1) A variant ship sale possibly will happen at the end of the month including a new ship commercial and he suspects it to be the Freelancer. (RUMOR)
UPDATED: The Freelancer commercial will likely be late May, followed at some point by the Connie and Cutlass. The Freelancer commercial will be the first to use their facial capture system, and it looks great.
2) The Idris Frigate will have a red alert alarm system so that the crew will certainly know when to be at their battle stations.
3) Asking further about the Idris he says the ship will be a game changer in space and a force to reckon with. That it will not be a "flying coffin" in space for 20+ possible occupants but rather a ship that will be difficult to take. Expanding on this he says the Idris WILL BE FLYABLE SOLO but that NPC crew will not be nearly as good as players will be of course. He did say NPC's gain experience over time and do get better but if they die they lose that experience and start over. The Idris will be a slow ship in comparison to others ships due to its mass.
4) Interestingly enough he was told that players are almost essential in certain areas of the Idris when in combat especially in areas like electronics and engineering. Why? Players will be able to hack your ship through electronic "cyber" warfare and possibly blow airlocks in certain compartments or even lower your ship's shields just before missiles are about to impact. Your only countermeasure will be someone actually watching for these hacks and counter hacking. These hacking techniques are not only unique to the Idris but rather can be used against ALL SHIPS of ALL SIZES.
For more on this see this interview with Erin Roberts about the minute 30:17 mark at this link:
http://www.twitch.tv/geekdomo/b/519001941
5) Idris captains can hire crew in 2 ways. One is through the UEE where those that are hired are guaranteed a portion of earnings for their services. This seems to be the most secure way to hire because the hired crew through UEE can't mutiny and kill crew or take your ship. The second way of hiring is risky but rewarding in the sense that if you hire randomly outside the UEE you decide what they should earn. That said if your random crew decide to mutiny they CAN kill the crew and overtake your ship.
