Coriolis Station living quarters

[Elendil]

I don't know if this was mentioned before; I'm not in the forums every day...

In the video about the Coriolis Station, David Braben mentioned that the best apartments would be the ones on the outside, the ones that receive the full 1G of (artificial) gravity.

I personally doubt this. The outside is more endangered by space debris and crashing ships, and is more doused by radiation from outside. Above that, I think that most people who live all the time on a station prefer to live in a lighter gravity. Not the unpractical 0G, but maybe .3 or .5: everything is lighter, incl themselves. Also the switch between 0G in a ship and .3 in your quarters are better to bear than going from 0G to 1G and back again all the time.
The downpour of living somewhere in the middle will be that there is no view outside. But who wants to see the world revolving every minute or so?

I know that this is not really an issue in the gameplay, but it just bothered me a bt, and I wanted to write it off me...

 

[ZeeWolf]

Some good thoughts especially about being hit by debris, clearly you have seen me flying around the space station ;-)

I'm not sure about the hard sci-fi but I'd be willing to let the radiation thing pass as we're obviously protected in our space craft so I'm assuming that isn't regular double glazing those apartments have

 

[Yaffle]

Does the station have shields like the ships? It wouldn't stretch the imagination too far to have those protect from debris, micrometeors, random pilots etc. etc.

 

[Riedquat]

Yes sometimes thing hit the reinforced glass, but most of the time we just don't notice it.

You tend to get used to it.

These apartments really are top notch, so glad we moved.

 

[Le-Betz]

Yes sometimes thing hit the reinforced glass, but most of the time we just don't notice it.

You tend to get used to it.

These apartments really are top notch, so glad we moved.

Yes, indeed .

 

[Sterlino]

someone should explain me once for all : why everything... e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g. in this game should be effective with reality ?

this is very annoying...

 

[Meths]

someone should explain me once for all : why everything... e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g. in this game should be effective with reality ?

this is very annoying...

Autism.

 

[ZeeWolf]

someone should explain me once for all : why everything... e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g. in this game should be effective with reality ?

this is very annoying...

To be fair, DB himself has said that everything is as close as he can get to be plausible as a "hard science fiction" except for hyperspace which is a bit of a "cheat". Besides, I would much rather see this kind of relevant enjoyable discussion about the game and its world than one too many threads about how annoyed people are about, shall we say, more logistical themed topics this week

 

[kilvenny]

I have my 1 million credit apartment on Zelada. If you fly around the space station to the left of the entrance you will see me waving.

 

[ZeeWolf]

The station may well have a shield around the apartments. I went down into the apartments after a station attack and I blew up above them in the most disappointing way. I was so disappointed that the pieces of my ship didn't fall down into the gaps I cut it from this video ;-)

 

[Sterlino]

I have my 1 million credit apartment on Zelada. If you fly around the space station to the left of the entrance you will see me waving.

f....ing expensive the holydays in zelada... i think i will go to take a riedquat's flat.. sure that will be cheap enough for me. (if i will survive enough there to enjoy it).

 

[Slawkenbergius]

Assuming the stations are built in such a way that they're relatively safe (perhaps these apartments have escape points), I reckon the view and amount of (filtered) natural light is always going to be the big selling point.

 

[popuptoaster]

http://www.geek.com/science/oyster-...parent-armor-glass-that-doesnt-crack-1589641/

 

[Amorelia]

I wondered more about the constant day-night-day-night. On the inside they must have good lighting and thick curtains.

 

[ZeeWolf]

I wondered more about the constant day-night-day-night. On the inside they must have good lighting and thick curtains.

Hmm doubt its big enough to have a day/night cycle and the planet would reflect quite a bit, but yeah they would need some sort of tinted windows to prevent going blind as Astronaut's have visors don't they?

 

[SAB380]

I just want to be able to buy an furnish an apartment, sims style...

 

[Darkfyre99]

The station may well have a shield around the apartments. I went down into the apartments after a station attack and I blew up above them in the most disappointing way. I was so disappointed that the pieces of my ship didn't fall down into the gaps I cut it from this video ;-)

I noticed the shadow of you ship at about 11:10... damn that station is huge.

 

[Hydrino]

I have my 1 million credit apartment on Zelada. If you fly around the space station to the left of the entrance you will see me waving.

We all wish we could see that... maybe in the final release or an expansion.

I would think that we actually have exclusion zones where random peeping-toms could not just fly as they please right up to any space station window.

Also this would apply to official faction ships and planetary landings. "No sir, the Australian corridor is full up today, you will have to delay your landing until tomorrow."

Keep your minimum distance between ship and space-station.

 

[CMDR Texas Stu]

I'd imagine most pilots live on their ship mostly.
I'd imagine the best views would be like beach homes and rented out for top dollar like suites. Other high rent spaces might be waterfront or adjacent to horticulture areas?
I'd just rent a cheap room next to the bar as crawling to my ship might be too much work after a well deserved 'shore leave'!

 

[Patrick_68000]

It will be of robots which will wash and will repair the windows outside?