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System Addition - bluntpencil2001 - 11-28-2008
Right, I think that Mantas should be banned in Australian systems by the way, though. They're considered dangerous by certain Hunters.
System Addition - Axe - 11-28-2008
' Wrote:Yea, but then the LPI would actually have a purpose! It's not like the mexicans will put up much of a fight, wheras the Vicous Zoner Traders require a few cruisers and some bomber support.
Does give me an idea for a new commodity, though. Could have "Tequila & Burrito", sold on the side of the tradelane for .5 credits...
Yeah it all sounds good until you see that scruffy looking guy in a space suit floating out to wash your ship's windows when the jumpgate is blocked...
System Addition - Koolmo - 11-28-2008
' Wrote:Yeah it all sounds good until you see that scruffy looking guy in a space suit floating out to wash your ship's windows when the jumpgate is blocked...
Aye, good point there, there'd have to be huge police activity, in order to get all the squeegie boys off the tradelanes. There'd be no more "Drop that cargo!", it'd be "Wash yer window Senor? Or I'll plaster you with my Burrito!"
In that light, we'd have to add another commodity, "Squeegies".
System Addition - Encheta - 11-28-2008
Seriously I think you're thinking too big with all the planets and stuff, and hence why all this spam is popping up. This is my idea of system features after 5mins of thought (and 20mins of typing out ><"):
System name:
Australis
Planets:
Sydney (gas giant), with tiny moons named the other capital cities (seriously thinking of about removing Darwin, Canberra and Hobart though - prolly get too huge otherwise...). The infocard can say somthing like scientists are bewildered and have never discovered any other planets with this many moons. Perhaps in future releases, but not straight away, one of the moons can be dockable.
Auckland (ice planet), with no moons. Infocard can say the surface is frozen methane, but the planet hasn't been explored/tested for mining viability..
Stations:
All names with Australian origin. I'd personally keep it at 2 stations MAX (comon, you can't expect half the bret sleeper ship to have been Australian now.. No uber-populated system plz). So any two of these names...
Border station Coober Pedy, Longreach station, Blackall station, Kalgoorlie station, Freemantle shipyard, Cockatoo Island shipyard (largest shipyard during WW2), Pinjara mining/minerals facility (named after Pinjara Refinery).
Other features:
Simpson dust field. For those unknowledgable, it's a desert in Australia - need I explain more?
Pilbara asteroid field. Known as the biggest iron ore mine in Aus. If one of the new commods coming out in 4.85 is iron ore, this is perfect. Otherwise, make it a mix of copper, gold and silver (the commods the Olympic Dam mine digs out in SA)
Uluru comet??? Can be found at the veeeeery edge of the system. Thing is, I haven't the foggiest on how to make a comet-like feature, especially for this game...
System Addition - Coin - 11-28-2008
' Wrote:Problem: Most Australian place names are names of places that already existed in Britain. Perth is in Scotland, you silly buggers.
Therefore: British names.
On that note, half of the places in USA have british names, like Washington, and York.... Come to think of it, Canade too....
I always get confused btween BATTLESHIP norfolk and norfolk SHIPYARD.
And on this point, why are the house systems called the New London/Tokyo/Berlin systems but not the New New York System?
Perhaps the Australis (or Australasia) system could be on the other side of Sirius to Bretonian Space. According to the canon, the Bret sleeper ship arrived later, and took up residence in the (comparatively) mineral-poor areas around the barrier nebula. Would they not have aped their forefathers and gone out to explore, and claimed a system rich in natural resources on the other side of space?
This would add a lot of RP - imagine that traders have to get from the other side of rheinlandb/Kusari/whatever, bringing their cargo back across to Bretonia, prey to all the pirates.
The diplomacy would have to be re-written, so that the traders could either be protected by bret lawfuls in the other houses' space (i.e. escorting bret traders allowed), or the Bret traders would be able to call on the RM/LSF/whoever to protect them, or spark an episode of escalating tensions between the houses....
And now to argue the other side of the fence....
the Coalition (asia and middle east) would have dominated the region - did Aus + NZ remain economic & militarily independent sovereign nations?
System Addition - Tarrant5445 - 11-28-2008
' Wrote:On that note, half of the places in USA have british names, like Washington, and York.... Come to think of it, Canade too....
I always get confused btween BATTLESHIP norfolk and norfolk SHIPYARD.
And on this point, why are the house systems called the New London/Tokyo/Berlin systems but not the New New York System?
Perhaps the Australis (or Australasia) system could be on the other side of Sirius to Bretonian Space. According to the canon, the Bret sleeper ship arrived later, and took up residence in the (comparatively) mineral-poor areas around the barrier nebula. Would they not have aped their forefathers and gone out to explore, and claimed a system rich in natural resources on the other side of space?
This would add a lot of RP - imagine that traders have to get from the other side of rheinlandb/Kusari/whatever, bringing their cargo back across to Bretonia, prey to all the pirates.
The diplomacy would have to be re-written, so that the traders could either be protected by bret lawfuls in the other houses' space (i.e. escorting bret traders allowed), or the Bret traders would be able to call on the RM/LSF/whoever to protect them, or spark an episode of escalating tensions between the houses....
And now to argue the other side of the fence....
the Coalition (asia and middle east) would have dominated the region - did Aus + NZ remain economic & militarily independent sovereign nations?
Great Idea have the Australia system as isolated system in sirius, Make em traders work to get from one edge of the map home again (as long as it isnt over the far side of the Kusar space or this could get interesting would open 2 fronts)
It is logical:Dhave Australia like it really is middle of no were land down under which would stick us bottom of liberty probably inbetween lib an rheinland. Safe away from the KNF.
traders would have interraction with either houses having bret fighter escort would definitely make things interesting least it wouldnt be through kusar space fighter escort engage kusar fighter freighter run and repeat all the way home.
System Addition - Tarrant5445 - 11-28-2008
Well there are obviously enough people for this idea at 75%
we need to think logically and get a proper draft or set of ideas we all agree upon.
System should be over abundant in resources (reflecting aus it has like half the worlds natural resources)
I definitely think there should be a research facility because of the nuke testing in the desert.
Prison station - Obvious reasons
Military academy (not sure if bret has one) and shipyard or two a colony system would need something along those lines to sustain its military reach so far away from their own territory.
3 rich abundant planets in res maybe a moon somewere
Huge minable asteroid area with mining station in the middle
At least one battleship - show them might (what if the kusar came through liberty or rheinland O damn good by colony an citizens)
A trading centre - so close to both rheinland an liberty space goods can be shipped home
next few posts think add something or subtract something Agree on or not agree on
could the Aussies please PM me with there Corner of Aus (this is regarding naming of thing too)
trying to organise it all so we got a precise idea of whats in whats out an names in a draft form a very large portion of us are all happy with.
System Addition - Sorcha - 11-28-2008
If you need it....
But then we could also add Austria as a system, Switzerland, and so on andsoon....
System Addition - Tarrant5445 - 12-01-2008
As factions or a place
System Addition - Doc Holliday - 12-04-2008
Unless I overlooked it, how can an Australia system be made without something referencing the Great Barrier Reef. Something like, an asteroid field thick as bugs on a bumper making it difficult to navigate to a planet or something.
The prison idea is a good one, after all, Australia started out as a British penal colony.
I think there should be a Border Station Darwin on the edge of a hostile area that gets caught in alot of crossfire since Darwin was the only Australian city that was hit by combat in WWII.