Ephemeron
Cutting Edge Incorporated
RAZOR Alliance
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Posted - 2008.01.21 06:48:00 -
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Edited by: Ephemeron on 21/01/2008 06:53:12
I want mothership to be a type of mobile station.
Stations let people dock. It would have interfaces of regular stations when people are docked. It could jump to different systems and bring all the currently docked people inside, they would all show up in local if they are logged in. The mothership would always show as a mobile station on the overview, you could always warp to it from anywhere in system, just like a cyno beacon.
Stations don't disappear, ever. Mothership controls should be different from that of a normal ship. In order to obtain control of the mothership, a person would need to dock on it first. Then use a special button similar to "corp hangar" which would open an interface that let you "enter mothership control room". From the control room, you have open to "pilot mothership" instead of "undock" and use other station services directly on the mothership itself, such as fitting and repairs. Repairs would be limited number of HP per seconds, to prevent insta-rep abuse during battle.
There would be no "dock" option for mothership, but there would be a "leave control room", which would return your character to the station interfaces that everyone else sees as a passanger. From there, you could use the ship hangar to pick your regular ship and do everything else that normal station lets you do.
When there are no mothership pilots online, the mothership stays in space, no emergency warp ever. Mothership pilots will have to park it in nearby POS if they want protection. This type of mothership should be as difficult to destroy as a POS tower. It should have no weapons of its own, no drones, no fighters.
It's just a mobile station. Having a mobile station would be extremely useful for fleet operations, as entire fleets could jump together without getting separated. People could log off in it when they can't play anymore and log back in to find themselves back in action where they need to be, without having to go catch up with a fleet 20 jumps away. If attacked, some players could always undock and try defend it.
If this type of mothership is destroyed, everyone who was there would be podded. Even if they logged off there - podded. All personal hangar and ship hangar stuff destroyed. People wouldn't put all their stuff in those things, just what they need for pvp.
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