Player Features and Ideas Discussion

So the scope reported on the massive loss of life that constitutes the destruction of a citadel. Now obviously there is nothing in game that lets us control nor know these facts, but why not? This is a sandbox, and if we are going to be allowed to have the responsibility to run a space city, maybe we should have to deal with the consequences. Its a simple suggestion:

If a citadel is under siege and you know you are going to lose it, let us have the ability to 'evacuate' the citadel. When this happens, inject lets say 50,000 civilians into the corp bay (or whatever bay is appropriate) and then allow the players to evacuate them. They will take these people and bring them to Concord stations for some form of reward of sorts.

Or we can go a different route. Bring them to a Upwell Consortium alliance station for NPC standing. Then maybe you can get small discounts on blueprints or perhaps get an item that can give a tiny research boost to current blueprints. This will create an incentive to actually evacuate a citadel if need be. If you dont evacuate, then you lose standing, which could or could not have its own repercussions.

Its a sandbox game, why not give us a mechanic that will allow us to be a bit more.... civil (i use this word lightly :P)


EDIT: these civilians cannot generate isk on the market, nor can they be sold on the market or via contract. Also, each citadel can only do this once per final timer, whatever that ends up being (im dumb when it comes to structure bashing mechanics) if evacuated, but the citadel survives, initate a small cost (lets say 50mil?) to restart the citadel to 'rehire' people to come back. Civilians will disappear a week after evacuated, which will bring on the penalty, as they werent 'rescued'

I know, but i mean, space cities, could be different for those right?

"Suuuuuurreeeeee... we'll evacuate everyone.

Just step right here into this cargo bay... that's right... no pushing please. Nice and orderly.

Everyone here? Excellent."

*pushes button and depressurizes the cargobay*

"And no one ever knew what happened to them." *smiles mischievously*



I don't think we have to worry about that.

It is really a choice between poverty and economic slavery at the hands of the empires or potential riches and possible death with us.

Time to start a Citadel civilian death counter. http://jrwr.sixbit.org/evekill/

Someone should point out to the Drifters how there's large quantities of corpses available in the various stations and outposts throughout New Eden. Hell, there's probably a few million in Jita 4-4 alone.

Hee hee... I use convicts from the local prison.

I offer them up a chance for a pardon if they last more than 3-6 months in one of my cheapo "Leeroy" ships. If they take it, I give them a crash course in ship maintenance and repairs... seal them up in ships with no escape pods... and then head out into battle.

dev time

How many people are in these citadels?

I would have to imagine on the order of a million or more in the largest, perhaps several million. These are extremely large structures. Bigger than major cities on earth. (Which granted probably contain a lot of empty space for ships).

At any rate, one can simply assume that an evactuation does take place when a citadel appears to be heading toward doom. As I recall the thousands of crew members who are working on our biggest ships are largely evacuated prior to their popping.

Can't you just put them in a box of your stuff and let the space magic poof them to the nearest station? When you think about it lore wise...

The citadel explodes, but none of your stuff (or anyone elses) does. Why would the people die?? Some of you guys just don't understand how magic works.

Hold on, I saw a few Sansha the other day that beg to differ..