So, how many sidey shuttles are spread round the galaxy?
- Thread starter Shads
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if you have a bounty in a large ship you cant land at a larger station without being shot to death but if you buy a cheap sidie you can dock safely at an out post and pay the bounty then scoot back to you larger ship and sell the side winder.
or as one clever fellow pointed out if your rich you can just use them as galactic map pins lol
I have a type 9 and a python I use for combat. If I decide to move to another area of the galaxy I can fly there in one ship but then need to get the other there too. As of now the only way is to fly there in a sidewinder and pick up your second ship.
Hopefully, when we get the 'walkabout' feature, we can offer up contracts to other players (or even NPCs) to transport us from A to B in a timely fashion. Would be a bit more elegant than the 'buy-a-wreck' solution we must resort to now.
edit: or even have regularly scheduled NPC shuttles going between systems. So you are going from A to Z, but to get there, you first embark a shuttle going to B, then another going to C and so on. And if there is some waiting time, you go visit the lounge or bar or whatever and hang with other players.
edit: or even have regularly scheduled NPC shuttles going between systems. So you are going from A to Z, but to get there, you first embark a shuttle going to B, then another going to C and so on. And if there is some waiting time, you go visit the lounge or bar or whatever and hang with other players.
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I think I still have my starter sidey in a system close to where I started. Didn't sell it since it was worth nothing and I'm thinking of using it to do some weapon testing with a friend. If it gets damaged or whatever, who cares right?
i would really enjoy being a galactic taxi service for dislocated pilots who need a lift 
chatting in an uninformed and inappropriately ranty way about galactic politics as we fly
chatting in an uninformed and inappropriately ranty way about galactic politics as we fly
i would really enjoy being a galactic taxi service for dislocated pilots who need a lift
chatting in an uninformed and inappropriately ranty way about galactic politics as we fly
"I had that Senator Patreus in the back there, just the other week. Right where you're sitting. Nice fella..."
lol yeah you get it bro. imagine having to do the galactic knowledge though!
Yeah - this is the main reason. If you have a second / third ship that you want to relocate. Currently I'm doing trading in a T6, with my starter Cobra and Freagle sat in Jameson Memorial about 150 LY away. If I fancy having my Cobra near to my trade route, I'll need to buy a Sidey and sell it in Jameson. The only reason for using the Sidewinder is that it's the cheapest ship. The difference between the purchase price and trade-in price of the Sidewinder would be a good starting point in pricing for a ship transportatoin service.
Me too. Every few days I'll get a hauler, fit an A class drive, call it "price gun" and zip around the local systems getting price information.
I do have one sidewinder though. It's in LHS 3447, sitting there from one I picked up my eagle. Seeing as that's about 200 LY away AND the station is bloody forever from the navbeacon, it can stay there.
