I've heard a friend can login to an NPC position. But it brings up a question - since I hired an NPC for the position - how does a player get paid for doing that job? Is the NPC paid in escrow and then if a player subs in for X time they X slice of the salary?asked by SilentRuin

It doesn't really work that way. What it does is that you'll hire crew, and the crew will obviously need get paid for that job and so you'll pay whatever you agreed to pay them. Now you can while you're flying out in space is invite some of your friends to sort of take over or control the crew, now that doesn't mean that they get paid what the crew is getting paid it just makes them a better AI in a way. It is sort of a kind of a cheat, we call it a Matrix moment y'know where your friend can take over the NPC. Just so you know you can fly with your friends in co-op without having to coordinate and meet up with your friends on a planet first; which you can still do by the way. But this is like, "Hey guys, I'm doing this mission and if you're not doing anything right now do you want to come in and control my various crew on my ship?" And they say, 'Yes!' That's the line, but no they aren't going to get paid for the job. The NPC still paid, it's a running cost, you have to pay for your crew, your fuel, the repairs, just like you would in real-life.