Ram Tah's Last Hurrah
08 FEB 3304
Ram Tah, the galaxy's foremost expert on the Guardians, has revealed that his research funding will soon end. In an effort to make the most of his remaining finances, the engineer has appealed to independent pilots to deliver Guardian artefacts to his base in the Meene system.
In a statement, Ram Tah said:
"Public interest in the Guardians may have waned, but I believe there is more to learn. Only through thorough investigation and analysis can we hope to fully understand the Guardians, their technology, and their relationships to other species. This knowledge could be of great importance to humanity."
The campaign has received a financial boost from Meene General Industries, which has promised to reward pilots who deliver artefacts from Guardian sites to Felice Dock in the Meene system.
The campaign begins on the 8th of February 3304 and will run for one week. If the final target is met earlier than planned, the campaign will end immediately.
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I hope this doesn't mean what I'm inferring here - but I have to ask... does this signal the end of Ram Tah's Guardian Ruins missions? This has long been the single, most enjoyable mission in Elite, delightfully complex, and something with considerable time both on the Development side as well as on the player base side. I shudder to think of the number of man-hours the Cannon group put into this - maps and tables, and charts and data, not to mention all the time spent simply tracking down the various locations of these ruins.
If this does mark the end of this mission, this is going to invalidate my only current reason and use for the upcoming Squadron Carrier.
And I fear for new players as well - not only is the a great means to learn to use many of Elite's most complex systems - SRV operations, synthesis, inventory management, ship design, planning and engineering, it will also deprive new players of a great opportunity to see their efforts rewarded in a significant manner.
Perhaps I'm just being a bit doom-and-gloomy here... perhaps there's nothing to worry about at all and I'm just reading too much into this. Perhaps not.
08 FEB 3304
Ram Tah, the galaxy's foremost expert on the Guardians, has revealed that his research funding will soon end. In an effort to make the most of his remaining finances, the engineer has appealed to independent pilots to deliver Guardian artefacts to his base in the Meene system.
In a statement, Ram Tah said:
"Public interest in the Guardians may have waned, but I believe there is more to learn. Only through thorough investigation and analysis can we hope to fully understand the Guardians, their technology, and their relationships to other species. This knowledge could be of great importance to humanity."
The campaign has received a financial boost from Meene General Industries, which has promised to reward pilots who deliver artefacts from Guardian sites to Felice Dock in the Meene system.
The campaign begins on the 8th of February 3304 and will run for one week. If the final target is met earlier than planned, the campaign will end immediately.
---
I hope this doesn't mean what I'm inferring here - but I have to ask... does this signal the end of Ram Tah's Guardian Ruins missions? This has long been the single, most enjoyable mission in Elite, delightfully complex, and something with considerable time both on the Development side as well as on the player base side. I shudder to think of the number of man-hours the Cannon group put into this - maps and tables, and charts and data, not to mention all the time spent simply tracking down the various locations of these ruins.
If this does mark the end of this mission, this is going to invalidate my only current reason and use for the upcoming Squadron Carrier.
And I fear for new players as well - not only is the a great means to learn to use many of Elite's most complex systems - SRV operations, synthesis, inventory management, ship design, planning and engineering, it will also deprive new players of a great opportunity to see their efforts rewarded in a significant manner.
Perhaps I'm just being a bit doom-and-gloomy here... perhaps there's nothing to worry about at all and I'm just reading too much into this. Perhaps not.
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