Industry Orion - Starfarer Partnership

[Bambooza]

Not sure how I missed this back in march but it does seem that the Orion partnered with a Starfarer or two along with Hulls would be a great mining op.

Christopher Roberts@croberts68
March 30th at 10:00 pm
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/3/thread/quantum-drives/2031225
The Starfarer will be able to transport and deliver / refuel in flight both regular thruster propellant and Quantum Matter. It will also be able to refine Quantum Matter into Quantum Fuel. The only aspect not decided is the mining aspect as we really don't want to make the Starfafer a heavy duty mining ship but its likely we'll have some smaller equipment; like a hand held mining device to allow you to EVA out to collect Quantum Matter - but we haven't decided this just yet.

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[Hybus]

Oh yeah, it's why I have a StarG, someone is going to have ferry/collect fuel for remote operations

 

[Bambooza]

Oh yeah, it's why I have a StarG, someone is going to have ferry/collect fuel for remote operations

What this means is remote operations will be producing Quantum Ore that the Starfarer can brew into Quantum Fuel and then only needs to go vist the nearest gas planet for some thruster propellant and will never have to go back to a station again.

 

[Michael]

Well one day you will need to haul all that stuff that you mined to a station

 

[Printimus]

But of course! The more industry ships you have, the more successful (or potentially hazardous) your op will go! :D

Dont forget the SRVs to move all that cargo around from ship to ship.

 

[Bambooza]

Well one day you will need to haul all that stuff that you mined to a station

Wait we are not just going to store it in our big treasure pile in space?

Correct that is what Hull's are for.

But of course! The more industry ships you have, the more successful (or potentially hazardous) your op will go! :D

Dont forget the SRVs to move all that cargo around from ship to ship.

I am interested to see what they have in mind for the SRV role and how they plan on moving cargo around or if its always going to be like it currently is and just magically appears and disappears.

 

[Printimus]

Wait we are not just going to store it in our big treasure pile in space?

Correct that is what Hull's are for.



I am interested to see what they have in mind for the SRV role and how they plan on moving cargo around or if its always going to be like it currently is and just magically appears and disappears.

Oh they plan on using it a LOT for cargo manipulation both in and out of atmosphere. If you watch the youtube segment that came out right after the ship concept sale, they go into a good amount of detail on how they want it to behave mechanically.

 

[BUTUZ]

It's funny I have been looking at the starfarer gemini again recently and thinking it could be a good hauler for goods under fire. Especially if they eventually bring out AI / pilot controlled turrets - that huge 2 x S6 turrent on top and the 4 x size 4 pilot guns with tie optional nose mounted missile launcher could be potent for breaking through....er..protestors.. Also handy to be able to strap the fuel tanks and the fuel intake back on and go help testies large mining operations!!

 

[SoloFlyer]

So ideally a good combo would be an Orion and two Starfarers? About how many Orions do we have? I'm thinking about picking up a Gemini.

 

[BUTUZ]

An avenger titan started shooting me up in my gemini just away from port olisar for no reason whatsoever.

It took me 9 seconds to turn around and 1 second to kill him.

I got a crime stat. So I figured I may as well stay naughty, went and did some shoot NPC cops missions. Easy money. When i got to level 5 I then had people coming to try and pick up their £6k bounty on me. No one could.

In the end when a particularly doggedly determined chap/chapess eventually came back with his starfarer gemini (after I destroyed his other ships one by one) and we got into a starfarer gemini deadlock, neither of us could take down each others shields and we tried all sorts including ramming. In the end I turned my shields and engines off and let him take the bounty. £6k well earned for him!

Starfarers a beast.

 

[Blind Owl]

Haha, I remember when she first released. The first big ship in game. Damn was that awesome.

 

[AntiSqueaker]

Yesterday at the MISC expo I was exploring the interior of the Starfarer.

I got lost. Took me a solid 5 minutes to find the cockpit, because I thought it would be on the same level as the crew quarters, when it's a level down?

Was MISC paid by the door for this ship or what?

 

[Blind Owl]

Yesterday at the MISC expo I was exploring the interior of the Starfarer.

I got lost. Took me a solid 5 minutes to find the cockpit, because I thought it would be on the same level as the crew quarters, when it's a level down?

Was MISC paid by the door for this ship or what?

It's insane how it's laid out eh? Not sure how I feel about it.

 

[Szioul]

Yeah, it feels like it was designed as an FPS level for Squadron 42. Lots of corridors and wasted space.

 

[Blind Owl]

Yeah, it feels like it was designed as an FPS level for Squadron 42. Lots of corridors and wasted space.

I actually think it was, haha

 

[Bambooza]

I actually think it was, haha

I still get lost if I attempt to go to the third floor. From the cargo bay to the pilot seat and back is a pretty easy run besides that damn ladder.

 

[August]

The misc stuff is just so ugly...

 

[Vavrik]

The misc stuff is just so ugly...

The MISC exterior seems to be strongly reminiscent of some of the old Soviet ground effect craft, especially the VVA 14 prototypes. Somewhere there's an image of the entire family of those vehicles... they're ugly too.

 

[ColdDog]

The misc stuff is just so ugly...

Agreed, I hate the layout of the front window. Can't see anything taking off and landing - why they chose this is beyond me.

 

[Szioul]

Yeah, they could easily push the seats much further forward. Alternatively, if they decide the bad visibility is a "balancing factor", then at least allow us to customize the flat shelf with flair items. It wouldn't even have a real effect on the visibility. :p