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Cloudheart
Empire Trading Company
House of Mercury
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Posted - 2008.05.31 13:18:00 -
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I read one of the latest stories, and was very confused. Is the person being interviewed just a crewman? Or is the pilot, like he sounds? If he's the pilot, it doesn't look like he works in a pod. Perhaps that's why he was so afraid of dying - no clone. But seems like a rather risky life, and I was under the impression that they were all pod pilots. Are there some in the EVE universe (obviously not players) who might pilot a Bestower, but without a pod?
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The shockwave hit my ship and everything started to go crazy. My control console shook, my alarm panel lit up, and in my headset all my audible alarms went off at once.
...hearing my Bestower tear herself apart... <indicates he is actually the owner/pilot>
I finished my prayers, lit up a smoke and sat back to watch. <in a pod?>
From http://myeve.eve-online.com/news.asp?a=single&nid=2061&tid=3
Is this an oversight by the author?
Forgive me if this topic has already been raised.
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Grek Forto
THE IRIS
Infinite Innovation
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Posted - 2008.05.31 13:57:00 -
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Yes, there are Pod-Pilots, and then there are regular Pilots. Not all ships have pods. Think of it like this. The ships with pods doesn't need a bridge crew but still all the regular crew. A ship without pod needs the bridge crew also.
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Deviana Sevidon
Panta-Rhei
Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2008.05.31 17:20:00 -
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All player ships are pod controlled, without exception. But not all ships in game are flown by players and these are not neccessarily pod controlled.
PC = pod controlled
NPC = not pod controlled.
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Viktor Fyretracker
Caldari Provisions
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Posted - 2008.06.01 00:51:00 -
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And while the pod is more efficent id still fear a well trained and experienced ship crew where the bridge crew can nearly read the captains thoughts because they have been crewed so long.
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Andre Ricard
The Scope
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Posted - 2008.06.01 04:02:00 -
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Basically, all of the above. Players are pod pilots, no exception, but many (perhaps the majority) of "actual" space-borne vessels are not pod piloted since only a small number of people can actually interface with a pod regularly without becoming mind-locked.
That article is a bit weird though as at times it seems like the interviewee could either be or not be in a pod. I took it as more an example of a guy who's been in high-sec his whole career seeing a fleet of capitals jump in right on top of him for the first time. It's impressive the first time you see it in-game.
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Arbelia Amarsa
Duchy of Amarsa
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Posted - 2008.06.01 06:42:00 -
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Actually not all PC pilots need be "Pod Pilots". Everyone is free to imagine how their ships are run the way they wish. As for me and the stories I write, my ships are usually run by traditional bridge crew and sometimes a pod like pilot using a computer control room takes the wheel. In EVE there are the given guidelines but they are meant to be stretched 
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Deviana Sevidon
Panta-Rhei
Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2008.06.01 08:51:00 -
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Originally by: Arbelia Amarsa
Actually not all PC pilots need be "Pod Pilots". Everyone is free to imagine how their ships are run the way they wish. As for me and the stories I write, my ships are usually run by traditional bridge crew and sometimes a pod like pilot using a computer control room takes the wheel. In EVE there are the given guidelines but they are meant to be stretched
IBIBOP
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Marine HK4861
Radical Technologies
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Posted - 2008.06.01 12:59:00 -
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Originally by: Arbelia Amarsa
Actually not all PC pilots need be "Pod Pilots". Everyone is free to imagine how their ships are run the way they wish. As for me and the stories I write, my ships are usually run by traditional bridge crew and sometimes a pod like pilot using a computer control room takes the wheel. In EVE there are the given guidelines but they are meant to be stretched
Right, so you're unable to eject from your ship in a pod and if I pod you, you'll automatically take SP loss as you will not be able to burn a copy of your clone in time to save yourself.
Will you refuse to update your clone in order to simulate this with game mechanics also? 
While you're free to use your imagination as to how your ships are run, certain elements should not be altered in order to remain consistent. One of these is the pod pilot control system, which is heavily reinforced in the fluff and Scientific Articles.
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Nachshon
Gradient
Electus Matari
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Posted - 2008.06.01 17:49:00 -
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I believe that most ships - nearly all NPC ships - are crewed, without pods. Military frigates are probably the chief exception - PF implies that frigates are normally flown by capsuleers.
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Deviana Sevidon
Panta-Rhei
Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2008.06.03 14:42:00 -
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I found the thread again. 
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Viktor Fyretracker
Caldari Provisions
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Posted - 2008.06.04 05:38:00 -
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Edited by: Viktor Fyretracker on 04/06/2008 05:41:17
NPCs definatly could have non pod ships, heck i could even see a high sec badger pilot with a mining group having his feet kicked up on the console and once and awhile tractoring some ore from a jetcan while watching holoreels, considering there are some hints the tech 1 ships atleast have bridges. that said some parts of our ships where retrofitted to hold the egg, id guess the egg and related support systems would just be cut into where the bridge and senior staff quarters used to be but are clearly no longer needed. unless they kept the bridge in the event something bad happened to the pilot that the more experienced crew could atleast limp it back to station with the help of Aura.
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