Oolite Bulletins

was just thinking, if somene really wanted to be creative you could make a "shell" from a stock Cori and make the diamonds/tris frangible - shoot them and they blow up to reveal the damage.

If all the player sees is the aftermath then it can be any and all of the possibilities considered.

Whilst witnessing whatever it was might be cool there's no mystery and potentially a lot of work to be done for each possibility (and a lot to live up to if it is to repeat). Any easily scoopable debris likely would't last very long either and should probably be gone by the time the player arrives.

If the player really needs to know then a simple message upon docking with a dash of random thrown in could sort that out.

• Commander, we are currently running minimal services due to the [pirate/thargoid/rebel/imperial] [raid/sabotage/expulsions/etc.]. Please bear with us as full station facilities are brought back online.

Personally, I favour the mystery. If I meet a thargoid in such a sytem them it was probably thargoids; if I had a particularly tough time on the way to the station then it was likely pirates; if there was no suggestion of anythying in particular then maybe it was anti-government or anti-GalCop action. And even better, there would be no need to code for any of them

Imagine if there was a very low chance for it to appear in a corporate system then then wouldn't that be a surprise when it finally did? Oh My God! What happened here? Now that would help to make the ooniverse appear non-player-centric don't you think?

There's very little mystery in the game at present so rather than pinning something down to one mission or one event, maybe it can be milked a bit more. It needs to be fairly rare or it loses impact but it doesn't need to be unique or even specific IMHO.

got me thinking now, w/ a bit rework it could be a "reclaimed" pirate base in an Anarchy system. Replace the Vipers w/ pirate ships, maybe have a couple of gutted Vipers lines up outside as warnings/trophies. I think there's a script command to replace the main station? Could make trading there very....interesting

Redspear wrote: ↑Fri Sep 08, 2023 9:44 am

Personally, I favour the mystery.

Yes!



Not actual gameplay

:-O

could use the Pornhub logo in the corner.

cbr wrote: ↑Fri Sep 08, 2023 2:42 pm

Redspear wrote: ↑Fri Sep 08, 2023 9:44 am

Personally, I favour the mystery.

Yes!



Not actual gameplay

Ooh, the mystery

Standard too-big-to-dock issue...problem solved!

Cobra mk I version 2023 visits the wreck...
And yep it came too close on the first run

IMHO we should save these beautiful paintings (many from this topic) to our gallery (Expansion Packs)

Switeck wrote: ↑Fri Sep 08, 2023 5:59 pm

Standard too-big-to-dock issue...problem solved!

cbr wrote: ↑Fri Sep 08, 2023 8:11 pm

Cobra mk I version 2023 visits the wreck...

Best shot of the mk I so far IMHO.

lots of visitors at the wrecked station this day...

Akra-ken visiting The_Wreck

cbr, would you consider texturing my house?