is overwhelmingly common.
o7 CMDRS,
today's lecture will be about the lack of ship history, absence of second hand vessels and negative nasal mucous membrane impact from constant olfactory bombardment made by single fragrance. So please, take your seat, mute your mobile devices, prepare clean noting surface and writing utensil. We begin.
Ekhm... <throat clearing sound>
Why all ships in game are brand new only?
Ladies and gentlebeings. This concludes our meeting. I hope that you found topic to be interesting, arguments valid and discussion enlighting. If you have any further inquiries about the presented subject, feel free to join me in less official discussion, after our meeting is concluded. That is all for today, I bid you farewell.
Oh, and mind the step outside the hall - many had fallen victim to it since surface is quite slippery and you can make a slide if not careful.
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Ok, I'm not patient enough to wait for some reply so I can say what I want to say so here we go. My point is: every ship in ED is dealer's sales, all are brand new, factory default and exactly the same, no matter where you buy it.
There are no second hand dealers that sell used ships, no scrap yards where you can purchase rotting hull and slowly restore it to working condition. There are no backyard garages where you can upgrade your wreck, tinker with it. Only one and just official distribution and service.
Say, what happened with with my Chieftain? Bought it, equipped with some lasers and MCs, went for a 30 m bounty hunting and that's all. After week of sitting in a dock I sold it since I needed credits to outfit my Cutter with pricey FSD. So my sold Chieftain was about 2-3 weeks old, total flight time about an hour. From wear and tear POV it's still brand new (don't mind the blaster fire scorch marks, painted it with fresh paint).
The station I sold it to did exactly what? Cleaned the wind (void?) screen - not the best job, admit it, washed the floor mat and sprayed the interior with "New Ship" scent and put in stock for another CMDR? Then it's a rip off since they are selling used ships as new ones. Galactic scale scandal. Or they simply trashed and recycled it? Then it's not ecologic approach, not to mention economics.
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<wishful thinking starts here>
When I read about ED, and Engineering in that case, I thought of Millenium Falcon. Seriously - I thought I could buy a ship and tinker the void out of it. Alternatively I could buy used ship for a cheaper price but with lower ... I don't know; performance, integrity. Used ships, like used cars aren't known for being in top condition. Some rust, few bends and dents. Some loose screw, leaking hyperdrive or fault motivator. But you could get one as a bargain.
Sure, it would require more maintenance, would overheat more frequent, and be less durable. But it would be an equivalent of a teen's first car - it is MY old rustbucket. With time, effort and money (for which I could buy new one) I could turn that rustbucket into truly something special. Reinforce bulkheads, mod FSD, lightweight sensors and engineer heat distributors and behold. My 3276 Adder outjumps your brand new 3303 Anaconda by whole 25 LYs.
Because it's fueled with LOVE.
OK, that sounded weird. But you get the picture. Millenium Falcon case. Old, several owners in the history (total destruction and complete rebuild as well), constantly upgraded, rebuilt and engineered. Rusty, clunky and almost falling apart, sticking together with duct tape, prayers and curses. But the most agile and fastest ship in the galaxy.
Eh... looks like I'm still sleeping cos I'm dreaming fine dreams.
