Berth-a-Port
Berth-a-Port, or Port-a-Berth, is an in-game term for using the Spacecraft berth system and the Recall Home ability in such a way that you can instantly travel to anywhere in the game universe without actually needing to fly.
How to use
To use the Berth-a-Port tactic your destination has to have a spacecraft with a few berth. Secondly you need to be able to acquire a berth on the spacecraft remotely, either through an Officer or another player on the spacecraft assigning you one.
Using an officer:
- Hail the fleet channel in order to open a private channel to spacecraft
- Change to the spacecraft's private channel
- Request a berth aboard the spacecraft
- Use the Recall Home ability
- You are now aboard the spacecraft
Using another player:
- Player A needs to be aboard a spacecraft where he/she holds the captain's berth or an officer berth
- Player B request berth on any channel Player A is monitoring
- Player A accept Player B's berth request and assign any berth
- Player B use the Recall Home ability
- Player B is now aboard Player A's spacecraft
To return home from far away, either berth-a-port to a spacecraft in the area, or release the spacecraft berth and Recall Home.
Using Recall Home without having a spacecraft berth will result in the home city or capital being the recall destination.
Common uses
Common uses of these include, but are not limited to:
- Visiting far away empires
- Trading of small amounts of resources or items
- Relocation of players to more populated areas
- Hiring of player crew members
Notes
- Warning! Berth-a-Porting to another galaxy will cause your whole inventory and your personal wallet to be lost.
This is to prevent people from bringing items and money in or out of the non-PvP galaxies. It also puts a little bit of a limit on the berth-a-port feature.
- Berth-a-Porting exists as a necessary evil to enable avatars to join their friends in a game space that is so large they might otherwise never find each other. It was never intended to be used as a form of transportation. It could get nerfed at some point in the future.