Airship Guide

[Alien_Gamer]

Theres only 2 real limitations on building your airships.
1. 61 build points
You only have 61 points to put into your airship and each part takes some amount of it. Lower level parts offer lower stats but also use fewer build points (ex. Bronco Hulls have 80 range and 3 build points but Viltgance has 164 range and 31 build points). So you have to mix and match parts from different sets to maximize the stats you want without exceeding 61 build points.
2. 90 surveillance
Higher level destinations require a minimum 90 surveillance to get there so unless you want to only hit the early destinations, you have to keep a minimum of 90 surveillance. Which isn't hard but it does eliminate a lot of builds.

A popular long haul build is
invincible Hull
Bronco Sail
Viltgance Forecastle
Odyssey Aftcastle
This gives you 138 surveillance, 126 Retreival, 54 speed, 84 range, 150 favor.

With 84 range I can hit 2-3 of the furthest destinations in the same trip or 4-5 closely grouped far destinations and I get decent loot with it. The downside is it takes forever to do so.

Another build with more range and speed but less loot is
Tatanora Hull
Bronco Sail
Tatanora Forecastle
Invincible Aftcastle
Surveillance 136, retreival 84, speed 66, range 140, favor 120.
The range is a bit overkill to me but you'll be able to go everywhere with it.