I've been seeing a few asks about the best builds to make. Since I've done the calculations for myself, I figured that I'd share what I have.
I based my calculations on how the airship stats were set up for end-game and came up with two significant builds that I have decided to call
Surveillance and
Retrieval.
The
Surveillance build is the ship that you use to discover new areas. It maxes the surveillance, favor, and speed stats in that order of importance. Currently, the best parts to secure this build is a complete Unkui submarine. That is to say, Unkui bow, bridge, hull, and stern. In order to have enough build points to equip all of these pieces, your sub must be at least level 17.

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