Pirate ship

[Around999People]

I can't hack it. I took over every system, I put an antena on, and I can't make it stop. The thrursters refuse to work with me. I can turn them off, but as soon as they are back on it's back to flying at 100 speed away from my base. I'm over 100km away from base now and I've given up. Override doesn't work on the thrusters, I try to overide one to stop the ship or at least slow it down but no effect, and the thruster pushing us away won't override as well and it just keeps flying away, and as soon as I try to override it shuts down. And the remote control which I hacked doesn't let me control the ship, the control option is grayed out and I think the autopilot is on but I can't turn it off since that option is also grayed out.

Any ideas? I'm at 2 oxygen so I can't get home anyways and I wasted so much time

[casualsailor]

I've never had any luck recovering a pirate ship entact. I typically use landing gear on my attacking ship to attach to the hull of the pirate vessel after its guns are silenced. Then power it down and drag it home using my ship.

If you set the landing gear to autolock you can kinda slam into the pirate ship and grab it.

[GudTaters]

Casualsailor's advice is sound IF you have your own ship. From you post, however, I received the impression you do not.
I do not understand the thruster override issue. That seems like a sound solution.

Did you check the autopilot?
It may be that, though you own the vessel, the remote control's autopliot is still active and programmed with the pirates' goal--in your case to escape the player.

Deactivate the autopliot is you haven't already. Destroy the remote control block if necessary.
Then make sure you are piloting from the main cockpit.

Are you aboard the Argentavis?

[GudTaters]

Oh dear I really ought to read more carefully.
The remote control is locked.
Destroy it. Take a grinder to it, or shoot it if that's more fun.

[GudTaters]

You should still double check wether you have the main cockpit.

[Karmaterrorᵁᴷ]

Grind down (completly remove) any and all remote/programable blocks to stop it doing its own thing :)

[ShadedMJ]

I don't think Around9999People has ground down the correct parts of the pirate ship, or somehow still doesn't have ownership.

Last time I tried this (over a year ago), I could pilot the pirate ship on a course back to my base without much issue.

[Around999People]

Originally posted by shadedmj:

I don't think Around9999People has ground down the correct parts of the pirate ship, or somehow still doesn't have ownership.

Last time I tried this (over a year ago), I could pilot the pirate ship on a course back to my base without much issue.

I've ground down everything on the ship and took over everything. The only thing I haven't taken over is the gun at the front which is nearly broken and I don't have the parts with me to repair. Need the ammon from it.

I'll grind down everything I can, but I doubt I'll get that done before I die due to low O2

[ShadedMJ]

I was saying that because the engines would be going on from some cause, which is likely a remote control block or something similar. You said yourself that it is locked. Either own it or destroy it, since that seems to be out of your control.

[Around999People]

Originally posted by shadedmj:

I was saying that because the engines would be going on from some cause, which is likely a remote control block or something similar. You said yourself that it is locked. Either own it or destroy it, since that seems to be out of your control.

Thing is I already hacked it and set ownership to myself but it wouldn't let me take control. I could change and edit settings on it, just not take control or override the engines

[ShadedMJ]

Same statement. Something isn't letting you take control. Find whatever it is and destroy it, and I'm suggesting the remote control block or a programmable block.

[Around999People]

Originally posted by shadedmj:

Same statement. Something isn't letting you take control. Find whatever it is and destroy it, and I'm suggesting the remote control block or a programmable block.

Oh ok