11-28-2016, 10:47 AM
Admin notice: This is an experiment. Everything written below is a subject to change as this system gets balanced out over time. If by chance this implementation causes issues, the administration team has the right to remove all related material below from the server environment without prior warning.
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Warning: This commodity is not contraband, nor it is to be treated as such. It may be demanded via piracy, but lawful groups trying to add this commodity to their laws in order to demand it that way will find the relevant line removed from their IDs as punishment.
1. Introduction
2. Upgrade Types
3. Rewards and Costs
Consumables
4. Rules and Limitations
5. How to obtain the bonus
Community feedback is welcome.
Warning: This commodity is not contraband, nor it is to be treated as such. It may be demanded via piracy, but lawful groups trying to add this commodity to their laws in order to demand it that way will find the relevant line removed from their IDs as punishment.
1. Introduction
There was a time when Research divisions were a thing that every single faction had. The only issue was that at the time Discovery lacked in anything to research and most of the things that could be included in such roleplay were static, unchanging and no doubt used in other roleplay as well. And even more so - such divisons were of no practical use for factions and were there just for the sake of being there. The introduction of the ship upgrade module and Scientific Data as a sort of ''premium currency'' item in Discovery is an attempt at fixing this issue.
The idea behind this new system is very simple. By collecting data, you can obtain out-of-the-ordinary improvements for your ships. These improvements, due to their prototype nature are not permanent and the time until their expiration depends on the item/bonus itself, although there is a high possibility that some of these event items will be SRPable in the near future.
The commodity named Scientific Data can be obtained as drops during PVE events, mini-events and admin-sponsored contests. The amount of Data flooded into the server environment per month highly depends on the existing amount of the commodiy circulating ingame as well as the active reward holders.
The idea behind this new system is very simple. By collecting data, you can obtain out-of-the-ordinary improvements for your ships. These improvements, due to their prototype nature are not permanent and the time until their expiration depends on the item/bonus itself, although there is a high possibility that some of these event items will be SRPable in the near future.
The commodity named Scientific Data can be obtained as drops during PVE events, mini-events and admin-sponsored contests. The amount of Data flooded into the server environment per month highly depends on the existing amount of the commodiy circulating ingame as well as the active reward holders.
2. Upgrade Types
There are, potentially, at least 20 different types of rewards you can obtain with various amounts of reserach data. These upgrades range from trivial ones such as visuals and unique engines - both of which lack an expiry period unlike other rewards - individual (And even group) mining bonuses, ship powerplant upgrades, MkX and HAUX armor upgrades, rare types of weapons courtesy of
3. Rewards and Costs
Cosmetics
See Contrail and engine effects here.
Consumables
Upgrades
POB Model Change (Permanent)
Cultist ''Red'' Engine (VHF)(dsy_event_engine01_1) - 200
Cultist ''Red'' Engine (Civilian Carrier & BCs)(dsy_event_engine01_bs) - 200
Cultist ''Blue'' Engine (Civilian Carrier & BCs)(dsy_event_engine01_blue_bs) - 200
Cultist ''Green'' Engine (Civilian Carrier & BCs)(dsy_event_engine01_green_bs) - 200
Contrails (Small - snubs, small caps) - 100 (For the full list, see here: link)
Contrails (Large - transports, large caps) - 100
Note: Contrails, unlike lights and engines, are visible only to your client and not to others, unless the ship is in cruise.
Cultist ''Red'' Engine (Civilian Carrier & BCs)(dsy_event_engine01_bs) - 200
Cultist ''Blue'' Engine (Civilian Carrier & BCs)(dsy_event_engine01_blue_bs) - 200
Cultist ''Green'' Engine (Civilian Carrier & BCs)(dsy_event_engine01_green_bs) - 200
Contrails (Small - snubs, small caps) - 100 (For the full list, see here: link)
Contrails (Large - transports, large caps) - 100
Note: Contrails, unlike lights and engines, are visible only to your client and not to others, unless the ship is in cruise.
See Contrail and engine effects here.
Consumables
All rewards past this line must include written forum roleplay regarding the construction of said item.
Upgrades
POB Model Change (Permanent)
Consumables
Jumphole Generator (10 Parts) - 500
4. Rules and Limitations
1. Ship names that receive Upgrades are made public.
2. Ships that receive timed rewards or those of Tier II or higher may not be renamed, moved or have their Ship or ID changed.
3. All reward modifications and gear are applied during the start of the month for the sake of simplifying the tracking.
4. Any sort of sanction on any of the ship owner's characters will result in the removal of their bonus/rewards.
2. Ships that receive timed rewards or those of Tier II or higher may not be renamed, moved or have their Ship or ID changed.
3. All reward modifications and gear are applied during the start of the month for the sake of simplifying the tracking.
4. Any sort of sanction on any of the ship owner's characters will result in the removal of their bonus/rewards.
5. The administration team will be updating these rules as time passes.
5. How to obtain the bonus
In order to obtain one of the rewards, you must post a Player Request with the following template:
Code:
[size=x-large]APPLICATION FOR SCIENTIFIC DATA BONUS[/size]
[b]Name of character receiving the bonus:[/b] NAME
[b]Name of character with the required amount of Data:[/b] NAME
[b]Type of bonus requested:[/b] Reward Type Here
[b]Link to forum roleplay describing the creation of the item:[/b] LINK
[b]Additional Information:[/b] TEXT
