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DrysonBennington
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Posted - 2014.03.23 20:19:00 -
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This was a few expansions before my time but I think the idea is an excellent idea and should be taken into extreme consideration by CCP.
Since comets wander a solar system, not certain if they wander the Universe however, and would come into contact with other chunks of space rocks I would have to say that the core of the comet would be a random variable of either Moon Material, No Moon Material, X type of ore and mineral along with x type of ice surface and x type of gas tail all which would be mineable.
Some comets would have gas that would damage the ship similar to mercoxit mining.
To make mining a comet even more interesting perhaps CCP would be so brilliant in developing a new race that lives on a comet and harvests its resources. As the comet wanders around the Universe the inhabitants would periodically leave the safety of the comet to raid the solar systems that the comet is passing through using advanced cloaking devices to avoid detection except for when they are attacking.
A comet passing through a solar system would be similar to an Incursion event where the markets would be affected until the comet has been completely mined or leaves the system.
During the time that the comet is present in a system its inhabitants would periodically raid the belts forcing the local NPC rats to leave.
For high sector 1.0 - .5 the largest type of ship encountered would be a single battleship escorted by three cruisers and five frigates. The farther that you travel into security space would determine how many of the belts would be affected the comet inhabitants if there are any to begin with.
The comets would also come in various sizes which would determine if inhabitants were possibly present.
Comet 1 - 1 kilometer in diameter / chance of being inhabited - 15%
Comet 2 - 3 kilometers in diameter / chance of being inhabited - 20%
Comet 3 - 5 kilometers in diameter / chance of being inhabited - 25%
Comet 4 - 7 kilometers in diameter / chance of being inhabited - 35%
Comet 5 - 9 kilometers in diameter / chance of being inhabited - 40%
Comet 6 - 11 kilometers in diameter / chance of being inhabited - 45%
Comet 7 - 13 kilometers in diameter / chance of being inhabited - 50%
Comet 8 - 15 kilometers in diameter / chance of being inhabited - 60%
Comet 9 - 17 kilometers in diameter / chance of being inhabited - 80%
Comet 10 - 19 kilometers in diameter / chance of being inhabited - 85%
A new type of mining ship would have to be create in order to mine a comet. I would have to say that two variants one being a tractor beam and the other being a grapple barge would work best. Each would have their advantages and drawbacks.
New types of mining lasers would also have to be develop that could penetrate the comet to the layer that the pilot wanted to mine. The same with drones.
Another idea could be to develop Cometary Interaction where the pilot would deploy comet command bases to then extract the ore, minerals, ice and gas that would be present.
It would also be interesting to be able to retrieve Comet Fragments that the comet would leave behind that would appear on the scanner much the same way that roid and ice belts now randomly appear. The chunks could be any type of comet debris that would need to be refined using special skill in order to determine what was present. The pilot could even find some salvage or modules relating to the comet inhabitants theirself and even a Comet Inhabitant ship BPO.
There are a lot of avenues that the early explorers of New Eden took when the Universe was first discovered. A group of settlers would be rather intelligent to colonize a comet that would carry them around the Universe as it would keep the expense of fuel to a minimum allowing the settlers to explore the Universe at reduced cost. |
DrysonBennington
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.08.29 00:33:00 -
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What about Cometary NPC Rats that would be present either mining the comet or using it as cover to launch ambushes from?
Maybe Planetary Interactions could be established on a Comet as well.
Let's not forget incorporating a comet into the backdrop of D514 either as capturing the comet would add value to those present in the D514 environment. |
DrysonBennington
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.11.27 14:36:27 -
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Xe'Cara'eos wrote:I like the original idea - and if you had to mine the outer layers to get into the middle bits.... this would potentially give an interesting boost to low and null mineral production..... (and maybe nullsec industry.....)
I've been after an indy T3 for AGES - as long as it doesn't outmine a hulk, out ore-hold a mack if able to mine, out-tank a skiff, out haul any specialised indys, basically - don't let it step on the toes of existing ships, and I'd suggest that a new mining ship be produced that could mine these comets, but would need logi support
in terms of something moving...... might be a challenge, but if I set up my rifter with an AB, point it in an arbitrary direction - people can keep me at range, but if they combat scan me down, their BM will be invalid in 20 minutes... CCP SHOULD be able to do it... make them!
So basically you would have to strip away the layers of the comet to get the minerals? I like the idea it does in fact have playability to it. |
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