You beat me to it
Globusdiablo.
The reply to bedroc's question raised some points about ship-to-ship docking and resupplying in frontier space.
a) Will there be occasional dedicated vessels that will resupply any ship cruising the nether regions?
b) These ships will have a small number of exterior docking bays? Perhaps a drive thru for that coffee and sticky bun?
c) A resupply ship would have to be big, somewhat larger than an Anaconda?
d) Would this craft be NPC only crewed? Hope not, the likes of this would be something a player-merchant could aspire to.
e) Defensive capabilities good / poor, needs an escort?
f) Resupply ships could be used for exploration purposes as well, with minimal refitting.
g) A ship like this, buying and selling in-system, could cause prices to collapse or sky rocket?
h) With some exceptions, buying and selling ship-to-ship will probably never be as competitive as ship-to-station. Those exceptions might be: i) An anarchy system filled to the gunnels with cut-throats, renegades and other scum. Any takers? ii) A war zone. iii) The site of an impending or post disaster.
i) If player-crewed and out in the back-of-beyond, could potential customers be dictated to with regards prices of goods and services or will it be a negotiation process?
j) What goods and what services could / would / should be available? Just dealings in canisters or some limited workshop repairs and outfitting? The selection and prices of a station maybe off-set by convenience and service; think super market vs corner shop ("G-G-G-Granville f-f-fetch yer cloth".)
k) Balancing armaments, docks, cargo space, armoury, workshops, engine type and also crewing, would give ship owners lots of configurations to fiddle with to suit their style of game-play.
Happy Easter everyone.
