Where are they?

Achilles Maelstrom · Dec 13, 2014

Are there any Dodec stations out there? Since the dodecahedron is a fundamental geometrical body I think the Galaxy should have them. Be it just for the nostalgia but we need to have them.
Has anybody seen any of those yet?

Mixxi Pal · Dec 13, 2014

There's at least one I know of: Lubin Orbital in Mokosh. I hate trying to smuggle at those stations. They make me panic with their oddlyshapedness. Unless I'm thinking of a different shape. I'm rubbish at shapes in general.

oomwat · Dec 13, 2014

No, the dodo station was 'designed' by Ian Bell (according to his site), so rather than run into any issues with IPR they left it out.

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Mixxi Pal said:
There's at least one I know of: Lubin Orbital in Mokosh. I hate trying to smuggle at those stations. They make me panic with their oddlyshapedness. Unless I'm thinking of a different shape. I'm rubbish at shapes in general.

Are you sure it's not an orbis?

Mixxi Pal · Dec 13, 2014

See! I'm terrible at shape identification. What's Azeban City etc? Those used to be really common but I think I've only seen one so far where I'm based. Thankfully.

Achilles Maelstrom · Dec 13, 2014

I'm not entirely sure, but I believe it was Platon or some other old greek fart who invented the dodecahedron? Correct me if you know who it was.

AndersonDG · Dec 13, 2014

Mixxi Pal said:
See! I'm terrible at shape identification. What's Azeban City etc? Those used to be really common but I think I've only seen one so far where I'm based. Thankfully.

Azeban City is a coriolis station. They seem to be less common now but I've run into quite a few, especially once you start leaving hugely populated Federation space.

Mixxi Pal · Dec 13, 2014

What's the actual shape of it called though? I remember hearing someone say it on a video and I could hardly pronounce it never mind spell it. I thought it was the one mentioned in the opening post. It looks a lot like a... ehhhm.... dodecahedron in Google images. To me at least: Mr "Bad-with-shapes".

Achilles Maelstrom · Jan 1, 2015

Here's an example:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Dodecahedron.gif

Jackie Silver · Jan 1, 2015

oomwat said:
No, the dodo station was 'designed' by Ian Bell (according to his site), so rather than run into any issues with IPR they left it out.

But half the ships in the game are Bell ships, including the Fer-de-Lance which should be appearing in Dangerous for the first time since the original.

Daddy, I want a Dodo, and I want one NOW.