BULK CARRIERS , can we hae them back in Elite please?

MINDWIPE · Mar 17, 2015

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as the title suggests.. and think about this one

we already have capital ships in game. wouldnt it be feesible to add the bulk cariers back in (i.e the huge cargo captial ships)

in elite 2 they hovered round most star ports but given the mechanic of ED you could have them as part of the convoy sources. as Strong sources for wings.

they will take alot and i mean alot to kill as they would be very well defended on their convoy run but should you destroy them .. immense amount of scoopable booty for the pirates that attack them in wing groups.

just a thought

p.s. you could also have stationary one near the stations again to give that extra element of commerce going on in the galaxy (just like in elite 2). the idea is doable since you have that immence capitol ship in sol sat their doing sod all!!! give it some thought folks

what do you think? as i think this would be good for the pirates amongst us!

Tuub t Tute · Mar 17, 2015

I think a 300t+ Lakon 9 would be easy enough for a wing of 4 pirates, unless they had a Python or Conda leader and 3 domestics?

InMemoriamSirocco · Mar 17, 2015

I completely agree. I want those big bad boys back:

markuslig · Mar 17, 2015

would be cool, a lot could be done around em. would take weeks to scoop all that stuff up

Defacto · Mar 17, 2015

I hope that one day, we will get system traffic that goes beyond NPC's just flying in player ships.

Lynx Bulk Carriers and LRC's were pretty awesome in FE2. Imagine what they would look like in E

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Even better: Imagine the possibilities of new gameplay: Maybe things like LRC's could be named and persistent! Imagine if there was one certain LRC that was famous for selling a certain item. Or maybe, the contact you need to deliver this secret parcel to is happening to reside on one (you would of course be given further details on its location by the mission giver). Another possibility: hitching a ride on an LRC for a small fee. They could even have announced timetables ''LRC Robert A. Heinlein departing for Arcturus in 10 minutes''

For Lynxes: Imagine gathering all your friends and comrades trying to stage a heist on one. Maybe you've got information that a certain Lynx is actually carrying a secret rare metals delivery, or maybe you've taken a job from a pirate lord to hijack a Bulk carrier and take it to their secret hideout. The possibilities...

CapitanJ · Mar 17, 2015

Would love to zoom in on a huge signal source that turns out to be a destroyed one of these with a feeding frenzy of scavengers!

markuslig · Mar 17, 2015

That's stealing... Shoot them down, haha

CMDR Hagglebeard · Mar 17, 2015

MINDWIPE said:
...

as the title suggests.. and think about this one

we already have capital ships in game. wouldnt it be feesible to add the bulk cariers back in (i.e the huge cargo captial ships)

in elite 2 they hovered round most star ports but given the mechanic of ED you could have them as part of the convoy sources. as Strong sources for wings.

they will take alot and i mean alot to kill as they would be very well defended on their convoy run but should you destroy them .. immense amount of scoopable booty for the pirates that attack them in wing groups.

just a thought

p.s. you could also have stationary one near the stations again to give that extra element of commerce going on in the galaxy (just like in elite 2). the idea is doable since you have that immence capitol ship in sol sat their doing sod all!!! give it some thought folks

what do you think? as i think this would be good for the pirates amongst us!

Never played the previous Elite games, but this sounds fantastic. I'm all for AI-piloted huge ships

InMemoriamSirocco · Mar 17, 2015

What about small interplanetary shuttles?

Short range cargo lifters?

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Swarming around these big bad boys here:

In fact, what about new station designs specifically exclusive to certain factions? The elegant Imperial "axeblade"-orbital city:

The ONeill-Cylinder, an orbital city design used in the Alliance systems:

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MarcusAurelius · Oct 24, 2015

Sorry for resurrecting this thread. But I been out of the community for a long long time, until hearing news about Horizons coming soon. So in light of this, I wonder is FD going to eventually get around to big Lynx Heavy Carriers or Long Range Cruisers or giving us new space stations like the Alliance Dublin Citadel?

I imagine many of these will be introduced once more ships are released. But it would be wonderful now that planetary landings are being introduced soon. As many of these leviathan ships would double up as wonderful colony support vessels for the far reaches of space. Can you imagine stumbling across such a colossal beast in space, knowing it was packed with goodies bound for a new colony world or moon. Simply brilliant stuff.

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Encountering a gigantic generation ship 10,000 light years away or more. ^^

Here's to hoping for bigger and better things in season 2.