Newcomer / Intro Can I have more than one ship?

Tyres O'Flaherty · Mar 31, 2018

I want to buy a new sidewinder to practice some stuff with. I have a cobra now. Can I, at a shipyard, buy a new ship and store my current one? If so, do I always have to go to back the station I stored it in to pick up the "old" one again, or do stored ships "travel" with you from yard to yard?

I looked at the manual but I may have missed this stuff.

Thanks!

Clicker · Mar 31, 2018

Yep, you can own as many ships as you can afford.
(Don’t fly without the funds to rebuy!)

Your ships can be summoned when you get to a new station with a shipyard, otherwise they stay put.

Hope this helps.

Clicker

lokvette · Mar 31, 2018

Just to add, when you move a ship from a to b you have to pay, the amount will increase with ship type and distance, as will the time it takes to get there. you can also move modules in the same way. I tend to have a long range aspx for getting over there then move the ship-s i wanted to where I was going.

JetsonRING · Mar 31, 2018

One other limitation: You can (only) store up to 35 ships at any single location. o7

Chris Simon · Mar 31, 2018

JetsonRING said:
One other limitation: You can (only) store up to 35 ships at any single location. o7

And I think the total number of ships you can own is also limited. (Was is around 250, I think?)

EvilestKhan · Mar 31, 2018

Clicker said:
Yep, you can own as many ships as you can afford.
(Don’t fly without the funds to rebuy!)

Your ships can be summoned when you get to a new station with a shipyard, otherwise they stay put.

Hope this helps.

Clicker

don't fly without insurance..

Tyres O'Flaherty · Mar 31, 2018

Brill. Thanks all!

Rock Hunter · Mar 31, 2018

JetsonRING said:
One other limitation: You can (only) store up to 35 ships at any single location. o7

Chris Simon said:
And I think the total number of ships you can own is also limited. (Was is around 250, I think?)

Whilst I don’t doubt for a moment you’re both factually correct, I do hope that you both have your tongues firmly in your cheeks

Thirty five in one location, two hundred and fifty in total.... I need to grind more

Tyres O'Flaherty · Mar 31, 2018

So, if one had the maximum number of Beluga Liners (are they the most costliest ship?) you'd have N = R*.fp.ne.fl.fi.fc.L of them. This, of my maths are correct, equates to 3.1415926535 x 10^18 credits. Can someone check that please?

PiggyPiggyPig · Apr 1, 2018

Crow Skyshrine said:
So, if one had the maximum number of Beluga Liners (are they the most costliest ship?) you'd have N = R*.fp.ne.fl.fi.fc.L of them. This, of my maths are correct, equates to 3.1415926535 x 10^18 credits. Can someone check that please?

Almost, you forgot to add the Fibonacci sequence to your Drake equation. Have some more pie.

Chris Simon · Apr 1, 2018

Rock Hunter said:
Whilst I don’t doubt for a moment you’re both factually correct, I do hope that you both have your tongues firmly in your cheeks

Thirty five in one location, two hundred and fifty in total.... I need to grind more

Naturally, a "normal" person would never need such limit.

Personally I have about 20 ships. I don't really like some of those on the market (like Anaconda and most of the Fed ships except for the Gunship - she's a sweetheart), but others, I have multiple for different roles. For example I have one T9 for pure trading and one for mining. I also have several Couriers dotted around the bubble, two T6s, one for exploration, one for missions, several Cobras Mk.IV and Keelbacks of various purposes and one Cutter. Plus many I can't remember, now. I'm happy like that. I don't need any more so I focus on things that aren't about money, now.

But believe it or not, there are those who do feel the limitations of this system.

Tyres O'Flaherty · Apr 1, 2018

Dif-tor heh smusma. Always forget the golden spiral. Apologies for my qih ml' !

Chris Simon · Apr 1, 2018

Crow Skyshrine said:
So, if one had the maximum number of Beluga Liners (are they the most costliest ship?) you'd have N = R*.fp.ne.fl.fi.fc.L of them. This, of my maths are correct, equates to 3.1415926535 x 10^18 credits. Can someone check that please?

Crow Skyshrine said:
Dif-tor heh smusma. Always forget the golden spiral. Apologies for my qih ml' !

Are you alright, buddy?

Tyres O'Flaherty · Apr 1, 2018

It's a bit late and... maybe a can or two too many. I'm not flying tonight so the station authorities can't touch me - even if I mix my Vulcan and Klingon.

Bob Lighthouse · Apr 1, 2018

Crow Skyshrine said:
So, if one had the maximum number of Beluga Liners (are they the most costliest ship?) you'd have N = R*.fp.ne.fl.fi.fc.L of them. This, of my maths are correct, equates to 3.1415926535 x 10^18 credits. Can someone check that please?

Nope, Cutter is more than twice the price of a Beluga!

aRJay · Apr 1, 2018

Besides your fleet of ships you can have up to 120 modules stored in any Outfitters like ships modules can be summoned to your location with a delay based on distance and a price based on distance and value.

Caution summoning 8A modules to Colonia can seriously damage your wealth.