Pleiades... Mining Camp?

[CMDR Hagglebeard]

Alright, so, some of you may know that I tried to head a Pleiades Colonization project, as can be seen in my signature down below. I haven't heard a peep from FD, so in case they haven't seen it or have discarded it, I have a much more simple idea: a mining outpost. Perhaps it could start off as an outpost and after enough resources are mined, a proper starport can be built. I'd like for this to be in the Merope system, which can be viewed here:

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=142575&p=2186205

The outpost would need to have an outfitting section with class 1 (and hopefully class 2) mining lasers, along with cargo collection drones of the lower calibres, so to speak, and a commodities market/black market.

I think it would be a nice, condensed little area for star-gazing, adventurous pilots to go and risk it all for the great credit. What do you guys think?

 

[CMDR DoubleSkulls]

I think the ability to establish, enhance and build up outposts in a player driven way would be great. Since Pirate factions and others can set up their own outposts within the habited bubble then this would be consistent. The cost/complexity of doing this should be high, and maybe it should work in a cooperative way so many players can work together to build and operate an output.

 

[Darkphoenix]

Alright, so, some of you may know that I tried to head a Pleiades Colonization project, as can be seen in my signature down below. I haven't heard a peep from FD, so in case they haven't seen it or have discarded it, I have a much more simple idea: a mining outpost. Perhaps it could start off as an outpost and after enough resources are mined, a proper starport can be built. I'd like for this to be in the Merope system, which can be viewed here:

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=142575&p=2186205

The outpost would need to have an outfitting section with class 1 (and hopefully class 2) mining lasers, along with cargo collection drones of the lower calibres, so to speak, and a commodities market/black market.

I think it would be a nice, condensed little area for star-gazing, adventurous pilots to go and risk it all for the great credit. What do you guys think?

I think it is a really neat system and can see that there is a LOT there worth looking at. I do think that expansion will happen in game at some point and it will be interesting to see how FD goes about choosing where and for what reasons it will happen. I foresee this scenario happening with unsanctioned outposts at some point and it does seem like a good area for something like this to occur at. My guess is that a project like this will take time to code and possibly write a series of Galnet stories and whatnot pertaining to such a happening. I would not feel slighted at FD not saying anything about it because they are rather busy I imagine with trying to get new features into the game in a timely manner. Just have patience, it is a good idea and location so with any luck maybe they will consider the location as soon as settled space spreads far enough in that direction. I would think that some expansion would be necessary in that direction first so that proper supply lines could be established first to be able to supply the area with the supplies necessary to build a mining outpost there. (Agriculture economies for food and Refineries for metal processing etc.)