Thank you everyone

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No no no no no no no no...no?
On a mod I was involved in the majority chose to try enforce maintainance. Essentially large capital ships for civilians cost money to keep each week and it was automatically deducted from the characters credit account. Not only did it not work correctly but it also drove people to stop playing.
They did not want to be FORCED to trade.
Honestly, when you start forcing people to do stuff like this simply to play the game then you create a hostile environment and lots of people tend to give up.
The game would become more about work than actual enjoyment.

Capital ships carrying crew is not such a bad idea however as it only needs replenishing if you die or do an RP event etc. In my ships I carry some H-Fuel and crew just to simulate actual usage. Also have some toxic waste in one character though that's because it's leaking and making them slightly insane. (All shall fear the Battleship Trinity!!!):rolleyes:
Hard to enforce on other servers but with the high amount of people online on this server that wouldn't really be an issue, especially since people tend to come down upon those breaking even the smallest rule.

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