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Do *not* fly without rebuy.

I think this has been reiterated many times around here and elsewhere, but I cannot stress how goddamned important this is.

Do NOT fly your ship if you don't have enough rebuy for it.

New players wondering wtf rebuy is: rebuy is ship insurance, it's how much you pay to galactic insurance co. if your ship gets destroyed for whatever reason. It is shown here:

https://preview.redd.it/kz2y36qtypc71.jpg?width=1058&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=404628f2cc1e536bd7d9fdd5024af30911b443fb

And here:

https://preview.redd.it/yk8qad320qc71.jpg?width=1057&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a76cbc4b46cdc1039d4fdd06c0242ca61bc7a8a2

We had a poor CMDR who got a brand new ship, and promptly proceeded to lose it. They could not afford the rebuy even with maximum loan applied. The consequence of this is that they lost their ship forever and are stuck in a stock sidewinder again.

If you find yourself in a situation where you don't have enough rebuy, do not undock the ship. Go fly in something else and make money until you have enough to cover at least several rebuys. Sure you may think "I'm not doing combat how can I die" but there are a LOT of ways to die in game, trust me, you do not want to make that kind of gamble ESPECIALLY if you're at a credit level where rebuy is a problem at all.

Now, if this came too late and you're staring somberly at a red rebuy screen, you may be able to get enough loans from the insurance company to temporarily cover your ship's cost until you can pay them back. You can also sell some modules on the ship (especially the expensive ones) until you are able to afford the ship again. However, there is no guarantee that these methods will net you enough money, and if your credit balance is very now even doing the above may still leave you in the red.

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