Random musings: no medium sized stations?

[Imgran]

I think it's a little odd that there's nothing in orbit between the Outpost and the big star stations. Surely there's some places in the galaxy where there is the need of a starport with 10-12 docks and the room to accomodate a handful of Large ships, but only a handful. It's a bit off to me that there's this massive difference in degree where there's nothing between 3 dock orbitals and 40 dock orbitals.

I mean we know a need for this kind of space dock exists because there's a lot of them on planets, There's quite a few planetary ports in the 8-15 dock range with a handful of Large docks and no more.
But when it comes to orbitals, which ought to be easier to customize, apparently have to make doi with a tiny little 3-5 dock Outpost until your industrial needs rise to the level that you can afford a Coriolis. Doesn't make a lot of sense if you're a medium sized industrial world that only needs to accomodate about a half dozen ships at any one time.

I think the game should have medium sized stations. This isn't really a demand for FD to get right on it now OR ELSE, or anything. I just think that they ought to be there.

 

[SimImperial]

what about the mega ships. I was running missions out of one in a python. a type9 landed next to me. not sure if only large NPC's can land on them but there were large landing pads.

 

[damon8r351]

Asteroid bases are medium sized. They have 18 landing pads compared to the 45 at starports.

 

[Limoncello Lizard]

This isn't really a demand for FD to get right on it now OR ELSE, or anything.

 

[Jmanis]

I find it more strange there's no small docks, i.e docks that take small ships only.

 

[Limoncello Lizard]

I find it more strange there's no small docks, i.e docks that take small ships only.

That's what I was hoping from asteroid bases.

 

[Vasious]

what about the mega ships. I was running missions out of one in a python. a type9 landed next to me. not sure if only large NPC's can land on them but there were large landing pads.

I think the "Civilian Cruisers" Like the Indra, have 1 large Pad

 

[Tarman]

There's certainly room to expand the number of station types by docking availability, both in numbers and pad-size-wise.

 

[Snarfbuckle]

I find it more strange there's no small docks, i.e docks that take small ships only.

That would be some incredibly TINY outposts in that case.

 

[wenkman]

there are some planetary bases with a smaller number of pads.

what i would like, though, is the possibility to dock, not land, a large ship at outposts. you know, not a large pad, but a place where support beams would connect and a refuel could be made. maybe even the possibility to use station contacts and data delivery.

not for ease of game, but i don't like the missing possibility. the crew of a large ship directly next to an outpost could starve to death for all they care.

 

[S3B4ST13N]

That would be some incredibly TINY outposts in that case.

That's fine.
Mining colonies; forgotten, or ignored.
Hovering close to asteroid fields (I'm thinking asteroid base kind of distance. Really really close).
These tiny outposts can only handle 2 or 3 small ships.
They are poor, and limited in services.