The Orca [Elite Dangerous] | The Pilot Reviews

Review of The Orca from Elite Dangerous. Your chance to be Keanu Reeves in Speed 2. In Space. Surprisingly fast, and able to take a shocking amount of punishment. The Orca is a truly interesting choice if you're looking for some alternative playstyles. The Pilot Reviews The Orca. #EliteDangerous #ThePilot #Orca
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[@Quotenwagnerianer]

Can I say, I love how you make these reviews "in character" so to speak, as if these vessels really existed and this was not a game.

[@AssistantCoreAQI]

It's Not A Game, It's A Lifestyle.

[@vogonp4287]

It's a game?

[@gigagalabriel]

wdym they are in a game this is reality? *This message was sent from my Sidewinder*

[@veleriphon]

That's what makes Pilot's content worth throwing five bucks at him

[@greenthunder1000]

Wait it’s a game? How do I quit??

[@leornik7005]

"To find yourself" - Background shows an abomination of a space fungus farting out some kind of black cloud.

[@ThePilot_]

Thank you! Nobody I'd shown it too before upload caught it, and it was starting to get to me.

[@DanTKD87]

To be honest, when I fart I often find myself.

[@wettoast8141]

To find my inner eldritch horror?

[@ThePilot_]

@@wettoast8141 I guess it depends on in Taco Bell was involved.

[@jeanramsis1771]

@@ThePilot_ today is the first time to watch the video and wanted to comment - I wish I played ED 2 years earlier

[@Bondubras]

"Completely impractical for the sake of formality... Someone British must be behind this." Okay. THAT made me laugh.

[@shingshongshamalama]

Ahem. I believe you mean someone _Norman_.

[@Argorok87]

*laughs in Colonial Empire* .... *remembers its 2020 and cries in Commonwealth*

[@Joopyter724]

@@Argorok87 it do be like dat doe

[@vehicleboi5598]

fdev is a bri’ish compny so someone british is behind this

[@flyingfree333]

It's not like a MacBook is good for anything else.

[@ThePilot_]

I'll have you know I'm totally wasting my Macbook Pro's capabilities, using it to sit on the couch and respond to KZbin comments.

[@BulletproofLeprosy]

I play elite on my macbook :)

[@Incadazant01]

One hopes that the Space Legs update gives you the ability to see the interior of your own ship...

[@JShel14]

Space legs failed us.

[@paulcolors]

Your videos give me some sort of strange nostalgia for the game. They make me want to climb into my ship, strap into my seat, and appreciate the surroundings of the bridge before punching the boost and screaming out of the mailslot. After watching these, I bought, outfitted, and engineered a Krait Phantom to fly out to the galactic core. I look forward to the next episode.

[@databite2549]

Another amazing video! The Orca is my favourite ship for doing stupid PvP fights, as with 2 packhounds and a reverb cascade torpedo it can actually do some heavy hitting, plus you just know the priceless expression on someone's face when they are smashed to pieces and get their modules shredded - by a cruise ship.

[@operatorchakkoty4257]

Oh man now I can't help but imagine a bunch of pirate boats encircling a Concordia sized cruise liner, all sparkling white, tinted glass and luxury...only for the cruise liner to open up two huge, double-barrel gun turrets and obliterating them only to continue it's evening program like nothing happened.

[@thecatpersonuk9962]

I have found it more than capable of dispatching any potential interdictiors (primarily by throttling to zero and hitting em with multi cannons)

[@TheLaZnLiZ]

Great as usual, and you really keep'em coming, don't you? Keep it up, every upload is like a mini-x-mas. Love it!

[@piedpiper1172]

We bought the Orca, built it out, built a pillow fort spaceship in our living room, and flew from the bubble to Sag A* last Sunday because of this video. We’d never gone more than 1.6k LY before. Excellent channel, excellent review, and a wonderful exploration ship. We traveled in luxury, immune to worry or heat damage with room for all the niceties.

[@ThePilot_]

I saw that on Twitter! Or maybe Reddit. Looked like fun. :-)

[@piedpiper1172]

The Pilot it was super fun! We watched your Krait Mk 2 and orca videos to pick our ship. 60k LY in 11 hours was intense! But your videos talking about experiencing the galaxy were super true, we loved seeing the stars change as we jumped and then the neutron highway home was stressful but fun.

[@jackwinkler6613]

Stellar work (no pun intended), as per usual. Can’t wait for a review of my beloved DBX or Krait Mk II!

