How to Steal an NPC Ship in Star Citizen

In this Star Citizen gameplay video, we take a look at how to steal an NPC ship. Stealing NPC ships can let you get a big ship without spending a lot of in-game money. All you need is a hover vehicle and a way to transport it.

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[jeffreyhernandez]

Pro Tip: with the limited cargo space in the Titan, transfer the hoverbike using a tractor beam rather than driving it aboard. That way you'll never blow yourself up

[dirtynachobuffet]

If you only incapacitated the pilot, you should carry it back to the space station and revive it.

[KombatKrab]

This is your most interesting video yet. Very entertaining.

[reyork]

It would be cool if CIG took a page from Starfield with respect to ship boarding. You dock with the ship, fight NPCs who are defending it, exactly like a mini bunker. At that point, you can loot cargo, storage crates, bodies, etc. As someone else suggested, if you have a tiger's claw, you can hack the registration of the ship for a few hours to use. Or deliver it to the authorities for a ship bounty.

[fiercemonkey]

For the love of Jove use a tractor beam to move your space bike in and out of your ship! It makes for fewer clipping bugs. Keep flying m8 and have a good one!

[TheModelOmega]

I wish there were a way to hack a false registration for a stolen ship that would give you a time limit, like 6 hours or more, so you could undertake legitimate cargo missions and other activities. Similarly, with bounties on you, if you don’t want to pay, you could hack a false legal status. I know you can hack away your bounties, but I'd like another option that's easier to do, albeit only temporary.

[michaelmclean]

hey man thanks for uploading cool content like this im new too the game and really enjoying it so your videos are very helpful for me keep it up

[seanlastnamehere]

I really like your videos, I just found your channel a few weeks ago. So helpful and entertaining! have you ever done a video testing the Animus Missile launcher to see how well it works? I think a lot of people would enjoy that. You will probably need another pilot to be on the receiving end of the missiles lol

[NozomuYume]

You can park the space bikes in small ships easier using the speed limiter. For some reason you can't see the speed limiter on the HUD but it still works with scrollwheel.

[sebc]

CIG should implement this gameplay correctly. NPC should be able to leave their seats to do FPS. But having crew for turrets is currently quite cool. What you are able to do with the stolen NPC ship out of bounty mission ? Can you use ATC to enter a hangar ? Can you restock and repair ? Can you log out in the ship ? Does the ship persist ?

This game needs this kind of gameplay because if you do not want to buy big ships, grinding to them is awfully long and boring.

[zefnoly]

Ive managed to board ships already. Problem is that sometimes I loose the ability to use weapons as if I am in an armistice zone, even if I leave and re-enter the ship.

Which means I cant take out the enemies onboard. Although I managed to use the mirai to board a 300i (yes through the tiny ramp) and was able to disable engines from copilot seat without killing the pilot. But again, I was unable to kill him because the game wouldnt let me access my gun, not even my melee weapons. I cant confirm if this is a bug or a hotfix to prevent NPC ship theift, although it stil works on the ships spawning near the ground MRT missions. But they are even harder to board.

Another thing of note. Certain ships have broken doors, might depend on server stability, but I have noticed some of the medium ships (size between a C2 and a Cutlas black) will not have working doors, or doors that will take forever to open.

[dlonestar]

I’ve noticed that security forces have been all over my bounty missions as of one of the last hot fixes. I’ve even gotten scanned by one. Have just been lucky to not see them until now or has something changed?

[boreasglacialis]

You have the same problem as I have. Under contracts you only see details on the left side and the objectives on the right is empty. Only when you accept on you see the objectives.

[Fromega]

WOW 10 pub in 14 min, you have a serious probl bro

[Kiwi_Dave]

Can you land a captured NPC ships full of cargo at your personal hangar? or Grim?

[wizardonthejob]

I've been going to Vaughn missions, soft deathing the targets and pulling only the precious cargo out and filling up my Corsair. If I can TAKE a caterpillar or C2... this changes EVERYTHING! My next question is, will ATC let you land in your hangar? If not, what method is there for getting the cargo to a seller from one of these stolen ships?

[VllILE]

Every single one of my VHRT’s have been in planets and moons >:(