Looks good, and from speaking with you both ingame and out of game you have my full support.
I'd say wait a few more weeks before making an official request to see how things pan out. As you say, things are happening on the internal boards, which will need to be added to the creation request, and reactions to that.
That is something which has to wait till the las moment. I think I will set something up, to become interesting for people who only want to do trade runs or for guys who want to face the fear and want to explo some border worlds for ALG. I think it will be possible to equip new pilots with either a medium trade vessel, such as the Rheinland Armored Transport or a civilian fighter/bomber.
For those of you who ever wanted to do some mining... hey, ALG ID and IFF will give you a significant boost for mining Scrap Metal. We will set up a small ship, maybe a Camara and let you do your thing. If I remember right, Sigma 13 is a transit system only. With some ALG miners in there we would improve the server culture.:D
' Wrote:what in-RP routes have you got that would entice people to join ALG and not RepEx or one of the other trading factions?
Good question.:)Currently I'm gathering various possible trade routes, which will fit the ALG RP and faction description. Most of this routes include a journey to Kusari, in order to export MOX, ship hull panels or Terraforming Gases to Okinawa.
After this start the pilots are free in their decisions, what to do next. Kusari sells a lot of possible in-RP commodities for ALG. (Toxic Waste, Engine Components, Plutonium, etc. ) One time I finished a complete route with about an hour and I guess my profit was somewhat above 25 million. A rather brief profit, but good RP everywhere for me.
And that's the point: ALG trade routes aren't made for the power traders, as this wouldn't fit to our RP.
' Wrote:Looks good, and from speaking with you both ingame and out of game you have my full support.
Thank you. In addition to that: Rheinland needs a revival... and I think with the ALG emerging, we will see some other factions with increased activity, such as the Unioners, the Volksfront and the LWB.:)Actually I hope that.
' Wrote:I'd say wait a few more weeks before making an official request to see how things pan out. As you say, things are happening on the internal boards, which will need to be added to the creation request, and reactions to that.
Hmm... I'm fiddling around with the idea to implement our discussion into the ALG faction description. Actually it would fit, but I'm not sure if we're doing things, which will happen in the future from a storyline point of view. Opinions?
It fits with the lore and the story effectively says it will happen. In the disco mod I doubt there'll be any development, and I don't think it should go any further than our current intentions, else it would effect a lot of other logistics.
This story has not evolved at all since vanilla, so the chances of it doing so in future without player input are somewhat low.
As for including it in the description, Josh is writing up a GSI description to be included, so its your call whether to wait for that or things to be finalised first.
Tinkerbell would naturally be interested in working with ALG and GMG in Sigma to resist Wild raids in the area. Something to toss out while you are forming the ideas.
' Wrote:This story has not evolved at all since vanilla, so the chances of it doing so in future without player input are somewhat low.
Hey, Igiss implemented Gallia within the Sirius storyline. But that's only one example on how everything changed since vanilla. Look at the upcoming war between Liberty and Rheinland, or the Colonial Remnant (Come on Swift, I need more facts.:P) or the relationship between Bretonia and Kusari. Everything evolves with every major mod version. So I think it's good to bring up the ALG-Kruger relationship in exactly the way we do it.:)
' Wrote:Tinkerbell would naturally be interested in working with ALG and GMG in Sigma to resist Wild raids in the area. Something to toss out while you are forming the ideas.
ALG would naturally be interested in working with the Junkers <strike>and GMG</strike>... GMG is kinda negative-neutral to ALG. As some rumors tell us, the GMG is unpatient, because in their opinion the cleanup of Sigma 13 is going on too slow. I think with some RP events we will be abled to improve our relationship towards them, but at this point of time, GMG isn't very friendly with us at all.
' Wrote:For those of you who ever wanted to do some mining... hey, ALG ID and IFF will give you a significant boost for mining Scrap Metal. We will set up a small ship, maybe a Camara and let you do your thing.
Make it a Humpback and I'd seriously consider joining.
' Wrote:Make it a Humpback and I'd seriously consider joining.
If it's only this fact which makes you hesitate... the Camara was the first ship which came to my mind.:PBut actually you're right: the Humpback or some other Rheinland vessel would fit better to the new employees.
Let me know if you want to join and you'll get access to the ALG employee boards.
Yet I haven't decide how we will set up the process of joining: either we will classify the new employees by their RP background or we offer different positions and they can decide which role they will apply for. I need some further input on this.
I have not played on the server for a long time now, so i don't have any constructive for you. Just want to wish you good luck. I gave my ALG char up a year ago due to lack of time.
I will watch your progressions. Maybe i will have the fun to revive the char for chilled trading and transportation. We'll see.
' Wrote:Hey, Igiss implemented Gallia within the Sirius storyline. But that's only one example on how everything changed since vanilla. Look at the upcoming war between Liberty and Rheinland, or the Colonial Remnant (Come on Swift, I need more facts.:P) or the relationship between Bretonia and Kusari. Everything evolves with every major mod version. So I think it's good to bring up the ALG-Kruger relationship in exactly the way we do it.:)
Sorry, I meant this story, as in the story of Kruger and ALG's relationship, or these factions themselves, have evolved very little.
' Wrote:I will watch your progressions. Maybe i will have the fun to revive the char for chilled trading and transportation. We'll see.
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I'm glad to hear this as it's the point I was speaking of: ALG offers the possibility to just haul around goods and do a little RP while that. There are short and rather crowded trade routes as like as long ones with very abandoned parts. Just do as you please.
' Wrote:Sorry, I meant this story, as in the story of Kruger and ALG's relationship, or these factions themselves, have evolved very little.
Ah yes, that's correct. But in my humble opinion it would be no problem if we'd evolve the story of those companies. Look, the CR does exactly the same and is an imported faction. (Not that I'd criticise that, but it shows that the server offers this possibility of 'evolution'.)
And with the step we're planning we wouldn't overboast.