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If an NPC-piloted Ship-Launched Fighter is destroyed, the NPC survives because SLFs are remotely-piloted. As of the [[January Update]], 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]]. | If an NPC-piloted Ship-Launched Fighter is destroyed, the NPC survives because SLFs are remotely-piloted. As of the [[January Update]], 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]]. | ||
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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> | |||
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> | |||
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 == | == Videos == | ||