Selling Ships

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Baggins46
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Selling Ships

Post by Baggins46 » Sat, 27. Nov 21, 09:20

Is it possible to sell ships, if you buy a new one and don't wish to keep the old one for instance.

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Re: Selling Ships

Post by LameFox » Sat, 27. Nov 21, 09:21

Yes. Select the ship and right click on a shipyard or wharf (whichever size would produce the ship) and click sell. Remove any crew you like first, it does not need anyone on board, even a captain.
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Re: Selling Ships

Post by Gavrushka » Sat, 27. Nov 21, 09:22

But make sure you transfer any skilled crew to your new ship beforehand!
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Re: Selling Ships

Post by Baggins46 » Sat, 27. Nov 21, 09:24

Many thanks.

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Re: Selling Ships

Post by grapedog » Sat, 27. Nov 21, 10:12

LameFox wrote:
Sat, 27. Nov 21, 09:21
Yes. Select the ship and right click on a shipyard or wharf (whichever size would produce the ship) and click sell. Remove any crew you like first, it does not need anyone on board, even a captain.
I believe a captain is needed. I've made pilots bail, and tried to sell the ship after claiming it, and I couldn't sell it till it had a captain assigned.

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Re: Selling Ships

Post by LameFox » Sat, 27. Nov 21, 10:14

grapedog wrote:
Sat, 27. Nov 21, 10:12
LameFox wrote:
Sat, 27. Nov 21, 09:21
Yes. Select the ship and right click on a shipyard or wharf (whichever size would produce the ship) and click sell. Remove any crew you like first, it does not need anyone on board, even a captain.
I believe a captain is needed. I've made pilots bail, and tried to sell the ship after claiming it, and I couldn't sell it till it had a captain assigned.
I have not had this issue. In a totally vanilla game when I sell an empty ship, the buyer simply transfers a single person to fly it and it goes off to the station to be scrapped (or whatever they do with it).
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Re: Selling Ships

Post by Repli » Sat, 27. Nov 21, 10:39

Hey, for S and M ships you need a pilot before you can sell the ship, but at least XL (elephants in my case) you can sell completely empty. A captain of buying faction magically appears if you do so. Maybe this is not WAI.

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Re: Selling Ships

Post by LameFox » Sat, 27. Nov 21, 10:53

That does sound like something has gone wrong... but you are still able to sell them empty if they're docked at the station, at least. I have done that very recently.
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Re: Selling Ships

Post by Baggins46 » Sun, 28. Nov 21, 19:58

Lame Fox.
Yes I've tried all that but nowhere can I see an option to sell. I've even put a captain in as suggested but still nothing.

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Re: Selling Ships

Post by LameFox » Mon, 29. Nov 21, 02:29

Well, as far as I know: the station must not be hostile to you, it must have a construction module of the appropriate type (so not an equipment dock). In that case if you select the ship in the map, and right click on the station icon as if to order it to dock there, there should be a sell option in the menu.

If that does not appear or is grey, then perhaps something is wrong with the station (module it needs to do this was ruined). Or else if you can't do it at any station it may be a bug or mod issue of some kind.
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Re: Selling Ships

Post by Xkuka » Mon, 29. Nov 21, 02:35

As LameFox suggested, and i would add that you should try the docks of the different factions before actually selling and compare prices. Some pay way more at times than others. I had a bunch of S fighters to sell, and the FRF payd 610k while all others less than 500k. Thats considerable.
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Re: Selling Ships

Post by Baggins46 » Mon, 29. Nov 21, 10:55

Well it was a bit of a plod but I got there in the end, thanks for the advice.

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