The Plasmaconda: Chaff this!!

An engineered big ship designed to take out NPC engineered big ships relatively quickly. And since NPC pirates have to claim their mandatory Chaff Launchers and SCBs before they're allowed into the Cad Academy, this ship will make them largely useless.
Not much really to explain with this build. Her armour is light, to keep the weight down. As long as you don't let the shields drop, you're only going to be facing Phasing damage from the engineered pirates. Which is why she has the repair limpet controller. Shields aren't overly tanky but they don't really need to be with an SLF pilot taking most of the aggro. You'll get a fair amount of downtime between fights to let them recharge a bit.
As for the weapons, the Railgun is Sturdy to keep the heat down, and has Feedback Cascade on it, which makes Shield Cells not as effective in restoring shields. The Multicannon turret is corrosive (and turreted only so I didn't have to put it on a separate fire group).
For the main armament... 6 Efficient Plasma Slug Plasma Accelerators. They pack quite a punch. Yes they do 10% less damage, but you can load them with Premium Ammo and as long as you don't refuel, or restock them, it will last for as long as you have a comfortable amount of fuel to use them. Giving you hundreds of shots at 20% overall increased damage.
Because of that, I've given the ship two extra 64 ton fuel tanks. So she has fuel to fire her PAs really until you get bored, lol.
Ship build: s.orbis.zone/d0si

[@marcovalentinoalvarado3290]

Thanks for sharing, gorgeus HUD btw :) and video!

[@BeanGTR]

Speechless :) That is a very efficient conda killer !!

[@Kaethena]

Aye, she's not too bad. Give the pirates a taste of their own medicine, lol.

[@JoeyRodz74]

Nevermind the stupid plasma cannons, those are great and all. Your accuracy is f'ing OP!! I saw two misses, one at 14:20 and another at 16:41. The last one was not because you didn't hit the reticle dead on. It was because the target rotated on it's Z axis which the targeting system doesn't account for. These are fixed weapons on a huge Anaconda that's not known for its maneuverability. The wiki page says it all: "The drawbacks include the high level of pilot skill required to use them effectively" Yeah, no sh*t!! Congrats CMDR, you kick butt.

[@BannorPhil]

+1

[@Kaethena]

Awww thank you. I can't take all the credit, though. My AI crew is invaluable. She keeps the ships busy so they don't keep trying to fly around me. That makes them easier to hit. Although once I've done enough damage they're like "Um... something big is melting my ship, I better deal with it." :D But yeah, the PAs are fun to use. I actually find them easier to use on a big ship like the 'Conda because she's more stable. She isn't twitchy to fly like some of the smaller ships. :)

[@Kaethena]

@@BannorPhil Thank you.

[@randomanun4278]

everytime it fired in my head i heard WOMP

[@Kaethena]

Lol it does kind of sound like that.

[@starface9866]

Im your 200th sub! thanks to Rusty.

[@Kaethena]

Thank you!!

[@CMDRRustyDog]

Another killer ship ! NPC Anaconda's would surrender if FDev allowed them to :)

[@Kaethena]

That would be awesome! Although then you couldn't get at their juicy insides after haha. :D

[@stephen_in_space174]

Wow, very nice and deadly, the name is ace!

[@Kaethena]

Thank you!

[@MojaveRed85]

Hey man where you buy those skills at the build is awesome but those skills man boy if I run into you in space I'm using cheat codes

[@Kaethena]

LOL. An unhealthy amount of practice. To be honest, PvP is a whole different thing. With a different skillset and a different mindset. Not one I really have much to do with. You'd probably kick my ass in PvP :)

[@ozpinoy]

If you scoop, will that remove the synthesis buff?

[@Kaethena]

Yeah it does, which is why I went with extra fuel tanks instead, so you can keep it as long as possible.

[@rickmidkiff9990]

Just another day for K lol

[@Kaethena]

You know it! :D

[@The-Man-On-The-Mountain]

😂 I yell the same many times (ornamented with some unspeakable slurs in spanish) but ramming. God I hate chaffs 😂😂😂. No hotas, no mouse... I suck at aiming with fixed. I hate chaaaaaffs!

[@Kaethena]

Awwww, you'll get used to it. With a big target like another Anaconda, it's quite hard to miss hahaha.

[@JDLMCLOW]

Lol...If I were those guys, I would ask for a refund for all the chaff they wasted.........

[@Kaethena]

Haha, yeah. The pretty fireworks don't work on this big ol' girl.

[@deio977]

Lovely build! I have one PlasmaConda since January and love her! This is my build s.orbis.zone/dw-a and I call her Frejyamoon :) I outfitted her with 4 rails plasma slugs lately, to learn to use them :) They do quite a lot of damage and even in CZ's she's capable. I miss the small ships cause they are too nimble, but use the multi's for them :) the shields are not that big ... but they recharge really fast and have some resistance. o7 and be well!

[@Kaethena]

That seems like a very effective build. The shields seem fine for NPC combat. If you're having trouble with small ships, though, I would suggest investing in an SLF bay and an AI pilot. Small ships are their specialty. You just send 'em after the little stuff and they keep them busy while you fire on them. :)

[@deio977]

@@Kaethena Thank you for this advice :) You said in an earlier video that we should train a novice and get him to Elite, cause the profit will be about 10%, not almost double from Dangerous to Elite. Have a nice day :)

[@Kaethena]

@@deio977 If you hire someone at Harmless, they start off taking 2% of your profits, and that rises to 10% at Elite. Which, when you compare that to hiring someone at Expert who already takes 12%, which rises to 20% at Elite... yeah it's far more cost effective to put in the extra time to train them up. :)