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If we are all in pods....
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Atticus Fynch
#1 - 2012-01-20 02:59:56 UTC
...why do some ships look like they have classic cockpits to them? Is the pod in the cockpit? If so, why do these cockpits look like they have windows to them?

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Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#2 - 2012-01-20 03:04:13 UTC
Because the hulls are retrofitted to use pods (and because the crew will want to be able to at least limp home once the bastard capusuleer abandons them, as s/he inevitably will).
Atticus Fynch
#3 - 2012-01-20 03:12:25 UTC  |  Edited by: Atticus Fynch
Tippia wrote:
Because the hulls are retrofitted to use pods .....


OK, but isnt that like saying modern cars still have horse hitches on them because they were retrofitted from the horseless carriage? Just how old are these ship designs and where are the lazy bastards that are supposed to be designing the modern ones?

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Alara IonStorm
#4 - 2012-01-20 03:17:17 UTC
Atticus Fynch wrote:

OK, but isnt that like saying modern cars still have horse hitches on them because they were retrofitted from the horseless carriage? Just how old are these ship designs and where are the lazy bastards that are supposed to be designing modern ones?

They still have full bridge crews in those cockpits running various aspects of the ship. Just because you have total control doesn't mean you need every single bit of data from hundreds of ship systems running through your head every second.

Having people on the bridge that can monitor the less important systems while you focus important stuff is a big help.
Xercodo
Cruor Angelicus
#5 - 2012-01-20 03:28:10 UTC
It's like converting a car to electric but still leaving the exhaust pipe on

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Shalia Ripper
#6 - 2012-01-20 03:30:41 UTC
Where else would the crew of the Clear Skies pilot from?

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Dirt 'n' Glitter
Local Is Primary
#7 - 2012-01-20 03:31:50 UTC
Shalia Ripper wrote:
Where else would the crew of the Clear Skies pilot from?

Inside one of the 1400mm cannons

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Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#8 - 2012-01-20 03:33:05 UTC
Shalia Ripper wrote:
Where else would the crew of the Clear Skies pilot from?


Didn't they do it from engineering when that missile took out the bridge?

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Hanoch Wheel
Free Wheeling Industries
#9 - 2012-01-20 03:38:59 UTC
Xercodo wrote:
It's like converting a car to electric but still leaving the exhaust pipe on


Not really, since we still use crews, at least most of the time.

The latest book was pretty explicit about it, more than the previous ones.

A capsuleer has a hard time running a ship for an extended period of time without a crew. One of the rare capsuleer protagonists nearly drives himself crazy piloting a Myrm by himself for a while.

Its pretty weird since we never see much of a sign or mention of them. We don't pay them. We don't spend any time dealing with crewing our ships. And the damn lazy bastards can't even pilot the ship to me when I want them to. Nooooo I have to get in a shuttle and fly to them, before they will undock.

Its one of the things that is pretty weird about EVE.
MeestaPenni
Mercantile and Stuff
#10 - 2012-01-20 03:53:33 UTC
It's not as "high tech" as you'd think. The windows are for the dudes screaming, "turn left!! turn left!!"

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Anderron Shi
Perkone
Caldari State
#11 - 2012-01-20 06:10:56 UTC
Who is paying these "crew members" on the bridge?

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Atticus Fynch
#12 - 2012-01-20 06:13:17 UTC
Anderron Shi wrote:
Who is paying these "crew members" on the bridge?


and why arent there a whole mess of corpses floating round in space when your ship gets destroyed?

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Buff Jesus
#13 - 2012-01-20 06:14:37 UTC
They are paid in the same pixie gumdrop coins that we use to buy fuel.

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non judgement
Without Fear
Flying Burning Ships Alliance
#14 - 2012-01-20 06:23:42 UTC  |  Edited by: non judgement
I just assumed that we take drunk people in the early morning. When they wake up, suddenly they're on board the ship and they don't have a choice in the matter.

I mean that's what pirates do.
Atticus Fynch
#15 - 2012-01-20 06:25:54 UTC
non judgement wrote:
I just assumed that we take drunk people in the early morning. When they wake up, suddenly they're on board the ship and they don't have a choice in the matter.

I mean that's what pirates do.


Ah, shanghaied!!

Of course.

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Renturu
In Glorium et Decorum
#16 - 2012-01-20 06:27:19 UTC
I sort of look at it like the new BSG series. There is a "Cylon" sitting in a tub, directly connected to the ship, controlling it. While the others inhabit/maintain it.

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Buff Jesus
#17 - 2012-01-20 06:29:19 UTC
I'd also guess that the reason wrecks aren't covered in a cloud of carnage is because, well, there's like 3 I beams and a space mashing machine left in a wreck for a ship the size of a skyscraper. That, and I feel throwing the crew in the engine is how you overheat modules.

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Anderron Shi
Perkone
Caldari State
#18 - 2012-01-20 06:34:13 UTC
Renturu wrote:
I sort of look at it like the new BSG series. There is a "Cylon" sitting in a tub, directly connected to the ship, controlling it. While the others inhabit/maintain it.

I've always wanted to start watching BSG...should I just start from season 1 episode 1?

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non judgement
Without Fear
Flying Burning Ships Alliance
#19 - 2012-01-20 06:35:07 UTC  |  Edited by: non judgement
Buff Jesus wrote:
I'd also guess that the reason wrecks aren't covered in a cloud of carnage is because, well, there's like 3 I beams and a space mashing machine left in a wreck for a ship the size of a skyscraper. That, and I feel throwing the crew in the engine is how you overheat modules.

Their escape pods don't show up on our overview or they have really fast escape pods, one or the other. They aren't really important anyway. Capsuleer pilots don't want to know how many crew died.

It would get a bit depressing after awhile... I find it best if you don't give them names. I mean don't learn their names. When you get into a new Rifter and the crew isn't the same as the last Rifter you just had before... What can you say to this crew?
Renturu
In Glorium et Decorum
#20 - 2012-01-20 06:36:18 UTC
Anderron Shi wrote:
Renturu wrote:
I sort of look at it like the new BSG series. There is a "Cylon" sitting in a tub, directly connected to the ship, controlling it. While the others inhabit/maintain it.

I've always wanted to start watching BSG...should I just start from season 1 episode 1?


Watch the Miniseries first. It starts with the attacks and explains where the "humanoid" cylons some in.

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