What's This All About?

[robject]

I have some ideas about starport layout and design, over at

http://pocketempires.com/Eaglestone/StarportModuleCatalog.html

The second half of the very long 'page' is all about "upgrading your starport", and has a lineup of modular components to buy for your starport. I used it last night to build a small, 'mobile' class B starport inside a gargantuan planetoid hull, in order to take advantage of trade opportunities between two systems. The port-a-port sits halfway between the two -- two parsecs from each. And it looks like it will be able to make its astronomical monthly payments, too.

-Rob

 

[Antares Administration]

You guys are moving at a million kliks a minute! Count me in, just let me bone up on where you guys have gotten to in your discussions.

Paul Nemeth
AA

 

[robject]

Woop, sorry there MadDog, thanks for the plug anyhow...

One possibility is to roll a starport in a similar way to rolling a UWP:

(1) Roll the starport size.
(2) Roll + size to determine class.
(3) Roll + size + class for orbital component.
(4) Roll for military presence (=base).
+DM for class A or B in a backwater subsector
(5) Roll for commercial presence.
+DM for high-pop, commercial subsector
(6) Roll for tourism presence.
+DM for pleasant or historic world.
(7) Roll + commercial + tourism to determine
average passenger & freight traffic.
(8+) Roll + passenger DM + freight DM for ship berths, maintenance facilities, life support, entertainment facilities, support ships, and whatnot.

 

[Jame]

How 'bout tables and seeds for encounters? Like some sort of patron chart?

How'd this get so many posts in such a short time?

 

[Antares Administration]

Originally posted by Jame:
How'd this get so many posts in such a short time?

Jame, it's THE WORD, man...
When something hip is happening, it's so hot, an X-boat can't keep up.

Antares Administration
AA

 

[Jame]

Yeah, well ever since the couriers and X-Boats got rerouted (and that "planetary" development program started) I seem to be out o' the loop.

AA, I blame you!

 

[Liam Devlin]

Robject! welcome aboard the project!
#Great idea--a mobile port. Have to include THAT one too.

 

[Liam Devlin]

Originally posted by Antares Administration:
You guys are moving at a million kliks a minute! Count me in, just let me bone up on where you guys have gotten to in your discussions.

Paul Nemeth
AA

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We are at the gathering up of ideas Stage paul--and welcome to Lightspeed commo! Nice to be working with You again after StarFall!

 

[Liam Devlin]

Originally posted by Jame:
How 'bout tables and seeds for encounters? Like some sort of patron chart?

How'd this get so many posts in such a short time?

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remember Lonestar chat room on Sunday??? This topic came in the afternoon, 3pm CST..you had to have been there. Yer missin out..been smokin' this baby since!

And yes..encounter charts will be a "need-have item"...(see Shane's posts)!

 

[Space Hamster]

You would probably want to have it based off of the main world stats and allow for deviations such as different law level for the port. Is it a space or down port.

What kind of port is it? Government controlled (Public, Diplomatic, Commercial), Private (Commercial, Individual), Resort, Military, Abandoned.

Thank You,
Space Hamster

 

[mad13142000]

Liam's been busy...
some of us had to mow the yard...all 2 acres...

-MADDog

 

[Antares Administration]

Originally posted by Space Hamster:
You would probably want to have it based off of the main world stats and allow for deviations such as different law level for the port. Is it a space or down port.

What kind of port is it? Government controlled (Public, Diplomatic, Commercial), Private (Commercial, Individual), Resort, Military, Abandoned.

Thank You,
Space Hamster

Good point, Space Hamster! I posted the same as The Character of the Port .

Paul Nemeth
AA

 

[Antares Administration]

Originally posted by Liam Devlin:
We are at the gathering up of ideas Stage paul--and welcome to Lightspeed commo! Nice to be working with You again after StarFall!

The pleasure's all mine, Liam. How could I resist with such an august group of Travellers straining their creative juices?

Paul Nemeth
AA

 

[Liam Devlin]

Originally posted by MADDog:
Liam's been busy...
some of us had to mow the yard...all 2 acres...

-MADDog

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I mowed my three acres Sunday after I got off LoneStar!

Good thing my Riding mower has headlights, cuz it was dark when I finished with 45 mikes to haul off to work and start this up after Hunter put the page On.

Then I get an e-mail from da Boss saying-"Green Light"-GO!". .As Shane is sevral Hrs ahead of me (6-7) in UK, we're kinda doing the WW2 around the clock-bombing on this puppy with ya'll. .S'all right.

 

[Liam Devlin]

Originally posted by Antares Administration:

The pleasure's all mine, Liam. How could I resist with such an august group of Travellers straining their creative juices?

Paul Nemeth
AA

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Awwww, shucks..<modestly looks at ground>

 

[Jame]

No, Liam, I don't remember the Lone Star Chat on Sunday. That's cause I haven't been getting on the Internet on weekends lately, and may remain unable to join the chat.

Aside from some encounters I'm not sure I can contribute much, but I'll try...

 

[plop101]

Hmmm...

I sense something..a presence I haven't felt since..

my last Arba landgrab paper. So, another starport design book is in the offing. Eaglestones work is really good, though I do prefer GT's pads and berm berths. I guess most everyone is clearly in favor of large starports as opposed to the small ports that were initial present in CT. Yeah, ok, I can go along with that. I must contemplate this further...