Player Features and Ideas Discussion

A portable wormhole tunneler that establishes a temporary and random k-space to k-space connection. Only one anchorable per system if server load is an issue. The hole goes EOL and collapses a short while later if the anchored structure is destroyed.

Why should Sansha have all the fun with their incursions? It's time capsuleers get in on the act too.

What about orbital structures to prevent Dust Mercenary invasion in CP and in FW, like meta-blasters that destroy MCC before they can enter the orbit of their designated planet. ?

- Gate guns
Similar to how the empires protect their space, null sec territory should be capable of erecting similar defenses.

- Billboards
Let us post notices and territorial markers in a manner more appropriate than dropping empty cans.

*Automated logistics unit
when two of these units are deployed in the same system and by the same owner they link together with a Jump drive cargo shuttle mowing chosen cargo between them to the chosen unit.

*Ship launcher unit
Launches docked ship to a targeted ships last known position in system.

*Password protected jump gates. in system use.

I like this one.

Automated weapons platforms. little more than a highslot or two which you can fill with the weapons of your choice, slaved to your ship's targetting systems. Can only shoot what you shoot. Perfect for boosting your DPS a little bit at a secured location, useless when on the offensive. fragile.

Quantum Distortion Amplifier. Deploy it, and it slowly builds up to full strength. Moderately increases the odds of a wormhole spawning in the current system, and makes it more likely to connect to a higher-category system.

Emergency Medical Facility - a clone bay in space. So long as it's active, you spawn there instead. can be loaded with a single small ship (destroyer or frigate) and with implants. If it gets popped in your absence, it counts as losing your current clone so you'll need to buy your appropriate grade again, so you run the risk of losing SP if you use it carelessly.

Listening Post - alerts the deploying player and their corp/alliance/fleet (depending on settings) to the existence, number and type of any cloaked ship on the same grid as the Listening Post, but does not give away the cloaked ship's actual location. So, you know if you've got half a dozen bombers lining up on you. One use only, limited duration.

Astrometric Observatory - Increases the scan strength of the deploying pilot's probes for the purposes of finding cosmic signatures only. One use only, limited duration.

Brute-force Decryption Array - increases the deploying pilot's virus strength. One use only, limited duration.

Fire Support Relay - deployed above planetary districts, reduces the number of war points that DUST players fighting for the deploying pilot's side must earn in order to call in an orbital bombardment.

Disruption Pulse Generator - On deployment, begins a countdown. At the end of the countdown, fires a volume-of-effect pulse covering, say, a 50Km radius. Siege, Triage and Bastion modules aboard all ships within that radius immediately shut down if they were active. No such module may be activated by ships caught in the pulse for 5 minutes. can be scooped before it fires, but is destroyed if it does fire.

Slingshot Array - assists all ships in the area that meet criteria set by the deploying pilot by increasing their agility slightly, and increasing their rate of acceleration to warp. Has no effect on warp cruise speed or deceleration. (maybe the deploying pilot could even add a small nominal activation fee?)

Meta variants for "fofofofofo", "o7 m8" and "mine mine mine".

Power Generator (generates Power from Fuel Blocks)
Shield Generator Generates a shield around the Complex aka Force Field
(if shield drops to 5 % reinforced mode) shield needs power from the Power Generator
is activatet needs strontium)

A Storage Module that links with the depot around 250.000m3
can link more than one also links with other storage modules

Refining modue refines at 10.000m3 /10 min with 80-90% limitet to x per Complex of mobile Modules
Making it possible to make a inspace refining Complex (Mining Base) needs Power

Solar power plant very little power generation but cheap for litte Bases without huge power need

I like the ideas people have had for providing services. Selling mining crystals in the belts or ammo in systems that don't have stations for the high-sec crowd. Maybe they'll get enough use. People are fairly creative with this stuff. Providing repair services in high-sec mission hubs that don't have stations could be lucrative as well. They'll just be quickly destroyed in low sec but might work in null. These can evolve into mobile villages. They all need to be more durable than the current depot.

I'm sure this is part of your plan but going to modular deployments and you have starbase 2.0. Make the big brother to the mobile depot and you have the replacement for the tower. Allow modules to be attached and it'll grow into a full starbase. It'll need to be as durable as a POS though and have the same CONCORD rules in high sec. But, this has been talked to death in the starbase 2.0 monster thread.

Create a new method of docking where the ship is visibly attached and takes up a docking slot and then activate an Incarna shared space. Oh, wait, that's dead.

SOV mechanics rework, modular POSes, and ring mining first, then we can talk about deployables.