Newcomer / Intro Is there really no way to move an SRV?

[Badmiker]

So, I went to a military port and bought a double vehicle hanger and a couple of Scorpions thinking I could move them to another ship but cannot see any way to do it. Even installing another single bay doesnt allow me to move a Scorpion from the double bay into it.

Can I not store a SRV like a module?
Are the scorpions now tied to the double bay?

Please tell me that I'm wrong because it seems like there's some basic functionality missing here FDev...

 

[Mohawk_ger]

The SRV (fighters also) are bound to the bay. So you can just move the bay to another ship, to get the SRV to that ship.

Yes, some functionality is missing... imaging you have several bays at your storage - you don't know which one got the SRV/fighter you want...
IMO it should be traded like blueprints, if you already have that blueprint, you can install that type wherever you want. It's ridiculous to search for a hangar where you can find the needed SRV/fighter, even if you had installed it a hundred times somewhere.

 

[Mohawk_ger]

btw... one solution - buy a bay, equip with your wish and put it to storage. At least, you can then transfer that bay, including content, to your location and another ship.

 

[Krieger]

You should be able to store the vehicle hangar with the scorpions in it like any other ship module.

 

[Badmiker]

Yes, that would work. But I bought a double bay thinking I could move them around.

So I have to go back and buy a load of single bays with scorpions to keep in storage.

 

[tolm]

NB - I HAVE NOT TRIED THIS!!!

Just a thought … could you temporarily install the double bay as well as the single bay, sell the SRV from the double-bay and then it might show up as a “buy back” option (even at stations that don’t sell that SRV) when choosing a vehicle for the single bay? Then just in-equip the double bay.

 

[Codger]

SRVs are more like ammo, you can even restock them from the restock page. But you can't move them from bay to bay, and they can't be stored with modules, only the entire bay can.

It's the same with ship-launched fighters.

 

[Codger]

So I have to go back and buy a load of single bays with scorpions to keep in storage.

Wait until you discover that there's no way to tell which kind of SRV is in a stored bay I have a few on my carrier and I just have to keep trying them until I get the one I want.

 

[Chris Simon]

I don't know if Elite's coding even goes this far but here's an experiment proposal. (If you've got Odyssey, but I think you have to to get Scorpion)
Get a friend. Land somewhere and deploy the SRV. Let them wait with it on the ground (so it doesn't despawn). Go get your other ship with empty SRV bay. Return to your friend, get back into the SRV and board onto your ship.

It would be really cool if it worked, but somehow I'm doubtful.