Ok, so just died in space, ran out fuel.
Which is fine and so I should, but no distress beacon now, so how much fun would it be to call a friend to help, we can transfer cargo, so how about fuel too.
yes I would like see fuel as a commodity that can be traded, and cannisters dropped too, which can then be scooped and transferred to your fuel tank. should not be too difficult to add.
Yes this would be a great feature, especially for expeditions where someone or a few people perform the job of collecting fuel to keep everyone running.
Transferring it with cannisters would be fine.. or a similar sort of mini game where you have to dock with a transfer tube perhaps. Perhaps that would be automatically fitted when you have a fuel scoop, or perhaps in by default like the cargo scoop is.
Agreed, in fact a general distress beacon would be a nice touch too. Set it going and any players (and/or NPCs) passing near by would see it and you as a vistable location. Could be another whole category of USS type location... only they would be DBSS Distress Beacon Signal Source. Ships needing refuel, repair, maybe even evacuation if they're in a bad way. *Edit* not to mention people using it as a trap