Here's an awesome Tweet from Zac Antonaci regarding building a station within a nebula:
https://twitter.com/ZachAntonaci/status/648245616380899328
https://twitter.com/ZachAntonaci/status/648245616380899328
Build a Station inside Nebula - Potential CG - Frontier asking for info...
- Thread starter Obsidian Ant
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Just re-tweeted, great idea Cmdr. I just returned from there a few days back after a quick sight seeing trip and I really like the science exploration possibilities as a base of operations.
For those that may have missed this overnight, Frontier are asking for info on a potential community goal for building a station inside a nebula. Zac Antonaci has asked me to send details on what we would like in the community goal. They are listening, so let's get the info together and see what they have to say.
Please post the info, details and requests in this thread, and I will collect it together and send it to Zac. This should include things like the following:
Which nebula and system do we want the station located in?
What purpose should the station serve?
What type of activities should the community goal require?
The two following threads provide an excellent start:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=142433
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=170657&p=2609947#post2609947
Wonderful, I will certainly join!
I see many CMDRs here and on reddit asking 'what's the in game reason for building a station outside of the bubble?'
Here's my answer: because all the explorers are asking for it! My idea: we kick this off in game with CMDRs pledging some of their in game credits to the cause.
May I start with 100 mio CR?
This could also be a good moneysink and a good money redistribution tool in future. I admit that after 10 months in game I have way too much money and am getting lazy ...
I see many CMDRs here and on reddit asking 'what's the in game reason for building a station outside of the bubble?'
Here's my answer: because all the explorers are asking for it! My idea: we kick this off in game with CMDRs pledging some of their in game credits to the cause.
May I start with 100 mio CR?
This could also be a good moneysink and a good money redistribution tool in future. I admit that after 10 months in game I have way too much money and am getting lazy ...
As I said before, I think the most sense thing for this would be an isolationist colony, maybe some new religion that sees a particular nebula as being special-- basking in the matter of creation perhaps, if it's a supernova remnant.
Personally I think 'just for the sake of it' wouldn't really fit, there needs to be a story behind it.
Personally I think 'just for the sake of it' wouldn't really fit, there needs to be a story behind it.
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Awesome work granite
Personally I would love to see a station near Barnard's loop, the visuals out there blow me away every time, I guess that's probably asking too much for some. Pleiades is the Obvious choice because it's so close to inhabited space and the Sirius corp stations.My vote is EZ Orionis (far out from the star)
MAIA - in the Pleiades Nebula
Purpose - Scientific station, hub for miners - Horizons will let us explore and mine the planets in these Nebulae, a station will save us from hauling all the way back to populated space. It could also act as an easy to get too repair hub for Horizon explorers out in that region of space. Not sure if we can buy replacement SRV's from stations? If so it would be a good to have a station relatively close.
It could even act as a port for tour cruise liners like the Beluga & Orca - Offering high paid missions to take passengers on tours of the region..
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I'd be there for security, we know a certain group or two will be there to ruin it
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More on topic, if we had a station or 2 a few thousand light years out it could be a rest stop to sell data and act as a science station of sorts, it would be really helpful to have a place for explorers to re fill their equipment and sell data
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More on topic, if we had a station or 2 a few thousand light years out it could be a rest stop to sell data and act as a science station of sorts, it would be really helpful to have a place for explorers to re fill their equipment and sell data
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To put station very, very far away there are basically 2 purposes:
1. Science
2. Tourism
For first purpose, there is myriad of possibilities. For second one there is one question to be asked: what is most popular tourism destination outside The Bubble? Easy; Sag A. And it can work as a scientific outpost as well. CG can, depending on lever result in anything from outpost up to luxury orbital start port with palm trees and what not. And just imagine how expensive everything would be there to purchase, and how good prices can traders get for almost anything they bring from The Bubble!
I realize that is not actually a nebula, but just throwing my 0.03zł
1. Science
2. Tourism
For first purpose, there is myriad of possibilities. For second one there is one question to be asked: what is most popular tourism destination outside The Bubble? Easy; Sag A. And it can work as a scientific outpost as well. CG can, depending on lever result in anything from outpost up to luxury orbital start port with palm trees and what not. And just imagine how expensive everything would be there to purchase, and how good prices can traders get for almost anything they bring from The Bubble!
