I have read that working on a mothership / Privateer will help skill up mechanical ability, correct me if I am wrong. Question is where to find a Mothership to either work on or Join the Repair Crew? Also who makes these Motherships / Privateer?. When I went up into space I noticed a lot of different space vessels. Are these crafted? Or Purchased if so from where. Thank you for any advice and help!
First of all you need to /join #Space_Travel, where most mothership owners announce traveling and repairing schedules. Both of these ships were made by MA, the privateers to the owners of hangars (old school traveling system for Crystal Palace and C.N.D.). The only way to get one now is by buying it from another player, but prices go in the tenths of thousand of Ped. Don't expect to get paid for repairing, some ships even charge a fee to be able to join the repair crew since the skill/ped spent value is very intriguing.
Just remember, if you skill that way you aren't going to get access to loot from it, unless it's space hunting for mobs and the captain is feeling generous or something... Might be better off burning peds in a way that gives you direct access to loot pools in the process of your skilling?
Hey buddy, went up yesterday and got all the info, found a mentor and will be doing Repair runs to skill up, got all the equipment needed! Once I got my mentor I learned tons in the 3hrs chatting with him! Thank you for the advice!