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[proposal] comet mining : hey buddy, something is about to hit you, move quick !

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Raid'En
#1 - 2011-11-23 16:38:39 UTC  |  Edited by: Raid'En
the idea have been around for a while.
one of the idea to fix moon mining would be to allow people to mine a bit of moon goo somewhere.

here's my version of it : i would propose a new gravimetric site, that would allow that, but would also offer something that mining don't know : danger.

these new grav sites would appear everywhere, but would of course have different minerals, and different difficulties depending on the type of system they are in

the specificity of these sites, outside being able to mine moon goo, would be that the comet itself would be a danger ;
* some fragment could break away from the comet, and be thrown to a random guy being here.
you would have to move out of his way, for it to be reduced in dust before reaching you (a bit like a missile that you avoid by being outise his range), or by asking your fleetmates to destroy it with their guns.
* some high end comets would also have some dangerous gas, that would damage your ships, like it can happen on some situation currently

another specificity of this site would be that it would be moving, and would not be static, it's a comet after all.
in fact, the comet would be moving very slowly at first, but when people begin mining it, it speed would raise more and more.
* the goal would be to force people to fit speed modules, and instead of a level of depletion, it would be the speed that would make the comet unminnable ; when you can't orbit it anymore cause it's too fast it would be the end.
* that would also mean that if you ask your buddies to come mines at the same time as you, you could extract way more minerals before the comet is too quick

this way you would have 2 reason for teamplay :
* too mine more before it's too late
* to protect you from debris and gas