#4512878 - 03/26/20 05:22 PM
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https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/fleet-carriers-content-reveal-announcement.539505/ One of your most frequent questions about Fleet Carriers was: How much do they cost? Fleet Carriers will be a lucrative investment, costing 5,000,000,000cr at launch. Fleet Carriers are individually owned and feature 16 landing pads (of varying sizes) for other players to dock at. Fleet Carriers use a new fuel, Tritium, to jump from system to system. Fleet Carriers have a max jump range of 500LY at one time, with the ability to jump whenever the owner wants, however, they will have a build up and cool down period between jumps. You can manage your carrier's finances by setting tariffs and adjusting the buying and selling prices for commodities traded in it's market. 5 billion at launch....
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#4512890 - 03/26/20 05:54 PM
Re: Fleet Carriers!
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5 billion huh? Looks like I'll have to take out my Type 10 Defender soon and get me some LTD's! .....says EVERYONE PLAYING ELITE.... prices are gonna crash!!
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#4512898 - 03/26/20 06:32 PM
Re: Fleet Carriers!
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I'm sure there will some bizarre grind for Tritium Fuel.... Also we probably don't ALL need a Fleet carrrier so we could chip in if necessary. It would be silly if the Fleet Carrier OWNER had to be logged in for the ship to be available!!!
We shall see.. I have a paltry 5.1 billion in the bank, so I better start mining!!!!
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#4512900 - 03/26/20 06:36 PM
Re: Fleet Carriers!
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I would like to pledge the minimal amount to get a place on Wingnut's carrier! I've got 1.3 billion in cash.
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#4512905 - 03/26/20 06:56 PM
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I'm sure there will some bizarre grind for Tritium Fuel.... Also we probably don't ALL need a Fleet carrrier so we could chip in if necessary. It would be silly if the Fleet Carrier OWNER had to be logged in for the ship to be available!!!
We shall see.. I have a paltry 5.1 billion in the bank, so I better start mining!!!! Recluse brings up a very valid point in the "Owner" having to be on line for others to interact with the carrier. Yup I've got 7.5 as I was guessing a 5B buy-in after watching all the comments on the Frontier web site. Before I lay out the 5b for everyone, I'd want to make sure everyone on my friends list, or Nephs PG can interact when I'm not on game! Then donations for fuel would be gratefully accepted.
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#4512914 - 03/26/20 07:18 PM
Re: Fleet Carriers!
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I am certain we will be able to use it whether you are on or not. I mean, if a player logged off on the carrier, he wouldn't have access to this ship until or unless the owner was on. That would not fly, so surely Wingy being on won't be a requirement. Of course this is all speculation and conjecture, but FDev is pretty good about this sort of thing.
I reckon he WILL need to be on to make it go anywhere though. 500 jump! We could really screw with Wingy otherwise.
Anybody know where I left my fleet carrier? I was sure it was right here....
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#4512994 - 03/27/20 09:23 AM
Re: Fleet Carriers!
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I would like to pledge the minimal amount to get a place on Wingnut's carrier! I've got 1.3 billion in cash. With a mere 339 million I've no hope except to change my name to Ford Prefect and grab my towel...
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#4513018 - 03/27/20 12:41 PM
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I should have led with "Dude, where's my carrier?" I think the idea of carriers is cool, and I'm looking forward to them. Any new stuff is welcome. I can't see it as much of a change though. I can see it as very useful outside the bubble, but who is going to do that? Otherwise it isn't all that different than the thousands of stations everywhere. But maybe I'm missing something. What is it that others are looking forward to about it? What do you think it's going to provide? How will it change your gameplay? Rec are you planning on buying one too? Chucky, there's affordable financing. 200 million down, and 400k a month for 1200 months. In just 100 years this baby will be all yours. Wingnuts, have you picked out a name already? Very important. I was thinking SS Bucket of Bolts. Nice ring to it.
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#4513019 - 03/27/20 12:43 PM
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Wingnuts, have you picked out a name already? Very important. I was thinking SS Bucket of Bolts. Nice ring to it.
Just don't call it SS Botany Bay. That name has a bad history behind it!
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#4513023 - 03/27/20 12:54 PM
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Good Call.
Analyzing Wingy's ship names which you can see on Inara, no pattern emerges. Nothing concrete to suggest an obvious moniker.
We're the Hekawi?
Killer Rabbit?
HMS Cromulent?
Just spitballin' here.
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#4513025 - 03/27/20 12:57 PM
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Wingnuts, have you picked out a name already? Very important. I was thinking SS Bucket of Bolts. Nice ring to it.
Just don't call it SS Botany Bay. That name has a bad history behind it! TITANIC would be similarly BAD
Rec are you planning on buying one too?
NO.. I will help bankroll Wingy or Neph or someone who wants to be the Squadron Carrier Commander... Not sure why we would need more than ONE... Also, my fear is the 5 billion is like the starting price for any other ship in the game, where once it is OUTFITTED to be useful, you have to spend 4-5x the purchase price
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#4513029 - 03/27/20 01:04 PM
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OK and I' be happy to contribute as well. I'm thinking that just obtaining the fuel will give me something to do, a purpose, and in Elite that's gold. I'm thinking the best thing about it is that it will promote something like a clubhouse atmosphere if you know what I mean. Give a group of friends a common home, home turf so to speak. If we can find it that is
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#4513070 - 03/27/20 05:01 PM
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Target yeah, probably. But indestructible too I would reckon. Gotta be right? They must have lethal defenses, for all that cash I'd say. Some goober comes along and opens fire on your carrier and he should be vaporized without remorse by the carrier's automated defensive suite. If it doesn't work this way I demand Wingy get his money back
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#4513075 - 03/27/20 05:15 PM
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Target yeah, probably. But indestructible too I would reckon. Gotta be right? They must have lethal defenses, for all that cash I'd say. Some goober comes along and opens fire on your carrier and he should be vaporized without remorse by the carrier's automated defensive suite. If it doesn't work this way I demand Wingy get his money back Yeah, we had an email conversation on this point. WITHOUT those defenses, you can BET that armies of Gankers would converge on and attack any Fleet Carrier for the LOLZ. I imagine the REBUY is pretty significant. Apparently, there will be some operating expense involved as well AND if you cannot Pay The Rent, CMDR Snidely Whiplash will FORECLOSE and sell your carrier for PARTS: https://elite-dangerous.fandom.com/wiki/Fleet_CarrierFleet Carriers have weekly upkeep costs, and falling behind in these payments for a long enough period will result in the Fleet Carrier being decommissioned and scrapped,[3] but this occurrence requires accruing a massive debt and should be reasonably avoidable even for pilots who go inactive at times.[4]
3 PC Gamer: Elite Dangerous is finally getting fleet carriers in June, with beta tests next month 4 @EliteDangerous: "Hi Yamiks. Thanks for sharing the news. We've lots of new features to share in our upcoming stream, including how the decommission system works (spoiler: you need to incur on HUGE debt for that to happen). And our devs know that you'd want to go on vacation from time to time!"
Not sure if that is accurate
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