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{{Quote|Engage in contracts with skilled Pilots for an indefinite amount of time. Pilots are well trained in the art of combat and can either be deployed in fighters or tasked to steer your ship when you are in a fighter yourself.|In-Game Description.}}  
{{Quote|Engage in contracts with skilled Pilots for an indefinite amount of time. Pilots are well trained in the art of combat and can either be deployed in fighters or tasked to steer your ship when you are in a fighter yourself.|In-Game Description.}}
A '''pilot''' is a person who flies a [[Ships|ship]]. All of the [[galaxy]]'s independent pilots are licensed members of the [[Pilots Federation]], and thereby granted the title of "[[Commander]]".<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/en/galnet/uid/579b28f89657ba0d4c598970 GalNet: Galactic News: The Origin of the Pilots Federation]</ref>


[[File:NPC-Pilot-Crew.png|thumb|300px|Pilot crew]]
== NPC Crew ==
[[File:NPC-Pilot-Crew.png|thumb|250px|Pilot crew]]{{Expand|expansion=Information on the function and capabilities of NPC crew members and the benefits of higher-ranked crew over lower-ranked crew}}
NPC pilots can be hired as [[Multicrew|crewmembers]] to operate remotely-piloted [[Ship-Launched Fighters]], or the player's [[Ships|ship]] while the player is operating the Ship-Launched Fighter. Pilots can be hired in the Crew Lounge available at many [[station]]s.


'''Pilots''' are non-player characters (NPC) that can be hired as [[:Category:Crew|crew]] to operate remotely-piloted [[Ship-Launched Fighters]], or the player's [[Ships|ship]] while the player is operating the Ship-Launched Fighter. Pilots can be hired in the Crew Lounge available at many [[Station|stations]].  
Each pilot has an initial hiring cost and is paid a profit share of all player earnings during their employment, both of which are based upon the pilot's combat [[Pilots Federation#Rank|rank]]. The profit share includes all profits from commodity [[Trader|trades]], selling [[Explorer|exploration]] data, completing [[Mission Board|missions]], and redeeming [[Bounty Voucher|bounty]] and [[Combat Bond Voucher|combat]] vouchers.


Each pilot has an initial hiring cost and is paid a profit share of all player earnings during their employment, both of which are based upon the pilot's combat [[Pilots Federation#Rank|rank]]. The profit share includes all profits from commodity [[Trader|trades]], selling [[Explorer|exploration]] data, completing [[Mission Board|missions]], and redeeming [[Bounty Voucher|bounty]] and [[Combat Bond Voucher|combat]] vouchers.
In addition, NPC pilots take a share of the [[combat]] [[Ranks#Combat|rank]] experience earned from each kill they score any damaging hit on. The percent of XP each NPC takes is dependent on their rank, where NPCs with lower combat rank than the player will take a greater percentage of the XP, an NPC with equal rank as the player will take exactly 50% of the combat experience, and an NPC with a higher rank than the player will take a smaller percent of the combat experience.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/6c5pfj/confirmed_using_npcs_hinder_combat_rank/dol9big/ reddit: Confirmed: Using NPCs Hinder Combat Rank Progression]</ref> Elite NPCs still earn XP, so there is no way to completely stop an NPC participating in the combat taking a share of the player's experience. NPCs that do not actively participate in a kill do not take any combat XP away from the player.<ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/do-elite-npc-crew-members-still-take-half-your-combat-experience.385740/page-4#post-6179692 Frontier Forums: Do Elite NPC Crew members still take half your combat experience?, post #66]</ref>


The Crew Lounge has 5 pilots available to hire, one at each rank level. Up to 3 pilots may be hired at once. (After each hiring, the Crew Lounge pool is refreshed so that there are always 5 pilots from which to choose.)
=== Hiring ===
The Crew Lounge has 5 pilots available to hire, one at each rank level. Up to 3 pilots may be hired at once. After each hiring, the Crew Lounge pool is refreshed so that there are always 5 pilots to choose.  
 
