The cockpit cat should be implemented as a ship companion that you find in station concourses and befriend. Once you befriend them by petting and feeding, you can choose to keep them. Cats are procedurally generated in the same sense as holo me's with a large range of variety.
Cockpit cats have different personalities. They follow you out in concourses but will not exit the ship when anywhere else. They will jump around and even get into little fights with other cats if nearby ...as they are very protective of their human.
Within the ship, cockpit cats usually hunker down when the ship is moving, but when the ship is stationary, they will sometimes walk around the cockpit and meow and jump on the dash and play with any bobble heads if there are any or try and attack lights if you have christmas like strung up. etc.
There is a gameplay reason to acquire a cockpit cat. Cockpit cats can sense danger, and will make a distinctive meow when the cmdr is potentially in danger or strange alien influences are in-system or nearby ..even if the human cmdr hasn't detected anything.
Cockpit cats can be named. Cockpit cats unfortunately do not survive ship destruction. (Only because I want to see all of the outrage threads that then demand fdev change it so they do)
there will be various arx purchasable store items for your cockpit cat to live in and play with. If your ship loses canopy / life support, your cockpit cat retreats to a special compartment.
Cockpit cats have different personalities. They follow you out in concourses but will not exit the ship when anywhere else. They will jump around and even get into little fights with other cats if nearby ...as they are very protective of their human.
Within the ship, cockpit cats usually hunker down when the ship is moving, but when the ship is stationary, they will sometimes walk around the cockpit and meow and jump on the dash and play with any bobble heads if there are any or try and attack lights if you have christmas like strung up. etc.
There is a gameplay reason to acquire a cockpit cat. Cockpit cats can sense danger, and will make a distinctive meow when the cmdr is potentially in danger or strange alien influences are in-system or nearby ..even if the human cmdr hasn't detected anything.
Cockpit cats can be named. Cockpit cats unfortunately do not survive ship destruction. (Only because I want to see all of the outrage threads that then demand fdev change it so they do)
there will be various arx purchasable store items for your cockpit cat to live in and play with. If your ship loses canopy / life support, your cockpit cat retreats to a special compartment.
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