For Null-Sec Alliances having Jump Freighters is a must. I’d think the average Alliance JF pilot sticks with Jump Drive Calibration (JDC) 5, Jump Fuel Conservation (JFC) 4 and Jump Freighter (JF) 4.
JF 5 and JFC 5 are longer trains (to get both JF 5 and JFC 5 it would be 80+ days of training) and not 100% necessary while having the longer train to JDC 5 is pretty much mandatory for that extra jump range.
I’ve been messing around with some comparison stuff for Jump Freighters mostly to see how Level 5 of JFC and JF affect the fuel costs. Using the Dotlan Jump Planner I tossed in a route from Jita to M-MD3B for each JF and let it default the jumps how it liked, it went Jita to Fuskunen to Unertek to M-MD3B which is obviously not an ideal route but for the comparison it’ll work.
Here’s what I came up with…
| Anshar | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| (max cargo capacity w/T2 Expanders = 356,240m3 and an align time of 27.2s) | |||
| JF & JFC (4/4) | JF & JFC (5/4) | JF & JFC (5/5) | |
| Fuel: Oxygen Isotopes | |||
| Jita to Fuskunen (9.875 ly) | 16,707 | 13,923 | 11,602 |
| Fuskunen to Unertek (9.928 ly) | 16,798 | 13,998 | 11,665 |
| Unertek to M-MD3B (8.139ly) | 13,770 | 11,475 | 9,562 |
| Total Fuel Consumption | 47,275 | 39,396 | 32,829 |
| Oxygen Isotopes Median Sell: | $780.00 | ||
| Total Fuel Cost: | $36,874,500.00 | $30,728,880.00 | $25,606,620.00 |
| Ark | |||
| (max cargo capacity w/T2 Expanders = 349,763m3 and an align time of 26.1s) | |||
| JF & JFC (4/4) | JF & JFC (5/4) | JF & JFC (5/5) | |
| Fuel: Helium Isotopes | |||
| Jita to Fuskunen (9.875 ly) | 15,641 | 13,034 | 10,861 |
| Fuskunen to Unertek (9.928 ly) | 15,726 | 13,105 | 10,921 |
| Unertek to M-MD3B (8.139ly) | 12,891 | 10,743 | 8,952 |
| Total Fuel Consumption | 44,258 | 36,882 | 30,734 |
| Helium Isotopes Median Sell: | $693.93 | ||
| Total Fuel Cost: | $30,711,953.94 | $25,593,526.26 | $21,327,244.62 |
| Nomad | |||
| (max cargo capacity w/T2 Expanders = 341,991m3 and an align time of 23.7s) | |||
| JF & JFC (4/4) | JF & JFC (5/4) | JF & JFC (5/5) | |
| Fuel: Hydrogen Isotopes | |||
| Jita to Fuskunen (9.875 ly) | 14,574 | 12,145 | 10,121 |
| Fuskunen to Unertek (9.928 ly) | 14,654 | 12,211 | 10,176 |
| Unertek to M-MD3B (8.139ly) | 12,012 | 10,010 | 8,342 |
| Total Fuel Consumption | 41,240 | 34,366 | 28,639 |
| Hydrogen Isotopes Median Sell: | $713.18 | ||
| Total Fuel Cost: | $29,411,543.20 | $24,509,143.88 | $20,424,762.02 |
| Rhea | |||
| (max cargo capacity w/T2 Expanders = 373,081m3 and an align time of 27.8s) | |||
| JF & JFC (4/4) | JF & JFC (5/4) | JF & JFC (5/5) | |
| Fuel: Nitrogen Isotopes | |||
| Jita to Fuskunen (9.875 ly) | 17,774 | 14,811 | 12,343 |
| Fuskunen to Unertek (9.928 ly) | 17,870 | 14,892 | 12,410 |
| Unertek to M-MD3B (8.139ly) | 14,649 | 12,208 | 10,173 |
| Total Fuel Consumption | 50,293 | 41,911 | 34,926 |
| Nitrogen Isotopes Median Sell: | $795.86 | ||
| Total Fuel Cost: | $40,026,186.98 | $33,355,288.46 | $27,796,206.36 |
For all the JFs there are significant savings to be had training up JF 5 and/or JFC 5, a Rhea pilot with JF 5 and JFC 5 would save $12,229,980.62 on that one way trip – savings that would most definitely add up over time!
Some other things of note:
- The Anshar shows some good savings with JF 5 and JFC 5 has the second largest cargo bay and is a meagerly faster slug than the Rhea.
- The Ark is nearly as cost effective as the Nomad with a slightly larger cargo bay but isn’t that much faster than the Anshar or Rhea.
- The Nomad has the smallest cargo capacity, cost the least to run and is by far the fastest.
- The Rhea has the largest cargo capacity, but cost the most to run and is a slug.
Let me know if these numbers help you out in anyway.
