Passenger Ships...

[EXE Sasser]

Spare the Salt if the topics been talked about already

If passenger ships are to be used for passengers. Wouldn't it be a good idea to limit the only internal modules to all types of passenger cabins only with the exception of Shields and shield cell banks if the player is attacked.?

Using all other ships which are either trade. Combat or exploration suited for passengers sort of defeats the passenger ship itself. I mean, look at when peeps would use the Smeaton Orbital run for cash. 24/7 you'd see nothing but Anaconda after anaconda.

Additionally, prevent all passenger cabins being mounted onto all other ships excluding the Dolphin, Orca, and Beluga.
Or, possibly tweak the internals of all ships:

One specific slot for a shield, another for a cell bank. And all other internals to fit only passenger cabins. It be handy too to maybe include class 7 and 8 cabins for possible use in the Orca and Beluga.

Thoughts guys???

o7

 

[Sepp]

I'm not in favour of it. I once had a lovely trip across the Black Sea as a passenger on a freighter - the most basic of basic accommodation and ate with the crew but it was a great fun. So, why not have pax cabins in freighters in the game? Going the other way, I used to fly a business jet that, when it became too old and unpopular to earn its keep commercially, was used by the boss as a flying spares store for his race team.

I do, however, support the idea that slaves ought only to be transported in cargo bays with basic life support, and that "normal" cargo bays should not have that feature. I kinda like the twisted humour that existed in the old Elite whereby you could put slaves in a normal cargo bay, but they arrived dead as the dodo, as animal meat.

 

[BrownSeaPoster]

Spare the Salt if the topics been talked about already 

If passenger ships are to be used for passengers. Wouldn't it be a good idea to limit the only internal modules to all types of passenger cabins only with the exception of Shields and shield cell banks if the player is attacked.?

Using all other ships which are either trade. Combat or exploration suited for passengers sort of defeats the passenger ship itself. I mean, look at when peeps would use the Smeaton Orbital run for cash. 24/7 you'd see nothing but Anaconda after anaconda.

Additionally, prevent all passenger cabins being mounted onto all other ships excluding the Dolphin, Orca, and Beluga.
Or, possibly tweak the internals of all ships:

One specific slot for a shield, another for a cell bank. And all other internals to fit only passenger cabins. It be handy too to maybe include class 7 and 8 cabins for possible use in the Orca and Beluga.

Thoughts guys???

o7

This is not a good idea. Using a beluga, dolphin, orca etc as fighters is fun. Let people have the option of using ships as whatever they want.