E Class

Description
The E Class is a massive Freighter with the highest cargo in the game so far, however, it is extremely slow and a massive target for Pirates - costing around as much as a Nyx with extremely lacking health and resistance for it's price. The interior of this ship is largely confined to the cockpit, as a teleporter is used to transport the player from the back of the ship to the pilot's seat. This ship is only effective when used in sync with a Mammoth or any other similarly large miner, as otherwise most of it's large cargo hold is not utilized effectively.

Interestingly, it pays for itself after the shipment of around 8.8 full holds of silicate at the minimum price of 3 per unit of silicate - this being equal to around 66k of silicate mined (almost 100k in dump credits) - which would take slightly more than an hour and a half of mining silicate at perfect efficiency in a mammoth (with no time for moving between ores and dumping the ore at a starbase).

For this reason, it is not recommended for players hoping to get a return on their investment anytime soon.

Advantages

 * Largest cargo hold in the game, 3x larger than the next biggest, or 30x bigger than a wyrm.
 * Very high health for its class.
 * Can easily make thousands of credits per run even if the economy is bad, so long as there is enough ores and credits in the economy for it to buy.

Disadvantages

 * Very slow, the slowest Freighter in the game.
 * Extremely expensive for a Freighter.
 * Very vulnerable alone.
 * Pirates consider this ship as the ultimate target since it's slow, defenceless and extremely expensive.
 * Slower than most Dreads.

Safety

 * Never trade while in a war to avoid being destroyed, as the E Class is very vulnerable to attack. If it's vital that you trade, it is recommended to use smaller ships instead.
 * Care should be taken to avoid surprise wars being declared mid-way through a trade run, as the E Class may struggle to dock in time if poorly exited from warp.

Trivia

 * It costs just under Nyx.
 * Has the most cargo hold of any ship.
 * It's a meme now because of the weird exterior.