Fleet carrier upkeep low?

[Vyrex]

Is there a reason why my fleet carriers upkeep says 6.5mill evne tho i have a shipyard, repair, refuel and rearm station?

[JL::Jose-Juan Kenobi]

Look at you spraying money!

Costs are pro-rated actually, I think calculated daily and then estimated for when the ticker comes.

[Dolphin Bottlenose]

Originally posted by Vyrex:

Is there a reason why my fleet carriers upkeep says 6.5mill evne tho i have a shipyard, repair, refuel and rearm station?

Have you tried to relogin? Maybe the number just hasn't been updated yet.

[Dolphin Bottlenose]

On a separate note: "a shipyard"?.. Why to install this one? My fleet carriers knowledge is very limited.

[Sighman]

You install a shipyard so other players can bring their ships to your carrier and store them on it. (You don't have to stock your carrier with ships to sell.)

I know there are two or three cmdrs who use my carrier as their base, although one of them got his own carrier 2-3 weeks ago.

Same with Outfitting, which allows other cmdrs to store all their modules on your carrier.

Although I do carry some cargo racks, mining-related stuff. passenger cabins and limpet controllers for sale on my carrier. That means I don't have to store those modules on my account, wasting module space, and instead can buy them when I need them.

[Sighman]

You might be seeing a smaller figure because you got it mid-week. Maybe.

Mine is 25m a week with all services but Black Market installed.

Shipyard and Outfitting are 11.5m between them.

[JL::Jose-Juan Kenobi]

Is the discount for FC services still up? I may get the Outfitting one, I always have to keep quite a bit of cargo racks, limpets and such on my FC taking up space.

[Sighman]

This might be useful for new carrier owners:

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/fleet-carrier-faq.547219/

[Vyrex]

Originally posted by Dolphin Bottlenose:

On a separate note: "a shipyard"?.. Why to install this one? My fleet carriers knowledge is very limited.

Yeah like sighman said you need it so other player can use it to store their ships and i have friends who i like to use it as a base.

[Dolphin Bottlenose]

Originally posted by Sighman:

You install a shipyard so other players can bring their ships to your carrier and store them on it. (You don't have to stock your carrier with ships to sell.)

I see, thanks! I presume they still can land on it even without me installing a shipyard?

[Vyrex]

Originally posted by Dolphin Bottlenose:

Originally posted by Sighman:

You install a shipyard so other players can bring their ships to your carrier and store them on it. (You don't have to stock your carrier with ships to sell.)

I see, thanks! I presume they still can land on it even without me installing a shipyard?

They can just not store their ships.

[Sighman]

Originally posted by Dolphin Bottlenose:

Originally posted by Sighman:

You install a shipyard so other players can bring their ships to your carrier and store them on it. (You don't have to stock your carrier with ships to sell.)

I see, thanks! I presume they still can land on it even without me installing a shipyard?

They can, yes. But if you don't have a shipyard they can't call another ship to your carrier and swap over, which is a pain.

If you're only using your carrier solo and don't wing up etc, the shipyard is no use unless you're feeling kind to random players and have money to burn.

For a while I even carried Adders and Haulers for sale (one of the smaller packs) because then a commander could dock their Corvette, buy a small ship and dock at a small nearby outpost station to get missions etc.

[Dolphin Bottlenose]

Originally posted by Vyrex:

They can just not store their ships.

That's good to know!

[Dolphin Bottlenose]

Originally posted by Sighman:

For a while I even carried Adders and Haulers for sale (one of the smaller packs) because then a commander could dock their Corvette, buy a small ship and dock at a small nearby outpost station to get missions etc.

It's a good idea, especially in star systems without large stations (but with Interstellar Factors). :)

[The Prisoner]

Originally posted by Dolphin Bottlenose:

Originally posted by Sighman:

For a while I even carried Adders and Haulers for sale (one of the smaller packs) because then a commander could dock their Corvette, buy a small ship and dock at a small nearby outpost station to get missions etc.

It's a good idea, especially in star systems without large stations (but with Interstellar Factors). :)

A similar condition applies to storing modules. Uou as the owner can store your modules on your carrier. However, another player cannot unless you have the outfitting module installed. Hence, the outfitting module goes hand in hand with the shipyard module if you have as an example squadron mates who want to use your carrier to travel with more than one ship and/or multiple types of modules such as combat vs trade vs mining etc.

[Heimdall313]

I pay 9.7M a week for a very, very useful cargo storage and keep all my ships in one place that's always where I want to be. Refuel, Repair, Restock, that's all I run for now.

Originally posted by Sighman:

Originally posted by Dolphin Bottlenose:

I see, thanks! I presume they still can land on it even without me installing a shipyard?

They can, yes. But if you don't have a shipyard they can't call another ship to your carrier and swap over, which is a pain.

If you're only using your carrier solo and don't wing up etc, the shipyard is no use unless you're feeling kind to random players and have money to burn.

For a while I even carried Adders and Haulers for sale (one of the smaller packs) because then a commander could dock their Corvette, buy a small ship and dock at a small nearby outpost station to get missions etc.

Adders are very useful ships for their tiny price point tbh, I love mine. Good to scout forward ahead of the Carrier so you can jump it to a specific planet/moon via Nav menu.