I run a fleet carrier called Sleeper Service. It shuttles between the Bubble and Colonia on a regular basis, giving any and all commanders a free ride and fleet/module transfer, and has done so for the past nine months, transporting hundreds of commanders. I've just upped the frequency to weekly, along with another commander, as part of the Fleet Carrier Owners Club's newly launched Colonia Shuttle.
My carrier is my primary ship. I only have two other ships on that account: a Phantom for errands, and a T9 for transferring tritium from my cargo hold to the depot. My journeys to and from Colonia are currently spent in the cockpit of the T9.
When carrier interiors were confirmed, my first thought was: fantastic! I will spend the travel time sitting on the bridge, saying "engage" and watching jumps with the passengers, rather than squashed into my crummy old T9 in the hangar. But my second thought was... wait. That's not what's going to happen. Here's the real gameplay loop:
This is not my idea of the satisfaction and accomplishment of carrier ownership that the CMs spoke about on the stream on Thursday. I'm not going to enjoy these elevator rides any more because I chose what colour they are.
I say this is a great opportunity to revisit the mechanics of getting tritium from the cargo hold of the carrier into the depot. We've all seen all the NPCs loitering in the corridors of carrier interiors - maybe one or two of them could head down to the cargo hold and transfer the fuel for me? Then I can sit in that comfy-looking ready room and enjoy the jumps with a glass of something nice, instead of sprinting back and forth to transfer fuel every jump.
As a minimum, please let us access the interior panel of the currently active ship from chairs on the carrier bridge, so we can remotely transfer without having to go down to the hangar in person. But ideally, why not introduce something a little more straightforward, like an option for the carrier to keep the depot topped up automatically as long as there's tritium available in the cargo hold?
I can't wait to chat to my passengers in the Sleeper Service bar and social areas. I'm really looking forward to issuing my first jump command from the captain's chair on the bridge. But unless there's an improvement in fuel transfer mechanics, I'm just going to be stuck in the T9 for the foreseeable. That'd be a real shame because carrier interiors look fantastic.
Thanks for reading. If you agree, please do add your voice below.
(edited after some more realistic reflection on refuelling frequency; I still think the point stands)
My carrier is my primary ship. I only have two other ships on that account: a Phantom for errands, and a T9 for transferring tritium from my cargo hold to the depot. My journeys to and from Colonia are currently spent in the cockpit of the T9.
When carrier interiors were confirmed, my first thought was: fantastic! I will spend the travel time sitting on the bridge, saying "engage" and watching jumps with the passengers, rather than squashed into my crummy old T9 in the hangar. But my second thought was... wait. That's not what's going to happen. Here's the real gameplay loop:
- Plot, wait for, and enjoy the jump from the bridge
- When the depot’s nearing empty…
- Get the elevator down to the hangar
- Run to the T9 and board the ship
- Transfer tritium from the T9 to the depot
- Transfer tritium from the cargo hold to the T9
- Disembark and run back through the hangar to the elevator
- Take my seat on the bridge, with my passengers wide-eyed in incredulity that the captain has to do all that themself
This is not my idea of the satisfaction and accomplishment of carrier ownership that the CMs spoke about on the stream on Thursday. I'm not going to enjoy these elevator rides any more because I chose what colour they are.
I say this is a great opportunity to revisit the mechanics of getting tritium from the cargo hold of the carrier into the depot. We've all seen all the NPCs loitering in the corridors of carrier interiors - maybe one or two of them could head down to the cargo hold and transfer the fuel for me? Then I can sit in that comfy-looking ready room and enjoy the jumps with a glass of something nice, instead of sprinting back and forth to transfer fuel every jump.
As a minimum, please let us access the interior panel of the currently active ship from chairs on the carrier bridge, so we can remotely transfer without having to go down to the hangar in person. But ideally, why not introduce something a little more straightforward, like an option for the carrier to keep the depot topped up automatically as long as there's tritium available in the cargo hold?
I can't wait to chat to my passengers in the Sleeper Service bar and social areas. I'm really looking forward to issuing my first jump command from the captain's chair on the bridge. But unless there's an improvement in fuel transfer mechanics, I'm just going to be stuck in the T9 for the foreseeable. That'd be a real shame because carrier interiors look fantastic.
Thanks for reading. If you agree, please do add your voice below.
(edited after some more realistic reflection on refuelling frequency; I still think the point stands)
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