What you did there, I fucking see it.After many hours of research and painstaking illustration, I present to you my improved system map.
Find us a Home! TEST HQ
- Thread starter SeungRyul
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Pretty sure anyone can infiltrate us. So it doesn't matter. There is one constant: "mess with the bull, you get the horns".
That is to say, you'd have to be immensely stupid to pick a fight with an army of drunks.
Devil Doge
Grand Admiral
true but i do prefer to pick fights on my own terms. i plan on leading a full scale attack on a certain group once pu goes live
Hi All,
Only my second post, just want to say how proud I am to be a member of such a fine org.
But seriously, here goes-
-I like the stronghold first idea. Preferably something with as few backdoor's as possible (unless getting backdoor'd appeals to you or you like sleeping with one eye open all the time).
-Stronghold first. Massively fortified, easy to defend. Preferably with resources to earn beer and ship money and within a few jumps of a nexus location.
-Move on to nexus locations to spread the goodness of TEST. Nexus locations will be hotly contended so they may not be the best to establish a base you just can't live without.
-Rinse and repeat FTW, where winning means always having a nice moon to kick back on while you savor how great life is and a cooler that's never empty.
Only my second post, just want to say how proud I am to be a member of such a fine org.
But seriously, here goes-
-I like the stronghold first idea. Preferably something with as few backdoor's as possible (unless getting backdoor'd appeals to you or you like sleeping with one eye open all the time).
-Stronghold first. Massively fortified, easy to defend. Preferably with resources to earn beer and ship money and within a few jumps of a nexus location.
-Move on to nexus locations to spread the goodness of TEST. Nexus locations will be hotly contended so they may not be the best to establish a base you just can't live without.
-Rinse and repeat FTW, where winning means always having a nice moon to kick back on while you savor how great life is and a cooler that's never empty.
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HarmlessDecoy
Lieutenant
I appreciate the consideration towards non-PVP people wrt. picking a home, really. I couldn't shoot my way out of a paper bag so it'll be more trading, exploration and drinking for me in equal measure.
Any thoughts to an escort division to help our industrialists through tricky bits of space in case we do go with a low security home? Alternatively multiple homes for different types of activities?
Any thoughts to an escort division to help our industrialists through tricky bits of space in case we do go with a low security home? Alternatively multiple homes for different types of activities?
Semphis Rythorn
Rear Admiral
Hmm imo i wouldn't mind an area close to terra but have trade locations not far from Banu and
Xi'an space
Xi'an space
Semphis Rythorn
Rear Admiral
As long as we have an Argos named Pequod, and we start referring to Montoya as Ahab
Updated with more info. Easier to see.
Will be doing one for all space as well as each alien known territory.
Will be doing one for all space as well as each alien known territory.
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WarrenPeace
Space Marshal
I'm pretty fond of Nyx, Odin, and Magnus as home systems. But I think this game will be far less reliant on static resources than a game like EVE. We won't be as tied to one area by space stations and the like.
I'm not going to name specific systems/places(aside from Spider, because that place looks awesome, but likely wont see it for yrs).
I am, though, going to put out a few things to keep in mind.
1 - "Neighboring" systems could be meaningless. Disregard. JPs will come and go, we know this. New JPs could lead to/from anywhere.
2 - Members have varying needs/alignments.
3 - We are huge and relatively unorganized.
4 - We can always move.
Based on those facts, the only thing that makes sense to me is: start by picking the most neutral/worthless place possible, and encouraging everyone to place their hangars there. KISS.
Neutral, so we can easily stick together. TESTes, traveling to and from hangar for whatever needs, will ensure a high population near "home", at any given time. No real need for security/patrols. I'd even take it a bit further, and say: lets start in a place with no significant resources. Somewhere no one will fight us over. Make this first "home base" instillation as easy as possible, and lock it down. Make it ours, completely.
From there, we always have the option to branch out - or completely move - to somewhere else. You guys ever play Risk? Those juicy-looking areas.. whoever takes those will likely be fighting for them, almost constantly. Resources spent on defense. This should make it even easier for us to swoop in, when the moment is right, and take what we want - including the area itself. Play the long game, IMO.
I am, though, going to put out a few things to keep in mind.
1 - "Neighboring" systems could be meaningless. Disregard. JPs will come and go, we know this. New JPs could lead to/from anywhere.
2 - Members have varying needs/alignments.
3 - We are huge and relatively unorganized.
4 - We can always move.
Based on those facts, the only thing that makes sense to me is: start by picking the most neutral/worthless place possible, and encouraging everyone to place their hangars there. KISS.
Neutral, so we can easily stick together. TESTes, traveling to and from hangar for whatever needs, will ensure a high population near "home", at any given time. No real need for security/patrols. I'd even take it a bit further, and say: lets start in a place with no significant resources. Somewhere no one will fight us over. Make this first "home base" instillation as easy as possible, and lock it down. Make it ours, completely.
From there, we always have the option to branch out - or completely move - to somewhere else. You guys ever play Risk? Those juicy-looking areas.. whoever takes those will likely be fighting for them, almost constantly. Resources spent on defense. This should make it even easier for us to swoop in, when the moment is right, and take what we want - including the area itself. Play the long game, IMO.
thanatos73
Space Marshal
The only problem with what you said is the bit on JPs. The ones listed on the map, as far as I know, are stable JPs, as in they won't change. The ones we find will be either or. Not having stable JPs would make interstellar trade almost impossible.
You could be right about that - AFAIK they haven't said either way. To me, though, "stable" doesn't necessarily mean "permanent".
It would, except that this isn't actually natural phenomena - there are "gods" of this verse, and they plan things. I suspect they will switch things up, while keeping things operable.
Again, though, you could be right.. the JPs we know about could be 100% permanent. I'd still submit that new ones will pop up all the time, leading other places.. some good, some bad. We might find ourselves "next door" to Vanduul homeworld, or the juiciest asteroid belt ever discovered. My overall point was - they are a variable that cannot be fully accounted for. As such, IMO, they shouldn't have a huge impact on this choice of a home base. They could steer us wrong.
Right. I'd rather select a UEE system that has a reputation for being adjacent to a low-security system, or having low security itself. Systems like Fora, Cano, Charon, etc.
We want to be accessible, not difficult to reach. If we maintain that accessibility, of course, it also opens up the possibility that we'll encounter more diverse situations, rather than less, which would allow us to build experience in how to respond to a wide range of scenarios much sooner.
There are few things worse than having a greenhorn crew on your ship in the Bering Sea.
They have said that yes, but they have said that about other jump points. They have said that there are stable jump points that are constant but might need "remapped" in that they fluctuate and need the path threw them updated. Other jump points (the ones we discover) will change place, come and go, only be open for a certain time then close. We can also find ones that are stable to new systems.
I believe it is safe to assume that the jump points between systems on this map they released will be the stable and reliable kind. This is an assumption yes, however I doubt they would have every jump point in existence change every day. Even in Wing Commander you hear the characters talking of certain jump points like they have always been there.
So what you are saying here is true and false. True in that we can always find new jump points to other systems from our home, but false in that picking a certain place around neighboring systems is pointless because the jump points will always change.