Asteroid bases

Erimus Kamzel · Jul 12, 2014

I've not seen this concept art before, could have been in a newsletter I missed? But I wonder if we'll get things like asteroid hangers in game? They would make great staging posts and resupply depots on the fringes of occupied space - somewhere from which explorers and deep space prospectors could launch expeditions from.

Mister · Jul 12, 2014

Can players even set up their own space ports and stuff?

Jorlin · Jul 12, 2014

Mister said:
Can players even set up their own space ports and stuff?

No, not even planned.

prasak · Jul 12, 2014

These asteroid bases are planned, they will work as a regular station. Players cannot own anything but their ship and cargo and this will not change. You can however help NPCs in building new station by protecting the construction or bringing supplies needed or sabotage the construction.

Erimus Kamzel · Jul 12, 2014

Mister said:
Can players even set up their own space ports and stuff?

No, but stuff like this asteroid base could be procedurally generated from the off and left up to the players to locate them. I would see them as something that only very localized maps would show, so in that respect if you were the only person to discover a particular one, you could keep its location secret from the rest of us and use it as your own base of operations.

It then becomes a kind of pseudo ownership thing (until someone else stumbles across it!).

NoirWolf · Jul 12, 2014

Jorlin said:
No, not even planned.

But I think it was mentioned somewhere players could cause them to be built or destroyed and aid in their state of repair. All indirectly via traffic, combat, whatnot.

Kris · Jul 12, 2014

Would love to see this concept pic high res

Fingers grossed that asteroid bases are still in work and we will see then in game.

Soda Popinski · Jul 12, 2014

Braben explains the asteroid bases in his interview with Scott Manley. I think he mentioned players could buy an inflatable space station that goes into an asteroid. Don't know if the player owns the space station itself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6tahRbkaq8#t=1292

Mister · Jul 12, 2014

Seems kinda sucky that players can't own real estate/property outside their ships.

It'd be a grand money sink for guilds or that one absurdly wealthy player

Jorlin · Jul 12, 2014

Mister said:
Seems kinda sucky that players can't own real estate/property outside their ships.

It'd be a grand money sink for guilds or that one absurdly wealthy player

no guilds either....

forger · Jul 12, 2014

Jorlin said:
No, not even planned.

you are wrong, DB told in nordic game conference (if i remember right) that we will be able to buy a structure and transport with our ship(huge ones i presume) then drop it on big enough asteroid and it will burn out a huge hole and it will be like our own asteroid station.

edit:
Commander Brix: Will there be pirate hideout stations in Elite Dangerous that are built from remains of old ships (like Anacondas), maybe even anchored to asteroids?
David Braben: We do plan a 'bottom of the range' station that is made from a melted-then-inflated asteroid (as featured on the recent cover of EDGE magazine).

Jorlin · Jul 12, 2014

forger said:
you are wrong, DB told in nordic game conference (if i remember right) that we will be able to buy a structure and transport with our ship(huge ones i presume) then drop it on big enough asteroid and it will burn out a huge hole and it will be like our own asteroid station.

then i stand corrected, thanks!

Mister · Jul 12, 2014

Jorlin said:
no guilds either....

So no ways for players to organise and form societies of various types?
In game that is.

forger · Jul 12, 2014

Jorlin said:
then i stand corrected, thanks!

np

you can read all DB answers i have found in pdf in my signature.

that question was actually in live chat and you can read that live chat online here

Jorlin · Jul 12, 2014

Mister said:
So no ways for players to organise and form societies of various types?
In game that is.

not at the moment and maybe not in the nearer future.
of course there are players that want it and others that don't like the idea (i'm one of the latter).

only one example of recent discussions around it:
http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=25602

Mister · Jul 12, 2014

So no chance of going full EVE with guilds taking over whole star systems.
Or some secretive fleet building a space station far outside any star system

Jorlin · Jul 12, 2014

Mister said:
So no chance of going full EVE with guilds taking over whole star systems.
Or some secretive fleet building a space station far outside any star system

right.
and don't use the "E" word in here...it upsets people

Mister · Jul 12, 2014

Jorlin said:
right.
and don't use the "E" word in here...it upsets people

That is incredibly disappointing.

Jorlin · Jul 12, 2014

Mister said:
That is incredibly disappointing.

why?
this will be nothing like EVE.
Asking for those mechanics in ED is like asking for submachine guns to be implemented to "hello kitty".
it's just not the game you are looking for, that's it.

there are thousands of games which i don't like. should i go to every forum of and ask for turning them into something i want to play?

NoirWolf · Jul 12, 2014

Mister said:
That is incredibly disappointing.

-whispers- it won't stop those baptized in <REDACTED-for security reasons> from forming our own groups and doing our thing.