Abulurd Boniface
Gallente Mercantile Exchange for Mining And Exploration
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Posted - 2009.04.18 08:01:00 -
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Edited by: Abulurd Boniface on 18/04/2009 08:01:34 If the Orca could be transformed like this by installing the Dry Dock Bay, that would be a nice new take on the ship. As long as the basic configuration was not changed I wouldn't mind. I'd probably need the classic Orca and the Orca plus the Dry Dock when hauling ships is required [not something I do regularly].
I would much prefer a dedicated space frame. For some reason there is an aversion to adding a new hull to the game. Why is that? Why would space not be populated by all manner of space frames to suit the various roles needed? All sorts of cars / planes / ships are built for specific purposes. Why not so with space ships?
If we really need to do this: carting rigged ships around space, why not do it right? Why not have a ship hauler? With various modules. Armored of course, because the EVE population has the charming habit of distributing ammunition in local space.
The vessel would be able to mount containers befitting the freight to be transported, and the model would change accordingly [no longer a problem since the introduction of T3 cruisers]. 2 big containers, for housing carriers; or 8 smaller ones for battleship class ships; 16 small ones for battle/cruisers; 32 tiny ones for frigates and the like. It would be a new business to haul rigged ships [high-risk, obviously :) ]. This would be a slow ship, it would be heavily armored, it would take a few new skills.
Astronautics Rigging V Industrial Command ships III Dry Dock Rigging I (6) [higher levels allow for bigger containers to be hauled] Jump Drive I [for adventures in the murky nether regions of space] Stellar Cartography I (8) [add a light-year jump range for each extra level]
It would have a cargo hold that would be able to handle non-charge cargo that the ships in the Dry Dock were holding, but can't keep in their holds as they were placed in the dry dock. Ships in the dry dock cannot be launched in space [otherwise you're just building a different kind of carrier]. The dry dock requires the ships to be hauled to be powered down completely [think of your own excuse]. They can only come out of the dry dock in a station.
Just a suggestion.
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