What we need is a real space plane...
I wonder if they would allow this to increase the maximum number of NPC run vessels/fighters that can escort you with... Maybe one fighter one shuttle? Maybe more than one shuttle. Maybe they have less weapons DPS but act as distractions or utility support. We could have a fighter bay and a shuttle bay. Then 2 NPC and up to 4 with multicrew or more depending on the ship. Larger ships could have more multicrew ships but only if they are shuttles. maybe a max of 5. Two npc(1xfigher,1xshuttle) and 3 players(1xfigher,2xshuttle) on the bigger ships. On top of this the shuttle bay could act as a way to save your crew members if you are going to die. You literally get to launch them and get them to run away(or sacrifice themselves for you) and then get back to base one way or another where you can redeploy them if you blow up.
The shuttle bay could have the disadvantage of actually fielding your crew members live and only having one use per bay. This being because it is a real shuttle bay for escape and landing. In larger bays you could have more than one or more bays but for the sake of letting the next guy get to a safe destination as a landing/escape vehicle. IE, fight at your own risk.
You could also excuse fielding unrestricted amounts of these with NPCs because they would actually have your crew flying in them and they die with the shuttle. It would be very dangerous to use. Or you could just employ very low level crew. Possibly to help level them up. Then they act as real shuttles and not remote fighters. Or, again, fight at a risk to the crew members life.
You could possibly also use it to taxi crew or goods from a station or landing place to your ship and back if you don't want to go in the station yourself for various reasons. Maybe it could act as an independent vessel and not alert the authorities to your issues.... But it might not have the best cargo capacity. Not sure what it's stats were in game. If it doesn't have cargo you could use it to fly in station without them realizing it's attached to your main vessel and triggering police or scanners successfully.
Here are the best stats I could find: http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Worm_(Oolite)
If this has unrestricted amounts of NPC shuttle flyers this could make it ideal for mining as you could employ more of them, but at risk to your crews safety. It could make much more dynamic mining vessels as you could load more of you main ship with more weapons or cargo. It would also give a gritty reality to hiring cheap crew for deadly mining missions. They would become in essence expendable. Although that would the case in most cases a shuttle is used.
Here is another shuttle: http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Navy_Shuttle
I would think the chance to save expensive crew or use cheap crew to save your own life could be invaluable. This is why it would need unrestricted number of NPC used. It's needed to get all crew to safety, including you potentially. So you would need to permit this for fighting and mining and other activities. But it would actually have crew and you in it and not be remote piloted. So if it dies so does the pilot.
That would make slave running a heck of a lot less immoral though. ><
Note: Numbers of shuttles would naturally be restricted by bay and crew capabilities for a given ship.
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I wonder if they would allow this to increase the maximum number of NPC run vessels/fighters that can escort you with... Maybe one fighter one shuttle? Maybe more than one shuttle. Maybe they have less weapons DPS but act as distractions or utility support. We could have a fighter bay and a shuttle bay. Then 2 NPC and up to 4 with multicrew or more depending on the ship. Larger ships could have more multicrew ships but only if they are shuttles. maybe a max of 5. Two npc(1xfigher,1xshuttle) and 3 players(1xfigher,2xshuttle) on the bigger ships. On top of this the shuttle bay could act as a way to save your crew members if you are going to die. You literally get to launch them and get them to run away(or sacrifice themselves for you) and then get back to base one way or another where you can redeploy them if you blow up.
The shuttle bay could have the disadvantage of actually fielding your crew members live and only having one use per bay. This being because it is a real shuttle bay for escape and landing. In larger bays you could have more than one or more bays but for the sake of letting the next guy get to a safe destination as a landing/escape vehicle. IE, fight at your own risk.
You could also excuse fielding unrestricted amounts of these with NPCs because they would actually have your crew flying in them and they die with the shuttle. It would be very dangerous to use. Or you could just employ very low level crew. Possibly to help level them up. Then they act as real shuttles and not remote fighters. Or, again, fight at a risk to the crew members life.
You could possibly also use it to taxi crew or goods from a station or landing place to your ship and back if you don't want to go in the station yourself for various reasons. Maybe it could act as an independent vessel and not alert the authorities to your issues.... But it might not have the best cargo capacity. Not sure what it's stats were in game. If it doesn't have cargo you could use it to fly in station without them realizing it's attached to your main vessel and triggering police or scanners successfully.
Here are the best stats I could find: http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Worm_(Oolite)
If this has unrestricted amounts of NPC shuttle flyers this could make it ideal for mining as you could employ more of them, but at risk to your crews safety. It could make much more dynamic mining vessels as you could load more of you main ship with more weapons or cargo. It would also give a gritty reality to hiring cheap crew for deadly mining missions. They would become in essence expendable. Although that would the case in most cases a shuttle is used.
Here is another shuttle: http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Navy_Shuttle
I would think the chance to save expensive crew or use cheap crew to save your own life could be invaluable. This is why it would need unrestricted number of NPC used. It's needed to get all crew to safety, including you potentially. So you would need to permit this for fighting and mining and other activities. But it would actually have crew and you in it and not be remote piloted. So if it dies so does the pilot.
That would make slave running a heck of a lot less immoral though. ><
Note: Numbers of shuttles would naturally be restricted by bay and crew capabilities for a given ship.
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