Escape pods

[dshbflslwd45]

just a suggestion how about elite status for rescuing escape pods?

[Dolphin Bottlenose]

What about Elite Black Box Recoverer? Elite Data Deliverer? :)

[malorob]

awesum idea too bad only the community will read it.

[JakXLT]

A Search and Rescue category would be nice if there was more robust search and rescue content, but there isn't.

[dshbflslwd45]

thats true but but u never know someone implemented one of my suggestions.

[Dolphin Bottlenose]

Originally posted by dshbflslwd45:

thats true but but u never know someone implemented one of my suggestions.

If they do - you will see it in the game and then you will know. :)

[funkynutz]

I'm already Elite V in phosphorous and sulphur collection.

[Hootman]

I'd rather see the ability to fly toward a star and jettison the escape pod to drift into the star.

Most of the escape pods I pick up are dirtbag pirates who attacked me, and depending on how aggravating the interruption was I have left them floating in space rather than collect the cash.

Sometimes a CMDR needs a little RP, no?

[funkynutz]

Originally posted by Hootman:

I'd rather see the ability to fly toward a star and jettison the escape pod to drift into the star.

There's nothing stopping you from doing that...

You're probably about 5Ls from the star though... That's about 1500000 KM. You might want to bring a few things to read/eat/drink while you wait.

[Dolphin Bottlenose]

Originally posted by Hootman:

Most of the escape pods I pick up are dirtbag pirates who attacked me, and depending on how aggravating the interruption was I have left them floating in space rather than collect the cash.

In the past game collected escape pods were sold as slaves on the market. I think we should have 2 options - to give them to search & rescue contacts, or to sell them on a market as slaves. :)

[Hootman]

Originally posted by Dolphin Bottlenose:

Originally posted by Hootman:

Most of the escape pods I pick up are dirtbag pirates who attacked me, and depending on how aggravating the interruption was I have left them floating in space rather than collect the cash.

In the past game collected escape pods were sold as slaves on the market. I think we should have 2 options - to give them to search & rescue contacts, or to sell them on a market as slaves. :)

I could use a personal "house boy" to take care of my pets and home, and maintain my ships that are in storage while I'm away adventuring. But, how would you control the man (or woman)?

Maybe one of those explosive neck devices like they had in the movie "The Running Man"? You would have to also have some sort of monitoring on him/her, I'm sure in the future they would have implants that would broadcast video on sound so you and the authorities could know what he/she is up to 24/7.

And maybe if they played their cards right, you could actually use them as as crew, although I'm not sure I'd be too hip on paying them anything.

Hey, people aren't all bad, maybe they could change their ways and become a productive member of society.....maybe they had a bad childhood, and fell in with the wrong crowd at a young age, like Peter Quill.

Then again, he'll probably just try to steal one of my ships as soon as I venture out, and I'd have to fire the collar and separate his head from his body ☠️. Wonder how much paperwork THAT would involve.

[dshbflslwd45]

I suggested when exploring a colour scheme between systems explored and systems to be explored, they choose red unexplored and blue visited or explored

[dshbflslwd45]

pirates can be rehabilitated like criminals in real life.all of us at one time at least have had to pay a fine for doing something stupid,example loitering in the station or crashing into another ship.

[Rasluka]

Originally posted by Hootman:

I'd rather see the ability to fly toward a star and jettison the escape pod to drift into the star.

Most of the escape pods I pick up are dirtbag pirates who attacked me, and depending on how aggravating the interruption was I have left them floating in space rather than collect the cash.

Sometimes a CMDR needs a little RP, no?

You pick their pods up? I just shoot them.
Eases the pain a little from being interdicted literally 1 second away from dropping to a station.

[Planewalker]

Originally posted by dshbflslwd45:

just a suggestion how about elite status for rescuing escape pods?

I'd take it up a notch and introduce a SAR rep status; would also give fuelrats/hullseals quite the boost i think. =)