Raw Ore to Ship Equipment, a Multistep / faction / POB possibility.

[Siren Stone]

OK, maybe your not understanding me Nom's the bases would be able to produce commodities in GENERAL, not just base production supplies. I was using that as an example, there would also be the ability to produce materials and such for the production of ship equipment like shields and docking modules, heck, maybe even Armor Upgrades. You seem to be focusing on just the base supplies portion of the idea.

Doing this would enable factions to create commodities that would be available in places that would normally not see them. Can you imagine how much easier it would be to obtain Cryo cubes if a the Congress were to make a base in California to produce them. It would bring profit for the junkers, actual trade and activity to California, thus there would be something for the Rogues based out of Alcatraz to do such as camp the Junker base. This in turn could lead to relations becoming tense between the Congress and Rogues thus leading to more RP.

Yes, if a trader was flying in a system and spots a group of Pirates on long range, they could avoid by off planing, but this is just how things go no matter what is happening in game. My Pirate raid thing was simply a what if scenario, it was an example, try to look at the big picture and stop harping on mining factions that have a lot of money. Remember, it takes money to make money. there would still need to be things purchased, expensive things, that would be needed in the commodity creation process. I'm not saying that ALL commodities should be made create able, but it would bring activity to a field that currently does not have it.

A miner mines the raw material, a cooperate entity takes the raw materials and turns them into a basic production material. That same company or even another takes and turns it into a needed commodity. A trade faction transports said needed commodity from the factory to the client purchasing it. A Pirate faction intercepts the traders and takes it for themselves, the client then gets angry at the incompetence of the transport faction and spam hits the fan. "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong." -Murphy's Law.

Of course, then there are the different circumstances that can completely alter every faucet of this process such as a base siege, the Navy's interception of the Raiding Party, war, and everything in between. "Murphy was an optimist" -O'tools Corollary-

This idea is NOT simply about base construction, besides, if one wanted, they could simply run to the nearest NPC base to purchase the materials, as I've said in both my previous posts.

Safe Flying

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