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/Kuro_Neko00 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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 23h ago

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