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The Cobra MkIII is a classic all purpose ship found throughout human space. The model was first built in Lave Cowell & MgRath shipyard in Lave in 3100. Despite its age it remains a popular ship for lone pilots who value its balance of carrying capacity and ability in combat.

— In-Game Description

The Cobra MkIII is a larger and more popular version of the Cobra MkI. It was first seen in service in 3100 AD, originally manufactured by Cowell & McGrath Shipyard, Lave. Since Cowell & McGrath's acquisition by Faulcon DeLacy it is now branded as a Faulcon DeLacy made ship.

The Cobra's carrying capacity, being more than double that of the Hauler, and its cost, being almost one third that of the Type-6, makes it a logical stepping stone for aspiring traders as there is no other ship capable of hauling more cargo at the Cobra's size and cost. In addition to its large cargo hold it has much better combat potential than freighters and can defend itself or run away from hostile interdictions. What's more is that the Cobra is an ideal craft to plunder the space lines in for a pirate or smuggler due to the Cobra's ample capacity for loot, the ability to outrun most other ships and its relatively low heat signature.

The downside of this ship is the combat ability relative to other ships. For bounty hunters who are attempting to tackle skilled opponents the Cobra MkIII can be outmanoeuvred by Eagle MkIIs and Viper MkIIIs while being easily outgunned by Pythons and Anacondas.

The Cobra MkIII is also a good and affordable exploration ship due to the sizeable Fuel Tank (x16) and the amount of Internal Compartments which allows for the placement of the necessary exploration modules such as a Discovery Scanner, a Detailed Surface Scanner, a Fuel Scoop and a Auto Field-Maintenance Unit without the need to remove the shield.

The weapon hardpoints are located as follows: 2 medium hardpoints in front of cockpit on top of ship, 2 small hardpoints on the underside of the ship. The distance between the two small hardpoints is sizable, which may cause some trouble when mounting multiple fixed weapons since it's hard to hit with all of them at the same time.

Purchase Locations

System	Station	Date	Notes
Itza	Ellison Station	Nov 10, 2015
Calor	Julian Hub	Aug 06, 2015
44 B Ophiuchi	Feustel Gateway	Jun 12, 2015	10% discount
AC +26 37030	Culbertson Port	2015-12-27
Afli	Pu City	Feb 15, 2015
Afli	Quetelet Dock	Feb 15, 2015
Alioth	Irkutsk	1.06
Arque	Austen Town	Oct 5, 2015
Aryak System	Garneau Port	Mar 31, 2015
Asgaa	Wheeler Horizons	Apr 20, 2015
Biliri	Fan City	Aug 23, 2015
Branglal	Skripochka Gateway	Gamma 1.05
Breksta	Legendre Ring	Gamma 1.02
Cao Yans	Nordenskiold Hub	Feb 26, 2015
CD-52 187	Nojiri Dock	May 16, 2015
Cebalrai	Hornblower Dock	Version 1.04
Ceos	New Dawn Station	Aug 13, 2015
Chamunda	Gidzenko Ring	Apr 28, 2015
Chemaku	Crampton Port	Gamma 1.0
Chick Bara	Israel Station	Jun 18, 2015
Chlevit	Leonov City
Chona	Smoot Terminal	Aug 17, 2015
Chowei	Swigert Port	Dec 16, 2015
Corycia	Piper Hub	Aug 20,2015
Cubeo	Medupe City	Aug 17, 2015
Dangtei	Harrington Station	Aug 17, 2015
Dulos	Wilson Ring	Feb 15, 2015
Ededleen	Godel Ring	Apr 10, 2015
Eravate	Cleve Hub	2014-12-19
FK5-2550	Samokutyayev Dock	2014-12-21
Folna	Lorentz Dock	2015-10-20
Fornacis	Helms Hub	2015-04-28
Frigga	Henson Ring	2015-01-20
GD 219	McKee Ring	Version 1.03
Gliese 563.1	Matteucci Ring	Jul 23, 2015
Hanggardi	Soddy Market	Feb 22, 2015
HIP 20998	Louis de Lacaille Orbital	July 8, 2015
Hyperion	Joliot-Curie Port
Iota Persei	Walker City	Jan 1, 2016	10% discount
Kappa Fornacis	Harvestport	2015-01-04
Kats	Truman Hub	2015-08-20
Keliuona	Wenzel City	2015-08-19
Kemuru	Delucas Station	2015-10-20
Kremainn	Wohler Terminal	2015-07-23
Lambda-1 Tucanea	Riess Hub	Aug 17, 2015
Lave	Lave Station	Jan 1, 2016	10% discount
Lencali	Reynolds Ring	Jun 18, 2015	10% discount
LHS 336	Klimuk Station	Full release
LHS 3447	Wordlidge Terminal	April 5. 2015
LHS 3505	Olivas City	Version 1.03
Lo Pegasi	Garcia Station
LP 445-22	Trevithick Horizons	Jul 23, 2015
LTT 7979	Steinmuller Gateway	Mar 4, 2015
Lung	Hopkins Landing	Dec 25, 2015	10% discount
Magec	Trumpler Dock	Gamma 1.04
Mullag	Garfinkle City	Gamma 1.04
Orrere	Sharon Lee Free Port	Version 1.03
Ovid	Bradfield Orbital	Gamma 1.04
Parnut	Meyrink Dock	2016-01-01	22% discount
Rakapila	Stone Enterprise	Version 1. 2
Ross 151	Kuhn Gateway	Feb 23, 2015
Ross 667	Alexander Terminal	Apr 15, 2015
Ross 718	Birkeland Enterprise	Jun 26, 2015
Ross 754	Dana Gateway	2015-01-20
Sol	Mars High	Gamma 1.05
Sol	Titan City	Gamma 1.0
Sorbago	Hencke Orbital	Version 1.0
Sui Guei	Pascal Orbital	May 25, 2015
Tetek	Balog Refinery	May 27, 2015
Tote	Whitelaw Enterprise	Gamma 1.03
Turir	Brooks Terminal
Ualapalor	Rochon Ring	2015-01-20
Una	Hoard Orbital	Feb 19, 2015
V1688 Aquilae	Littlewood Terminal
Wapiya	Brothers Station	06-05-2015
Wyrd	Gareth Edwards Park	Version 1.03
Zhao Jin	Wilson Ring	2015-08-18
LHS 3744	Dalton Gateway	15-02-2016

Outfitting

Main article: Outfitting

All ships are highly customizable through the Outfitting menu of Station Services. Listed below is the default load-out for the Cobra MkIII.

Category	Default System	Default Rating	Default Class	Max Class
Small Hardpoint	Empty	--	--	1
Small Hardpoint	Empty	--	--	1
Medium Hardpoint	Pulse Laser	F	1	2
Medium Hardpoint	Pulse Laser	F	1	2
Utility Mount	Empty	--	--	0
Utility Mount	Empty	--	--	0
Bulkheads	Lightweight Alloys	I	1	8
Reactor Bay	Power Plant	E	4	4
Thrusters Mounting	Thrusters	E	4	4
Frame Shift Drive Housing	Frame Shift Drive	E	4	4
Environment Control	Life Support	E	3	3
Power Coupling	Power Distributor	E	3	3
Sensor Suite	Sensors	E	3	3
Fuel Store	Fuel Tank [x16]	C	4	4
Internal Compartments	Cargo Rack [x8]	E	3	4
	Cargo Rack [x8]	E	3	4
	Shield Generator	E	4	4
	Cargo Rack [x2]	E	1	2
	Empty	--	--	2
	BDS	E	1	2