NPC pilots as perishable goods / Raise the income given by missions

[Pinko]

There used to be a time in .84 where people would buy BHG NPCs by the bucket next of Malta and Crete when they were worth something, but today, such practices have stopped. It was an extra possible income, in which missionwhores would get an extra credit for their hard work, and those NPC farmers would get some decent cash for their work. But since this activity has declined, an activity which actually encouraged teamwork. Today's equivalent of NPC farming would be mining, of course. But I don't see why this activity should have died out.

Oh, wait, yes, there are reasons for it.

Missions aren't a reasonable income source. They're time consuming, and you often lose more credits than they give you if you get careless. Should they have more benefits to it, you would see groups of people being able to entirely pay all expenses of their ships simply by doing some missions, as an alternative to Trading, Mining and Pirating. Then would come in play Prison Liners/Transports, which would buy an updated version of NPC pilots, which are perishable. This would mean that a single fighter doing missions and trying to fill the haul of a transport with it won't be efficient at it, while a group of organized pilots will be able to fill up a transport quite quickly. Since they are perishable, the price of this commodity should be updated. Why would it be perishable? Well, most likely horrid conditions of pods, rapid decay of nomad brains, injuries, etc.

Perhaps, if it is possible, make a different commodity that spawns for NPC pilots in missions, which would give these rarer pilots which are perishable. What do you think?

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I want to get off Mr. Igiss' wild ride.