Elite: Odyssey

09 Apr 2021, 8:58am

SakashiroOne topic we need to talk about is abductions, because these seem to be a real thing in Odyssey. Last night Epi and I landed our Cobras on a planet. He then entered my ship, and I took off with him, leaving his ship behind on the surface. Epi then received a message about his ship being dismissed, probably because we went too far away from it, or because we entered supercruise. Curious about the consequences, I took him to a station where we disembarked. If I remember correctly (Epi please correct me if I get any details wrong), he then had no access to any of his ships, even the ones stored at the station! He had only two options: re-enter my ship, or book an Apex taxi. Since there were settlements on the planet where he left his Cobra, he was able to return there by taxi and recall his ship.

Now there is one catch: You can book Apex only to stations and settlements, but not to random places on a planet surface. This means that if there had been no settlements, Epi would have been unable to return by himself! He would have needed me or maybe some other player to take him back to where his ship was.

So there's a huge potential for abuse here, similar to the recent slave carrier issue. Technically, your pilot body does not exist independently, it is still tied to a specific ship, sort of like a SRV or SLF.

Today I will test if it's possible to disembark from my ship at one station, go to another station via Apex, and then pick up another of my ships there. It probably should be possible, but my current guess is that it is not.

I think I can transfer my ship from Inter Astra. Yesterday, I didn't knew because it was asking me to do tutorial. Today I started and skipped tutorial and now I can transfer my ship from any social hub that have Inter Astra. So even if team member kidnap you from body without settlement and leave you somewhere, just book Apex to nearest Inter Astra and transfer your ship.

09 Apr 2021, 9:07am

So Inter Astra can even pick up ships landed at random spots, not just "stored" ones? That would indeed solve the problem.

09 Apr 2021, 10:13am

SakashiroSo Inter Astra can even pick up ships landed at random spots, not just "stored" ones? That would indeed solve the problem.

I think so, but I can always check it by landing on body without any settlements, then calling Apex and transferring it from Inter Astra.

Now, I am more interested what will happen if ship is destroyed while on foot or in SRV. Would I be ae to re-buy upon return with Apex.

09 Apr 2021, 5:51pm

Confirmed: You can retrieve your ship from anywhere through Inter Astra. In fact you have to, before you can use any other ship of yours. This makes Apex completely useless as a taxi between ship storage locations.

10 Apr 2021, 4:51pm

This is how you do CZ on foot:

10 Apr 2021, 5:49pm

EpisparhThis is how you do CZ on foot:

lol

I heard you can also roll in with your SRV, which is like a tank. Much better than taking the drop ship.

WarCat72

10 Apr 2021, 5:50pm

EpisparhThis is how you do CZ on foot:

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I should not be laughing like I am at this.....

Synthya Wylder Inara supporter

10 Apr 2021, 8:06pm

EpisparhThis is how you do CZ on foot:

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SPLAT! SPLAT! SPLAT! Damn, the canopy wipers are out of fluid again... <smears remains all over>

10 Apr 2021, 9:47pm

The advertisements in the station lounge could be a tad bit more tongue-in-cheek, methinks.

Squirty

11 Apr 2021, 8:41am

Sakashiro
RickchapSo I hear you say that Odyssey will be its own game and one can not merge the accounts?

No, she said we'll continue playing on our existing accounts and keep all our ships, achievements, etc. Only the alpha version is like a separate game, because it is meant to test (and potentially break) things. Once Odyssey gets released for everyone, our alpha accounts will be deleted.

It will be awesome to keep all of our existing ships, really looking forward to the full release.

11 Apr 2021, 4:31pm

Apex is turning into a gift that keeps on giving. If you leave your ship somewhere and take an Apex shuttle to some other location, not only will you be required to transfer your ship, you will also lose all the cargo that your ship was carrying. It will simply disappear.

11 Apr 2021, 5:13pm

I wouldn't bother with apex except on a rare occasions such as ship got destroyed while on foot or in srv.

And that new land CZ have the potential of being next CQC. I got bored from it in the first day and we get nothing except credits. Once merged with main accounts this will be a joke.

Shabbyj

11 Apr 2021, 5:16pm

No INF or REP too Epi?

I haven't bothered with the CZs yet, but plan too this week.

11 Apr 2021, 5:32pm