Abandoning a ship

[Paul Koenig]

I am playing the abandoned mining station scenario and have built a ship to gather resources for a larger ship. I am back at the base to start building but the only way I know how to abandon the existing ship is to leave the sector. However, since I am at the station I can't and would rather not have to construct even the smallest ship just to jump and immediately return. Any ideas? Thanks.

[Stardustfire]

with the plus icon you can call up the fleet canvas management menu. with that knowledge you can give yourself the biggest canvas right away. you drop the old canvas in the trashcan and place a new one.
for your case now, im not sure but i read somewhere that you can resize your already existing canvas in that menu too after one of the newer patches. never tryed that myself.

[Paul Koenig]

Thanks. I just built a small shuttle to jump and then jump back quickly. I had to get some more tech blocks but it wasn't a big deal.

[Nordil(Hun)]

Originally posted by Stardustfire:

with the plus icon you can call up the fleet canvas management menu. with that knowledge you can give yourself the biggest canvas right away. you drop the old canvas in the trashcan and place a new one.
for your case now, im not sure but i read somewhere that you can resize your already existing canvas in that menu too after one of the newer patches. never tryed that myself.

You can.
All you need to do is when you jump into the system instead of deploying the ship, at the bottom there is a "canvas" like area. If you place it there you can use the options to resize it.

Originally posted by Paul Koenig:

Thanks. I just built a small shuttle to jump and then jump back quickly. I had to get some more tech blocks but it wasn't a big deal.

One thing to note you have only 9 ship points.
I think the space station in AMS takes up two points.
So building a small ship is usuall another one, now you can only build a max 2x3 or 3x2 additional ship.

A sure way to abandon ships you do not need, is to jump to the hyperlane, keep moving around and wait for an event. Drop out. Posisiont your ships, select the one you do not need and start dismantling.
Once done jump away leaving it behind. Now it should not appear anymore, and not be available.

[Stardustfire]

I think the space station in AMS takes up two points.

nope, you can make a 9 tile canvas fresh ship right away with AMS start. only need to get rid of the preinstalled 4 tile canvas first.

[Nordil(Hun)]

Originally posted by Stardustfire:

I think the space station in AMS takes up two points.

nope, you can make a 9 tile canvas fresh ship right away with AMS start. only need to get rid of the preinstalled 4 tile canvas first.

Later on if you return and claim the station is this still true? Because i seem to remember that it takes 2 points then.
The 4 tile canvas yeah i know i found it always a bit strange. Since on hardest it was quite hash to even build up a functioning ship. Especially since i started with 0 tech:)

[Death Approaches]

it's a unique thing, AMS. the M is for Magical, not Mining, though....

no you can most definitely claim it even spending all 9 core points for 2 X3s and an X1 for 100 system points for your 3x3 just fine. but, you know, don't ever abandon it...just warp out... it SAYS everyone dies... but... uhh... why are they waving at me?

it must be a side-effect of the fact it's "locked" - yeah you can claim it, but it's not "yours" other than using it... we can't build on it, can't drop one hull tile, can't relocate one object... and can't gut it to scrap and take it to our recycler either. but apparently we can leave it in limbo and if you leave crew behind... yeah they're not gonna die, no matter what the message says... the crew are seemingly immortal. at least while you're away, anyway. :-)

warp out, come back weeks/months later, claim it, (though it's blue already...) and those magical crew were living on nothing but hopes and dreams apparently.