Orbital Spa & Cruise

[escopton]

Well, as some of you may have noticed, a group of players and I are managing to get Orbital Spa & Cruise back up. Now, as we re estructure the faction, we sometimes think what will happen with us after .86 comes out.

We already heard:

1) Luxury Liner Shetland moves to the New Anglia system.

- Why?
- How?
- Are these last two up to us?

2) There will be an OS&C headquarter liner somewhere in Sirius.

- Where?
- Should we start supplying resources for it's construction?
- If so, where is it being built? On location? By whom?

3) How does .86 affect OS&C RP and lore?

I know that many of you will think 'well if you don't know, who does?', so maybe this thread is directed particularly to Admins and Devs.

Thanks in advance!

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[jammi]

1) Those new systems aren't being included. Initially at least. I've no idea what's happening to the Shetland, but I wouldn't hold your breath for anything nice. Shetland was in Bretonia, and Bretonia is the mod's punching bag. That means you'll get picked on through association. :P

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[escopton]

Well I think that conclusions you are jumping to exclude our opportunity to RP our own survival. To assume GRN would just wipe OS&C out on sight is, at least, not right.

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[Tachyon]

To assume GRN would just wipe OS&C out on sight is, at least, not right.

Nobody ever said, that's going to happen.

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[Dab]

Well, as some of you may have noticed, a group of players and I are managing to get Orbital Spa & Cruise back up. Now, as we re estructure the faction, we sometimes think what will happen with us after .86 comes out.

We already heard:

1) Luxury Liner Shetland moves to the New Anglia system.

- Why?
- How?

Yes, it is currently in the New Anglia system. Those systems will likely "open" during the midsts of .86 via auto-updator, or they won't be included period in which case the Shetland will be moved to a new location elsewhere in Bretonia. Likely Cambridge if I were to take a guess.

As for Why, Gallia isn't going to permit a civilian liner to be within a warzone.
Also because no tourist would book passage on a liner that operates within a warzone.

2) There will be an OS&C headquarter liner somewhere in Sirius.

- Where?
- Should we start supplying resources for it's construction?
- If so, where is it being built? On location? By whom?

There is an OS&C Headquarters Liner model, but it is not currently included in any system as of yet. The most you will get in .86 is an undockable one. At present, there are no plans for its inclusion.

3) How does .86 affect OS&C RP and lore?

I know that many of you will think 'well if you don't know, who does?', so maybe this thread is directed particularly to Admins and Devs.

Thanks in advance!

Your focus will likely be centered on two locations; Bretonia whereever the Shetland ends up, and in Nagano, a border system of Kusari mostly under the control of Samura. This is the location of the new Luxury Liner Mackinac. It will provide not only a lot of roleplay for you, but also in-game activities between yourselves and Kusari, and with Samura and the Hogosha. Details on the included lore/roleplay of the liner and system will not be released prior to .86, and it requires no lead-up roleplay.

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[Skullz]

I would also like to point out that in the past there was roleplay between Gallia and OSC, for which I know Coin was involved in, though I seem not to be able to remember where the roleplay is, however by roleplay that has been shown, gallia has no reason to shoot osc, in the exception of committing an illegal act and that's it.

I would highly doubt any reason why Gallia would have any interest in targeting the shetland, therefor it has little need to actually evacuate the system.

Lastly I have to agree with Jammi. Bretonia is the punch bag for the mod, I know even Dab will agree to this, and I know he doesn't even like that Bretonia is just a punch bag for the mod in general.

But if myself and escopton can actually get some definitive answers to which are raised in this thread we will be able to make sure that the OSC faction as a whole that we run actually has known facts and reasons to why certain actions are taken and that of that we can build the faction in keeping with the mod changes when we go to 4.86.

One reason why I have tried to continuely ask some of the questions in this thread is to make sure that the faction player wise can prepare and repersent the changes in 4.86. Especially since the update posts by Igiss about lore for 4.86 gives very little indirect information for OSC players.

Edit:
Dab,

The new OSC HQ Liner is listed as a Station in what will be new for 4.86. Therefor it shows that it is part of the new mod, contrary to what you have just said. Now, it says its going to be a station, that means its going to be somewhere. So where is this station going? And Dab, seriously stop contradicting yourself, even when its said that it is a new station.

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[Dab]

Lastly I have to agree with Jammi. Bretonia is the punch bag for the mod, I know even Dab will agree to this, and I know he doesn't even like that Bretonia is just a punch bag for the mod in general.

Please don't speak for me. Yes, Bretonia is a "punching bag" of sorts, but I don't dislike that fact of the storyline. We're the underdogs who have been giving a lot of hell to superior enemies and will eventually strike back and beat them. It adds a lot of roleplay and activity to a house that would otherwise be somewhat bland, and I've really come to like the roleplay of Bretonia-at-War.

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[Skullz]

O sorry Dab. I wasn't speaking for you. (Find someone else to misunderstand) I was speaking from experience from what I have seen you say about it in the past.

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[escopton]

Thanks Dab, what you pointed out bout the warzone makes sense.
About this new Kusarian OS&C frontier... Interesting new information.


Edit: After some second thoughts about what you wrote Dab, I have one more question. What you said about Shetland's location being updated sometime after release... Does that mean that in the meantime we will have no Shetland anywhere? After all, Greyhound may not be a faction but Shetland is our one and only base. I humbly suggest that you put it somewhere in Bretonia until New Anglia is added, and not after/if New Anglia is discarded.

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[Dab]

Thanks Dab, what you pointed out bout the warzone makes sense.
About this new Kusarian OS&C frontier... Interesting new information.
Edit: After some second thoughts about what you wrote Dab, I have one more question. What you said about Shetland's location being updated sometime after release... Does that mean that in the meantime we will have no Shetland anywhere? After all, Greyhound may not be a faction but Shetland is our one and only base. I humbly suggest that you put it somewhere in Bretonia until New Anglia is added, and not after/if New Anglia is discarded.

That's not really my decision to make. I'm also trying to figure out the actual status of Shetland right now, as I'm getting conflicting reports from people. I do know for certain that it is currently present in New Anglia for the initial release. What happens from there is something I don't yet know. (I focus on Kusari development, not Bretonia.)

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