01-28-2012, 06:07 PM
General idea is that it should be possible to travel between all of the independent systems without touching lawful space. Right now that's not possible due to a couple of gaps.
Most obvious thing that needs doing is a jumphole that connects Yukon and Baffin. This would let ships travel into Galileo and Kepler from Magellean and Cortez and the Taus without passing through lawful space. It would provide a slightly more direct route between New Tokyo and New London, but there would not be any tradelanes, and you'd have to pass through Cassini (LR) and Alberta (LH). I don't see any reason not to do this. Heck there is already a freeport in Yukon so I'm guessing somebody has thought along these lines but its not been done for some reason.
You could probably connect Magellan with Hudson by adding a jumphole between Humboldt and Hudson. Hudson-Humboldt-Kansas-Magellan would be the same number of hops as Hudson-Texas-California-Magellan so no advantage to traders. It would finally give Humboldt a reason to exist. Ships in Puerto Rico and Vespucci would get alternate routes into other parts of Liberty, but those are guard systems so they should not be trade points, so should not be an advantage to the unlawful trade routes either. I don't see any reason not to do it. Put a freeport in Humboldt while you're at it.
Connecting Galileo and Bering is the hard one. Few different options here but the route I like the most would be jumpholes for Galileo to Oita, Oita to Quebec, and New Hampshire to Hudson. This would add some purpose to those systems, while the lack of trade lanes would not make it a shortcut for lawfuls. If this were done I would ask to have the Liberty battleships removed from Quebec and New Hampshire (they can stay on guard duty in Minnesota, and leave the Rheinlanders to guard over Bremen). I would add some unlawful NPCs to these systems, and then a freeport in either Quebec or New Hampshire. Another option is to collapse Quebec and NH into a single large system that takes 10 minutes to cross, and keep it it empty.
Most obvious thing that needs doing is a jumphole that connects Yukon and Baffin. This would let ships travel into Galileo and Kepler from Magellean and Cortez and the Taus without passing through lawful space. It would provide a slightly more direct route between New Tokyo and New London, but there would not be any tradelanes, and you'd have to pass through Cassini (LR) and Alberta (LH). I don't see any reason not to do this. Heck there is already a freeport in Yukon so I'm guessing somebody has thought along these lines but its not been done for some reason.
You could probably connect Magellan with Hudson by adding a jumphole between Humboldt and Hudson. Hudson-Humboldt-Kansas-Magellan would be the same number of hops as Hudson-Texas-California-Magellan so no advantage to traders. It would finally give Humboldt a reason to exist. Ships in Puerto Rico and Vespucci would get alternate routes into other parts of Liberty, but those are guard systems so they should not be trade points, so should not be an advantage to the unlawful trade routes either. I don't see any reason not to do it. Put a freeport in Humboldt while you're at it.
Connecting Galileo and Bering is the hard one. Few different options here but the route I like the most would be jumpholes for Galileo to Oita, Oita to Quebec, and New Hampshire to Hudson. This would add some purpose to those systems, while the lack of trade lanes would not make it a shortcut for lawfuls. If this were done I would ask to have the Liberty battleships removed from Quebec and New Hampshire (they can stay on guard duty in Minnesota, and leave the Rheinlanders to guard over Bremen). I would add some unlawful NPCs to these systems, and then a freeport in either Quebec or New Hampshire. Another option is to collapse Quebec and NH into a single large system that takes 10 minutes to cross, and keep it it empty.