NPC Pilots

These are available in Beta 1.31xx.

Can be found at colonies, in the Landing Bay. (Land in them as if doing EVA)

The NPC is a chatbot, with limited vocabulary and AI.

To hire one, enter these words:

You: "I want to hire you."

NPC: "Are you trying to hire me?"

You: "yes"

NPC: "What do you want to hire me to do?"

You: "Fly ship.

NPC: "Ok. I'll make my way to your ship I guess, and you can take me to the one you want me to fly."

After that, you can assign them to a ship by: Fly to a station where you have an extra ship, or have purchased a new ship. Use the Manage Ship button and you will have a "Crew" and "Pilot" button. Click Crew. Assign the NPC to the ship. Click Pilot. Give the pilot a command.

Trivia

When the Pilots were in Beta, one of them, a Rhes Spangler, stole countless ships and made off with them. The last person to see him was gotpurplefleas, who reported that Rhes was tunneling into a planet.