Xindi Kraid
White Knight's Production inc.
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Posted - 2010.07.09 09:08:00 -
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 Originally by: Y Berion
Originally by: Kesta Sovek
Galaxies are flat.
But globular clusters are not. With its poor 7-10k solar systems New Eden is way to small to be called a galaxy.
The galaxy map shows systems with stargates. What makes you think that it represents the ENTIRE galaxy?
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I am on board with the idea to add more 0.0 with a high sec island in it. First, due to logistics, 0.0 entities can't get that removed from empire space; sue alliances may claim that territory, but there's hardly anyone there making use of it (though, hopefully, PI will help since you can make POS fuel out in the boondocks now), so adding some high sec on the other side of 0.0 will give settlers of the far 0.0 a link back to civilization. Second, more space in general will help decrease population density in empire space; we can't make every carebear leave highsec, but they can be thinned out a bit.
I think this high sec island should be another empire that the New Eden empires recently made contact with and have begun setting up trade routes. The resource mix should be different than current empire space which would encourage enterprising traders with jump freighters (or other low/null sec transportation) to make a profit by taking resources abundant in current empire space and taking them to the new area and returning with resources that are more abundant there. The higher profit margins and the need to supply goods to people in far 0.0 space would bring industrialists to the new empire, and pirates will follow their prey.
Another thing that would be interesting: no concord. That isn't to say there is no safety, but I would love the new high sec island to actually be in between current high sec and current low sec in terms of safety. CONCORD has no official presence in this newly discovered empire, so security is handled by the local navy. They will respond to high sec piracy, but their response time is somewhat lower than CONCORD's so pirates have more chance of getting away with their misdeeds like in low-sec, but there is more than just stationary gate guns to worry about if you take the path of a criminal. In between current empire and the new area is a lowsec path (though going through NPC 0.0 is quicker), so you have to be on your toes to travel between the areas, but people who prefer to stay in high-sec, but are willing to brave a journey to this new area and live in a place slightly less secure (though not the pirate haven that lowsec is) will be rewarded.
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