what mods do you have installed on your ship?

Changes all the time.

just looking for a general idea. Obviously if you are on a scan blitz, you'd want 5 continuum analyzers, but that wouldn't do you much good for normal everyday flying

Here's what I've come up with. Not accounting for any GP modules, rank required to obtain the module, or medal point upgrades.

Weapons: 1410 attack from modules

Dominion Cannon Mark III x 4 (68 deck space)
Korteth Twin-Blaster x 2 (56 deck space)
Ion Pulse Ballistae x 4 (40 deck space)
Exotic Pulser x 3 (15 deck space)


Defense: 1255 def from modules

Silthion Hybrid Utricle x 4 (104 deck space)
Chron-Pulse Drive (0 deck space)
Subspace Compressor (0 deck space)
Thrust Stabilizer (0 deck space)


Hull: 2112 hull from modules

Dark Assembly Bot x 3 (30 deck space)
Kalvium Plating x 2 (40 deck space)
Korteth Plating x 2 (20 deck space)
Protean Armory x 3 (24 deck space)


Shield: 55 shield from modules

All mission completion rewarded modules (0 deck space)

Energy: 280 energy, recharge rate of ~64/hr (correct my math) from modules

Encephalon Core x 4 (48 deck space)
*Hyperchannel Relay x 4 (20 deck space)
Mission completion rewarded modules (0 deck space)

*Note: Must have 601 energy minimum to use the relays

Devices: 50 Scan to see majority of NPCs (not sure exactly what the scan numbers should be, but I know we all want Troop Carriers)

Stryll Hunt Sensor x 1 (10 deck space)



This setup would leave 5 decks remaining. So what do you guys think? Comments/suggestions or anything you would change are welcome.

im not sure i understand is the point of this thread to have a build that only utilizes 480 decks? or if we only had 480 decks what would we put on?

Your question sounds like the same thing to me, but for clarification, the intent is to build a ship but only have 480 decks to use. What would you put on your ship?

If you had 480 decks I wouldn't worry too much about the utricles, which could give you room for Stacked Attiroth Plating and Aegis Capacitors.

EDIT: And the Dark Assembly Bots probably aren't necessary, the upkeep will be pretty low.

I think it would depend what you were planning to do with your ship i.e. you would have a different build for missions to NPC's

A set up I would likely run would be (using my own crew etc for this):

Attack:
Dominion Cannon Mark III x 4 (68 deck space)
Ion Pulse Ballistae x 4 (40 deck space)

Defence:
Velox Thruster x3 (90 deck space)

Hull:
Perfect Syncopated Plating x2 (86 deck space)
Dark Assembly Bot x 3 (30 deck space)
Kalvium Plating x 2 (40 deck space)
Korteth Plating x 2 (20 deck space)
Protean Armory x 3 (24 deck space)

Energy:
Hyperchannel Relay x 4 (20 deck space)
F.A.T.H.E.R x2 (10 deck space)
Silthion T-Plasma Hub x3 (15 deck space)

Devices:
Continuum Parsar x2 (60 deck space)

This build would leave me with 4 decks spare and give me:
4764 Attack
1685 Defence
9976 Hull
3235 Energy (2755 with relays on)
160 Scan
160 Cloak

This is using my crew currently - so the numbers would be different for your own ship.

dom auoto blaster x4 >> 68
exotic pulsar x3 >> 15
Ion Pulse Ballistae x 4 >> 40
Korteth Twin-Blaster x 4 >> 40
Zebeeren's Cannon x 2 >> 30

velox thruster x3 >> 90
trinity drive x2 >> 18

kalvium fortified plating x2 >> 40
protein armory x3 >> 24

hyperchannel relay x4 >> 20

Cybernetic Link Interface >> 30 << assumeing fully upgraded
Decryption Senary-Frame x 4 >> 40
Merged DataNode >> 21 << assuming fully upgraded

all allies

this should leave 1 space availalbe for leg room and a mini frige
**also assuming my current crew complement and hull / shields

Cool question. No time to answer, but how can you all forget Gemini Cannons? Other than that I like Elerain's build.

i was going off of what i had currently installed on my ship, was to lazy to look up how big gemini's are, so didnt bother adding them

If I had 480 decks, I would build this with an extra 11 Decks.

Dom auto blaster x4 (68) - 13.5 Attack per deck space
Fully upgraded Galakis Pirate Ray (18) - 11.11 Attack per deck space
Fully Upgraded Sniper Drone (25) - 6 Attack per deck space & 20 Hull per deck space
T-Plasma Gemini Cannons x3 (45) - 10.6 Attack per deck space
Nightclaw Fighter (25) - 10 Attack & Defense per deck space
Ion Pulse Ballistae x4 (40) - 8 Attack per deck space


Velox Thruster x3 (90) - 8.3 Defense per deck space (before bonuses)
Auto-Evasion Node (10) - 2.5 Defense per deck space
Trinity drive x2 (18) - 5.5 Defense per deck space

Kalvium fortified plating x2 (40) - 7.5 Hull per deck space (before bonuses)
Protein armory x3 (24) - 25 Hull per deck space

Hyperchannel relay x4 (20)
F.A.T.H.E.R. x2 (10)
Silthion T-Plasma Hub x3 (15)
Assuming you also have Chron-Transistor and Krionite Transducer for 120E an hour.

Fully upgraded Merged DataNode (21)

Another build I would personally go for:

Total Decks - 486

Dom auto blaster x4 (68)
Fully upgraded Galakis Pirate Ray (18)
T-Plasma Gemini Cannons x3 (45)
Nightclaw Fighter (25)

Hyperchannel relay x4 (20)
F.A.T.H.E.R. x2 (10)
Silthion T-Plasma Hub x3 (15)

Protean Armory x3 (24) - Effect: +7% Raiding Bonus
Kalvium fortified plating x2 (40) - Effect: +5% Hull Bonus
Stacked Attiroth Plating Effect (25) - Effect: +5% Hull Bonus

T.O. Heliofield (25) - Effect: +5% Shield Bonus
Aegis Capacitor x3 (60) - Effect: +5% Shield Bonus

Velox Thruster x3 (90) - Effect: +5% Defense Bonus

Fully upgraded Merged DataNode (21) - Effect: +4% Defense Bonus

I like these builds. I knew I could count on the more veteran ships out there for some insightful input. At what rank do you imagine your build would be completed? The nightclaw fighter I'm assuming would be the most rank inducing module to get. At rank 121 I cannot see many of the necessary NPCs. I can however get the CTL artis, GP modules, battle market artis, and the relays. Just curious at what rank will I be able to focus my efforts and on what specific modules do I focus on?

using my build your probably looking at rank 300 due to the zebreen cannon, honestly dont remember at what rank you can see the alerts for that one

That's why you don't fly around with them but buy/instal them when needed.