I have not played in a long time so please forgive me if these have already been suggested or implemented.
part of space exploration is the telescope, communication arrays, power generation, and embassies.
Telescope Station (or telescope object)
- can be docked with
- needs supplies of people (scientists and engineers)
- needs medical supplies and food
- exports research data
- missions to deliver scientists back and forth with tech worlds / tech stations
- are likely to be found in high tech systems
- might be pointed at a distant discovery
- might produce JPG photos of different distant locations in the galaxy for user experience
- could randomly take photos of different areas of the galaxy and upload photos daily for users to view
Communications Station (or communications object)
- is an array of satellite dishes and antennas
- a few large dishes (3 or 4) and hundreds of smaller ones pointed in all directions
- circular, rectangular, and other shaped antennas
- might have some aspects in common with cell tower design
- dockable
- imports scientists, food, medicine, fuel cells, etc
- exports communications data
- missions might be to act as a relay between the station and another distant communications station (or earth)
- missions include transport of engineers
- mission to provide computing power to encrypt or decrypt data
- found in high tech systems or around high tech planets
Power Station
- produces power for a plant
- might have huge solar panels
- might have capacitor like objects sticking out of it
- might have cylinders to hold fuel
- imports fuels, engineers, food, medicine
- dockable
- mission might be to transport engineers to and from station
- could have cool lighting effects for power generated
- could have an effect such as a beam of energy to a planet
- might be more common on industrial planets
Research Station
- imports scientists
- exports research data
- somewhat near discoveries, not necessarily at the discovery, but maybe in the same system
- missions to transport scientists, export data
Embassy Station
- found in stable systems
- tend to be in systems that are the capital for a faction
- ambassadors can be transported to war zones to increase peace
- missions to deliver statesmen from small factions to embassy station
- station is mostly for people, might have nice green areas / parks, office buildings
- imports food, medicine, people
- can have special missions to deliver statesmen to a system near earth
- missions to relay communications with other embassy stations or with war zones
- special mission to transport leader of a small faction to the embassy
- when war breaks out, missions automatically pop up to transport statesmen to/from embassy
part of space exploration is the telescope, communication arrays, power generation, and embassies.
Telescope Station (or telescope object)
- can be docked with
- needs supplies of people (scientists and engineers)
- needs medical supplies and food
- exports research data
- missions to deliver scientists back and forth with tech worlds / tech stations
- are likely to be found in high tech systems
- might be pointed at a distant discovery
- might produce JPG photos of different distant locations in the galaxy for user experience
- could randomly take photos of different areas of the galaxy and upload photos daily for users to view
Communications Station (or communications object)
- is an array of satellite dishes and antennas
- a few large dishes (3 or 4) and hundreds of smaller ones pointed in all directions
- circular, rectangular, and other shaped antennas
- might have some aspects in common with cell tower design
- dockable
- imports scientists, food, medicine, fuel cells, etc
- exports communications data
- missions might be to act as a relay between the station and another distant communications station (or earth)
- missions include transport of engineers
- mission to provide computing power to encrypt or decrypt data
- found in high tech systems or around high tech planets
Power Station
- produces power for a plant
- might have huge solar panels
- might have capacitor like objects sticking out of it
- might have cylinders to hold fuel
- imports fuels, engineers, food, medicine
- dockable
- mission might be to transport engineers to and from station
- could have cool lighting effects for power generated
- could have an effect such as a beam of energy to a planet
- might be more common on industrial planets
Research Station
- imports scientists
- exports research data
- somewhat near discoveries, not necessarily at the discovery, but maybe in the same system
- missions to transport scientists, export data
Embassy Station
- found in stable systems
- tend to be in systems that are the capital for a faction
- ambassadors can be transported to war zones to increase peace
- missions to deliver statesmen from small factions to embassy station
- station is mostly for people, might have nice green areas / parks, office buildings
- imports food, medicine, people
- can have special missions to deliver statesmen to a system near earth
- missions to relay communications with other embassy stations or with war zones
- special mission to transport leader of a small faction to the embassy
- when war breaks out, missions automatically pop up to transport statesmen to/from embassy
