Wanted Trait - "You Are Not Authorized to Pilot This Ship"

[ChrisPharmD]

I just had bounty hunters show up and I told them, "hey might not want to mess with me because I'm Ronin and you know what that means... that's right, I started the game with 1 point in melee so don't mess with me."

Anyway so they were like "Aight cool, later bro." and then I pick pocketed their guns and killed them, boarded the ship, killed the crew, took all the cool stuff, and when I went to take the ship (first time), it says,

"You are not authorized to pilot this ship."

How do I make the game change the words to, "You are now authorized to pilot this ship"?

[fauxpas]

Have you unlocked freeroam by joining Constellation at the Lodge?


The other thing that comes to mind is what is your piloting skill?

[katzenkrimis]

Skill points in flight.

And registration.

[Torpex]

Piloting skill. 1-2 for class A, 3 - B, 4 -C. And capturing/selling ships is not worth the effort. Kill them, loot them.

[ChrisPharmD]

Originally posted by fauxpas:

Have you unlocked freeroam by joining Constellation at the Lodge?


The other thing that comes to mind is what is your piloting skill?

No, it's a Bethesda game. I just go places and do stuff that has nothing to do with the main story.

And Piloting is 0. Why didn't the game say, "You don't have the piloting skill to fly this ship" rather than "You are not authorized to pilot this ship"?

[fauxpas]

Originally posted by ChrisPharmD:

Originally posted by fauxpas:

Have you unlocked freeroam by joining Constellation at the Lodge?


The other thing that comes to mind is what is your piloting skill?

No, it's a Bethesda game. I just go places and do stuff that has nothing to do with the main story.

And Piloting is 0. Why didn't the game say, "You don't have the piloting skill to fly this ship" rather than "You are not authorized to pilot this ship"?

Okay, so let me rephrase... are you on the pirate moon trying to hijack ships or did you go the New Atlantis and give the artifact to the lodge?


Because as far as I've been able to tell you can't hijack anything until you do that but afterwards you can completely ignore the main plot. (Now, I'd recommend at least unlocking space magic before abandoneding the main plot.)

[ChrisPharmD]

Originally posted by fauxpas:

Originally posted by ChrisPharmD:

No, it's a Bethesda game. I just go places and do stuff that has nothing to do with the main story.

And Piloting is 0. Why didn't the game say, "You don't have the piloting skill to fly this ship" rather than "You are not authorized to pilot this ship"?

Okay, so let me rephrase... are you on the pirate moon trying to hijack ships or did you go the New Atlantis and give the artifact to the lodge?


Because as far as I've been able to tell you can't hijack anything until you do that but afterwards you can completely ignore the main plot. (Now, I'd recommend at least unlocking space magic before abandoneding the main plot.)

Oh yeah I picked Sarah up and paid off my house. I was doing a Mission Board quest and saw something that looked like a location on the map but it ended up being a ship with bounty hunters who were almost too polite.

So, basically I have to put points into everything I don't want to points into so that I can get a cargo hold that can hold more than two guns?

[ChrisPharmD]

That last sentence didn't make sense. I don't want to fight non-hostile ships to get cargo holds bigger than 450 because 450 sucks and you can't upgrade the cargo hold on New Atlantis.

I also can't use my booster pack. So, yeah this all sucks because I want to be a thief which is what I am in literally every Bethesda game ever.

[fauxpas]

Well, I mean you could mess around with ship building or buy a ship with a bigger cargo; just understand that you are limited to "Class A" ships unless you upgrade piloting.

[oak]

Originally posted by ChrisPharmD:

Originally posted by fauxpas:

Have you unlocked freeroam by joining Constellation at the Lodge?


The other thing that comes to mind is what is your piloting skill?

No, it's a Bethesda game. I just go places and do stuff that has nothing to do with the main story.

And Piloting is 0. Why didn't the game say, "You don't have the piloting skill to fly this ship" rather than "You are not authorized to pilot this ship"?

