We all have read the story about the living and breathing galaxy we call Elite Dangerous.
We have NPCs going on about their business, weddings happening and funerals being joined by gun toting maniacs adding to the body count because we can blaze our own way.
However the galaxy is static.
Nothing ever changes.
An Agri planet will always produce the same amount of fruit and veg, regardless of fertiliser or crop harvesters)
A refinery will always produce aluminium (regardless of bauxite present)
And a High tech will always produce the same amount of high tech commodities, regardless if their resources are present or not.
Where am I going with this?
The economy is static.
Goods are generated until a limit is reached and then go idle.
Demand is always the same, except for a few money making ones, and never gets filled. And even then the proportions are not accurate. Example: Demand is 20000 platinum. I park my carrier right at the door and start ferrying. After selling 15000t of Platnium, the demand should be down to 5000t. However it is not. It is down to 18000 platinum. Inconsistency.
Supply is 30000 fruit and veg. I buy 12000. Supply goes down to 28000. Again, doesn't make sense.
looking at the refinery again, where Aluminium is produced. Raw material for that is Bauxite. There is no chance of starving the station of Bauxite, and it will ALWAYS produce aluminium. (I'm picking this good because it's not something people mine to start with, thus eliminating the "but they are just supplied in solo mode" argument).
What is lacking is a proper production chain.
Aluminium gets produced with bauxite present.
Fruit and veg is produced with biowaste present. output is amplified by consuming crop harvesters. Example: Use 10t of biowaste to generate 80t of fruit and veg. If crop harvesters are present, use 10t of harvesters and double the output to 160t of fruit and veg.
This is what a BGS would look like to me.
This is what a living galaxy looks like to me.
What are your thoughts on this commanders?
Should the stations have a production chain?
Would it add more life to the populated area?
We have NPCs going on about their business, weddings happening and funerals being joined by gun toting maniacs adding to the body count because we can blaze our own way.
However the galaxy is static.
Nothing ever changes.
An Agri planet will always produce the same amount of fruit and veg, regardless of fertiliser or crop harvesters)
A refinery will always produce aluminium (regardless of bauxite present)
And a High tech will always produce the same amount of high tech commodities, regardless if their resources are present or not.
Where am I going with this?
The economy is static.
Goods are generated until a limit is reached and then go idle.
Demand is always the same, except for a few money making ones, and never gets filled. And even then the proportions are not accurate. Example: Demand is 20000 platinum. I park my carrier right at the door and start ferrying. After selling 15000t of Platnium, the demand should be down to 5000t. However it is not. It is down to 18000 platinum. Inconsistency.
Supply is 30000 fruit and veg. I buy 12000. Supply goes down to 28000. Again, doesn't make sense.
looking at the refinery again, where Aluminium is produced. Raw material for that is Bauxite. There is no chance of starving the station of Bauxite, and it will ALWAYS produce aluminium. (I'm picking this good because it's not something people mine to start with, thus eliminating the "but they are just supplied in solo mode" argument).
What is lacking is a proper production chain.
Aluminium gets produced with bauxite present.
Fruit and veg is produced with biowaste present. output is amplified by consuming crop harvesters. Example: Use 10t of biowaste to generate 80t of fruit and veg. If crop harvesters are present, use 10t of harvesters and double the output to 160t of fruit and veg.
This is what a BGS would look like to me.
This is what a living galaxy looks like to me.
What are your thoughts on this commanders?
Should the stations have a production chain?
Would it add more life to the populated area?