We've all been there, flying a large ship that couldn't dock in an outpost, doing so much data deliveries that docking become a hassle and a time waster. Sure you can use a docking computer but there's still that bland wait time which, even though it's short, still adds up to make the whole task longer and more drawn out.
So, what if services that can be logically done without having to dock is made just that? The range should be similar to how close you have to get to a station to get mass locked, in the contacts tab there'll be a third option with the stations named "Undocked Services" and work similarly like docking, but instead it'll tell you to get into the range and zero your throttle.
Examples of the services that should be available while undocked are as listed:
This is mostly just me throwing out a random idea I had, decide to roughly put it out here and so I may have made a few mistakes and missed a few services, feel free to add to them in the replies.
So, what if services that can be logically done without having to dock is made just that? The range should be similar to how close you have to get to a station to get mass locked, in the contacts tab there'll be a third option with the stations named "Undocked Services" and work similarly like docking, but instead it'll tell you to get into the range and zero your throttle.
Examples of the services that should be available while undocked are as listed:
Mission board browsing and certain mission that doesn't require transfer of physical cargo or passengers, this include missions that require you to gather commodities but when turning them in you still have to dock to turn in said mission. Large ships in outpost still can't pick up missions that require docking in outposts to turn in. If the reward includes commodities a choice is given to covert them directly to credits using the galactic average price, and if docking is not possible then it is automatically converted. Materials is the main issues with this idea, personally I think materials reward should also be available while undocked.
Commodity market browsing, and only browsing, buy and sell still requires you to dock.
Contacts tab should be fully available as it's just the transfer of credits and information, same goes with the cartography tab.
Commodity market browsing, and only browsing, buy and sell still requires you to dock.
Contacts tab should be fully available as it's just the transfer of credits and information, same goes with the cartography tab.
This is mostly just me throwing out a random idea I had, decide to roughly put it out here and so I may have made a few mistakes and missed a few services, feel free to add to them in the replies.
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