Drake Industries' workshop

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Where I'll post most of the stuff related to that now CANON corporation. And likely discuss stuff with the lore council.

Drake Industries

Founder & current owner: Edwin Drake

Industry: Bulk transport (main), refining

Corporation summary:

Drake Industries slowly established it's presence as a reliable transport fleet in the 2400s. After further expansion amongst the war-torn Collosus sector, thanks to shady deals and freelancer pressuring, it established itself as an official corporation in June 29th 2412. Specialised in bulk transport and refining, having a monopoly in these domains amidst the current chaos made it an ever expanding company. Driven by the lack of currently established businesses and seeking enrichment from the current situation, DI profits by dealing with independent corporations and major factions alike.

What it does:

Main activity: Bulk Transport
Side activity: Refining

→ lore stuff only: refining raw ores and providing for the rest on private contracts and deals for established corporations
→ in game stuff: I am currently working on a 3 hull cargo ship-set, following the ship designs criterias. Along with it props and likely special paint-jobs & decals of the corporation to go on them should come along.

Why it does what it does:

TL:DR Capitalism. There was no monopoly in the sector for both refining and bulk goods transport.
The group took the opportunity of streamlining the process to profit off the current market state

How it interacts with the rest of galaxy: see picture

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Ship designs:

Compact, blocky stuff, solely dedicated to optimised cargo transport and energy efficiency.

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Planning to go for a 4 hull shipset min.

1 frigate (pluto), 1 destroyer, 1 cruiser and 1 capital

between destroyer and cruiser, one of these two hulls will be less of a "cargo only" and more of a portable refinery with some cargo storage possible on the side.

going for destroyer freighter (likely something along 30 crate capacity and 25 type drive) and a processing rig cruiser, able to do both light mining, heavy duty salvage, mass processing (maybe kit out with industrial ore proc if that's a thing) and still some good space for storage and shit.
Capital hull aim is to make it have insane cargo, type 50 drive, okayish manoeuverability but most importantly super optimised belt system

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Did le thought™
Logo is still pending but color scheme will be a very light crimson and steel color.

likely a two color scheme like this

molten or some shit, will play with that with the logo and the ingame items

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Got a good black & white design going, the cog is final the fugly paint made thruster burn is just proof of concept

sub branches, DIR (Drake Industries Refining) & DIS (Drake Industries Shipyard)

I'll do a backgroundless logo for decals in game but considering the lower shade pixels aren't lower opacity just a scale of grey removing the bg here might prove to be omega aids

ok nvm I'm a perfectionnist I'll first do no background then pure black

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Final result

only logo (other ideas didn't look good)

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In game company description:

Smart & fast wins the race. What started of as a small transport company quickly became the lead in bulk transport & refining within the boundaries of the Collosus sector. Owning a monopoly in these domains allowed this corporation to grow exponentially amidst the high tensions in the sector and trade with all major groups without bias. The exclusive, hyper optimised ship-set it brought upon the market as part of it's expansion is highly prised for freelancers & corporation traders alike, despite the lack of comfort. Officially, it discourages any kind of hostilities performed by the members of the company. It promises easy profits to all capable pilots, traders & private securities who wish to apply. Don't act surprised when the working conditions are composed of throat-cutting deadlines, no bathroom breaks & sleeping on a dirty bedroll, though.

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Current plan:

In game content roadmap:

-Work on colored wall tiles for corporation and factions alike
-Make clothing set (work boots, overalls, colored magboots, colored uniform, mask, perhaps headgear) and single hardsuit 🔨
-maybe give special paintjobs to suit storage lockers (for the hardsuit) and a "hauler" job title same for hauler locker. 🔨
-special items (mix of hand labeler and appraisal tool ?) MAYBE curved conveyor belts
-semi lethal industrial tools/emergency weapons.

-Put the faction logo on all DIS hulls

Make some if not all DIS hulls exclusive to DIS members (anyone can join the company so it's just flavor)
Discuss the possibility of giving refitted hull so the exclusivity on the base model isn't that big, examples:
-A "scrapped"/recovered DIS Pluto made into basically a space mini van (civs)
-Mercenary variant of the Rig (mercs)
-other stuff (AshRep/USSP)

Finish the shipset:

-DIS Pluto (Light) ✅
-DIS Brute (Heavy) ✅
-DIS Rig (Heavy) ✅
-DIS Olympus (Ultra heavy) ⌛

Add refinery POI
-> purely lore ?
-> drip source ✅
-> spawnpoint ?

Lore roadmap:

Canonise bits about the company, several official dates, names, official form of profit etc.
Officialise potential dealerships with other major companies (see Steel Hammer Manufacturing & Horizon Energy)

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Current DI color:
RVB: 205 107 107 #CD6B6B

[vague bluff]

When will this company be available in game?

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PR is up, available once merged. https://github.com/Monolith-Station/Monolith/pull/1044

[spice iris]

It's highly dependent on the speed that they work with the dev team.

Or they know how to code and continue to surprise me more.

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talk about the wolf, @vague bluff it's real and a company in game too now

[vague bluff]

https://i.imgur.com/fQMJLec.png

Love blooms

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brute is real https://github.com/Monolith-Station/Monolith/pull/1058

since the third ship is done I'll try and focus on getting some gear in.

At least boots, uniform, likely locker, hardsuit if I'm brave.
And map them in the ships (along with loadouts of course)

[plush salmon]

Drake indistrues.

drake industries

***Famous *** Drake industries

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No.

