Zoneras
Eagle Strategic Command
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Posted - 2012.04.27 04:09:00 -
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While watching a NOVA presentation, I was struck with the idea for an expansion to the mining career, while at the same time introducing huge amounts of danger to mining operations and new PvP opportunities.
Visiting the edge of Stars' coronas.... Hear me out on this one....
I believe there could be an activity like gas mining at these locations, except that the process would yield items such as isotopes for fuel... keep reading... with a gain proportional to the risk. Maybe you think ice mining is dangerous enough, especially out in the low sec and null regions, but say that you're one of the anti-carebearing militia that wants miners to shed more tears and contend with dangers on par with what the rest of us deal with on a regular basis? Then maybe this is for you!
Capsuleers on the 'Coronal Threshold' of a star would have to contend with high exposure to solar flares, AKA Coronal Mass Ejections, which could wreck ships or even burn out modules without the proper support. It could be like the toxic cloud damage received in that 'Recon (3 of 3)' mission, though with random intervals and much more devastating effects if precautions are not taken.
Another interesting result of creating this Coronal Threshold is a very risky battlefield. Imagine luring your opponents into a natural, dynamic minefield of plasma waves? Having to maneuver your ship around such dangers could be near impossible if you're in a bigger warship, but you could tank it, and a smaller ship could simply dodge the waves as they pass. Yeah, depending on how this could be implemented, it could upset the natural balance of fights, but that's my intention. And yeah, maybe the tech to handle it isn't feasible for some time. But a fight where anything can happen can be a defense against large blobs when it's their fault that they warped there, and it's their fault they didn't tank or out-maneuver the damage waves.
TL;DR: Creating a Coronal Threshold zone around stars could make fleet fights even more white-knuckled and give miners a choice of more intensive ops (maybe to coincide with the Ring Mining I hear about?), with more risk to everyone! |