Tip: it is cheaper to hire the lowest rank NPC pilot and train them to rank up. Because they will take a lower percentage of payouts than a high rank NPC.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/1hvwf0u/my_npc_crew_has_10b_credits_i_think_i_paid_very/ My NPC Crew has 10B+ Credits! I think I paid very generous wages to him so long.] - WilliamBillAdama - Elite Dangerous Reddit - 7 Jan 2025</ref>


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=== Management ===
[[File:CrewIcon.png|thumb|200px|In-game icon]]
If the ship is equipped with a [[Fighter Hangar]], one pilot can assigned to the ship as a crew member (made "Active"). Any inactive hired pilots remain in the station (and can be accessed later at any station's Crew Lounge).
If the ship is equipped with a [[Fighter Hangar]], one pilot can assigned to the ship as a crew member (made "Active"). Any inactive hired pilots remain in the station (and can be accessed later at any station's Crew Lounge).


Any pilot's contract can be terminated at any time.
If an NPC-piloted Ship-Launched Fighter is destroyed, the NPC pilot survives because SLFs are remotely-piloted. As of the [[January Update]] (2020), if the player's ship is destroyed, any hired NPC crew can be retrieved for a cost in the [[Insurance costs#NPC Crew|rebuy screen]].


Currently, NPC Pilots don't sit in vacant cockpit chairs. They use virtual reality to remote control Ship-Launched Fighters and the main ship. When a pilot dies he or she is permanently dead. Any Pilot rank increases are lost.
==== Salary ====
NPC pilots are paid whether they are active or inactive, and any pilot's contract can be terminated at any time. If a pilot is fired before the player collects the payment, the pilot will not be paid a share of the profits. A pilot's rank and profit share increase with combat experience,<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/58q7cv/everything_you_need_to_know_about_ship_launched/ reddit: Everything you need to know about ship launched fighters]</ref> but it is cheaper to hire a pilot with a lower rank and let them rank up through combat experience than it is to hire a pilot with a higher rank. The profit share paid to the first pilot will be less than the second pilot of the same rank.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld7_85HuL8w YouTube: Horizons Pilot Training - Fighter Pilots]</ref>


== Notes ==
== Development ==
* Pilots are paid whether they are active or inactive.
NPC Pilots were added in the ''[[Elite Dangerous: Horizons]]'' v2.2 "The Guardians" update.<ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/300177-Elite-Dangerous-The-Guardians-2-2-update Frontier Forums: Elite: Dangerous - The Guardians 2.2 update]</ref>
* If a pilot is fired before the player collects the payment, the pilot will not be paid a share of the profits.
* If a Ship-Launched Fighter is destroyed, the pilot survives since the fighter is remotely-piloted. If the ship is destroyed however, the pilot is lost.
* Pilot rank increases with combat experience.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/58q7cv/everything_you_need_to_know_about_ship_launched/</ref>
* It is cheaper to hire a pilot with a lower rank and let them rank up through combat experience than it is to hire a pilot with a higher rank. The profit share paid to the first pilot will be less than the second pilot of the same rank.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld7_85HuL8w</ref>


== Trivia ==
On 4 November 2015, David Braben said (at 5:52): "Would it be possible to have hired NPC wing mates and crew?" “Something we want to do’ ‘we don’t know when it will be”. ”something I think is really good, especially if you’re playing single player”.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdP1DmRYco8 On the Horizon Episode 4 - Q&A with David Braben] - 4 Nov 2015</ref>
* Pilots were added in the [[Elite Dangerous: Horizons]] v2.2 "The Guardians" update<ref>https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/300177-Elite-Dangerous-The-Guardians-2-2-update</ref>.
 
Prior to the [[January Update]] which released on January 14, 2020, NPC pilots would be irretrievably lost upon the destruction of the player's ship.
 
== Videos ==
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