Pretty sure Buckyballers would say a racing ship
There were the same wish-ships well before the race to Sag A*
The most awesome ship idea of all!
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Pretty sure Buckyballers would say a racing ship
There were the same wish-ships well before the race to Sag A*
Well, I suppose if you have some investigation of the real galaxy, and researched where known interesting stellar bodies are in this galaxy such as pulsars, neutron stars and black holes (there are more black holes in the galaxy then just ole sadge) by going through Nasa logs of such things, and then see if they exist as they should in elite:dangerous, you are just looking to get there as fast as possible, and hence the longer the jump range the better.
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I think the best thing explorers could possibly get is a traveling space station, like Jaques' (sp?) mobile station. Maybe a new one is sent out into the black every few months or so. That would actually be pretty nice. OP's idea sounds cool, but I think it may be pretty tough for Frontier to make. I imagine such a thing would be pretty buggy at first. I certainly wouldn't say it's impossible, but unlikely to happen. I've been wrong before, though!
how was the intergalactic jump drive named from elite 1?
i see no problem on the 100LY jump range, just make that an expensive trip
an fsd-cell-bank-module, price 2mil, boost normal jump range factor 10, destroyed on usage.
(if FD is generous you may fit in more than one...)
edit: destroyed on usage is bold now
i see no problem on the 100LY jump range, just make that an expensive trip
an fsd-cell-bank-module, price 2mil, boost normal jump range factor 10, destroyed on usage.
(if FD is generous you may fit in more than one...)
edit: destroyed on usage is bold now
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There are stars you can't reach with the current ships, however giving something that much jump range is ridiculous, you can already cover around 2000ly per hour of you try hard enough plus being able to move all those ships at once removes a lot of tactical play and decision making from the game.
Even making the jumps really expensive wont stop players, currently you can easily make 2 or 3 million an hour so a days play would have you equipped to just zip across the galazy in hours and then players would start asking for ships to take them to the next galaxy.
Think about what you ask for and then go play something more like what you are after instead of trying to spoil this one.
Why do you guys all want easy mode????
Even making the jumps really expensive wont stop players, currently you can easily make 2 or 3 million an hour so a days play would have you equipped to just zip across the galazy in hours and then players would start asking for ships to take them to the next galaxy.
Think about what you ask for and then go play something more like what you are after instead of trying to spoil this one.
Why do you guys all want easy mode????
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The Federal dropship seems to have a watercooler on each side of the cockpit; a little odd because it has only one pilot chair and you need at least one hand to fly... not to mention there are no aliens with two mouths that I know of...
Rumours persist of a ship with a coffee maker. The Clipper comes with an Imperial Slave and a drinks cabinet, of course.
But back to the main topic: is it time for the appearance of the mythical SPACE DREDGER? It would sail about systems hoovering up wreckage, floating cargo, and visit Resource zones to mine. Would be a great place to sell any scooped cargo of dubious provenance and would have a random selection of salvaged ships and equipment...
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Great idea. I had a similar discussion with my colleague some time ago. We envisioned a rack with a huge FSD attached to it.
Though we opted for a carrier with close to zero cargo space. It should rely on the babies (e.g. T6) to provide the cargo capacity.
What we agreed on was that it would probably be very boring for the pilot of this carrier since he can't do much without a wing (600t cargo is too much).
Though we opted for a carrier with close to zero cargo space. It should rely on the babies (e.g. T6) to provide the cargo capacity.
What we agreed on was that it would probably be very boring for the pilot of this carrier since he can't do much without a wing (600t cargo is too much).
This would be an awesome alternative to player controlled stations.
That's pretty much what I had in mind. The main purpose of the Lakon Highway is to do exactly that. Act as a highway to a chosen point. It would then just sit there, disembark all ships and act as a staging station. It provides YOU with the ability to explore. It doesn't go exploring itself. You do that.
I think this is a great idea, because a lot of us are working, have kids etc, and simply don't have the time to do so many jumps to a destination region. 600 tonne cargo is probably a wee bit too much btw.
Also, in the reasonably near future most stars around populated space are going to be explored. So, as time goes by, we are all as explorers going to have to slog through all the discovered stuff. This ship provides a way of punching through that.
It's not that pretty either. Its pretty much a floating gantry with a great big FSD strapped on.You guys are the armament. (and after thinking about it, the cargo hold too... Perhaps at some stage Frontier introduce regions where certain minerals are abundant... Eg: Painite or so. The miners will want to hop on then too...Hmmm)
Perhaps you could offload your shield gennie onto it too, providing protection to it if you are near hostile space. 2 guys keep their shield generators with them, acting as planet scanners, while two others act as lightweight scouts bouncing from system to system doing discovery scans?
What I am now not sure about is if you should own it or not. If you did, well Frontier will have to introduce a payment method from player to player. Perhaps fully automated is better?
Then again, just imagining it in a fight is awesome fun. It would be like and old battleship, as the ships are fixed to it. Broadsides come to mind! while 1 detaches and harries the enemy to provide cover for such a maneuver!
I don't really think that what we have discovered so far is "Filling in the gaps" between 400 billion stars.
People will pay. Because they don't have the time in "real life" to get there. It's called an "Option".
I think it's more about getting out in the black and realizing it's going to take 3 days to make it back to civilization with no options. Or visiting those remote/interesting destinations without having to commit the 28 hours of repetitive gameplay.
Also, it about "group exploring" which is impractical now, but could be a lot of fun! (I'll scan this side of the sun, you scan the other side)
Sorry I guess I am just jaded by all the comments when a new ship comes out
"It cannot jump 60 light years at LEAST and carry a Class 7 Fuel scoop it isn't a real explorer"
Distance is part of the challenge, if you can get there in three easy super jumps it is hardly a remove or interesting destination.
Wasn't knocking the idea of the mobile base ship for a group of explorers however
