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Kira Enomoto
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#1 - 2014-01-16 08:20:32 UTC
I was thnking of eventually getting a Charon, but I was wondering something. Are freighters "floating free" in space while you are offline or are they able to dock inside a station?
Kairavi Mrithyakara
#2 - 2014-01-16 08:43:41 UTC
They dock.
Ave Kathrina
My Ass Is On Fire
#3 - 2014-01-16 08:45:57 UTC
Kira Enomoto wrote:
I was thnking of eventually getting a Charon, but I was wondering something. Are freighters "floating free" in space while you are offline or are they able to dock inside a station?


Clarification - the CAN dock.

And you probably should.

And while we are on the subject - you are aware that if someone finds your freighter in space and your pod isint plugged in... they can plug their pod in and steal your freighter.
I've done some really stupid shit in this game.
Kira Enomoto
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#4 - 2014-01-16 09:39:40 UTC
Ave Kathrina wrote:
Kira Enomoto wrote:
I was thnking of eventually getting a Charon, but I was wondering something. Are freighters "floating free" in space while you are offline or are they able to dock inside a station?


Clarification - the CAN dock.

And you probably should.

And while we are on the subject - you are aware that if someone finds your freighter in space and your pod isint plugged in... they can plug their pod in and steal your freighter.


Which is my big concern. If I want to do something else than haul goods, I want it to be tucked away safely inside a station.
Elena Thiesant
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2014-01-16 09:55:03 UTC
If they couldn't dock (which they can), they wouldn't be of much use in hauling stuff from one station to another.
Kira Enomoto
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#6 - 2014-01-16 09:57:05 UTC
Elena Thiesant wrote:
If they couldn't dock (which they can), they wouldn't be of much use in hauling stuff from one station to another.


Well I am a newbie.... Big smile

I just remembered reading that some ships dock AT the station instead of IN the statio, and that they could be bumped away from it.
Marc Callan
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#7 - 2014-01-16 10:01:52 UTC
No, any ship that docks at a station is taken to the station interior, including freighters.

The only ship types that can't be taken into stations are Supercarriers and Titans.

"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." - Kurt Vonnegurt
Kira Enomoto
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#8 - 2014-01-16 10:05:54 UTC
Marc Callan wrote:
No, any ship that docks at a station is taken to the station interior, including freighters.

The only ship types that can't be taken into stations are Supercarriers and Titans.


Just what I was looking for. Sorry if my wording was imprecise.

Thanks for the answers all. It is greatly appreciated. Big smile
Paranoid Loyd
#9 - 2014-01-16 19:30:36 UTC
Consider using an Orca for hauling, unless you are hauling massive amounts of bulky low value items, Orca is usually the way to go.

Fit with MWD you can get 10 second warps.

Just don't carry too much loot as the MWD fit is flimsy compared to a well tanked Orca. What "too much" is depends largely on what you can afford to lose but I would say keeping it under 500mil is relatively safe. Do not fit it with cargo expanders or agility rigs as this makes it much easier to gank.

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Kira Enomoto
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#10 - 2014-01-17 07:38:50 UTC
Paranoid Loyd wrote:
Consider using an Orca for hauling, unless you are hauling massive amounts of bulky low value items, Orca is usually the way to go.

Fit with MWD you can get 10 second warps.

Just don't carry too much loot as the MWD fit is flimsy compared to a well tanked Orca. What "too much" is depends largely on what you can afford to lose but I would say keeping it under 500mil is relatively safe. Do not fit it with cargo expanders or agility rigs as this makes it much easier to gank.


I have a character who is nearing perfect refining. I was thinking of buying ore cheaply, refine it, and sell it where I could get a good profit.
Anize Oramara
WarpTooZero
#11 - 2014-01-17 09:33:55 UTC
a charon/blockade runner combo or cloaky hauler would be good for that. dont haul more than 1 bill in the charon and haul your smaller volume/more valuable minerals in the cloaky. the charon will also be great for picking up the ore in various systems.

gl and watch out for the gankers.

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Kira Enomoto
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#12 - 2014-01-17 09:43:03 UTC
Anize Oramara wrote:
a charon/blockade runner combo or cloaky hauler would be good for that. dont haul more than 1 bill in the charon and haul your smaller volume/more valuable minerals in the cloaky. the charon will also be great for picking up the ore in various systems.

gl and watch out for the gankers.


Thank you for the help.

I guess, it would make sense then, to train the skills for moving the goods on a combat character so it could benefit for other stuff, and go for manufacturing skills on the refiner.
Marc Callan
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#13 - 2014-01-17 10:01:59 UTC
Paranoid Loyd wrote:
Consider using an Orca for hauling, unless you are hauling massive amounts of bulky low value items, Orca is usually the way to go.

Fit with MWD you can get 10 second warps.

Just don't carry too much loot as the MWD fit is flimsy compared to a well tanked Orca. What "too much" is depends largely on what you can afford to lose but I would say keeping it under 500mil is relatively safe. Do not fit it with cargo expanders or agility rigs as this makes it much easier to gank.


For those willing to invest in expensive rigs, one can actually get the best of both worlds - a Large Ancillary Current Router will give enough powergrid for a meta 100MN MWD while leaving low slots open for T2 damage control and reinforced bulkheads. The other two rig slots are up for debate; someone wanting a full brick tank may install shield rigs, but I found that T2 Large Cargohold Optimization rigs can give the Orca a 50K m3 main cargo hold, enough to haul a flat-packed battleship (while only reducing armor, of which the Orca doesn't have much anyway), while still keeping the DC and bulkheads.

"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." - Kurt Vonnegurt