Understand Cruising Speed
Useful when…
- Increase Railjack speed during enemy-free travel.
Effect and condition
At rank 0 it grants +10% Railjack Speed, rising to +60% at rank 5 and +110% at rank 10. The bonus applies only when no enemies are within 3000 m.
Fitting and investment
This is a standard Plexus mod with Naramon polarity, base drain 4, and maximum rank 10. Fusion increases the conditional speed bonus, but later ranks become much more expensive: the listed cost for ranks 9 to 10 is 10,240 Endo and 494,592 Credits. Prioritize those ranks if the enemy-free speed window matters to your piloting; otherwise, lower ranks preserve resources.
Related Plexus options
Conic Nozzle provides +25.5% Railjack Speed without a stated enemy-distance condition. Ion Burn instead adds +45% Railjack Boost Speed, while Ordnance Velocity increases ordnance projectile speed by +60%; these affect different properties and are not direct replacements for Cruising Speed's conditional speed bonus.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- The maximum speed bonus requires enemy-free space within a 3000 m radius.
- Ranks 9 to 10 have a substantial listed Endo and Credit cost.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Expecting the speed bonus to apply while an enemy is within 3000 m.
- Treating Boost Speed or Ordnance Projectile Speed as the same stat as Railjack Speed.