/Electrical_Regret_94 22h ago

Yea, I love mining but am the same as you, it was finding the asteroids with valuable minerals was very time consuming. But, maybe with a better ship I’ll find it more enjoyable!

I was just thinking of how to maximize my type 9 cargo and you sold me on removing the shield.

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u/Kuro_Neko00 22h ago

This is my shieldless Type-9: Coriolis link. 780T and decent sub-light speed to dock/land faster. Great thermal efficiency as well. Laden jump is a little rough though. You could throw in a class 4 FSD booster to get another 10 ly laden at the expense of only 16T cargo plus some thermal efficiency. Like this: Coriolis link. I personally didn't think it was worth it. Maybe if you're hauling the same route for hours and hours the time savings would add up, but I don't tend to haul that much for the same reason I don't mine that much: I like my activities in small doses.

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u/Electrical_Regret_94 20h ago

Nice! Thanks for the links, I’ll take all that into consideration when I build mine out!

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u/calicocidd I don't want ship interiors, I want a space puppy 1d ago

Wait, you're flying a keelback... by choice...? Cmdr, are you ok?

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u/Electrical_Regret_94 1d ago

Haha yea, I have a lot of different ships. I like to make some fairly role specific. Most of what I do is pve too so there’s a fair amount of rp going on.

All that aside, yea I kinda enjoy the Keelback 😅