The individual modules of the Caterpillar don't need to separate in flight, they just need to *poof* and appear in the Hangar. Mixing and matching them shouldn't be an issue, I think. Despawn the whole ship and respawn it with different modules (where only the inside of said modules is different).
I remember some of the older graybox models of the Starfarer (those that GHG used in his videos) had a pipe coming out from between the tanks.
Found a picture:
Holiday livestream 2016:
CR - We wanted to show footage of 3.0, but we were really close and we felt it wasn't polished enough, so we're postponing it for late 2019. But here's some footage of some doors opening and closing. Also, some trees.
I'm curious how mission payouts for multicrew will work.
I'm the captain of a Polaris, for example, and I also have some dude scraping my floors for me. How does he get paid at the end of the day? When I take a mission, does he get it as well? Will there be an automated system for income...
Or melt your pack, buy back what you need, and gift what's left to your brother or your wife.
Or hell, just keep everything. They just might come in handy someday. :)
That's why I'm forever stuck with my Starfarer. Bought it for $195, now it's worth $300. If I melt it, I'm throwing $105 out the window.
The only option would be to sell it to someone for a bit less than $300 but a bit more than $195. Or just keep it.
"Ships are hard."
- Blind Owl