Could we get an optical telescope?
I suggested it on reddit, and got the reply that it might be worth posting here.
Thoughts on the idea:
My primary thought was to use it for visual course plotting when I’ve seen interesting things off in the distance. I want to fly —-> that way, but the galaxy map offers no relative ship orientation information, so it’s difficult to figure out what way I need to go based on what I see on my ship view vs the map.
Activate the scope, check the sky out for stars in a direction you wish to travel. A red distance indicator for exceeding jump range, yellow for required boost of some sort, green for within range, “T” for target. Displayed info would be “unknown” for undiscovered/simple lace you’ve never been, or display system name if already known. Jump. In exploration it would be useful to optically view bodies in a system for unusual or interesting features, or simply for screenshot purposes. Maybe in Odyssey it could be used for a high “commander” view for ground battles?
Initially I though it could be a standalone module that goes on a hard point to be deployed as needed. A specialized exploration tool like lasers for mining. However, the FSS does similar things, so maybe an engineered add-on for the FSS?
I guess it’s a little late in the game (literally) dev to break something out like this, but it’d be a neat and useful add-on.
Thanks for reading.
I suggested it on reddit, and got the reply that it might be worth posting here.
Thoughts on the idea:
My primary thought was to use it for visual course plotting when I’ve seen interesting things off in the distance. I want to fly —-> that way, but the galaxy map offers no relative ship orientation information, so it’s difficult to figure out what way I need to go based on what I see on my ship view vs the map.
Activate the scope, check the sky out for stars in a direction you wish to travel. A red distance indicator for exceeding jump range, yellow for required boost of some sort, green for within range, “T” for target. Displayed info would be “unknown” for undiscovered/simple lace you’ve never been, or display system name if already known. Jump. In exploration it would be useful to optically view bodies in a system for unusual or interesting features, or simply for screenshot purposes. Maybe in Odyssey it could be used for a high “commander” view for ground battles?
Initially I though it could be a standalone module that goes on a hard point to be deployed as needed. A specialized exploration tool like lasers for mining. However, the FSS does similar things, so maybe an engineered add-on for the FSS?
I guess it’s a little late in the game (literally) dev to break something out like this, but it’d be a neat and useful add-on.
Thanks for reading.