Benco97
Gallente
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Posted - 2009.07.03 23:22:00 -
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The way I see it we need to be looking at the bigger picture, we don't need a ship that mines faster than a hulk, we need a ship which brings ALL kinds of mining vessel together unto a usable group without obsoleting any of them.
We need the hulks to mine, the rorquals to oversee and compress and the orcas to transport.
So what does that leave?
Simple.
We need a ship that refines.
Make it big, make it slow, make it tough. Have it need to deploy in order to refine but get this.... have it need to be within a certain distance from the star to deploy. I believe that forcing this as a requirement will do several things to the OP.
1) It creates a physical supply chain, Exhumers mining, Orcas transporting to and from the Rorq and ultimately the big boy chomping that all down into it's component minerals. (Higher yield for compressed ore? ONLY works with compressed ore? Needs thinking)
2) It creates an interesting effect in necessitating the separation of the fleet. Support and defence will have to be on their toes.
3) It fills a role that isn't touched on by any other vessel in a way that isn't used by anything else, there's untapped potential there. While deployed the ship could even provide other services for people as well as refining, how about creating a basic comms net? This would be a layer of security for w-space operations (And it's hardly like it'll be abused)
Of course, the ship will need a jump drive and all the regular guff associated with such ships. Fluff wise you could Say that the refining process requires such ludicrous amounts of energy that even our titanic reactor cores struggle to cope (Reason for POS refineries taking so long perhaps) and as such the ship must deploy IMMENSE solar panels and collectors in order to power the gargantuan machinery, you could even have a nice little animation occur when you deploy, have panels and dumps extend and connect which takes the duration of deployment.
Basically, we would LIKE a new ship (Don't need though) and it has to not step on the toes of Miners, Haulers or the Rorqual. I can't really think of anything else that fits so well and covers something that has been asked for for so long than this idea...however, it is gone midnight now as I write this and so my brain not think so gud no more and you'll have to excuse me if it's totally idiotic.
Thanks.
 Originally by: P'uck
You're a DUMBASS - bold italic underline at the VERY LEAST.
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