Ship Mileage

I’m not actually sure, what you would call it, mileage or total flight time, or whatever, but I think it would be /really/ cool to have an odometer on the ships info or stat page.  That kept track of how much the ship had been flown. If it is kept in hyperspace distance, or sector distance really doesn’t matter, but I’ve been thinking how awesome this would be and the rp it would/could bring. Hear me out.

This thought started out with me thinking about Maverick’s suggestion, found here:

https://www.legendsofthejedi.com/forums/topic/suggestion-ship-maintenance/

To sum it up, he thought it would be cool if pilots or engineers had to do little things with their ships  every so often to keep them running at tip top shape. I really liked this idea, and it went silent a couple months ago. That hasn’t stopped me from thinking about it, and I thunk a thought. What if the ship broke down based on it’s mileage(that’s what I’m gonna call it). The more it has, not only does it break down more often, it’s more unreliable as a whole, and when you go to sell it to a shipyard (sellship) they won’t give you as much as if you sold it with a lesser mileage.

And it could also tell someone how much the ship is used, if their tracking someone, or just to see if they use a ship more than others. Or if they really keep track of it, if their ship is being used by someone else.

Maybe even throw in a slicer feat to access the nav computer to track the last few trip distances.

Also I think it would just improve rp as a whole, talking about how much mileage you put into a ship when you go to sell it, sometimes even having to buy a new one completely because it is unreliable. Or perhaps a engi skill “restoreship” is in order.

I have little to now coding experience when it comes to MUD’s, so I have no idea if this would be a hassle or just a little project. I for one think ships aren’t forever, and that they need to have some level of maintenance. This is my suggestion of how to go about it.

Cheers 😀