docking-question and possible use

[Vyor]

Can you dock with another ship without them wanting too? If so, can anyone make a ship that docks on the hull of another ship and fires weapons at it... or mess with the turnings and movement?

 

[enkelin]

You wouldn\'t be able to dock if the other ship had a faction module set to a different faction. And of course you would need the other ship to have an appropriately sized docking area. Otherwise it should work in principle?

 

[Vyor]

I would try it, but it seems as though I can never get enough credits on multiplayer severs no salvagers :P

 

[ltmauve]

docked ships cannot hurt the dockee

 

[GROOV3ST3R]

With the way Star Made works, you can\'t really make a dockable \'\'parasite\'\'. Docked ships only retain their own levels of shields - and as much as they DO take energy from the mothership, the mothership can still undock them at will. Not to mention, you need to be in that faction in order to achieve this at all, unless the ship you are attacking has Permission Blocks placed next to a dock - allowing anyone to dock to it, which is just stupid from the point of the mothership you are fighting. ^^

 

[Vyor]

Shame, neat idea though, you have to admit...