Are there any plans for missions that require luxury spaceships like the Phoenix or the 890 JUMP?asked by Midnite
TL;DRRoberts says there will be missions needing luxury ships, such as ferrying VIPs or chartering yachts, likely paying more but carrying risks like pirates targeting wealthy passengers.
Well I think so - I think there will definitely be some missions where you would be asked to, you know, "would you be able to ferry a VIP from one location to another location"... "someone wants to rent a yacht to cruise to this area of space." So they definitely will be used for certain kinds of missions that would require a certain kind of ship, just like here in the real world. Some certain VIP, you know, the President of the United States, is not flying on a turboprop - he's flying on Air Force One. Just like a billionaire isn't gonna be-... you know, he generally doesn't fly commercial - he flies private - and so maybe he would be chartering his own 890 to get him from somewhere. So I think there will definitely be missions that will be like that, that would probably pay higher, but then there would be some risk, because maybe if someone is well-off or a trading magnate then that would be a magnet for pirates that would maybe want to kidnap and ransom that person. So yes, there are going to be missions for luxury spaceships.