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The need for a space bus
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Lamajagarn McMyra
State War Academy
Caldari State
#1 - 2016-09-30 12:02:37 UTC
In a evolving world where autopiloting in highsec is no longer safe and null is heavily protected by intel channels i'm certain there are more of us out there who have thought of just taking the bus to our destination of the day.

The bus would come in different flavours allowing you to travel inside it in ships of different size. To add some more spice riding the bus ship could make you disapear from local and instead showing a +1 on the bus driver (pilot). Imagine transporting a crew of ferocious catalysts into niarja without spooking the juicy hauler. By infiltrating an enemy alliance the bus driver could sneak in a fleet of combatants under the radar of intel channels and unleash hell in the enemys core system.

Long live public transport! Pirate
Donnachadh
United Allegiance of Undesirables
#2 - 2016-09-30 12:23:53 UTC
NO

CCP tells us there cannot be more than one character in a ship, even thought your idea would have ships inside ships there would still be more than one character in the space bus.

The dangers of auto piloting through high sec are an intended part of the game mechanics and intended to push people into actually playing the game instead of simply pushing a button and walking away from the computer.
Daichi Yamato
Jabbersnarks and Wonderglass
#3 - 2016-09-30 12:38:57 UTC
I don't even...

Couldn't you just courier contract those ships and you and your friends jump clone/suicide to the destination?

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Merchant Rova
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#4 - 2016-09-30 16:24:02 UTC
Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#5 - 2016-09-30 20:22:58 UTC
Merchant Rova wrote:

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

please stop that

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Christopher Mabata
Northern Accounts and Systems
#6 - 2016-09-30 20:56:03 UTC
Can we get a marginally easier to fly, lower SP intensive, smaller one called the shortbus?

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Lamajagarn McMyra
State War Academy
Caldari State
#7 - 2016-10-01 02:26:26 UTC
Daichi Yamato wrote:
I don't even...

Couldn't you just courier contract those ships and you and your friends jump clone/suicide to the destination?



Of course i could but then again I do feel an unexplainable need to work as a human trafficer. As for the risk aversion part it would not necesarily hold true. Imagine the buss driver gets tired of free loathers one day and decide to jump them through a wormhole. or into lowsec.

The dream sitll lives! Pirate
Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#8 - 2016-10-01 02:30:35 UTC
pretty sure this has been shot down because the code involved is terrifying.
that was years ago though so it may have changed but i wouldnt hold my breath

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Brokk Witgenstein
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#9 - 2016-10-01 03:23:44 UTC
Always thought carriers, Bowheads and Orcas should be able to do that: just park your own ship inside its ship maintenance hangar, watch the scenary (similar to looking outside citadels) with the only action available to you is "Undock".

Le Me thinks this can be programmed after the biab and citadel releases- can't be sure but it might just happen.
radkid10
life antimatters
Allied Exploration Front AXXF
#10 - 2016-10-01 04:43:28 UTC
I think it's a good idea but not his version of it
Brokk Witgenstein
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#11 - 2016-10-01 12:47:38 UTC
I agree! I'd love to see the rats flee the sinking bus, only to discover they're all bubblefkred. Also offers the possibility of carrying surprise logi and such shennanigans... expansion level content if you ask me Pirate