iirc Drew had mentioned that their original plans for that stuff died long ago. The permit locks are basically just lingering scars on the galaxy.
Permit locked systems - What is FDev’s plan with them?
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As much as I hate to be a doomer, at this point I have to agree. I finally gave up on any hope/expectation for Col 70 about two years ago, it's basically a meme now. Polaris has been locked since before I started playing in 2015. I'm sure they intended loads of wonderful exciting things to be placed in these places back when they were locked up but there comes a point where you realise you're just deluding yourself.
Frankly I'd rather they just unlock Col 70 with nothing in it than leave it like this - it's just a pain in the arx for navigation that makes travel to and within one of the closest most scenic regions of the galaxy a ball ache.
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The other aspect is... we've had heaps of content arbitrarily "pop up" over time, resulting in new "stuff" randomly appearing on planets.
The kicker being, it was already unlocked systems. Take the coalsack story piece. FD could have had that tie in to unlocking around Barnard's loop and such, instead of coalsack. But instead, that's where we landed. And then of course, the sectors around Barnard's loop used to be open, but only got locked in the wings update.
So there was no original reason we couldn't go there... and then it got denied, but has never been used for anything meaningful since. It's just illogical and irrational.
I very much agree with this. We should start a petition to free Col 70!
Or an open letter. Each will have the same effect anyway, right?
Should we blockade Rakham peak ?
How about pad blocking Jameson Memorial?