Too high rewards for delivering bailed pilots?

[Hwitvlf]

The pilots with high rewards are actually ones you can use as a trader with Trade command software MK3.

Can anyone tell me how to 'promote' a bailed pilot to a trader?

Have him be on a ship you are not on, and right click on his name in the cargo hold, it'll give you an option to promote him.

Can you promote any bailed pilot? Right click doesn't do anything on my captured passengers. Left click gives 'information' pop-up which shows value and destination, but no option to promote. I've collected about 35 pilots, two with drop-off rewards over 1 million.

[Thandrall]

Can anyone tell me how to 'promote' a bailed pilot to a trader?

Have him be on a ship you are not on, and right click on his name in the cargo hold, it'll give you an option to promote him.

Can you promote any bailed pilot? Right click doesn't do anything on my captured passengers. Left click gives 'information' pop-up which shows value and destination, but no option to promote. I've collected about 35 pilots, two with drop-off rewards over 1 million.

I have noticed that some don't have a "trade rank" though I haven't tried promoting them, only one who do. Other than that, I don't know why it wouldn't? There on a TS docked right? Thats what I've always done, not sure what else it could be sorry.

[Hwitvlf]

Thank you Thandrall. Tried again with the freighter docked and no luck. Maybe I just haven't found one with a trade rank.

[Thandrall]

Thank you Thandrall. Tried again with the freighter docked and no luck. Maybe I just haven't found one with a trade rank.

Happy to help only thing I could think of is if it'll only be pilots who bail from trade ships will have trade rank, instead of any from M3-M5s? Not sure if that would help or not.

[Snafu_X3]

Certainly the bailed pilot may or may not have a trade rank that will show up in the menu screenies posted above. As I mentioned earlier (see top post of page 2 in this thread) their rank may have a related reward bonus if dropped off /to their destination/ (usually the nearest station from their ejection point).. or you could keep them around in a spare TP or other ship with CLS for use as ready-trained Mk3 trade pilots later

[Thandrall]

Certainly the bailed pilot may or may not have a trade rank that will show up in the menu screenies posted above. As I mentioned earlier (see top post of page 2 in this thread) their rank may have a related reward bonus if dropped off /to their destination/ (usually the nearest station from their ejection point).. or you could keep them around in a spare TP or other ship with CLS for use as ready-trained Mk3 trade pilots later

That is exactly what I'm doing haha much easier than getting them to at least rank 6.

[Klord]

IS there a function to the "military rank" shown in the properties menu?

[Hwitvlf]

Certainly the bailed pilot may or may not have a trade rank that will show up in the menu screenies posted above.

Good to know. I've picked up about 50 pilots so far and none of them show a trade rank. How rare is it to find a bailed pilot with a trade-rank?

[Snafu_X3]

Good to know. I've picked up about 50 pilots so far and none of them show a trade rank. How rare is it to find a bailed pilot with a trade-rank?

I didn't find it particularly rare at all, tho it was uncommon. YM(& luck)MV ofc

[birdtable]

I found it occurred (bailed pilot with trade rank) frequently before I acquired an Ocelet to house them, since then none have trade rank. I do believe I may have had some with trade rank from M3's but miserly values from trade ships (armoured)... These pilots make their own way home.. A bit like an abundance of 25 mj shields when you cannot afford/need them .. RNG it appears does not smile kindly on my endeavours ...

EDIT ...
just obtained a level 16 Trader from a Yaki Raijin...

[Hwitvlf]

How rare is it to find a bailed pilot with a trade-rank?

I didn't find it particularly rare at all, tho it was uncommon.

Weird. I collected about 100 pilots and none with trade ranks until just now; I just got three during two protect factory missions. I wonder if there's a combat/trade rank requirement?

A funny related thing: I got a Xenon trader pilot. It showed up in the cargo of a bailed N and I was able to transfer it to a trading ship. Probably a bug, but I hope they don't fix it as it adds a bit of novelty. I think I'll make him a merchant in an ATF sector...what could go wrong?

[Fulgrymm]

That's pretty hilarious. I wonder if the same can be done with the Kha'ak. Make it a merchant in President's End.

[Deeparth]

How do you put bailed pilots in new ships? Do you eject them and make the required ship pick them up?

[chip56]

How do you put bailed pilots in new ships? Do you eject them and make the required ship pick them up?

You can transfer them just like cargo (assuming lifesupport on both ships). And then on the ship that should use them as pilot you can go to the freight and rightclick the passenger and select "add as pilot".