ANNOUNCEMENT Gamescom Reveals - Fleet Carrier Details

[Gully Foyle]

Looks great, but how much is "a large amount of credits"?

Relative.\ to your wealth lol

now with added humo(u)r

 

[Globusdiablo]

...Fly safe, Commanders!

Will the Fleet Carriers be destructible?

 

[Gully Foyle]

Yeah you can chose when you schedule it, but when does the carrier actually jump?

Thursday of course.

 

[Timjfjdd]

i read some post saying something about a stream, anyone have a link to the stream where they talked about the carriers?

 

[Gully Foyle]

Will the Fleet Carriers be destructible?

Of course Globy, don't worry.

 

[DragonIV]

Well, we did want a late game CR sink, and so here it is. Given how lucrative mining is, a cost of 1B+ is probably likely, maybe even more.

 

[Robert Maynard]

Also wonder just how cluttered some systems will be with these giant ships.

Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space.

 

[Dad Rock]

I love it...but questions arise. How can one Commander fly a carrier without a crew? Does that mean we will be able to hire NPCs and have a starship style bridge? It'd look very, very strange to be the only person on the bridge. What happens when it is attacked? How is it flown? Do you purchase the modules or get them built? I can't wait to learn more. Thank you, Frontier.

 

[Pro Cambarus]

Fascinating.
I'd prefer them to be squadron only, but it seems solo commanders are not common inhabitants of the Galaxy anymore, they're rather kings or magnates.
I hope that there will be an opportunity to set permissions for squadron members, so FCs can be used as meaningful community assets.

 

[Iskariot]

Will the Fleet Carriers be destructible?

Only self-destructible.

 

[Gully Foyle]

Well, we did want a late game CR sink, and so here it is. Given how lucrative mining is, a cost of 1B+ is probably likely, maybe even more.

Whats late game? I can only fly the anaconda I like in betas for FSM's sakes!

 

[Paige Harvey]

Hey Commanders! Great questions so far. We'll gather some up and keep them pocketed for future discussions and info releases! Keep them coming!

 

[Globusdiablo]

Of course Globy, don't worry.

Sadly, I just found this:

They said on the stream carriers will be indestructible.

 

[Pashark]

Different, certainly. 500 ly per jump is only ~10 times the jump range of a fully equipped explorer ship. Depending on the resources needed per jump and the available amount of jumps per time (FSD cooldown estimates, anyone?), it may or may not be faster than a Phantom in neutron mode.

Very long FSD CD, It souldn't be faster than a good exploration ship.

 

[Lightspeed]

In other configurations, it looks <gulp> MODULAR ! Which means FD listened !

 

[Iskariot]

I love it...but questions arise. How can one Commander fly a carrier without a crew? Does that mean we will be able to hire NPCs and have a starship style bridge? It'd look very, very strange to be the only person on the bridge. What happens when it is attacked? How is it flown? Do you purchase the modules or get them built? I can't wait to learn more. Thank you, Frontier.

Yep. We need a solid NPC crew mechanic asap.
I have been saying this for ages.

 

[Dagwit]

A thought: since the carriers are available for both Horizons and base game players, that means the fuel can't be a planetside resource. The obvious alternative is ring mining.

 

[Iskariot]

Well, we did want a late game CR sink, and so here it is. Given how lucrative mining is, a cost of 1B+ is probably likely, maybe even more.

1B? are you kidding?
A ship that size should cost 10 billion at a minimum.

 

[Gully Foyle]

Hey Commanders! Great questions so far. We'll gather some up and keep them pocketed for future discussions and info releases! Keep them coming!

Thanks for the bomb of newness Cmdr!

 

[bluecrash]

Hello everyone,

In a similar fashion to our Lavecon 2019 reveals, we wanted to give all of you who couldn't join us at our Gamescom Frontier Community Meet a rundown of all the details that just dropped... or should we say hauled in here by the aid of... a Fleet Carrier!

December Update - The FLEET CARRIER Update

The news you've been waiting for... Fleet Carriers.

Take a peek below at the initial details about Fleet Carriers, coming as the December Update.

Ownership

• Purchasable with a large amount of credits.
• One Fleet Carrier per Commander. Available for base game and Horizons players.

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Capacity

• Fleet Carriers have a total of 16 Landing Pads, composed of:
  • 8 Large
  • 4 Medium
  • 4 Small
• Set permissions to allow others to dock at your Fleet Carrier.

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Operations

• All Fleet Carriers feature rearm, refuel and repair services.
• Commanders can choose a number of loadouts for their Fleet Carrier, governing services/module and ship availability to support a number of different activities, such as:
  • Bounty Hunter
  • Mercenary
  • Pirate
  • Trader
  • Smuggler
  • Miner
  • Explorer
  • Search and Rescue

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Travel

• 500 LY jump range (per jump)
• Schedule jumps from the Galaxy Map when you want and from wherever you are in the galaxy.
• Commanders require a unique resource to fuel the Fleet Carrier in order for it to jump.

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We'll be delving deeper into Fleet Carriers and all they can do in upcoming livestreams and forum posts later this year!

September Update

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For those of you who have been stranded out in the black and somehow missed it, here's also a super-duper QUICK recap of the September Update.

• This year's updates are focused on improving the starter experience for new commanders. We're adding a fully-voiced, in-game, in-ship tutorial, covering the basics of space flight, combat, traveling and scanning. Also, this experience is available in all of our in-game supported languages! Speaking of you veterans, you'll be able to access this from your right-hand panel at any time so you won't even need to wipe your save!
• In addition, we'll be reworking and rebranding what some of you might know as Frontier Points, introducing them as Arx. These Arx will be purchasable and used to buy Game Extras such as Paint Jobs, Ship Kits, Bobbleheads and more. What's great about Arx is that you will be able to earn them in-game by... simply playing the game!

The September Update will be launched 18 September for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One!

Fly safe, Commanders!

How much cargo can we store on one? Don't limit us to our ship holds.