Nobody signs up to be cannon fodder for when their apparently mentally unstable boss goes on a rampage. Knock out the ship to stop them doing more damage, scoop up the escape pod and let them sleep it off while you get the replacement ship set up. Hopefully they'll be calm when they wake up again. It's an unconventional job, but it pays well (you'd hope so anyway).
I just got blown up by my own carrier, while defending myself from the police that are meant to defend my carrier.
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Just sell the escape pod to Kumo, promote internally, hire a new deck scrubber, and don't tell the pilot's federation.
That's how I got my license.
They ain't there to protect it, they're there to make sure you're not doing dodgy in their system, in your case, existing, as they are hostile to you.
This is debatable. I pretty much agree, but carriers are invulnerable so it'd just be a lot of police being destroyed, probably causing BGS problems.
This, 100% this. You carrier should NEVER ever fire on you, you should never be able to commit a crime against it, or get a fine or bounty by doing anything to it. It is your property.
It was explained earlier in the thread why a carrier will open fire on the owner as it should and you can bet that won't change.
your carrier is not owned by you. You're just a leasee, those guys working your ship work for the company that built and actually owns the carrier. Your rental agreement says you can't open fire on the company's property.
You're not even addressed any different from a common pilot, nor are you allowed on the bridge when docked. What makes you think you own it or have any special privs outside of those specified in your lease agreement?
in the world of the 1%, we carrier owners are common enough that if we dont like how the Brewer company treats us, we can cancel the agreement and move on. They'll find someone else to rent the carrier. There's more than enough customers for them. We're not special.
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Frontier have covered this. We do own them.
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The Carrier should be playing "I Shot the owner, but I will not shoot the Deputy".
I personally think that the Carrier crew found themselves in an Apocalypse Now! situation, the CMDR was Kurtz, gone rogue.
Glad to see Capt Willard in this thread.
I personally think that the Carrier crew found themselves in an Apocalypse Now! situation, the CMDR was Kurtz, gone rogue.
Glad to see Capt Willard in this thread.
OMG - the replies from the 'old guard' in this thread are reminding me why I barely venture into these forums these days, and why I haven't played the game in over a year. 
Yes, @sharp312 - you are correct that it is indeed very dumb that your own fleet carrier would try to shoot down it's employer/owner because of a stray shot. I know several of the forum users are trying their best to convince you that it's your own fault for shooting at your fleet carrier, but they're being wilfully ignorant on several points:
Yes, @sharp312 - you are correct that it is indeed very dumb that your own fleet carrier would try to shoot down it's employer/owner because of a stray shot. I know several of the forum users are trying their best to convince you that it's your own fault for shooting at your fleet carrier, but they're being wilfully ignorant on several points:
- Fleet carriers are indestructible, and so it was in absolutely no danger from your stray shot.
- It's your fleet carrier - treating you as hostile should be the last resort, not the first.
- The game should implement significant leeway for stray shots made against your own employees and property, especially for something as big and immovable as a fleet carrier.
Another reminder that you don't actually own the Fleet Carrier, you're renting it. The 5BCr+ you spent wss a security deposit.
Remember back when some cynical posters said "So carriers are just stations you can move around then?"
"Cynical" is just another word for "realistic"
Sounds on par with police behavior....escalation injections?
Another reminder that Frontier have said you own it.
I think I started that too further up the thread, and I’m always happy to be corrected
On a lighter note, I’m also pleased that the crew of the carrier I actually own (if I did own one) would fight like demons if they thought my asset was under attack... even if by the owner
Eh... read the room. I know you're right, but come on, we're offering respite for another borked thing in our little universe and you're shooting that down, pun intended
