Oolite Bulletins

Sendraks wrote:

But hey, no reason I can't have HIMSN and Gal Navy installed as well eh?

Sendraks wrote:

I really wasn't aware that people thought the Gal Navy was such a problem.

spara wrote:

I really wasn't aware that people thought the Gal Navy was such a problem.

spara wrote:

It's worth reading through this thread to get into the feeling of HIMSN that's been shaped here. Lot's of ideas floating around .

Gimi wrote:

When they do retaliate, they will do so in force.

Gimi wrote:

To much of a presence is not the only problem with Gal Navy. Behaviour is in my view also wrong. Mostly I find that Gal Navy ships behave like police. They are not, they are military. I do have some rules written down somewhere regarding this. The rules are also presented in short somewhere in this thread.

My view/wish is:
HIMSN ships will not interfere with offenders and fugitives. They will report crime, so you will get a bounty if they see you but they will leave it to the police.
If you attack them they will remember you for a very, very long time.
When they do retaliate, they will do so in force. No such thing as a fair fight in the military. You use every advantage you have.

spara wrote:

It's worth reading through this thread to get into the feeling of HIMSN that's been shaped here. Lot's of ideas floating around .

Gimi wrote:

I do have some rules written down somewhere regarding this. The rules are also presented in short somewhere in this thread.

Pleb wrote:

some which the player will stumble across by accident and some that may make appearences in missions.

this.shipWillEnterWitchspace = function( cause ) {
	var sids = []; //array of system ids
	sids[0] = [7,41,129,212]; //misjump is more often between these systems in the first galaxy
	sids[1] = [3,55,67,76,193,220]; //misjump is more often in the second galaxy
	//..add more up to sids[7]
	var s1 = system.ID;
	var s2 = player.ship.targetSystem;
	if( !system.isInterstellarSpace && cause != "galactic jump" && s1 && s2
		&& sids[ galaxyNumber ].indexOf( s1 ) > -1
		&& sids[ galaxyNumber ].indexOf( s2 ) > -1
		&& Math.random() < 0.2 ) // 20% chance
		player.ship.scriptedMisjump = true;
}

Sendraks wrote:

My feeling is that without the Gal Navy the concept of a "police presence" in the more lawful systems has little meaning. It makes a starker contrast between those and the feudal/anarchy systems that I felt was lacking from the game.

Cody wrote:

this OXP should increase the chances of a normal misjump, Norby?

Sendraks wrote:

However, while I agree that the Gal Navy shouldn't aggress against fugitives or offenders, unless they observe a criminal act against another space farer. I think it is a reasonable expectation that the armed forces would intervene if they saw a crime in process, but it is not their job to hunt criminals otherwise. I think the same would be true for HIMSN as well.

I mean seriously, would you committ a crime such as assault or theft in plain view of a group of soldiers in uniform?