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UPDATE 2016 Carriers, Proximity Chat, Bookmarks
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Carriers are Ship Containers , it would change the need to have 'STATIONS , out in the middle of nowhere for no good reason other than too allow ships to dock.
Space travel, building is expensive , permanent settlements ,need a very good reason to exist. If they need too be built ,then Carriers are the means of getting those material to that system.
The Carriers would allow you too dock any of your 3 ships , or a WING , then the pick a destination , and jump there , you can use it for storage refueling and minor repairs
Carriers can refuel at stars , but they have too be BIG a special class of star, of the right mass
The carriers are huge, hence they cant dock at stations , but 'park' outside , but can land on planets bases which have been setup for them, or land close by , if the gravity well allows it !
Only defense a carrier has , is the micro jump, within the system it has just jumped into, Carriers have dual FSD drivers as one is cooling the other can be active. If they carrier is under fire and taking damage , it will micro jump away. with you on-board or not !.
If your out of the Carrier , with one of your ships mining or exploring the system in detail , the Carriers will send you a message of it's current location xyz in space .
Carriers are not fighting craft , they are containers for your ships and a means of storage & transport
Carries can be destroyed , but , it would take a lot of effort , too chase down the Carrier as it continuously micro jumps away , would be very difficult, would take a very determined Wing by that time the Owner ,would have docked and Jumped out of the system.
Carriers are slow . but have incredible long range jumps , far more that any other craft
Carriers can be used a mobile base , in distance systems. Find a low gravity planet land your Carrier , then use your ASP or Miner too jump to other systems too explore , or what ever it is you want to do.
UPDATE 2016 Carriers, Proximity Chat, Bookmarks
UPDATE 2016 Carriers, Proximity Chat, Bookmarks
Carriers, Proximity Chat, (Bookmarks are in game now). the updates that can still make the cut for 2016 !! No depth, ED is a grind, boring, no-one around, is the common forum chatter !! UNTIL !! Proximity Chat; a 5km spherical radio bubble, transmitted by all ships, (Carriers are hubs)...
Carriers are Ship Containers , it would change the need to have 'STATIONS , out in the middle of nowhere for no good reason other than too allow ships to dock.
Space travel, building is expensive , permanent settlements ,need a very good reason to exist. If they need too be built ,then Carriers are the means of getting those material to that system.
The Carriers would allow you too dock any of your 3 ships , or a WING , then the pick a destination , and jump there , you can use it for storage refueling and minor repairs
Carriers can refuel at stars , but they have too be BIG a special class of star, of the right mass
The carriers are huge, hence they cant dock at stations , but 'park' outside , but can land on planets bases which have been setup for them, or land close by , if the gravity well allows it !
Only defense a carrier has , is the micro jump, within the system it has just jumped into, Carriers have dual FSD drivers as one is cooling the other can be active. If they carrier is under fire and taking damage , it will micro jump away. with you on-board or not !.
If your out of the Carrier , with one of your ships mining or exploring the system in detail , the Carriers will send you a message of it's current location xyz in space .
Carriers are not fighting craft , they are containers for your ships and a means of storage & transport
Carries can be destroyed , but , it would take a lot of effort , too chase down the Carrier as it continuously micro jumps away , would be very difficult, would take a very determined Wing by that time the Owner ,would have docked and Jumped out of the system.
Carriers are slow . but have incredible long range jumps , far more that any other craft
Carriers can be used a mobile base , in distance systems. Find a low gravity planet land your Carrier , then use your ASP or Miner too jump to other systems too explore , or what ever it is you want to do.
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but a single sidewinder or eagle shouldn't be a reason for the carrier to jump imo. and impulse lasers would deal with them easily