Will additional crew members be added to the game?

[RogueZephyr]

I ask because I have recently bought a cobra and, in the process of looking around it, have noticed an empty crew seat next to me.

[Nemetos]

From what I've read, I believe you will be able to hire NPC crew members.

Different trades/skills, like Gunner, Engineer, Marine

Ive dug this out, but Im sure there will be something more recent somewhere .

Page 42.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/230681554/Eli ... signs-2014

Cheers

[Neillm]

I can see they've really considered the additional crew members with the multi-seated ships, but I still have difficulty figuring out how that would work in game. How is a crew member with, for example, gunnery skills going to improve combat?

Hmmm...ponders.

[Cmdr Kharma]

My luck....... I'd get the Fkin mother-in-law...Telling me how to fly...............

[RogueZephyr]

My luck....... I'd get the Fkin mother-in-law...Telling me how to fly...............

Doing her lipstick in the wing mirror as you pop out of warp and nearly crash into the star

[Silverwolf]

Of course a good looking lady sat next to me would be a bonus.


H'mmm and with Oculus rift probably end up crashing with the distraction.

[Zarkon]

I think FD said that NPC hirelings would have skills or abilities that would make them better as engineers or gunners. In FE2, there were many ships that required you to hire a crew first or else you couldn't even launch the ship. The cobra was the exception. It was a two-seater, but only required one crewmember (the pilot).

[smartroad]

I'd like to see how this works out. In beta at the moment I have an Anaconda with a large cannon, it would be good to give that control to a gunner so they would be able to fire it at more opportune times then I can in the heat of battle.

When the ability to walk around the ships happen could be fun to see them lounging in quarters or fixing something to eat. Just wonder how conversation would work, maybe a chatter bot?

[Boozeman]

Haha!

Cruising on deep space with Asp... Long silence.. Then your NPC engineer starts to chat you..

- Engineer: Remenber that redhead at 78 Ursae Majris Townshend Hub?
- Cmdr: ...
- Engineer: Are you still mad about me?
- Cmdr: No
- Engireer: This is just boring, can we go back to do some bounty hunting?
- Cmdr: NO!
- Engineer: Okay, Okay, no need to explode like that..
long silence...
- Engineer: I'm Hungry. Are we there yet?

The Lifebod ejecting sequence initiated...

[smartroad]

@Boozeman

I was thinking more:

Cmdr: Nice day to be exploring
Crew: Yes I like to explore too
Cmdr: On the face of it seems boring but I have an itch to scratch and find that new earth-like planet
Crew: My face itches too
Cmdr: Your face itches?!
Crew: It fell off last week.
Cmdr: Why didn't you tell me?!
Crew: Didn't seem important.
Cmdr: Your face fell off and it isn't important?!
Crew: Flowers are important.
Cmdr: WTF Why are you talking about flowers?!
Crew: Ecosystems can't function without them.

The Lifebod ejecting sequence initiated...

Hehe