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How do I RP that? - Yerland - 03-01-2012
Something that's been bugging me. When I'm pirating and get ganked by Navy or whoever and my ship explodes. How the heck are you supposed to treat that RP wise. I mean, I'm back 4 hours later and I get into confrontation with someone who shot me down... do we act like it never happens or that they took me to jail and I escaped and got a new ship... in 4 hours... or that they tried to kill me but it turns out I'm immortal on a 4 hour timer. And how bout situation when good RP requires me to die, I'm not gonna quit a char just for something like that so how does it all fit?
How do I RP that? - Narendran87 - 03-01-2012
meoshi will answer
How do I RP that? - meoshi - 03-01-2012
1: You blow up.
2: your escape pod ejects.
3: a passing pirate picks you up.
4: said pirate drops you off at a friendly base were you just happen to have a spare ship waiting.
Don't ask how escape pods work 100% of the time.
How do I RP that? - Narendran87 - 03-01-2012
If you dont think its RP theres always an delete button
How do I RP that? - Ursus - 03-01-2012
Navigation software in the escape pod automatically returns it to the last place where the software was updated.
You are smart enough to stay out of the system where your ship was last exploded.
How do I RP that? - Daedric - 03-01-2012
For small craft? Escape pods and I RP the ship as new.
For larger vessels? They didn't destroy it - merely crippled it severely.
How do I RP that? - Death.RunningVerminator - 03-01-2012
meoshi will clarify any further questions or comments you may have
How do I RP that? - Yerland - 03-01-2012
So your saying an escape pod from a rogue GB surrounded by LN and police forces makes it back to the last base I was at unharmed... alright cool thanks.
How do I RP that? - Daedric - 03-01-2012
' Wrote:So your saying an escape pod from a rogue GB surrounded by LN and police forces makes it back to the last base I was at unharmed... alright cool thanks.
This is a game. Sometimes you have to suspend normal logic for it to make sense.
How do I RP that? - Hielor - 03-01-2012
' Wrote:So your saying an escape pod from a rogue GB surrounded by LN and police forces makes it back to the last base I was at unharmed... alright cool thanks.Yes. Because escape pods are so small, they're easily able to mount cloaking devices (bigger the ship, the more energy needed, increases exponentially by volume, so a single-person lifepod can easily cloak but even a fighter cannot).
Escape pods are 100% effective, always, so no one ever dies. That means that you can't threaten people with death, and you shouldn't expect people to act as if they'll die when they blow up.