Will escape pods be functional in the multi-crew ships upon the release of Star Citizen Alpha 2.0? How are they intended to work?asked by Resk

So the escape pods will not be functional in 2.0. Longer term they will but probably not for 2.1 but I would say after that. The idea will be you should be able to... especially for the PU you should be able to get into the escape pod, seal it up and get out of there which is sort of your escape when the ship's going down. So the bigger multi crew ships when they're about to blow I think we've sort of previewed some kind of warning and damage states that you got only so many seconds to get out before the thing blows and that will be either getting into your EVA suit and trying to EVA far enough away so the explosion won't hurt you or getting into an escape pod and escaping away which will eject you and probably keep you more safe.Generally if your ship is about to ready blow in the PU especially you would get into your escape pod and the escape pod has a tracker or tag on it, so that's how you would get found and respawn and go back to sort of the last friendly planet you were on. That's how they're intended to work so if you obviously do use the escape pod that's one of the ways to save your lives so to speak otherwise when your ship blows up, then you'll have lost one of your lives and you'll wake up in the hospital after they found your almost dead body and charred and brought you back to life, so yes use escape pods when we have them working that is.