[@sharlin648]

Superb as always :) Hopefully in the future we'll be able to womble around inside the ships and this thing will be stunning.

[@AEP524]

(heh) womble.

[@paranoidrodent]

An exploration build Orca with a single passenger cabin dropped in makes an excellent choice for long range passenger missions (which are really just excuses to go exploring, knowing there's an extra payoff and eye candy at the destination). It's a fun ship. Great video as always!

[@ThePilot_]

That's how I feel about it.

[@everythingissogreen6748]

I want a ghost ship in space! I could be the ghost captain sailing the stars, eternally searching for his lost left toe.

[@bjhahn1591]

Woohoo!!! You’re making Tuesday’s cool! Keep it up man, we look forward to it every week. 😎

[@Galerak1]

Liked before watching... Wasn't disappointed. Great video Cmdr o7

[@coolwipp10]

4 years into the future, I can't tell you how hilarious it is that the ingame Orca is great for ramming ships to death :D

[@holonaut]

FD knew what they were doing. Ramming is how Orcas kill things irl too and they are extremely fast and manoeuverable for their weight (6 tons). Dolphins are the best ramming ship in the small ship category. They can even ram medium sized ships to death. Given that ramming can obliterate a hull faster than any other weapon, both are assassin ships in disguise

[@char_name]

The Orca is my favourite core miner by far. Fast, maneuverable, enough space, high jumprange under full load and fantastioc view.

[@TheMysteryMushroom]

Wait really?

[@animanera89]

Yeah, been mining with a python, but I've been theorycrafting on building a mining orca just for shit and giggles... And by looking on sites like coriolis turned out that it is actually viable. It has more room for the stuff you need and twice the cargo you can put on the python. I'm gonna do it!

[@buffland5188]

Made a Orca deep core miner... it has a small cargo but it has good maneuverability and jump range

[@iffnodent]

When you said someone British must be responsible for this, I knew I must have one. It's getting bought when I get home. Still waiting for the Eagle to get the Pilot treatment. Loving your stuff so far. :)

[@SerLagsalot]

I bought an Orca about 2 weeks ago. One week ago I took on my first ever long-distance passenger jobs. 3 in all, starting from Newholm Station in Sothis; One to "the top of the galaxy", and two further north beyond the core. It took 5 days of 6-10 hour shifts just jumping to get to the first destination. ... I had to take a detour to Colonia which extended the trip by 2 days and over 9k LY. Because I forgot to install AFMUs before leaving the Bubble. .... Don't tell my passengers. One day took me to the last two destinations, and then all the way to one jump Sagittarius A. I shared that view with a friend this morning. It was my first time seeing Sagittarius. Or any black hole even. I think from this trip, I will cherish my Orca. First time I got more than 5k out of the Bubble. First time I saw space caltrops, visited Colonia, went inside a nebula... It's been a huge amount of time just jumping and plotting, and it'll probably be another 3-4 days just jumping back home... but it's given me a lot of memories no other ship I've flown has.

[@SnapDash]

It's AMAZING that you wrote the bit about ramming other ships before Earth-Orcas started doing it!

[@TheReaverOfDarkness]

Let's see... 2+ hardpoints, decent interior space, and fast. Very fast. I smell a deep core mining ship.

[@Amon69it]

This, as all the content you can find on this channel, is really something else. Thanks for the effort, your videos are really entertaining.

[@ThePilot_]

Thank you!

[@davidentz7440]

The Orca does indeed make a fantastic exploration ship. Its fast, can handle High G worlds with ease and has wonderful supercruise handling. Now if only it had a ship kit.......

[@amil7554]

If only ANY of the Saud Kruger ships had kits :(. IMO the paint jobs for the SKs are .. meh... I'm out exploring in a Beluga, I'm roleplaying that I'm ferrying astrophysicists and cartographers into the unknown and the Beluga made sense. It's got everything I want (decent SC turn rate, enough optionals for all my goodies), but the only downside is the fuel scoop size. I get around it by parking next to the sun while scanning but it's like an OCD tick for me at this point lol. I might try a Type 7 but compared to the Beluga it might be like trying to photograph a barn compared to the curves of the Beluga

[@valije]

I did DW2 in an Orca. It is AMAZING for doing stupid things in planet's deep canyons. Going 600 m/s and being able to turn in a dime is just great (unlike the phantom that wants to keep going straight).

[@milanondrak5564]

It has some pretty paint options mines two tone blue and white and looks sexy. The Orca made me skip the final exploration rank and become elite in that field in one trip.

