Knörr Hlaupa

For Null-Sec Alliances having Jump Freighters is a must. I’d think the average Alliance JF pilot sticks with Jump Drive Calibration (JDC) 5, Jump Fuel Conservation (JFC) 4 and Jump Freighter (JF) 4.

JF 5 and JFC 5 are longer trains (to get both JF 5 and JFC 5 it would be 80+ days of training) and not totally necessary while having the longer train JDC 5 is pretty much mandatory for that extra jump range.

I’ve been messing around with some comparison stuff for Jump Freighters mostly to see how Level 5 of JFC and JF affect the fuel costs. Using the Dotlan Jump Planner I tossed in a route from Jita to M-MD3B for each JF and let it default the jumps how it liked, it went Jita to Fuskunen to Unertek to M-MD3B which is obviously not an ideal route but for the comparison it’ll work.

Here’s what I came up with…

Anshar
(max cargo capacity w/T2 Expanders = 356,240m3 and an align time of 27.2s)
	JF & JDC (4/4)	JF & JDC (5/4)	JF & JDC (5/5)
	Oxygen Isotopes Used
Jita to Fuskunen (9.875 ly)	16,707	13,923	11,602
Fuskunen to Unertek (9.928 ly)	16,798	13,998	11,665
Unertek to M-MD3B (8.139ly)	13,770	11,475	9,562
Total Fuel Consumption	47,275	39,396	32,829
Oxygen Isotopes Median Sell:	$764.60
Total Fuel Cost:	$36,146,465.00	$30,122,181.60	$25,101,053.40
Ark
(max cargo capacity w/T2 Expanders = 349,763m3 and an align time of 26.1s)
	JF & JDC (4/4)	JF & JDC (5/4)	JF & JDC (5/5)
	Helium Isotopes Used
Jita to Fuskunen (9.875 ly)	15,641	13,034	10,861
Fuskunen to Unertek (9.928 ly)	15,726	13,105	10,921
Unertek to M-MD3B (8.139ly)	12,891	10,743	8,952
Total Fuel Consumption	44,258	36,882	30,734
Helium Isotopes Median Sell:	$708.85
Total Fuel Cost:	$31,372,283.30	$26,143,805.70	$21,785,795.90
Nomad
(max cargo capacity w/T2 Expanders = 341,991m3 and an align time of 23.7s)
	JF & JDC (4/4)	JF & JDC (5/4)	JF & JDC (5/5)
	Hydrogen Isotopes Used
Jita to Fuskunen (9.875 ly)	14,574	12,145	10,121
Fuskunen to Unertek (9.928 ly)	14,654	12,211	10,176
Unertek to M-MD3B (8.139ly)	12,012	10,010	8,342
Total Fuel Consumption	41,240	34,366	28,639
Hydrogen Isotopes Median Sell:	$740.00
Total Fuel Cost:	$30,517,600.00	$25,430,840.00	$21,192,860.00
Rhea
(max cargo capacity w/T2 Expanders = 373,081m3 and an align time of 27.8s)
	JF & JDC (4/4)	JF & JDC (5/4)	JF & JDC (5/5)
	Nitrogen Isotopes Used
Jita to Fuskunen (9.875 ly)	17,774	14,811	12,343
Fuskunen to Unertek (9.928 ly)	17,870	14,892	12,410
Unertek to M-MD3B (8.139ly)	14,649	12,208	10,173
Total Fuel Consumption	50,293	41,911	34,926
Nitrogen Isotopes Median Sell:	$906.94
Total Fuel Cost:	$45,612,733.42	$38,010,762.34	$31,675,786.44

Lots of numbers there, here’s a summary…

Jump Freighter Comparison Summary
JF	Max Cargo Capacity	Align Time	JF & JDC (4/4)	JF & JDC (5/4)	JF & JDC (5/5)
Anshar	356,240	27.2	$36,146,465.00	$30,122,181.60	$25,101,053.40
Ark	349,763	26.1	$31,372,283.30	$26,143,805.70	$21,785,795.90
Nomad	341,991	23.7	$30,517,600.00	$25,430,840.00	$21,192,860.00
Rhea	373,081	27.8	$45,612,733.42	$38,010,762.34	$31,675,786.44

For all the JFs there are significant savings to be had training up JF 5 and/or JFC 5, a Rhea pilot with JF 5 and JFC 5 would save $13,936,946.98 on that one way trip – that savings would most definitely add up over time!

Some other things of note:

• The Rhea has the largest cargo capacity, cost the most to run and is a slug.
• The Nomad has the smallest cargo capacity, cost the least to run and is by far the fastest.
• The Ark is nearly as cost effective as the Nomad with a slightly larger cargo bay but isn’t that much faster than the Anshar or Rhea.
• The Anshar shows some good savings with JF 5 and JFC 5 has the second largest cargo bay and is a meagerly faster slug than the Rhea.

 

Let me know if these numbers help you out in anyway.

 

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Fjúka Hœttr!

Virðing,
Kalam

Venja… venja… venja

After our last move Corp Leadership asked members over a certain Skill Point limit to start looking at getting into their own Carrier to help out with those kinds of Operations. I am just above the SP limit they had specified and have steered my training towards getting into a Carrier. In the grand scheme of EVE it’s not a terribly long train but it will be at least a few months before I can even sit in a Carrier and then a couple more before it will be truly useful.

With the skills I already have this is the basics I’ll need to get me in to the pilot seat:

• Advanced Spaceship Command V
• Capital Ships I
• Capital Ships II
• Capital Ships III
• Capital Ships IV
• Drone Interfacing V
• Jump Drive Operation V
• Jump Drive Calibration I
• Jump Drive Calibration II
• Jump Drive Calibration III
• ‘Racial’ Carrier I

Of course to be on par for jumping with every one else I’ll need to get Jump Drive Calibration to V which is another 40+ day train, if I want to use some Fighters there’s a few more days,  and I’m pretty sure any Capital sized module I want to use will be some added time as well plus I’ll want to get the base ‘Racial’ Carrier skill to at least level III or IV – there are no short cuts – I’m going with the “So be it!” philosophy, just dig in set up the Skill Queue and forget about it for awhile.

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Fjúka Hœttr!

Virðing,
Kalam