Multipurpose POB Ship | 25 August

[aerelm]

what happens to the stored cargo when the module designed to increase its capacity is destroyed?

Short answer: Nothing.

Long answer: Well, here's the thing - Due to technical limitations of the engine, the actual implementation of the ship will kinda be working backwards compared to what's described. As in, the ship itself will have X amount of cargo, and each module will be taking up a certain amount of that cargospace. So, when you mount the mining module for example, it'd take up some cargo, leaving only 900 available for ore. That means if you have a full cargohold and unequip the freight module, the only thing that'd happen is you'd need to free up enough space for the module you're trying to mount next. Freight module is basically only there as visual fluff - being the only module that takes up no cargo itself - just in case someone really wants to trade in this thing for whatever reason.

Also, to keep things simple and straightforward (and also to spare the server some unnecessary increase in load) the modules are not going to be destructible. The hitbox for the ship itself will be covering over the modules, so any hit the ship takes would go straight to its hull. As interesting as the idea of being able to shoot the modules off would be, it puts a bit too much strain on the server and also overcomplicates some balancing parameters around the ship to be worth it.

Would it be only for Sirius or there planned gallic version of this ship?

For the time being we've decided to start small and just keep it to one ship for everyone. Later down the line Gallia would definitely be getting their own version of this, and giving one to each major house would also be a possibility.