Whatever Happened to Escape Capsules

[John Ring]

You could have life savers akin to the fuel rats who go and scoop up CMDRS who are caught in their pods somewhere and bring them to the next station. ( Could also add NPCs who do that ).

Yeah, and they will be called Angel Rats!
Upon ship destruction you would enter the forums/chats calling for help (simulating a Distress Signal?) and waiting there until help comes (which could take a while...). But all this of course optionally.

 

[Doolittle]

Due to the nature of the game engine it is impossible to achieve this type of structure in this game. The instancing of the game created a huge gameplay stifling event where we don't see much going on other than what FD magically makes appear or triggering USS to appear when you take a mission. We will see how well they partially rectify this with the next update, but from the sound of it, the only change will to make it even easier instead of more interesting.