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Hakan MacTrew
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Posted - 2013.02.06 18:00:00 -
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Your clone is killed as soon as any breach in the pod is detected. Your consciousness is immediately uploaded to a new clone. I assume some measures are taken while docked, but I see no way this could work onboard a ship.
It would be cool, but its unfeasible.
Given that pretty much everything to do with the ship while it is in space is handled via the capsule interface, the ship would be adrift, powerless and vulnerable.
So yeah, there is a bridge. Its called a pod. Your in it. Lime jelly and all...
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Posted - 2013.02.07 07:48:00 -
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FoxFire Ayderan wrote:Well I don't recall reading anything about capsuleer ships not having bridges, though I haven't read all the fiction. I'm going to assume that they do have bridges and if some fiction says somewhere that they don't, then regardless MINE do, and I have much more advanced pod technology that allows me to remain out of pod until I plug in to my captain's chair for a battle at which point the pod encapsulates me & chair should a hull breach seem imminent. I'll even still permit it to fill with a protective (chicken flavored) 'goo'. Though how I still wind up naked in space after a podding, I've yet to explain.  My biggest concern with including bridges in game for our avatars would be them all looking the same regardless of which ship we are in. I already hate that EVERY empire's docking bays look identical no matter how different the station looks on the outside. As for ship crews. I did read somewhere the crew compliment of various ship sizes. Capitals can have thousands of crew members to operate such a complex ship. And usually when a ship is destroyed a certain percentage of crew are able to escape in escape pods. Sadly though, the one's who die do not have clones to be reanimated into.
If you check out the CSM minutes, (Art segment as I recall,) the art team is V3ing station interiors, multiple interiors per race are on the horizon. And apparently the one with the big fan is awesome...
Also, given that capsuleer ships are controlled by the pods interfacing with its command centre, should the capsuleer die by some means, the crew are adrift. In the depths of space, no one can hear your crew starve to death...
Some ships actually have no crew at all aside from the capsuleer, though they are frigates. Gallente ships are also mainly crewed by drones.
Anyway, I have referenced the chronicle "Jita 4-4" a couple of times, mainly because its my favorite. In it is described a means to use a clone that does not possess the full memory of a pod clone. It was suggested these clones be used for walking around in stations and the like. If it were possible to wander around a ship, I would think this would be the direction to go.
Disposable clones used for WiS that can be activated on ship. But that would leave no one at the helm, only an unconscious clone held in stasis. Your ship would be defenceless, no active modules running, no access to scan data or the overview, simply drifting.
At least you would not be vulnerable to being boarded, your pod would still be blocking entry by anyone else.
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Hakan MacTrew
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Posted - 2013.02.16 08:59:00 -
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The hologram idea works. It's actually a pretty good one. (I should have watched more Voyager...)
Even if its just the bridge, (as the rest of a ship that's several hundred metres long would be a bit much...) it would be nice to have the option of a cockpit/bridge view.
It may not work all that well in space, but it would at least be a cool alternative while docked.
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Hakan MacTrew
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Posted - 2013.02.19 08:16:00 -
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Siobhan MacLeary wrote:There is no bridge, you're suspended in a pod filled with jelly.
Many frigates don't even have a crew.
I imagine on larger ships, there may be a form of bridge, as the crew will still need a hierarchy. I just don't see the point in the physical risks of removing yourself from a pod in space. Not only are you leaving the ship defenceless but your also running the risk of activating your fresh clone...
I preferred the Hologram idea to the Android.
I understand there is no practical application here, but it may be worth waiting until there is. EVA is somewhere in the pipe, with a whole new mechanic and industrial application. There could be a tie in with that.
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Hakan MacTrew
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Posted - 2013.03.17 01:18:00 -
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Now, I have been against the Captains Bridge idea, at least on the principle that you cannot exit your pod while in control of a ship. I have just finished reading "Templar One" and it seems I was wrong. It seems there are in fact some ships that have their own pod gantry for the express purpose of the capsuleer exiting his pod while in his ship.
It does limit control though.
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Hakan MacTrew
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Posted - 2013.03.17 08:23:00 -
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Nariya Kentaya wrote:Hakan MacTrew wrote:Now, I have been against the Captains Bridge idea, at least on the principle that you cannot exit your pod while in control of a ship. I have just finished reading "Templar One" and it seems I was wrong. It seems there are in fact some ships that have their own pod gantry for the express purpose of the capsuleer exiting his pod while in his ship.
It does limit control though. werent those also stated as being excessively large, expensive, and difficult to put into MOST ships?
I don't remember anything stating that in the book, but I imagine that would be the case. Not sure about the size of The Significance.
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