Illegal Occupied Escape Pods?

rgiles1818 · Mar 26, 2020

Why would Occupied Escape Pods ever be illegal? Notice the status of "Illegal Salvage" on the left info panel.

The full video. The Illegal Occupied Escape Pods start @ 18:17 minute.

GFM_RDG

Please subscribe to my channel, ring the bell for notifications and watch more of my videos to support my efforts to bring you more videos. When you subscrib...

www.youtube.com

Riverside · Mar 26, 2020

You are stealing from a crime scene.

Phongsalt · Mar 26, 2020

The commander who dumped it has not yet relinquished 'ownership' of it.
Edge case, three caskets two viable,one damaged.if you only have room for two,which two?You can always come back for the third.

Quantis Trap · Mar 26, 2020

OP, this is a long standing game feature which I agree makes no sense. I asked this same question in a thread years ago. There are many game features like this in Elite Dangerous.

Misty_Dark · Mar 26, 2020

rgiles1818 said:
Why would Occupied Escape Pods ever be illegal? Notice the status of "Illegal Salvage" on the left info panel.

View attachment 166804

The full video. The Illegal Occupied Escape Pods start @ 18:17 minute.

Source: https://youtu.be/Pzzb6Yutz7Y

GFM_RDG

Please subscribe to my channel, ring the bell for notifications and watch more of my videos to support my efforts to bring you more videos. When you subscrib...

www.youtube.com

Think about it as you are not contracted to collect these.

This will bring us to why cannot we get contracted to collect these? like having missions, a "salvage" license for faction, power etc.
This is not the only mechanic in the game that could have more things added to it to make it more complete.

askavir · Mar 26, 2020

Because logic is not one of the game's merits.

Crank Larson · Mar 26, 2020

They're packed full of slaves.

Morbad · Mar 26, 2020

CMDR QUANTIS TRAP said:
OP, this is a long standing game feature which I agree makes no sense.

Just because I'm in an escape pod or life boat or whatever doesn't mean I want just anyone picking me up!

peteuplink · Mar 26, 2020

Because the game and BGS were obviously designed by people who didn't communicate properly with each other while things were being developed.

Lightspeed · Mar 26, 2020

Couple of years ago (or whenever the T10 first came out), I found some of these on a planet in a remote system en-route to Colonia. Forgot they were illegal when I arrived at Colonia, tired and confused ..... needless to say, I was attacked by a NPC ... fortunately I was in a T-10 which withstood a lot of damage and had a SLF on board that helped me escape ... eventually got through the Jacques slot with less than 10% hull remaining

Lesson learned !

Riverside · Mar 26, 2020

Lightspeed said:
Couple of years ago, I found some of these on a planet in a remote system en-route to Colonia. Forgot they were illegal when I arrived at Colonia, tired and confused ..... needless to say, I was attacked by a NPC ... fortunately I was in a T-10 which withstood a lot of damage and had a SLF on board that helped me escape ... eventually got through the Jacques slot with less than 10% hull remaining Lesson learned !

I have picked them up too (long time ago now) but noticed before I needed to dock & left them for a parked system security ship to 'recover'

If I find an occupied escape pod I must attempt rescue. That doesn't have to be taking them to a station but it does mean any ship I use that is likely to find one needs to have some cargo space, and I will dump cargo to make room if needed. The game gets boring pretty quickly without little personal rules like this I think.

AdmiralXanos · Mar 26, 2020

Riverside said:
You are stealing from a crime scene.

crime scene / prison break / corporation wants answers why their ship crashed
escape pods from a military ship, you could be freeing 'would be' POWs
rescue teams already dispatched, essentially your non hospital ship puts them at risk

they might be innocent and the controlling faction doesn't want interference, but other systems don't want trouble so the "stolen" status is respected. Know your jurisdiction, make educated decisions on who is in the 'right'

rgiles1818 · Mar 27, 2020

askavir said:
Because logic is not one of the game's merits.

That's how I feel when NPCs pop in right behind me out of no where and when they fly across the system in less than a few seconds.

Riverside · Mar 27, 2020

rgiles1818 said:
That's how I feel when NPCs pop in right behind me out of no where and when they fly across the system in less than a few seconds.

I find that annoying too, it is a lot less frequent than it used to be though.

askavir · Mar 27, 2020

rgiles1818 said:
That's how I feel when NPCs pop in right behind me out of no where and when they fly across the system in less than a few seconds.

Or when they find me every single time immediately even though "I'm a hard one to find"...

RELSPI · Mar 27, 2020

Alternative answer, given that those crash sites often contain Nerve Gas and other contraband - they're pirates/smugglers, so by transporting them you're effectively aiding the escape of a criminal.
Not the right answer, of course, which is 'someone just made it do that'.