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Idea: Pirates #103

Closed GamerGeeked closed 8 years ago

GamerGeeked commented 8 years ago

I realise that this early... But... This just might work.. So pirates come (when everyone is sleeping?) and steal stuff from stockpiles.

GamerGeeked commented 8 years ago

I will remove if you feel this is irrelevant

NogginBops commented 8 years ago

I feel that this might be irrelevant at this stage in development. BUT! I do think that these questions are worth considering at a later date. So I would suggest you write these ideas down on a text document and bring them up again when we are at a relevant stage in development.

GamerGeeked commented 8 years ago

Alright. I'll take this down and (hopefully) bring it back.

kd7uiy commented 8 years ago

Okay, so it's really weak, but we are starting to put together a few ideas for what this might be like. (#gamedesign, participates myself, @vogonistic @Tranberry @koosemose @powli

Pirates could be of really 3 forms. The traditional large ship blasting you to get you to surrender so they can steal all of your stuff.
Sneaky pirates- Using a small, hard to detect ship, they sneak on board your ship.
They could be residents of your station already, tourists or the likes.

What will they do?

Steal stuff
Most won't be set to destroy anything that doesn't give them an advantage, either in stealing more stuff or in leaving safely.
Some will be bent on sabotage (Corporate raiders)
Kidnap people (Hostages?)

Timeline for completion: Not anytime soon. This isn't a core game mechanic, so after those are complete, we can start more seriously figuring out how to include this.

sboigelot commented 8 years ago

I would also love to see "trade" ship docking at the player station, but when it opens, boom, plenty pirates!! It would make accepting a ship to dock a potential danger

kd7uiy commented 8 years ago

Nice thought, I'll add it to the list when I put it on the wiki!

kd7uiy commented 8 years ago

Another thing that pirates might do is assault people. This would probably leave them demoralized, and possibly injured. If they run in to a person, we should probably have an attack of some kind that either hurts or demoralizes the crew (Unless the crew member wins the fight, of course)

kd7uiy commented 8 years ago

I've added these details to the Wiki. Let's leave this open for another day, to make sure I have the notes accurate, and then close this issue. Future issues can be opened for more changes.

buggy213 commented 8 years ago

Having slaver ships that come by which you can use to increase your workforce could be another possibility

koosemose commented 8 years ago

This issue has stalled out, and what has came from it has been documented. Closing.