This is just an example of how the existing ability to buy ship modules and outfit our ships could be leveraged in different scenarios.
I make no assumption that this is easy to implement nor do I have any understanding of what work would be needed.
So ....
Yesterday I landed on a Rocky Ice planet and I come across a wreck. Unsurprisingly I had to shoot down some "wanted" Skimmers, collect a Data Log and pick up some materials and that's all she wrote. Well, whatever, onwards .... but I was left wanting more (and not in the best sense either)
Now taking this scenario and day-dreamin' and spit-ballin', I re-ran a fantasy scenario in my head that might not be too far out of reach if FD deteremined to do it.
It goes like this ...
I land on any planet and come across a wreck. Yep, I gotta deal with those pesky skimmers. Then I pull some data logs from the wreck. Maybe there are miultiple logs and I'll need to read and search through them for some information. eg. find out the registered owner / pilot and get a system status readout. Maybe there are some cargo items to pick up. So far, it's pretty much the same experience !
Now how about, I get to a Station and can check, perhaps, a Missing Ship record for this sector or a void-wide list perhaps?
Let's to see if this wreck is listed as missing!
If it is, I have some choices. 1) Log my find to get a reward. 2) Bid for the rights to recover it for the owner.
If 2), then I'd need to have make a estimate on costs to get it flying again, add my services fee and offer it.
With ED:O coming, this would be pretty good fun eh? Buying replacement parts to fix the ship and bringing them back to the planet, transferring fuel and eventually taking the ship off the planets and back to a station for payment. Cool beans! Maybe I'll keep the ship .... haha!
Maybe the ship is not listed. Do I want to go ahead and run a salvage job? Maybe I can try to sell the ship afterwards? Maybe, there something sinsiter going on and by searching the name on the Station, I've drawn attention and now I've got to deal with some unsavory folks.
Lot's a potential here that might end up having me cross the void in search of the owners, deal with pirates or criminals and so on! And most all uses tech that already exists in the sim ...
Just spit-ballin' and day-dreamin' like I said.
S!
I make no assumption that this is easy to implement nor do I have any understanding of what work would be needed.
So ....
Yesterday I landed on a Rocky Ice planet and I come across a wreck. Unsurprisingly I had to shoot down some "wanted" Skimmers, collect a Data Log and pick up some materials and that's all she wrote. Well, whatever, onwards .... but I was left wanting more (and not in the best sense either)
Now taking this scenario and day-dreamin' and spit-ballin', I re-ran a fantasy scenario in my head that might not be too far out of reach if FD deteremined to do it.
It goes like this ...
I land on any planet and come across a wreck. Yep, I gotta deal with those pesky skimmers. Then I pull some data logs from the wreck. Maybe there are miultiple logs and I'll need to read and search through them for some information. eg. find out the registered owner / pilot and get a system status readout. Maybe there are some cargo items to pick up. So far, it's pretty much the same experience !
Now how about, I get to a Station and can check, perhaps, a Missing Ship record for this sector or a void-wide list perhaps?
Let's to see if this wreck is listed as missing!
If it is, I have some choices. 1) Log my find to get a reward. 2) Bid for the rights to recover it for the owner.
If 2), then I'd need to have make a estimate on costs to get it flying again, add my services fee and offer it.
With ED:O coming, this would be pretty good fun eh? Buying replacement parts to fix the ship and bringing them back to the planet, transferring fuel and eventually taking the ship off the planets and back to a station for payment. Cool beans! Maybe I'll keep the ship .... haha!
Maybe the ship is not listed. Do I want to go ahead and run a salvage job? Maybe I can try to sell the ship afterwards? Maybe, there something sinsiter going on and by searching the name on the Station, I've drawn attention and now I've got to deal with some unsavory folks.
Lot's a potential here that might end up having me cross the void in search of the owners, deal with pirates or criminals and so on! And most all uses tech that already exists in the sim ...
Just spit-ballin' and day-dreamin' like I said.
S!
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