Dear NPC... (an open letter)

M00ka

M00ka
Dear NPC Naval Commander,

If you want to scan my ship, you can do in whilst still in Super Cruise. If you insist on interdicting me for a scan, at least have the common decency to scan my ship once we have dropping into normal space than acknowledge that you have completed the scan so I can depart to continue my journey.

Thank You
Commander Jason Burke,
Owner/Operator and Chief Windscreen Washer of the Phoenix Fleet.
 

metatheurgist

metatheurgist
M00ka said:
Dear NPC Naval Commander,

If you want to scan my ship, you can do in whilst still in Super Cruise. If you insist on interdicting me for a scan, at least have the common decency to scan my ship once we have dropping into normal space than acknowledge that you have completed the scan so I can depart to continue my journey.

Thank You
Commander Jason Burke,
Owner/Operator and Chief Windscreen Washer of the Phoenix Fleet.
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You know we can get that fixed if you bug report it and enough people vote now. ;)
 

M00ka

M00ka
metatheurgist said:
You know we can get that fixed if you bug report it and enough people vote now. ;)
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Nah, you see I don't see it as a bug, just a very minor inconvenience. Never been the type that blames everything on the game or those who wrote it.

Lore wise I put it down to the rigid SOP's the poor Navy types have to follow, the ones written before scanning was capable in SC and they had to force anyone and everyone back to normal space to scan them. Can't blame the dog for barking when you originally taught him to bark!
 

Screemonster

Screemonster
M00ka said:
Nah, you see I don't see it as a bug, just a very minor inconvenience. Never been the type that blames everything on the game or those who wrote it.

Lore wise I put it down to the rigid SOP's the poor Navy types have to follow, the ones written before scanning was capable in SC and they had to force anyone and everyone back to normal space to scan them. Can't blame the dog for barking when you originally taught him to bark!
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The real injustice is that they don't count for wartime massacre missions. I'm all for those guys being viable targets under the rules of war.

.... okay this is mainly because I really don't like being interdicted by people that I can't just turn around and blow out of the sky on general principle for getting in my way.
 

CMDR GRAEME COWELL

CMDR GRAEME COWELL
M00ka said:
Nah, you see I don't see it as a bug, just a very minor inconvenience. Never been the type that blames everything on the game or those who wrote it.

Lore wise I put it down to the rigid SOP's the poor Navy types have to follow, the ones written before scanning was capable in SC and they had to force anyone and everyone back to normal space to scan them. Can't blame the dog for barking when you originally taught him to bark!
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this ^^^^

same with my pirate he is probably just staring out and might have missed the bit about scanners at Pirate School, or can't afford one yet, times are tough!

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Speedcuffs

Speedcuffs
M00ka said:
Nah, you see I don't see it as a bug, just a very minor inconvenience. Never been the type that blames everything on the game or those who wrote it.

Lore wise I put it down to the rigid SOP's the poor Navy types have to follow, the ones written before scanning was capable in SC and they had to force anyone and everyone back to normal space to scan them. Can't blame the dog for barking when you originally taught him to bark!
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Nah, he's had a bad day, chewed out by his boss over that last escort op that went bad.
He's seen you, just about to drop into that HGE for some Pharma's, nearly timed out.
His bad day is your bad luck.:cool:🚨
 

M00ka

M00ka
Speedcuffs said:
Nah, he's had a bad day, chewed out by his boss over that last escort op that went bad.
He's seen you, just about to drop into that HGE for some Pharma's, nearly timed out.
His bad day is your bad luck.:cool:🚨
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See that type of talk breaks my Lore. The poor Naval Commander doesn't need to hunt for mats. He has the entire naval logistics infrastructure for all of his supply needs, he doesn't need mats because he has access to the best naval engineers and there are engineering standards - all ships need to be identical to allow easy of use, otherwise the training burden would be enormous.

Nope he is just doing his job, probably not even realising he is upsetting me, I am just another tick in a box of the number of ships he has to interrogate each and every day.

;)
 

rrobes

rrobes
Pirates, they are feeble-minded because they forget about the hook on the end of their arm and knock themselves silly after a few tankards of rum.

"Yo-Ho, Yo-Ho, a pirate life for me!" Sound loop from Disney World Pirates of the Caribbean that I wish I never had heard!
 

Faded Glory

Faded Glory
M00ka said:
If you want to scan my ship, you can do in whilst still in Super Cruise. If you insist on interdicting me for a scan, at least have the common decency to scan my ship once we have dropping into normal space than acknowledge that you have completed the scan so I can depart to continue my journey.
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Um... You wait?

:p
 

M00ka

M00ka
Dear Progenitor Robert Foley Esquire,

I know you are the leader of the controlling faction for this station and your records will indicate that I have been allied to your organisation for many months. I have been loyal asset to your organisation for the entire time I have called this station my residence. In all that time I have never committed an illegal act, not even taken a mission that may flirt with the law of any other faction not only in this station, or this system but the neighbouring systems as well.

Yet in light of the preceding, you still continue to only offer me illegal work. Work that if I undertook I would find myself fined by YOU and YOUR organisation. Do you take me for a fool Progenitor, do you treat all your allies with such scant disregard for their legal status? Your records will clearly show I have not accepted one mission that would necessitate harming or attacking innocent people. I don't care if you are having a minor tiff with one of the other factions, use your own security force to do your dirty work or those that enjoy the prospect of spending time behind bars.

I will not be checking your available missions until I receive correspondence from your office that I will be given some form of recognition in accordance to my allied standing with your faction and not treated like a disposable asset.

Thank You
Commander Jason Burke,
Owner/Operator and Chief Windscreen Washer of the Phoenix Fleet.
 

Screemonster

Screemonster
Sylveria said:
I thoroughly enjoyed this thread. LOL'd for real.

They REALLY need to add more NPC messages to cycle through here. Passenger transports come to mind, as well. ;)

At least give them 5 or 6 more random personalities to cycle through, Frontier. PLEASE.
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What I really want is voice lines for NPC pilots to be consistent with their ability

Harmless pilots fair panicking when they report being wildly outnumbered, while elite ones would pick a more confident "we're in a target-rich environment, commander!" type of line
 
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