Right now on the Tactical -> Hangar screen, it shows buttons for Purchase Ammo(1), Refill Weapon, and Refill Selected Ship.

All of these buttons are greyed out, meaning if you actually want to repair or refill a ship in your cargo hold, you have to undock with it, dock again, then repair it without taking control of your capship.

Seems kind of silly?

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What's silly is having ships in the hold with damage in the first place. Why not repair them right away when they dock with the Trident?

I'm okay with the OP so long as ships in the hold can only be repaired and reloaded while the trident is out in space. If it were to be made available while the trident is docked in a station then it would just become a cheap exploit to repair ships for free (dock trident at station, transfer damaged ships to trident hold, repair, transfer ship(s) back to station).

meridian, if the OP was implemented, it would be limited to space, since the Tactical screen is not visible while docked with a station.

If it were to be made available while the trident is docked in a station then it would just become a cheap exploit to repair ships for free (dock trident at station, transfer damaged ships to trident hold, repair, transfer ship(s) back to station).

Two things about this: 1. You can already do it by swapping ships from a station and your Trident outside the station. 2. How is this an exploit? One of the purposes of owning a capital ship is having free repairs and reloads!

Anyway, I'm just asking to allow capital ships to do the same things stations can already do. You can repair a ship or refill ammo without having to select the ship, undock, and dock again.

This addition will be in update 1.8.281.

Thanks Ray. This has already been useful. :)