Talk:Sunbeam/@comment-34518238-20180129213252/@comment-1478071-20180204091932

The Aurora only had 157 personell when it was shot. The size of the Aurora wasn't because of the amount of people it was carrying, it was the cargo. The Aurora was set to build an enitre phasegate for Alterra. A gate large enough that ships like the Aurora would have to pass through. This included .25 cubic kilometer of cargo space for the phasegate components itself and various tools, vehicles, and apparatuses necessary to construct such a large structure.

You also have to understand, the Sunbeam was never meant to be "saveable". The devs only added that after huge fan reception that it should be. So it was a comprimise, keeping with their original vision the Sunbeam cannot save you but keeping with fan wishes, the crew can be spared an unnecessary death. Asking for more than what they did is a huge undertaking in terms of development. I mean, huge. Unless you would have asked them to postpone the game's release even more than what it already was just to have the Sunbeam land and pick up the player. Now there is a way it could be done, and since I do have contact with the devs, I've been relaying how they could do an alternate ending without the added rigging, animating, modeling, programming, scripting, etc. of an elaborate ending featuring other humans. Besides, there's quite a bit to come in the future of Subnautica to look forward to.