Spare parts idea

[Salnas]

I havent noticed it posted here or in the VCF before, but if it has been then let me know.

But I have an idea regarding how to aquire spare-parts, that is rather realistic. How about we be allowed to canabalize spare fighters/shuttles/ATVs/etc. for spare parts and equippment. Maybe also be able to do the same to active fighters that have no hope of being fixed. Strip off that last working computer unit befor you put the poor thing out of it's misury

That would be much easier than having to figure out how many of what spares to carry along on your ship. Though the trade-off would obviously be that a spare vehicle would be much larger in the cargo hold than it's parts (ever seen an F-16 in a cargo crate? 'nuff said).

Ok, I'm done, please dont step on me for my lousy spelling

[Guest $iLk]

(sung to the tune of Lambchop)

This is the wishlist that never ends....

Yes it goes on and on my friends....

Some newbies, started making it not knowing what it was...

And they will keep on making it forever just because.....

(repeat indefinitely until either

• SC gives in and does what you want
  
  
• You are banned
  
  

Which is more likely...?

Sorry to be a smartass, I kind of like the idea a little, but the chances are nil that ANYTHING will be added to the game at this point until it ships. Maybe in an addon?

BTW I don't speak from a position in 3000ad inc. I am just paraphrasing their position

[Salnas]

I know it may not make it into the game, but I had to voice my idea before I forgot it (it happens). Maybe it'll make it into a patch, or GCO, who knows. And maybe I'll finally have something in a game to call a 'Parts B**ch'

[Guest $iLk]

What I have been doing actually is creating a wishlist on my computer so I won't forget, I have all these really neat ideas that are perhaps an overkill on realism, that way I don't forget.

I trust that we may be given a chance to either submit our ideas, or mod the game on our own.

It will be interesting to say the least.

[Soback]

I would like to dock at the station and be able to have my engineers escorted by my marines so that they can strip parts from other ships that are docked at the station too, and if anyone objects I want my marines to shoot them.

But what seriously would be cool is if there was wreckage left over after each kill so that you could send your shuttle out and search that wreckage for parts and cargo. Now that would just rock.

[Guest]

Uh, we already have that covered with destroyed crafts dropping Cargo Pods!

I know it's not exactly the same, but it's better than nothing

[Soback]

Not all the destroyed craft drop cargo pods. You can argue that there is nothing salvageable left, but there's got to be at least some repair minerals from the hull or something.

[Guest $iLk]

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but there's got to be at least some repair minerals from the hull or something.

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Vaporized?

[Guest jhnphm]

Than what about the recovery of metal vapor?

[Soback]

It can't be all vaporized. There's always something left. Even a little bit, some fuses, metals, any kind of spare parts. Just gotta be.

[desolator]

Then just pretend that the explosion of the ship was so massive that it first vaporized everything then scattered the remains away at very high velocity speeds through the vacuum of space... and in that being uncollectable.

(hehe, would've been quite neat if you blew up a ship and had your shields down, a thousand or so bulletholes and static blackness appeared at your mainscreen as the cameras/sensors got hit by the debris...

[Soback]

Yeah, I guess that's reasonable. Wouldn't it be cool if you could see some blown up parts of capital ships floating around for a minute or two and you could also see sparks going through them. Then you could salvage them. I would love that.

[Epsilon 5]

And sell those parts as "craft parts 1-2-3"

[MidnightGreen]

Damnit thats why they have have an Advanced Battlecruiser Parts store just around the galaxy so you dont "dumpster dive"