I think that there should be an option to reset your homebase back to the original homeworld. I had an issue of being stuck in Sector 18 (it as my homebase) with no money and no way to get out.

You can still buy the free ship, but ya it's dicey getting out of 18 alive with that.

this is actually a wonderful example of why you shouldn't home in s18 if you don't have enough backing and/or skill.

Exactly...and goes against the advise most pilots give. Don't go to 18 until you have sufficient funds.

I disagree with EVERYONE! 18 is uber-fun. You'll build up some good skill by trying to get out of 18 in a bus. Otherwise just get somebody to escort you, or just provide a target so you yourself can get out of there. I imagine that you'll have to pay a hefty sum for that. Oh wait. You don't have any money. Well, I suppose there's an easy compromise. Simply promise your first born child to someone! Also, if you have no money, why not just start a new char?

-rc

Ah, getting out of s18 with a free bus is possible, you must just: get out, aim, turbo, barrel-roll and pray...

Pray very hard!
Pray it works:)

after you get out of 18 you have to get out of 17 (and then 11?)
sounds very fun ;)

Well going s18 -> s17 is very safe (if you just fly in a straight line and barrel roll the last bit.)

s17 -> s11 is safe most of the times...

This is exactly why i charge 100k to take people to 18, and 150k to bring them back.

Well actually, my situation wasnt as bad as i described, i got out of there in a marauder with 100k of trade :)

But anyway, the option to reset your homebase would be useful if someone for example has mined the base your at...

this could be abused....just reset your base for a free trip to another sector by typing /explode after changing your home sector

hmm, phoenix, I dont think it would be that abusable, since the only location you could reset it to would be 1,2,or 3.

And if someone's capping...

Eek, I don't like that idea. It's a quick workaround for when we have limited characters, and are not able to park one in a home sector.

Someone's capping? Revert to home sector and explode. Too easy.

What if the cash found you have would be frozen to that sector from where you homed from, that way you would just have a std. bus

Too complicated. Too limiting. Having cash at some stations but not at others is a very bad idea. It's bad enough with ships.