I had the same thing. I was looking forward to making the bounty hunters regret their decision to land by selling off their ship afterwards.

The message is specific: not authorised
When attempting to take another ship I had: you don't have the piloting skill

Faction based restrictions on it perhaps? The bounty hunters I encountered were Eclipse group. I mean, we _should_ be able to take their ship no matter the faction, but perhaps that's the cause? Otherwise, I'm out of ideas on why this nugget of potential wealth is just sitting there taunting me :)

[ChrisPharmD]

Originally posted by oak:

Originally posted by ChrisPharmD:

No, it's a Bethesda game. I just go places and do stuff that has nothing to do with the main story.

And Piloting is 0. Why didn't the game say, "You don't have the piloting skill to fly this ship" rather than "You are not authorized to pilot this ship"?

I had the same thing. I was looking forward to making the bounty hunters regret their decision to land by selling off their ship afterwards.

The message is specific: not authorised
When attempting to take another ship I had: you don't have the piloting skill

Faction based restrictions on it perhaps? The bounty hunters I encountered were Eclipse group. I mean, we _should_ be able to take their ship no matter the faction, but perhaps that's the cause? Otherwise, I'm out of ideas on why this nugget of potential wealth is just sitting there taunting me :)

I'm actually restarting the whole game. Food is useless, and I picked Gastronomy. Research is useless and I picked it thinking I would save resources but resources are all too heavy to carry.

Nobody in New Atlantis has the money to buy all my stuff. I keep finding contraband and I have to actually throw it on the ground before I return to New Atlantis.

And I keep beating the crap out of Sarah because I put Va'Ruun gear on her, which... well honestly, I don't feel too bad about this though.

Restarting with Piloting, Jet Packing, any perk that increases my O2Sat that puts me above COPD/COVID levels, and Security.

Security is awesome. Imagine if I could use that "Security" to bypass the license restrictions because it's called "SECURITY."

[Linfried]

This is a Bethesda game. Not a Larian game. Baldur's Gate 3 changed the way I see RPGs forever.

[ChrisPharmD]

Originally posted by fauxpas:

Well, I mean you could mess around with ship building or buy a ship with a bigger cargo; just understand that you are limited to "Class A" ships unless you upgrade piloting.

I messed around with it. I saw options to increase my systems, but I couldn't find the +10K Cargo Hold. People kept saying, "You could just find another ship to put your cargo on, and I did! But I can't drive it because I'm not licensed but that's kinda the point of being a thief... you opt for less-than-legal ways of obtaining licensure. Like Security? Let's be real, security should just be called lock licking. Stealth should just be called, "Crouch Attack Bonus,"

[ChrisPharmD]

Originally posted by gerlorgerlorgerlor:

This is a Bethesda game. Not a Larian game. Baldur's Gate 3 changed the way I see RPGs forever.

You can't even loot a dead goblin in BG3 without getting a condescending look by a guard so I don't want to hear crap about BG3.

[fauxpas]

Originally posted by ChrisPharmD:

Originally posted by fauxpas:

Well, I mean you could mess around with ship building or buy a ship with a bigger cargo; just understand that you are limited to "Class A" ships unless you upgrade piloting.

I messed around with it. I saw options to increase my systems, but I couldn't find the +10K Cargo Hold. People kept saying, "You could just find another ship to put your cargo on, and I did! But I can't drive it because I'm not licensed but that's kinda the point of being a thief... you opt for less-than-legal ways of obtaining licensure. Like Security? Let's be real, security should just be called lock licking. Stealth should just be called, "Crouch Attack Bonus,"

I think part of the disconnect is that have a piloting skill doesn't make it legal for you to drive a space truck; its the fact that your character is skilled enough with the more advanced systems that they aren't going to crash or accidently rupture their reactor core.


Now, it would be nice if you could have a trained NPC fly the ship for you; but I can imagine the issues caused.

[SickTag]

Ships have class levels, and you might not be able to pilot them yet.