Avarice Jones
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2016.10.29 15:26:15 -
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I guess for me it's about replacing current mechanics. The term drilling platform creates some ideas already that it should be involved directly in the process similar to how moon mining works.
Replacing the POCO with a drilling platform should be module based that takes fuel to power, but essentially runs planetary launch vehicles to and from PI launch bases. The vehicles should run straight line from launch platform in planet to drilling module and a charge per launch or unit moved can be imposed.
- This allows competition from multiple source to same planet allowing pricing competition
- creates incentive to shoot down competition that is undercutting prices for transfer services
- Materials can be accessible from an external hanger that cannot be accessed while docked or tethered if current risks for collecting materials are desired.
- As an addition or alternative to external hanger is the concept of a transport drone that can be scrambled or bubbled en route from planetary surface to platform or vice versa. The drone will continue to slow boat through bubbles, but should be interceptable with relative ease since launches can be on demand.
- should be relatively low fuel cost to keep running to encourage PI and competition/attacks on drilling platforms.
Replacing Moon mining: This should also be another collection mechanic similar to PI, but done from the drilling platform itself and require an online and fueled module. Limitations for moon mining should include mechanics similar to PI performed from the drilling platform where you scan the moon, select targeted areas and set time to collect before new program is run. Just as in PI areas of availability or overlap between different people seeking the same resource will reduce availability. Limitations can include launching a automated mining probe to a location to start mining. Power/CPU limitations can function similar to how PI works. Each moon mining module should have limitations on how much Power/CPU they can put into one or more mining probes to conduct the extraction operation. So an operator could select any moon in system that had been previously scanned (moon probes or do it with drilling platform) and launch extraction probes on one or more moons depending on limitations of Power/CPU module has. This limitation can be changed by security rating, rigs, etc.
- Allows more interactive moon mining
- Introduces direct economic competition to moon resources
- Should limit who can use the module through permissions settings. Module may even only open up high-slot special moon nano-factory launcher so someone has to take control of platform to set up/change moon mining. This forces trade-off between defense and moon mining
Replace reactions: This should be simplified greatly. Reactions should be BP driven. Create modules for each type of reaction type (hopefully very limited) and allow them to be created as industry jobs following similar mechanics for industry. They should be considered a manufacturing job run by a person or create new skills (chemical engineering, etc) that lets people create more jobs. BPOs should be inexpensive and mechanics for what happens during platform destruction with jobs/blueprints follows same lines as any manufacturing job.
- Uses existing game mechanics
- Simplifies the process
- Can still allow security rating limitations for module installation
- Should be modules than can be installed on any of the upwell structures but drilling platform has bonuses that can function as a bonus to material efficiency of BP
- rigs should apply bonuses as well
We can leave mining as it is and still introduce a new structure that replaces the POCO, moon mining from POS and POS for reactions.
If there are desires to change standard ore/ice collection with drilling platform apart from giving the platform increased refining or giving it compression capabilities then the scan to locate kuiper belt type objects is a good idea.
The idea is to simply give the drilling platform a special astrogeology scanner that can detect and locate anomalies. The anomaly appearance can be governed similar to existing anomaly mechanics but can only be scanned by drilling platforms. Normal mining ships have to go to these anomalies and those ships can be scanned as normal. The anomalies should not be deadspace, but warpable spots. This scanner should occupy a slot (not be a module) allowing trade-off of defense versus function and requiring boarding the platform to use it.
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