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shadragon

shadragon
I have 30 or so ships in storage and a pile of overpaid NPC's lounging around taking a major percentage of my income while I do all the work.

Why can I not give one of my unused cargo ships to one of those lazy so-and-so's and have them fly with me in our own personal wing for colonization cargo runs that matter? Yes, I'll have to pull them out of the odd piracy scrap, but then its an adventure. Shuttling back and forth endlessly isn't very engaging.
 
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geoffrey.hdt

geoffrey.hdt
I would love to see some escort missions in the game. I believe any space simulation game has these...not sure why ED does not.

Then hell yes, using NPC crews to fly while you escort would be awesome.

Make them painfully slow, increase the chance of the convoy getting interdicted and mandatory to fend off the attackers otherwise risk of losing it all, and make it mandatory to pay the pilots a hefty fee or/and percentage of the profit (if any) to limit how profitable it would be for trading.
 

geoffrey.hdt

geoffrey.hdt
Koma Pahu said:
Have you ever left them in charge of your ship? I’m not sure they can really fly space ships… 😬
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Go from A to B, painfully slowly, without fuel scooping, is already implemented and used by the Apex service.
They would just need to fly in a wing, like NPCs do, and you would be in charge of following them (with the existing nav-lock function compatible with your NPC wing) to protect them.
 

Koma Pahu

Koma Pahu
geoffrey.hdt said:
Go from A to B, painfully slowly, without fuel scooping, is already implemented and used by the Apex service.
They would just need to fly in a wing, like NPCs do, and you would be in charge of following them (with the existing nav-lock function compatible with your NPC wing) to protect them.
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Apex aren’t our crew. The pilots we hire for SLFs definitely exaggerate on their CVs!
 

Vasco Sapien

Vasco Sapien
shadragon said:
I have 30 or so ships in storage and a pile of overpaid NPC's lounging around taking a major percentage of my income while I do all the work.

Why can I not give one of my unused cargo ships to one of those lazy so-and-so's and have them fly with me in our own personal wing for colonization cargo runs that matter? Yes, I'll have to pull them out of the odd piracy scrap, but then its an adventure. Shuttling back and forth endlessly isn't very engaging.
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If you pay me £12 an hour via Paypal i'll do it for you. Im better, i can fight pirates better and will send you an email when the jobs done.
(Also expenses, Deliveroo - McNuggets, Beer (12 pack) Memory Foam Donut Cushion and 3-ply toilet paper)

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Vasco Sapien

Vasco Sapien
Vasco Sapien said:
If you pay me £12 an hour via Paypal i'll do it for you. Im better, i can fight pirates better and will send you an email when the jobs done.
(Also expenses, Deliveroo - McNuggets, Beer (12 pack) Memory Foam Donut Cushion and 3-ply toilet paper)

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Actually skip the £12 p/h, I'll do it for the beer and Nuggets.
 

vanFace

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Koma Pahu said:
Have you ever left them in charge of your ship? I’m not sure they can really fly space ships… 😬
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Oh yes, it was a "harmless" one, and oh boy, have I regretted this decision. But after all, he handled it just as well as any human newb might :D . Those pilot license tests sure have a low standard.
 

Koma Pahu

Koma Pahu
vanFace said:
Oh yes, it was a "harmless" one, and oh boy, have I regretted this decision. But after all, he handled it just as well as any human newb might :D . Those pilot license tests sure have a low standard.
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I almost lost my near indestructible ‘Vette after leaving it in the “capable” hands of my Elite pilot. Never again! 😆
 
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