[@fistsofsnake5475]

@@amil7554 My Orca fly in Stygian Blue and looks like fucking Space Princess of the Night.

[@HalNordmann]

* Laughs in not having any Arx for kits or colors *

[@ColeHajek]

"I reject your reality and substitute my own!" -Adam Savage

[@TheMJCMike]

3:04 "Do you want a Ghost ship in space? Because that's how you get a Ghost Ship in space..." I'm rollin!

[@oneofdavidsmightymen]

Designed in Germany built by British Leyland in Doncaster

[@Wanderer628]

Impossible. If it was deisned by the Germans the engine would be breaking down every jump and the computer would be falsifying it's emissions.

[@abrotherinchrist]

@@Wanderer628 Made in Germany (china)

[@smurfy913]

great video as always! keep up the good work.

[@airhunter4752]

That MAC book and spider joke made me chuckle real hard, in a very quiet place with people. It was embarrassing. XD

[@jexiagalleta4712]

Beautiful. Just beautiful. I've only recently discovered your channel, and it's great. These all have such quality. I'd love to see the Eagle Mk. II or Viper Mk. IV o7

[@jordanfischler00]

Followed the link in the beginning 'ad', love it rerouted to your Patreon.

[@edt1201]

Saud Kruger should hire you after that incredible advertisement to open the video! Great work as always.

[@AdmiralThrawn38]

Man, you always have the most beautiful camera shots

[@thelimesheep4324]

You didn’t mention the fasten seatbelt ding that goes off when you hit the boost. It took me way to long to figure out that’s what it was. Personally I used an orca as a rescue ship. Why? Because it was the only thing I had available

[@rclines001]

This is my exploration ship currently. With the new 5A modified FSD from the human broker, I can load this sucker out for full exploration and get a 64ly jump range while. That's with a class 5 luxury cabin fit so I can pretend I sleep in it every night lol. I had no idea it was this good at exploration till recently. All those previous trips I could have done in pure luxury...

[@squirrellordsgaming2772]

I now have two. One is a ram-ship named "Free Willy". The other is built for exploration for high paying passengers.

[@pokeyrusher]

I remember I went out exploring and I found a spot for a Thargoid, when I jump in to check it out he was harvesting a Beluga, I just noped out of there real quick

[@ThePilot_]

HAHAHAHA!

[@drifterax7731]

I was literally planning to buy this ship today, awesome vid as always. Thanks for the review 👍

[@MinaVillegasArt]

This is so badass!! You're killing it!! Wubs... 🥰

[@MoraleHazard]

I'm doing an exploration trip in one of these. I like the dim flight deck compared to the Krait Phantom, it's just as maneuverable with a tiny bit less jump range. Plus I get to head canon that everyone onboard is a hell of a lot more comfy than on a Phantom.

[@veryniceguy2227]

OK fun fact, every ship in this game is designed by frontier with the interior in mind. AND the new upcoming update “Odyssey” you WILL be able to walk around on planets, so even if the end of Odyssey is in Q4 2021 we should be able to walk around in Ships and Stations and that makes me so HYPE

[@LordWusu]

Great video. Love the choice of words describing how you have to languish in the cockpit!

[@jhbutch]

Great Vid as always

[@EricHonaker]

The ghost ship bit has me thinking that one needs to be named "Overlook."

[@ThePilot_]

Nice

[@ICKY427]

"someone british must be responsible for this" ha!🤣

[@BrianVillegas67]

I must admit that I guffawed quite loudly at this!

[@nairobi8056]

1:03 Not that you could anyways. As your spine is manufactured into the seat, and standing up would involve ripping the spinal column in half.

[@coldwave007]

Great review! I personally love the Orca for exploration. Tried both the Asp and Phantom (great ships!) but they didn't quite do it for me. I think it's the relatively cramped cockpits. Anyway, switched to the Orca and it was love. Just a beautiful view out of the cockpit. Reminds me of the massive view screens from star trek. Currently am setup with exactly 60.01ly jump range with room for 8 tons of cargo, and it truly feels like I'm taking an expeditionary crew out into space, on some 5-year mission. Love it!!

[@tittumsmcsprinkles9020]

If Norwegian Cruise Lines ever gets into space cruising the opening to this is going to be the ad.

[@seneca-travelerprojects7795]

This was my fifth ship. I bought it bone stock and used it for exploration. And I was broke almost the whole time.

[@ankylonshadow]

I love the ship for exploration, as much as I love the beluga for the same purpose.

