Passenger ships and mass transportation

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sillls
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Passenger ships and mass transportation

Post by sillls »

In X2 the threat you could buy passenger ships. I was hoping to see more demand for this as stations need people.

I would like to see these ships again and I have several ideas in this.
First, a small passenger ship that can carry up to a half dozen passengers, in addition to the flight crew.
Second, a Medium sized ship that can carry thirty or more.
Third, a large ship that can carry hundreds of passengers or more.

The small and medium ships could be made to have two levels. The top deck as the flight deck and below it is were passengers would stay.
If there is a graphics issue, then the passenger deck could be made inaccessible by the player. As to not overwhelm the computer.
The large passenger ship would ferry passengers by drones, the same way cargo is transported off and onto large freighters.

Stations already have demand for workers so this system is already in place.
Passengers would come to trade stations where they would he hired by factory's. The player could buy a ship and transport workers from said stations to the factory's for a fee.
NPC ships could do this as well.
There could even be a way to land on planets in order to pickup people and take them directly to factory's as well.
The player would have to hire workers and pay passenger ships for workers.
Also, not all passengers have to be workers. Some could be travelers or even tourist. Which could open another dynamic to the game.

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