I haven't been able to do much in the past week (only corrected some bad links on the site), but OK - here we go:
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Originally posted by Curwen:
**We can still put up a small board on MyIb (link is somewhere in one of my previous posts I think). It's free, only we'll have to put up with an ad or two. I'll look into it.
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I checked this; apparently MyIb is still in beta, and when you sign up you get a warning that they don't guarantee that anything you put up there won't be lost or deleted if necessary. Hardly seems the right place for what we are trying to do, so we better stay here and do as much as we can by e-mail, after all.
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Originally posted by Virgil:
**1) The "hawking drive" idea is good, but having 2-6 empty jumps between systems will eat up your s˙st resources real quick and make the galaxy a lot smaller. I don't have any way to fix this (yet).
I've just checked the EVN Bible, and the max number of systems is indeed lower than I thought (not that I'm complaining, Matt :)). We'll have to use the other tricks (make navigation more bothersome, like in Auroran space, use the Hawking drive outfits to increase jump times, and perhaps add some navigation hazards like black holes and corrosive dust clouds, ŕ la Frozen Heart...?)
(And yes, we're concentrating on the first two books for this plug, since the galaxy has changed a lot in the other ones. Maybe there will be an Endymion plug too, later on, but don't hold your breath just yet)
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Originally posted by Virgil:
**2) Berhaps you could make missions available in the "BBS" that, using the NOVA engine, transport you to another planet in order to simulate planet-side farcasting. These could have negative pay to charge you for farcster use.
I don't know if that's done very much, other than for military purposes. If you have a big bulk delivery to make, it's easier to use a ground-based industrial-capacity farcaster - there's no reason for sending it into space first.
It's a useful idea for specific missions though, i.e. when you're working for FORCE, they could allow you to make use of their farcaster facilities in this way, for instance to send you off to intercept an imminent Ouster attack without giving you time to prepare for it and leisurely make your way to the destination system when you're ready and feel up to it - as I often did in EV/O :).
The expiring farcaster card Yamamanama suggested is also a nice addition.
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Originally posted by Virgil:
**I like the idea of little pre-game intro's to the "destruction" of Old Earth and such. Maybe you could do that with starting the player on an "Old Earth" that cannot be hyperjumped to (ala S7evyn) and having a little expository "mission" that transports you into the future and to another planet.
Well, we could have the player shipped off on the same ship Martin Silenus leaves Earth in, and have him kept on ice a bit longer afterwards, or get some money after a long legal battle with the bank that absorbed his centuries-old account and get some Poulsen treatments and a pilot training (shuttle included). It's worth considering...
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Originally posted by Virgil:
Maybe you could pull a "New England" trick and manufacture planets by just making "New (name of city/country)" or maybe in other languages (I speak Japanese, if that helps. We could have some good cross-lingual easter eggs). (...) Like I said, I'd be more than happy to help out, and if not, I look forward to your plug
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You're more than welcome to contribute.
And do go read the Endymion books too, they're well worth it.
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Originally posted by Virgil:
(b)Those landing pics look awsome! If the ships look half s good you'll put NOVA to shame.
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