I would like to see a player owned bulk cargo freighter in game. It borrows some features from the carrier, and the command module is dockable at a normal star-port.
You buy the bulk cargo freighter at a capital shipyard, and it will be transported to a cargo parking slot around a starport (only larger starports have parking slots, no outposts or landing on a planet) The bulk cargo freighter is equipped with a small sized docking platform, no outfitting and no shipyard.
After you have docked with your small ship, you will be able to transfer ship to the command module. The command module can then undock from the bulk cargo unit, and dock at a starport where you can change the outfitting of your ships, size 8 hyperdrives, size 8 thrusters etc, fit engineered modules etc.
The command module will have its own cargo hold (configurable with cargo modules), to be able to transfer cargo between the parked cargo module and a starport, and then when it is docked with the parked bulk cargo module, you can transfer cargo from the bulk cargo freighter to your hold with the transfer cargo button (there is no commodity market on the bulk cargo freighter).
When your command module is docked with the bulk cargo unit you can leave the parking slot and jump to another system, and request a new parking slot at another star port, and you will be offered a slot in orbit with a time limit, and you drop out of warp into the parking slot and leave your bulk cargo unit there.
When you first encounter your bulk cargo freighter at a parking slot, it will be a dockable station type object, invulnerable and not moving, that you will be able to dock with your small-sized craft. You will then be in a standard dock interface, but without the full station interface screen, only two options, undock or transfer to bulk carrier (no shipyard, no outfitting, no commodity market, no service whatsoever, the station interface screen doesnt exist when youre docked with a bulk freighter, and only the owner has docking permission).
When you transfered from your small craft to the command module of the bulk cargo freighter, you will still be in your pilot seat, but cannot move until you request to undock/leave the parking slot in orbit around a starport. Until you submit that request you will have the station interface in front of you, but again, no full station interface, and no services, only options is request to undock from the cargo module, or request to leave the parking slot around the starport, or transfer back to your small craft (by a variation of the SRV/fighter/crew screen down below).
You will only be able to leave the bulk cargo freighter when you are docked at a star port (with the command module) or at a parking slot orbiting a starport. the bulk freight module is so huge that it doesnt fit in the mailslot of the star port, and you will be shot down if you attempt to go near a star port.
If you commit a crime/get destroyed, you will either be transported to a prison ship with your small ship docked at a bulk carrier/or be respawned at a parking slot orbiting a starport. The command-module to your bulkcarrier will never respawn at a prison ship, and you cannot jump to another system without the bulk-cargo module attached. Your bulk carrier can be targeted/destroyed when its not at its parking slot around a star port.
You buy the bulk cargo freighter at a capital shipyard, and it will be transported to a cargo parking slot around a starport (only larger starports have parking slots, no outposts or landing on a planet) The bulk cargo freighter is equipped with a small sized docking platform, no outfitting and no shipyard.
After you have docked with your small ship, you will be able to transfer ship to the command module. The command module can then undock from the bulk cargo unit, and dock at a starport where you can change the outfitting of your ships, size 8 hyperdrives, size 8 thrusters etc, fit engineered modules etc.
The command module will have its own cargo hold (configurable with cargo modules), to be able to transfer cargo between the parked cargo module and a starport, and then when it is docked with the parked bulk cargo module, you can transfer cargo from the bulk cargo freighter to your hold with the transfer cargo button (there is no commodity market on the bulk cargo freighter).
When your command module is docked with the bulk cargo unit you can leave the parking slot and jump to another system, and request a new parking slot at another star port, and you will be offered a slot in orbit with a time limit, and you drop out of warp into the parking slot and leave your bulk cargo unit there.
When you first encounter your bulk cargo freighter at a parking slot, it will be a dockable station type object, invulnerable and not moving, that you will be able to dock with your small-sized craft. You will then be in a standard dock interface, but without the full station interface screen, only two options, undock or transfer to bulk carrier (no shipyard, no outfitting, no commodity market, no service whatsoever, the station interface screen doesnt exist when youre docked with a bulk freighter, and only the owner has docking permission).
When you transfered from your small craft to the command module of the bulk cargo freighter, you will still be in your pilot seat, but cannot move until you request to undock/leave the parking slot in orbit around a starport. Until you submit that request you will have the station interface in front of you, but again, no full station interface, and no services, only options is request to undock from the cargo module, or request to leave the parking slot around the starport, or transfer back to your small craft (by a variation of the SRV/fighter/crew screen down below).
You will only be able to leave the bulk cargo freighter when you are docked at a star port (with the command module) or at a parking slot orbiting a starport. the bulk freight module is so huge that it doesnt fit in the mailslot of the star port, and you will be shot down if you attempt to go near a star port.
If you commit a crime/get destroyed, you will either be transported to a prison ship with your small ship docked at a bulk carrier/or be respawned at a parking slot orbiting a starport. The command-module to your bulkcarrier will never respawn at a prison ship, and you cannot jump to another system without the bulk-cargo module attached. Your bulk carrier can be targeted/destroyed when its not at its parking slot around a star port.
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