I realize that is not actually a nebula, but just throwing my 0.03zł
Wouldn't it make sense to have 2 or 3 chained CGs to extend a supply line of Outposts toward the nebula? Each CG could form a story point in an overall campaign to build in the nebula, featuring exploration, construction/opposition and a final construction phase of the research outpost/Tourism station (Perfect for newlyweds!) in the nebula?
I think it should be a chain of CGs yes. But not because of the distance. Don't forget a station can be built locally, and it then uses its own jump drive to get to its destination.
[video=youtube;4uozVtIe-5w]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uozVtIe-5w[/video]
An ideal scenario would be for it to herald a new kind of station. A scientific research outpost, or a more dedicated colony station.
As I said though, there needs to be a very good rationale as to why a station would be out that far.
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We've been pushing building a station or outpost at either a nebula or closer to the core since last week.
So far these groups have signed up:
Each of these groups represents a range of 100 to 1500 players, making the above list quite formidable! But we would like your opinion and help as well. I've been building a case to prove to frontier that this is something we should do and has the interest required warrant dev input. =)
All that in total is access to well over three thousand players, so you have much support for this already!
So far these groups have signed up:
- Mercs of Mikunn
- The First Great Expedition
- Communism Interstellar
- Black Birds Squadron
- Lavigny's Legion
- The Cannon
- Aisling's Angels
- German Pilots Lounge
- Ghost Squadron
- Alliance Elite Diplomatic Corps
- EIC
- Emperor's Grace
Each of these groups represents a range of 100 to 1500 players, making the above list quite formidable! But we would like your opinion and help as well. I've been building a case to prove to frontier that this is something we should do and has the interest required warrant dev input. =)
All that in total is access to well over three thousand players, so you have much support for this already!
Excellent news. The more people the better.
What seems to be the most population proposed location so far?
I'm not too sure that a colonization station would fit too well that far out away from the bubble.... with the risk of Thargoids and the fact that they've always had this thing for "strays".... I think it'd be best to have some sort of Military Science station, one where they can at least defend themselves (theoretically speaking). Ahh.... a combined Federal & Imperial effort perhaps, would sort of fit with older lore where they both joined together for whatever reasons they have/do.
Wouldn't it be interesting if as a result, yet another commodity & mining type of item became available in the game... the ability to mine/gather/scoop (a SPACE VACCUUM!!! ) 'rare nebula gases or dusts'!
Maybe Jaques' can even go pay them a visit! Supply them hard workin' folk with a few drinks!
Wouldn't it be interesting if as a result, yet another commodity & mining type of item became available in the game... the ability to mine/gather/scoop (a SPACE VACCUUM!!!
) 'rare nebula gases or dusts'!Maybe Jaques' can even go pay them a visit! Supply them hard workin' folk with a few drinks!
I think this is a great idea. I wrote a post in the Pleiades Colonization thread bemoaning the fact that humans seemed to have given up on scientific research since there are no science outposts out at nearby points of interest...
I believe this CG should have some 'meaning' behind it other than just something to build just for the sake of it, and I'm pretty sure one of the first things humans would have done by 3300 AD would have had scientific research stations dotted around the Orion Spur, so my vote would be the black hole system of Maia in the heart of the Pleiades as being one of the very first places and first stepping stones to humans pushing beyond current borders...
From the old thread..
I still find it hard to believe that in the year 3300 AD humans don't have any established presence like science outposts out at some nearby local places of immense scientific interest. Once hyperdrive technology had been invented surely one of the first things humans would have done would to be go and set up permanent manned outposts in black hole and neutron stars systems, and of course nearby nebulae. Yet is seems we took no interest because there is none of our infrastructure out there. I'm sure the Pleiades would have been one of our first destinations beyond frontier borders due to its close proximity.
With science outposts the infrastructure to support them would have built up over time too, so it makes sense that stations and supply depots would be out there. That opens the game up to ultra long distance trade routes and passenger courier missions taking scientists back and forth, something I hoped would be in the game at some point. Also tourism points of interest that brings the Orca into play - players can ferry passengers back and forth to local nebula, so there could be purely tourist outposts out there too. A celestial pleasuredome in the rings of Celano 1.
I'd love to see humans spreading further afield. New Yembo is a start but its just another system really, why didn't they build it in a system that has neutron stars and black holes to study, and why couldn't we have a completely new type of station dedicated to scientific research? That's what I'd love to see too
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