Already so many posts under Carrack but i just wanted to ask directly Why cant the pilot have access to the turret? every ship in SC has pilot guns ..not the Carrack .. Here is my what i think ...If the pilot could use the upper Turret as Guns to protect the ship it will not realy impact the multicrew thought, that at this point only seems to apply to the Carrack. The pilot can only fire the guns at what he can see in front of him and only at the Turret attack angles, so using the upper turret as pilot guns will always be a disadvantage and worse than having a gunner controling it who has full access to all control angles. so it will still be very much more effective to have a gunner than to pilot on your own but i Still wnat acces to the turret because : A. the pilot can defend the ship to a extent B. No other ship in SC is without Pilot controled guns C. players feel they have control D. you can buy use and fly the Carrack even when you play solo and feel ok E. we could have a millitary upgrade from the original millitry version of the ship fitted, that was removed for the civilian version, to allow the pilot to fire again ...... and more as for programing I sugest as soon as another player has control of the turret the pilot cant fire anymore not sure if that is already the case like in the 890 or other controed turrets as for the nay sayers to pilot guns on the Carrack well we dont have NPC's we dont have Blades and we are in Alpha so when we get these options AND other no pilot gun ships CIG could still remove this option Please CIG , CR give the pilot control of his Carrack just like every other ship in game.... P.S. that rear elevator realy needs to go to the ground like on the reclaimer.....for surface access with the suit and weapons from the lockers and medbay access for injured personal from the surface and, or fast evac with the C8....