Hey there and welcome back to this instalment in a line of Elite Dangerous ship reviews that I've been working on. This time it's the Adder, which is a little bit of an oddball of a ship. It was a little touch and go as to whether I'd get this out on time, given a crappy cold and a few other bits, but we're here now and that's the main thing. Hope you enjoy the vid and I'll hopefully catch you on the next one 🚀

One of my favorite ships to fly in VR. Yeah I can hop in my beluga and fly around in an imax theater, but there's something really cozy about the interior of the Adder. I'm not nearly the first person to call it a space minivan. I always prefer to fly it when I'm doing missions that don't require much cargo space. Plus I've always felt it gets the retro spaceship vibe better than the FDL!

I never owned one and that is mainly about the view xD Always happy to see another video from you, keep up the good storys!

Lol my Adder also has a black paint job. I proceeded to name it 'Blackadder'.

"I've got a cunning plan, sir..." I greatly approve of your Blackadder references!

The Adder was my first ship after the Sidewinder. It was my first combat ship, and delivered me into affording my DBX and my Type-7 for exploration and trading.

The Adder is . . . avoidable. Start by upgrading your starter Sidey, transplant everything to a Hauler asap and use it as a short to midrange explorer. Then move on to the Cobra Mk III. Don't thank me later, thank me now.

Yeah... I completely forgot I had owned one of these at one point. Actually looks like a bullfrog from the front.

I have never owned an Adder on my main account. However... When I got my free Epic account, I decided to earn a bit more & get one instead of the Hauler? I like both ships BTW... I really did like the Adder though! Yes it is snub nosed, but It has character... Even the Hauler has character... My origional hauler now lives at Diaguandri my old home, just in case i wish to ever visit the Jameson crash site if i am in the area? But I did really like the Adder! So I would like to find a roll for it?

THIS is the second coming of the Pilot

Wait. Zorgon Peterson is owned by Faulcon DeLacy?? How did i not remember this? I'm a little bit obsessed about Elite lore, and have been since the original Elite, but somehow this slipped my mind. I'm particularly surprised because DeLacy and ZPG have such different design aesthetics, but it makes sense that Delhi wouldn't want to mess with a good thing too much. They may want to have a talk with the ZPG engineers about not putting canopy support struts right in the pilot's view, though. 😉 Looking at you, FDL... I've never gotten around to buying an Adder. I went straight from the Sidewinder to the Cobra Mk III to the Alliance Crusader (don't judge - I wanted a ship that could have 2 copilots and SLFs), then Vulture, Python, etc. Much later I picked up a Hauler on sale just for fun, and occasionally use it as a bubble taxi. Eventually I'll get an Adder as a weekend project ship, bit not until i figure out what to do with the Mamba that's been gathering start in storage since i bought it a year ago...

I think I am the only person who owns the Adder ship kit and multiple paint jobs for it.

I would love this ship ... in Star Citizen.

i love the adder thats maybe cause I have a soft spot for ugly simplistic ships, but ill give the adder in favor of this, is not the houler, and it got me far and fast despite its short comings, and also got me an asp explorer

Haven't owned one, i can't get past the fact that the front end looks like it belongs on a bumper-car ride, or possibly a plastic children's car

Ah yes, the Adder. Outdone in cost efficiency by the Hauler, and outdone in performance by everything else.

My ship progression in this game. 1) Everyone starts with the Sidewinder I used mine to poach off kills from security in Rez zones to make some quick cash. 2) Next ship was a Cobra, used pretty much the same way as Viper just did it better and allowed me to make enough for my next ship. 3) Next ship was Asp Explorer... great multipurpose ship, used it for a bit of poaching, some light mining to make cash, while that was still a thing... nowadays its my ship I use for runs out to the shard planets and when I need to jump a fair distance and tighter landing spots. 4) The Python, great all around ship can carry enough punch and has enough defense for most Pve situations. Can do a decent amount of mining... I probably made more mining in this ship than any other in my fleet. Python can do just about anything you need it too. 5) Next I grinded out Imperial rank to get a Cutter... because, well why not? Who doesn't want one? Huge capacity for hauling runs... you can use it for mining, but why would you? Waste of a darn sexy ship and a Python is more manuevable for cracking open asteroids. Mainly I use it for hauling and for something pretty to look at. 6) Fer-De-Lance, for specialized combat, shes quick, agile and can pack a punch... not my first pick for jumprange though. 7) Bought a Courier, toyed with the idea of making a quick hit and runner... but never really worked the way I wanted it to. 8) Type 10 Defender, bought this when the whole AFK Rez missions thing was happening, cost over a billion credits to mod it out conpletely... probably made over 5 billion back, until I got bored setting up all the mission stacks needed to make it worthwhile... I was spending so much time going from station to station setting up missions it just wasn't worthwhile anymore. 9) The Anaconda, recently got interested in the idea of getting away from it all for awhile and heading out into the black for exploration and exo biology.... finding I enjoy it alot more than I thought. Ship has everything I need for long range exploration. 70 Ly laden jump, 2 auto repairs, repair limpets, 2 SRV's, a mining laser for materials, a small 3a shield for rough landings, couple of heatsinks, DSS, extra 32 tons of fuel for 500ly range between refuels, 7a scoop, 4 ton cargo for limpet synth... might end up dumping the extra fuel for a fighter bay. Good ship does what I need it to do, no weapons cause they aren't needed. Landing the Anaconda in some exo spots in the mountains can be a challenge, but its not impossible... haven't had to give up on finding a spot yet, you just need to get a little inventive with landing procedures...

It looks better, and has more modules than the Hauler....but it doesn't jump as far. It really doesn't do anything worthwhile that something else doesn't do better for a similar price. Road to Riches in done better in a Hauler until you can afford to upgrade to the DBX. A bit of a pointless ship...unless you are going to make a Vomit Comet.