Why can't the Cobra Mk III take on crew members?

[Mikemk]

As you can see, there's clearly a second seat here for a copilot, but the ship is classed as incompatible with multicrew. Any lore reason for that, or did the devs overlook this?

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1745530121

[Ionico]

good question. at least as a "look this is my ship"

[malorob]

can the adder ?

[Manwith Noname]

Errr, are you sure the Cobra isn't multi crew or are you just experiencing problems?

[Cogenerate]

Originally posted by Mikemk:

As you can see, there's clearly a second seat here for a copilot, but the ship is classed as incompatible with multicrew. Any lore reason for that, or did the devs overlook this?

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1745530121

According to the wiki, the Cobra III is multicrew:

https://elite-dangerous.fandom.com/wiki/Cobra_MkIII

Landing Pad Size Small
Dimensions 27.1m x 44.0m x 7.9m
Pilot Seats 2
Multicrew Yes <-------------------------<-------------------<
Fighter Hangar No
Hull Mass 180 t


Now... what you can't have is a fighter hanger. Ship's too small. But you can certainly invite someone to sit in that seat and control any turreted weapons you install.

But if you didn't install any weapons that support multi-crew... well, that's kinda on you.

[Agony_Aunt]

Yup, no ability to add NPCs because there is nothing for them to do, you can only invite in players but you need turrets.

[BigKill]

Because it's small....

[Jukelo]

The Cobra is multicrew-able.

[Mikemk]

So does the crew lounge of starports have nothing to do with multicrew?

[Jukelo]

Originally posted by Mikemk:

So does the crew lounge of starports have nothing to do with multicrew?

The crew lounge is used to hire NPC pilots to fly ship-launched fighters. The Cobra mk3 can not equip a fighter bay, so NPC pilots are of no use to it.

Multicrew is the feature allowing other players to beam their holome on board your ship and either take on the turret gunner or fighter pilot role. Although the Mk3 doesn't have a fighter bay and there isn't much point in mounting turrets on it, as there is a second seat another player can still join. It is of limited use atm of course.