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Snake Pliskan
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Posted - 2009.07.06 00:37:00 -
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Just got done reading Empyrean Age and one thing pops to mind.
I always thought that capsule fitted ships were a rarity (ie the players in the game plus a few NPCs) and that the majority of the rest of the ships in the game were crewed the old fashioned way.
But in Empyrean Age it made it seem like nearly everything except a few frigates at the edge of nowhere had a pod pilot.
Anyone have any insight on this?
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atoninothemighty
X-BIG Infrastructure
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Posted - 2009.07.06 08:17:00 -
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Well, it makes it clear in a few chronicles that even capsule ships need crews, and that non-capsule crews still existed and are plentiful, cheaper, but less powerful in the fact they cant react quick enough. I see the amarr jovian war as something WITH pods in existant, but the amarrians fought the jovian with non-capsule ships. And in my mind i always found that alot of npc ships (such as in missions) where non-capsule, due to the weakness as compared to a actual ship of that size. While ships like the True sansha ones that drop better loot, and as such are tougher, would have pods in them. Meh, CCP leaves a bit to interpretation, though im probably incorrect with a few of my statements above.
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Stitcher
Caldari ForgeTech Industries
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Posted - 2009.07.06 08:18:00 -
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Edited by: Stitcher on 06/07/2009 08:18:44 Maybe it only seemed that way because they were the only ones the novel focused on?
You're confusing getting more screen time with being more common. They aren't the same thing at all. - Verin "Stitcher" Hakatain. |
Kin Hoshiko
Perkone
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Posted - 2009.07.07 19:03:00 -
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Originally by: atoninothemighty Well, it makes it clear in a few chronicles that even capsule ships need crews, and that non-capsule crews still existed and are plentiful, cheaper, but less powerful in the fact they cant react quick enough. I see the amarr jovian war as something WITH pods in existant, but the amarrians fought the jovian with non-capsule ships. And in my mind i always found that alot of npc ships (such as in missions) where non-capsule, due to the weakness as compared to a actual ship of that size. While ships like the True sansha ones that drop better loot, and as such are tougher, would have pods in them. Meh, CCP leaves a bit to interpretation, though im probably incorrect with a few of my statements above.
In this sense you could think of ships which have Named items and officer drops as being Capsuler ships, while the rest of the NPC fodder is just... fodder.
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Viktor Fyretracker
Caldari Fyretracker Heavy Industries
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Posted - 2009.07.08 16:18:00 -
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all ships bigger then a frigate have a crew.
pods however replace the command crew, well atleast the bridge crew meaning things like course changes and targeting choices, fire orders dont suffer chain of command lag.
but id imagine that overall we are few and far between in game lore. like MIB agents, pods are the best of the best. maybe even with years of previous command experience before even being allowed into the pod program.
but in a fight in storyline, one could see a pod ship as part of a larger normal crewed group. much like a USN Carrier strike group, where the other ships exist to support and protect the operations of the carrier(or in EVE the pod ship, which could be a carrier).
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Mithfindel
Aseyakone
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Posted - 2009.07.08 17:00:00 -
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Edited by: Mithfindel on 08/07/2009 17:00:20
Originally by: atoninothemighty (About Amarr possessing capsuleer tech at Vak'Atioth)
It is quite possible that the Caldari had capsules at that time. However, the Theodicy novella does make it quite clear that the Gallente had not heard of capsules, and that Amarr-Gallente contact had recently been made, to the point where they did not quite even have diplomatic contact with each other. No mention is made of Amarr knowing the Caldari. As such, it is rational to assume that Amarr in the matter of fact did not have the capsule tech, or at the "best" case, would not have had time to retrofit their party antiquated but large fleet or train capsuleers. Quite likely the capsule tech truly started to spread only after peace between all the parties and the founding of CONCORD.
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Viktor Fyretracker
Caldari Fyretracker Heavy Industries
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Posted - 2009.07.08 21:18:00 -
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we know that at least during the war, Gallente didnt have the pod because the pod frigate became a reason why gal had to invent the drone.
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