#Figure out a system to repair existing ships back to factory new

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feral helm
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Every single time I buy a new ship I have to replace the FTL drive, move in my shield generator if I have one, move the consoles to where I want them, etc etc.

Say a lucky shot takes out 2 of my thrusters and a bit of my wall. Do I go halfway across the map to get repair gear and spend 40 minutes repairing it manually or do I just sell and buy a new ship? Obviously the latter.

I'd like to be spared this constant nuisance if at all possible. The repairs should be limited to docks where the ship is available, since it makes sense that only the dock that can build the ship has the blueprints and resources to repair it.

Also the system should check for existing components via collision, so if there's an FTL drive in place of the old one (even if it's of a different type) then don't put a new one on top of it or replace it, that would just be stupid.

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Also, the repairs should take 2 minutes with a 20 minute cooldown, otherwise people will spam them to get easy extra guns, shields, whatever the fuck else. And start the cooldown when the ship is first spawned, too.

misty ridge
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Can print pretty much anything a ship would have by stock

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But ONLY what said ship would have by stock

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Could use 13's scanning mechanics too

feral helm
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the system is intended to act as a replacement for rebuying ships

misty ridge
feral helm
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so it has to be better than it in practice

misty ridge
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And likely cheaper

feral helm
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that's

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pointless

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for one

misty ridge
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Damn

feral helm
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you're reliant on someone sitting around for 2 years waiting for people to call in a repair

misty ridge
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we do need more engiships though

feral helm
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and people gotta leak their coords

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to their DAMAGED SHIP

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so they can get repaired

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and they have to wait for the engiship to get there

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and then they have to wait for them to repair their ship

misty ridge
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So you cam repair derelicts

feral helm
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and now, finally, after all of that, you've got something you could have gotten by rebuying and spending 5 mins moving shit

misty ridge
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Drive em to a station

feral helm
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without risking your coords

misty ridge
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Mark them as repaired and sell them back to the market

feral helm
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or anything at all

misty ridge
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For a profit

feral helm
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eh

misty ridge
feral helm
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I just don't see the point in it at all

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it's just not practical

misty ridge
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I still want my engiships we have too little of em

true monolith
feral helm
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if your ship is completely blasted then obviously you're going to need to buy a new one

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as I very clearly implied the suggestion is meant for ships that are still capable of flight but otherwise damaged

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that's an implicit prerequisite to getting the damn thing docked to begin with