I want to know why the Feds aren't out chasing the real criminals instead of harassing small business owners like myself! If I happen to find some gold just floating in space, I see it as my civic duty to salvage it as a hazard to navigation! I mean I can't go round asking everyone if it fell off the back of their hauler, can I!?
It's DISGUSTING is what it is!
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Um pretty much yes... and now you mention it, it must be mine. I lost some gold right at that very place.
Can you identify it?
if you find a wallet in the street stuffed with cash and credit cards and don't hand it in to the police you can be charged with theft (stealing by finding), its the same with found cargo.
i agree its a little harsh right now as there is no way to hand in the cargo, hopefully something will be implemented in a later build to take care of this.
i agree its a little harsh right now as there is no way to hand in the cargo, hopefully something will be implemented in a later build to take care of this.
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Because Elite Dangerous is a simulation. And that's what real life security/police forces do too in most countries!
It's mine, you can hand it back tonight
Your mistake is not that you picked up said gold, but that you got caught... :smilie:
Learn the ways of the 'cold' ship using the stock sidewinder and no cargo, then go for an operational stealth dock...
Really? I'm fairly sure the law of salvage comes into play, aka some sort of reward! (cargo, not wallets)
You should have been running cold. Next time strip naked. No one will notice you, then.
Hope it wasn't the gold containers I found floating there last night that I used as targets for my new weapon loadout?
PS
Yes, I am that rich
A fair cop!
try telling that to all the people who were arrested for taking things from the containers that washed up in Devon a few years back.
that's a cargo example for you
News article: Ship Scavengers Face Arrest
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I'm pretty sure that gold is mine. It's very, very shiny and weighs a whole lot.
It doesn't now it's vapourised - see post 11
I'm pretty sure that gold is mine. It's very, very shiny and weighs a whole lot.
If only you'd told me before I gave it all to the nice man in Freeport!
It doesn't now it's vapourised - see post 11
Ah Spookytooth. I remember welcoming you to the forums just a few months back - feels almost like yesterday. Now look at you - master of all you survey, and so very very rich that you use gold canisters for target practice - impressive!
What ship are you flying these days? Personally I'm enjoying my solid gold Lakon Type 9 - though it does get a little "melty" when I drop out of hyperspace near a large sun.
But in seriousness - how are you getting on in game? Is it everything you'd hoped?
Best
O-Dog
It doesn't now it's vapourised - see post 11
Whaaaaaat? Of COURSE it does... just in very small pieces!
Well...... after keeping my nose to the grindstone and dodging traffic wardens, I worked my way through the usual delivery vans, and I'm now cruising around in an Anaconda, although to be truthful I'm missing my Type 9. I know what you mean with the heat issues on the 9 - I had 3 heat sinks fitted, although that was just a little over the top in retrospect.
Trouble is with the 9, if my cargo hold wasn't full I felt I was somehow not doing things right, so I was missing out on the exploration side of things.
Last night in my Anaconda I had the satisfaction of seeing solar flares for the first time. Awesome!!
Love this game - warts and all. The future is indeed bright methinks
Glad to see you are keeping busy too - and a member of the Lakon Type 9 Appreciation Society (like myself :smilie
Cheers Commander!
Exactly, that the whole point, and main reason why it is illegal
The game only sees that the gold is not yours, and labels it illegal. I can imagine this will be changed later on, but this is how it works now.