Fleet Carriers Update: Difference between revisions

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== Features ==

**Pilots gain the ability to purchase and control a mobile [[Drake-Class Carrier]] with a total of 16 [[Landing Pad]]s that can be used by other players. The owner can set docking permissions to determine who may dock, and even allow or deny access to [[Notoriety|Notorious]] players.<ref name="April Recap">[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/fleet-carriers-content-reveal-recap.540062/ Frontier Forums: Fleet Carriers - Content Reveal Recap]</ref> The owner can also store and transfer their ships and modules without needing to purchase the Shipyard and Outfitting services.<ref name="B2 Changes">[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/fleet-carriers-update-beta-2-upcoming-changes.544159/ Frontier Forums: Fleet Carriers Update - Beta 2 - Upcoming Changes]</ref>

**Fleet Carriers cost 5 billion credits,<ref name="March 2020">[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/fleet-carriers-content-reveal-announcement.539505/ Frontier Forums: Fleet Carriers - Content Reveal Announcement]</ref> can only be purchased at [[Starport]]s with the Fleet Carrier Vendor Contact and [[Carrier Construction Dock]]s,<ref name="April Recap" /> and a pilot is restricted to owning only one at a time.<ref name="GC 2019">[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/gamescom-reveals-fleet-carrier-details.520110/ Frontier Forums: Gamescom Reveals - Fleet Carrier Details]</ref> They have a weekly upkeep cost that can be paid through setting tariffs on services and trading there.<ref>[https://www.pcgamer.com/elite-dangerous-is-finally-getting-fleet-carriers-in-june-with-beta-tests-next-month/ PC Gamer: Elite Dangerous is finally getting fleet carriers in June, with beta tests next month]</ref> This cost begins at 5 million credits for a newly-purchased vessel, and increases as additional services are installed and enabled. Failure to pay the upkeep cost incurs debt, and failure to pay off the debt before it exceeds 250 million credits in total will cause the vessel to be automatically decommissioned, which refunds its full value minus the debt and transfers any onboard ships and modules back to the owner.<ref name="April Recap" /><ref name="B2 Changes" />

*'''Various minor bug fixes'''<ref name="FCPatch" />

**The hangar options interface at all Stations and Fleet Carriers is expanded to display Refuel, Repair, and Restock options alongside the existing Starport Services, Enter Hangar/Return to Surface, and Launch/Auto Launch options. Players can now perform these essential ship maintenance actions without needing to enter the Starport Services menu. However, these quick access buttons are inaccessible if the player has any [[Notoriety]] and must dock anonymously.

**Players can now queue for [[CQC Championship|CQC]] matchmaking within the main game via the Comms panel of the [[HUD]].

**Surface and sub-surface deposits will no longer immediately respawn when re-entering the instance or switching to a [[Ship-Launched Fighters|Ship-Launched Fighter]].<ref name="FCPatch2">[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/fleet-carriers-update-patch-2-downtime-and-patch-notes.549577/ Frontier Forums: Fleet Carriers Update Patch 2 - Downtime and Patch Notes]</ref>

**In the [[Background Simulation]], the Retreat state will now be overridden if another faction in the Expansion state attempts to expand into the retreating faction's star system by challenging them. The resulting conflict will still evict either the expanding or the previously retreating faction as before.<ref name="FCPatch2" />

== Development ==