Took the SRV out last night for some bounty fun with the org mates. Never thought I’d have so much fun in an unarmed ship.
A couple of us were in combat ships, taking out the ERT bounties. Another ran a cargo ship. I piloted the SRV. Combat ships would knock down the bounties, preferably soft deathed. Any ships with decent cargo, I’d tow up to orbit and drop the ramp/lift. We’d transfer the cargo over, then make a run over to a salvage outpost and sell it.
Being unarmed put me in a position where I could concentrate on the big picture of the fight, while keeping an eye out for new hostiles. If we ever get the chance, upgrading the sensors on it would be my first component upgrade on it as a result (don’t believe that’s gonna happen). Towing the ships themselves wasn’t complicated, but the mechanics involved mean I couldn’t just tractor up to a Connie and horse on it without breaking the connection.
Update: apparently folk don’t realize ERT bounty missions aren’t players, but instead criminal NPCs. No players were harmed during the evening’s events.
ERT bounties are NPC only, not players. More to the point, these are criminal NPCs (hence the bounty), not law abiding NPCs.
Didn’t realize that needed to be explicitly spelled out, but it does explain the downvotes.