[@yorhaunit9s923]

5:57 anyone else wondering if something exploded inside the station as that piece of debris floats by? XD

[@fauxskillz802]

Man i get all excited when i see your dot, love the vids!! Keep em coming

[@ThePilot_]

I will. Thank you.

[@SWIFTO_SCYTHE]

Geez from behind it looks like a space Limo. I would use it as an explorer ship too and use the empty luxury Yacht as my home in space

[@teslapenguin1]

Are you going to do the ship-launched fighters as well?

[@ThePilot_]

Probably

[@lancerd4934]

I use mine to rank grind doing station evacuations. That sleek shape makes it easy to land on burning stations while still having reasonable passenger capacity. With the right paint job it looks like a space ambulance too

[@CRG]

I loved my big red orca which I called the "small rouge one". Stripped down and fully engineer jump and dirty drives she really is fun to go exploring.

[@Fooma777]

3:47 oh my GOD I have never laughed harder at an ED vid, well done sir. 10/10 will watch again

[@lightkeeper1238]

I watched a guy get stuck in the airlock at Aldrich Station with a beluga.

[@little_moon463]

Let's see if the oddessy update let us go walking in our ship and decorate the inside of it or possibly add intruder or boarding features.

[@stiimuli]

You have a real talent for telling a compelling story both visually and verbally....but it would be nice to get a little more concrete info in these ship "reviews".

[@ThePilot_]

I will absolutely consider that, Mr. Willman.

[@dropfivezero3675]

Four years later...5000 hull, 630m/s boost, 2 modified shard cannons and a large turreted thermal vent beam, and the largest hardpoint of the ship itself= $15 Billion in Thargoid bonds. Because its silly fun

[@KevinJones-xh5yk]

I love waking up to these videos. They are epic. I love the wit and the humour. Also I'm English lol that comment was just too funny. Keep up the good....no great work. Maybe a mamba next? Or crusader? Wait no ...the cutter?

[@ThePilot_]

You got good odds. And thanks, Kevin.

[@SS_BAJA]

I've just spent the past 4 months out in the black in my Orca and it's a good ship to fly. Gets about 55ly and I don't have much engineering on anything aside from the FSD, and it's got a couple SRV's for exploring planets and collecting xenobiology data.

[@nrxia]

I can't wait to see the remake of this video when we finally get the Elite feet update.

[@luckybrand6762]

Man these videos are just awe inspiring

[@ThePilot_]

Thanks, man.

[@norfangl3480]

The control panel of the Orca looks like one of those old CD players made by Sony.

[@diceman199]

I did two simultaneous passenger missions in my Orca once.....from the bubble to colonia....never again.....asking for stuff when you're 5,000 light years from anything will get you dumped into space

[@finnparker6045]

And don't forget, this liner is in the top 1% of all liners out there!

[@DigThat32]

".. using a MacBook to get rid of a spider..." Great line

[@BlackTalonz]

Sounds like Frontier should take a page from the old SW Galaxies game and make ships explorable and maybe even customizable player-homes. I wouldn't mind space stations to have explorable sections too like the Mass Effect series.

[@emeraldknight5522]

The "Orca" is for want of a better comparison, a slicked out Mercedes sliding among the stars at literally breakneck speeds. She's sleek, fast and maneuverable. So named, she's a fast fish in the waters of space. This little ship can be a very fun little ship to fly when it concerns exploring the Galaxy. And she does it in style. She doesn't stand up to much a fight when it comes to combat as she has only two hardpoints so don't go getting into a fight with this little ship. She's got minimal shielding and little if no armor plating that could stand up to many direct strikes. But she makes an ideal passenger ship if you're looking to ferry passengers around the galaxy or rescue civilians from dangerous situations. So she has a lot of room on her. The luxury liner of the stars.

[@themaughan3378]

Maybe when we get space legs, then we might be able to see those luxury cabins.

[@amil7554]

Thumbs up for Archer reference... and another great video!

[@Uruz_7]

I cant wait until space legs and we get to see inside our luxury cabins and the rest of these ships

[@fungoose2195]

Lenard's loop cruisers explore the milky way

[@oddball76Gaming]

Very nice video buddy! Liked and shared for you on twitter! See you next time. 👍👊😀

[@ThePilot_]

Thanks!

[@GulfCoastTim]

For a new player like me, this ship definitely wows me. When I get rich I will probably buy one! Nice video.

