I noticed the word \'fleets\' in the features.

[Mjolnir]

Can I own many ships? I'm seriously considering buying this game. It literally has almost every feature I've been looking for in a space sim with singleplayer and multiplayer to boot.

The fleets though.. I'd like to know more. I already played the EL demo and loved it to pieces, but I had a hunch that a new one would come out ( EM ) and was waiting. I was right *JOYGASM* Anyway, fleets, large amounts of ships? Yes no? Player owned capital ships? Yes no?

[SeeJay]

Hello Mjolnir and welcome to a great sim.

I'm a Rookie as well and I'm hooked. Yes, you can Hire your own fleet.
The fleet consists of fighter/miners and not Capital ships if I understand it all right.

I think I read somewhere that there is a limit to about 15 ships or so.

You will probably get more detailed answers from the more experienced pilots shortly.

Hope to see ya out there in MP.

[Mjolnir]

Well it'll be a couple weeks but from what I've seen in the demo this game has a come a long way since even EL. Hats off to Vice.

And as for capital ships, none, but the bigger frames for that will suffice.

Can you have smaller ships dock at your bigger ones?

Edit :

Also, is there any resource that I can look at as to ship info and such? I see battleship / destroyer and carrier types floating around, are those the heavier frames?

[Edited on 10-19-2010 by Mjolnir]

[Aesir Rising]

Originally posted by Mjolnir
Also, is there any resource...

The Civilian and Military frames the player can obtain include those listed here:
http://www.starwraith.com/evochronmerce ... erse.htm#0

[Edited on 10-19-2010 by Aesir Rising]

[Earl]

You can only use your fleet in single player- If you log onto a multiplayer server, they disappear.
The ships are other small mercenary ships like yourself, and you can tell them to do things like mine, protect you, attack fighters, and rearm. You can trade with any ship to swap cargo, fuel or money.
You can't fly a capital ship in this game, though. Those are strictly NPC ships.

[Maarschalk]

Hi Mjolnir, welcome to the game and forum. Hope to see you out there once you decide to get the game.....