As a suggestion, it could be fixed in space so no need for orbital movements. My lack of coding knowledge will tell now, but could it be possible to add more than one cargo shepherd around the black hole, giving the object a 360 degree arc of attraction?Commander McLane wrote:An what would it do? Just being there, waiting to be visited (like the Tianve Pulsar)? Or indeed sucking everything in? And if so, how would it do that? Oolite is—like Elite—non-newtonian in some areas (or should I rather say, non-keplerian?): orbital movements don't exist; thus also a black hole would only generate a linear movement towards it (which is what the Cargo Shepherd which was mentioned as an example does).
As for what to do, perhaps it could have an accretion disk comprising of many asteroids rich in minerals or other goodies like derelicts or secret bases.
True but you don't have to a have super massive black hole (like Agamemnon), but smaller in system ones where there might also be stars along with attendant asteroids.Commander McLane wrote:Also, the comparison with Pioneer is of course a little lacking, because there is no such thing as a centre of the galaxy in Oolite (absence of orbital movements again).
As I said due to my lack coding knowledge I am only guessing Thats why I asked the question