NPC Pilots - Colonization

LordErebus

L
Just a thought, but wouldn't it be nice for colonization if we could have our hired NPC pilots fly a cargo ship to help build our colonies... Maybe make it so we can only do it in a system with a Port or something, but that would at least make the NPC pilots more useful then they currently are... 99% of the time you don't need them and 100% of the time they are a waste of credits for what they actually bring to the game. This would actually make NPC pilots be more useful since we could give them a cargo ship, tell them go do this task for me, and sure maybe if we do it ourselves it is faster, but at least this way we don't have to slog 240000 tons of goods to a T3 station manually.
Maybe make it so it only happens when we are online?
Just and idea... would be cool to see, and with the panther clipper coming would be even more effective.
 

Desirsar

Desirsar
I'd limit it more to in-system commodities with an export amount only, and slow. Still, I'd then make one refinery market, place five installations of some sort, and head off to my next system to do the same, and cycle back when the bulk of the installations (steel, aluminium, titanium, and CMM composites) are done to finish it up, place five more installations, and cycle back to my next most ready system. The idea is solid until you realize it'd be incredibly easy to game it like this.

Attaching it to BGS, on the other hand... If the ships carrying construction materials were visible in open, could be shot down, puts a pause on the construction cycle, and makes a big hit to the influence of the related faction... now you've got a way to include other gameplay loops other than hauling. Heck, BGS haulers and power haulers if the system becomes exploited. Missions that could increase the carrying capacity of the cargo contractors, if temporarily. Of course, adding all this without breaking other things might be rough.
 

jackflash

J
The space truckers union will have none of this -- it's been suggested a ton and I love the idea in any way to cut down the horrible endless hauling 1 dimensional gameplay of colonization but apparently it's never going to happen. I'd love if there was an easier way to hire player haulers in game without having to use discord or reddit to try and find someone as an alternative.
 
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