Easy fix for carrier hostage:

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All carriers have a shipyard by default with a Sidewinder available to buy at 0 credits, with no option to disable this facility.

If held hostage, player can buy Sidewinder, self destruct, respawn in Freewinder in bubble, and have real ship transferred back with existing mechanics.

Boom. (Literally) No more hostage cases.
 

Bigmaec

Bigmaec
Un1k0rn said:
All carriers have a shipyard by default with a Sidewinder available to buy at 0 credits, with no option to disable this facility.

If held hostage, player can buy Sidewinder, self destruct, respawn in Freewinder in bubble, and have real ship transferred back with existing mechanics.

Boom. (Literally) No more hostage cases.
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Or people can learn to NOT. TRUST. RANDOMS. ON. THE. INTERNET.

Really, it's that easy.
 

Deleted member 182079

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FCs should get the module addition "crack negotiation team" to free those hostages by sweet talking the captors out of it! 750m fitting cost @25m per week maintenance seems fair.
 

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varonica said:
Mine doesn't have a shipyard! It only has a shipyard if you install the shipyard service!
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Which is why an small update would be needed...

You're misreading my post, so I'll reiterate.

All carriers are given a shipyard by default with no option to disable the facility.
 

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Bigmaec said:
Or people can learn to NOT. TRUST. RANDOMS. ON. THE. INTERNET.

Really, it's that easy.
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Yes but we don't live in a fantasy world.

I'm offering a practical and realistic solution.

You know I'm not wrong.
 

Sensei Jacksama

Sensei Jacksama
I made a suggestion to have a default shuttle service added to all fleetcarriers. The crew has some way to leave right? Odyssey will have it anyway so let everyone be able to use it.

Default shuttle services for fleet carriers

When Odyssey is released it will have shuttle services available at stations. Allow shuttle services added as a core/ default service to fleet carriers. Voila. No more "space slavers". If you want make it a menu/fadeaway option instead of actually going to a terminal on foot for the players...
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ObiW said:
Err, hellooo, FC bridge comes first tyvm.
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I detect sarcasm but just in case: I suspect a light edit to the UI is significantly easier than creating a while new game environment.
 

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I hope people understand that what I'm suggesting here is similar to how existing mechanics are used in games such as say, Skyrim, to create mechanics and solutions by modders there, right?

It's undoubtedly easy for FD to do if they wanted.
 

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Un1k0rn said:
I detect sarcasm but just in case: I suspect a light edit to the UI is significantly easier than creating a while new game environment.
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You would think that, wouldn't you - but the current state of Elite's UI and its colourful (well, mostly orange) potpourri of bugs appear to tell a different story.
 

Factabulous

Factabulous
Un1k0rn said:
All carriers have a shipyard by default with a Sidewinder available to buy at 0 credits, with no option to disable this facility.

If held hostage, player can buy Sidewinder, self destruct, respawn in Freewinder in bubble, and have real ship transferred back with existing mechanics.

Boom. (Literally) No more hostage cases.
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Now all you need is to get this information to them. The problem isn't getting back, the problem is they've been groomed into believing they shouldn't do that.
 

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Bigmaec said:
Your solution could work. Maybe. If you'd add a mandatory freewinder tutorial on top.

The better solution would be to let people learn stuff.
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I refer again to not living in a fantasy world.
 

[PS4] Lorenzo Waringos

[PS4] Lorenzo Waringos
Un1k0rn said:
All carriers have a shipyard by default with a Sidewinder available to buy at 0 credits, with no option to disable this facility.

If held hostage, player can buy Sidewinder, self destruct, respawn in Freewinder in bubble, and have real ship transferred back with existing mechanics.

Boom. (Literally) No more hostage cases.
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If they know how to self-destruct the free Sidey and know that they will then be transported back to a station, then they would know how to self-destruct the slavers Krait, not select rebuy, then select the Sidey option.
 
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