Are the ships we buy really supposed to be new?

[Conch]

got my conda from an old granny, first owner, flown once. only 11Ly on the clock.

 

[RandomGun]

it's paraffin coating. you're supposed to scrub it off

On the outside? Space legs confirmed! And we will soon have clean canopy glasses.

 

[Agony_Aunt]

This is one area where I think a little bit of head-canon is not only harmless, but recommended.

Its basically how i play the game. Forget telepresence. I just imagine i took an off-screen diversion and picked up a friend.

 

[Deleted member 110222]

Its basically how i play the game. Forget telepresence. I just imagine i too an off-screen diversion and picked up a friend.

Aye, exactly. This game is huge. A bit of unofficial head-canon will not hurt.

Actually, in my humble opinion, it hurts if players DON'T use their imagination on some details. Expecting the developers to explain everything is silly, given we're talking about possibly the highest population of any game world, including NPCs. Expecting everything to be uniform is daft.

 

[Lightspeed]

Expecting everything to be uniform is daft.

And there lies the beginnings of a new thread ..... "Could we have our ranks displayed on uniforms?"

 

[Siobhan]

And there lies the beginnings of a new thread ..... "Could we have our ranks displayed on uniforms?"

* looks at shoulder patch ...

Um, ya know... this one says I am ranked "Elite"...

 

[GunnerBill]

Aye, exactly. This game is huge. A bit of unofficial head-canon will not hurt.

Actually, in my humble opinion, it hurts if players DON'T use their imagination on some details. Expecting the developers to explain everything is silly, given we're talking about possibly the highest population of any game world, including NPCs. Expecting everything to be uniform is daft.

I'm with you on this. We go about our daily lives imagining all kinds of stuff to make it a bit more interesting, so why not in a game?

 

[popuptoaster]

I've long assumed most of my ships are used ships in one form or another. In my character's backstory, her Cobra Mk III, Slave of the Empire, was previously owned by the Commander she apprenticed with, as a gift when he retired (at the ripe old age of 120) to celebrate the end of her term as an Imperial Slave. He bought it when he was 20, and it cost her quite a bit to retrofit it to equip a modern FSD.

Yeah because I was a kickstarter backer I got a bit of a head start in game, i justified it to myself by having my commanders back story be that I was an employee who started to get involved with the daughter of one of the higher ups, who "donated" an old Cobra and a small severance package and told me to off to Sagitarius A and not come back to work afterwards.

 

[Poseidal]

All Vipers have doughnut stains on when you buy them.

 

[Valethar]

Most ships in ED are like the B-52 of today, dinosaurs that never die because they simply work.

I don't know that I'd call the BUFF a dinosaur.

Elder statesman perhaps, but not a dinosaur.