[@TE72GOD]

I hope you do. I went from a few combat ships like the Viper 3 to the Vulture to the Fer-De-Lance... And ended up stuck in my Orca simply because it feels so dang good to fly. One thing of note is that docking takes some getting used to... It handles so well and stops on an absolute dime. You will love it. :)

[@GulfCoastTim]

@@TE72GOD I bet I will like it. I only been having the game for a few days now. Its totally incredible! So far I only have a sidewinder and a hauler. I was eyeing up the Orca before I even owned the game. Those Saud Kruger designs are just impressive Truely "rich men's" starliners. I would be happy with the smallest one I believe its a Dolphin.

[@TE72GOD]

@@GulfCoastTim The Dolphin is also super fun. And fast as hell. Lol Just not as fast as the Orca. Its a great place to start.

[@TE72GOD]

I have flipped through many a ship... But i always end up coming back to my Orca. I have yet to find anything as satisfying as flying this amazing ship. It handles waaaaay better than stats dictate.

[@MrTimjm009]

Mine is white and blue with yellow stripes on the fins . I called it RYANAIR !

[@smexehcougah3]

while I was watching this video I was imagining Archer stealing this ship from "Mother" and running away to be a space pirate.

[@cmdrfilthymick4208]

Another great video. Officially changing my orca's name to ghost ship because of this.

[@shadowstal3er082]

I'm sad you didn't mention the numerous pirate orca roaming the black lol. Well done again. o7

[@zachtheblake]

I love waking up to these notifications

[@ThePilot_]

I was hoping someone would. :-)

[@Knightwolf1875]

It did surprise me on how well the Orca can move. I've still got my ship, and do so runs with it. It was even my main rescue ship for a long time. Please do the Type 10 next, or the Beluga Liner.

[@vp21ct]

When Saud Kruger heard that people were retrofitting their Orcas for exploration, it was a bit confusing, but why not travel in style! When Saud Kruger heard that people were retrofitting their Orcas for combat . . . by way of ramming . . . they had a heart attack.

[@lulzywizard7576]

idk, i like the canopies in saud kruger lines. it matches the exterior without being a carbon copy of a gutayama

[@jamesbaetje5911]

"Ghost ship In space" gets my sub

[@Puzzlers100]

What do you mean, without passenger cabins? I design an orca on Coriolis that pushes sixty with them.

[@fallentanith]

Great video. Would love a review of the Imperial Cutter

[@PiwyLC]

Pro tip, Robigo system, with in it robigo mines space outpost you can make 8 mil per run even with the dolphin

[@maxjohn6012]

It's by far my favourite ship in the game, and I use it exclusively for exploration. For what it's worth, I can fit everything I want for exploration, plus two cabins, and still get >60 ly jump range... :D

[@maxjohn6012]

Oh and I have zero problems with heat!

[@robertshockley3]

Somebody want his space legs lol. Good vid :)

[@Mralexdenver]

As someone role-playing as a cruise line captain, you don't take the beluga out instead because it's too damn big and even an autodocker bonks the ceiling of the envelope at times. Also orca is prettier as a name than baluga

[@CJ_Sheppard]

Another great video. You sir, are the maestro of Elite Dangerous.

[@ThePilot_]

Thank you

[@Griffstar77]

Poppy music, excellent narration and I learn new things looking at juicy visuals. What's not to like?

[@seanwilkinson8696]

To mix a couple of franchises, this would be a fantastic party bus for Klingons. With plenty of edibles and grub (and edible grubs) in the galley, gallons of bloodwine on tap, and more than enough room to carouse, whether with songs of pride and victory, impromptu bat'leth duels, or knocking targ-leather boots with a big-ridged honey from a rival house in deluxe VIP staterooms. But, best of all... "Yo, party Klingons on deck, this here's your captain speaking. Sensors have detected a hyu-mon freighter five hundred thousand kellicams out from us, so you know what that means...aw yeahhh, scream it with me...PREPARE FOR RAMMING SPEED!! Hang on..."

[@oisnowy5368]

I love my Orca; one of the fastest, farthest jumping explorers... and the tourists are just extra income while exploring the galaxy.

[@beriothol]

Unsure if you still play ED but i love your content and would love to fly with you

[@ionsilver557]

“SOMEONE BRITISH MUST BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS.”

[@leperamoonwalker5883]

As I call mine a minivan in space.

[@TheDarthChief]

Just found these videos and I'm in love. As a newish CMDR it's super helpful and also just really entertaining. Any chance you could do a video on my sweet baby boi Adder next?

[@ThePilot_]

Thanks. I'll get to all of them eventually. But next Tuesday is the Vulture.