-make a proper formula for ship prices and apply it to all DIS hulls

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Ship name (price)

Hull size:
Crew size:
Type:

Special quirks (up to 3):

Hardsuit(s):
Softsuit(s):

Tools:
Ship mounted weapon(s):

[thorny seal]

fkin uuh
Totally not Collosus from starsector done

tomorrow I'll maybe consider starting ACTUALLY some items

namely at least basic overalls n shi

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@open peak alright so I need some items sprited, I'd do them myself if I could but I have too many ideas and not enough free time to contrib

[open peak]

well i can give it a shot but ive only done one pair of clothing for ss14 so far

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if you are able and willing, I'd appreciate a clothing set:

work boots, overalls (blue with tints/stripes of the corporation colors), more official uniform , colored magboots, colored uniform, mask (full face of part not sure, likely only mouth) and single hardsuit

The corporation's color is "rose gold" and RGB is: 205 107 107

just need the sprites

inhands are not required, I can handle these

so basically, icon and the actual looks

[open peak]

what kinda masks are we talking about

rebreathers, civilian gas masks, military gas masks?

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Again, I'm giving you all this so you have freedom to pick what you want to do. None of it is mandatory, just let me know if you have questions/working on something

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I'm leaning for rebreather

[open peak]

so simmilar to punk masks?

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DI is a bulk transport/refining company so something that looks industrial and somewhat cheap (but it works)

I'd suppose

[open peak]

oh yeah that makes sense

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well

general looks are industrial

why teh work boots, overalls and colored magboots

actually scrap the colored magboots I can also do these

[open peak]

ill give it a shot when im pixeling

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*nods

no pressure

@open peak simply let me know if you ever feel like dropping it, so I know on what to act upon

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note for self:
Make workboots a color that matches with the overalls/uniform, rose gold wouldn't fit on something akin to that

likely jackboots style stuff is the way to go.

(jackboots look fucking fire)

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@spice iris hey bubby important question.

I know the ideas of corporation is to let players who choose to play no specific faction (mercs, contractors, med roles, pilots) but bear with me.

What if:

Drake Industries (as stated per in game desc) draws members namely from the hulls they offer.

and WHAT IF, when you select DI as a corporation, you gain an access that lets you buy DIS ships, so DIS models are the right marking (loadout items are likely not going to be a thing or if they are I'll need to tweak some stuff)

Now I do realised thinking about all the implications and stuff it'd just basically make a faction of it's own lol fuck

I'm still goign to add clothing and other items because I want it to be an actual pretty faction in game but I'll hold back for exclusivity stuff as of now

[spice iris]

Less a me question

More a maint question.

[thorny seal]

Well I mean

the thing is I just thought about the idea of exclusive ships

but like, then one isues arises

it'll just devolve to faction stuff

then full clothing sets for specific roles etc

as the companies are now (VERY fucking lacking in content in game) I won't go further

let me move to #1388800627722944523

[plush salmon]

Hm, hear me out tho

Ship that can ram asteroids to put their stuff into conveyor line ( after PTKING the asteroid )

Into orm

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interesting concept, keep that idea for the future

[plush salmon]

If we get someone to code PTKS to like ( or a special ptk )

Spawn the ores they mine behind them

Dis ships might turn into factorio

Autoqueinf NEVER..

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Would be based since they are on the lower size a refining

Anyways write up about future plan for in game roles, accesses to DI gear & hulls

Idea is to split the people working for DI in two groups:

Contracted: hired by DI proper, ic ROLES under DI (with DI as their company by default.)

Affiliated: under the banner of DI through the company screen only, can be any non faction role (merc, pilot, contractor)

With these changes comes:

exclusivity of DIS hulls to contracted & affiliated members.

Contracted members will be among three roles (I thought of for now):

Trucker - pilots during a trade run
Hauler - sorts, loads & unloads cargo
Watchdog - basically private security specifically hired by DI. Make sure the cargo stays secured and protects crew of potential boarders.

These roles will have the following things going for them: -unique accesses (likely at DI's POI)
-unique DI branded gear (mix of reskinned fluff and special equipment)
-# try to make said gear either cheap or coming from other companies per order of DI for sovl
-MAYBE access to some DI restricted hulls (will see in the future what that might entail)

As of now no "leader role" for a DI ship. One of the member is the one paying for the cargo and manages pay, likely ship captain, but chances are there won't be a telling of "this one is in charge"

Affiliated members will:
-only have access to the regular DIS shipset

Affiliated members are a thing IC because the company enjoy running low level shady ops with freelancer more than their own men (it's better reputation wise since company can blame it on the freelancers affiliated with them)

So for affiliated, basically what we have now, but you need to have the faction banner to use it's ships at least

[inner sandal]

Manufactured by SHM under a mutually profitable contract?

For the hulls I mean

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Would have to discuss this to some level DI already got a refining branch so their own shipyard ain't out of reach

Will see tomorrow

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Might consider switching to a golden copper color instead of rose gold since it's too light

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@inner sandal okay so I'm thinking

DI could be producing the original batch of ships and SHM would be simply manufacturing more of the DIS hulls for commercial use

[inner sandal]

SHM manufactures ships as per submitted designs usually so that could work

In exchange for the production, SHM gets materials for their business?

[thorny seal]

They get a formal supply of basic refined materials at below market price (-10%) for let's say 6 months, and if DI is satisfied extended the contract to up to 3 years.

[inner sandal]

Works

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alr give me a number of manufactured hulls and a date and let's make this bitch canon

[inner sandal]

I don’t think numbers would really work for this (especially for translation into the server) so I’m thinking as many as reasonably requested but with discounted payment and resource supply

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sounds good

do we just do fuck it and do 2425/07/04 as a date ?

[inner sandal]

Sure why not

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sick

July 4th 2425
Corporate deal between DI and SHM.
DI ensures to provide a steady supply for refined materials below market price (-10%)
SHM in exchanges takes upon themselves to provide DI with a steady supply of DIS ships as a surplus of the current DIS production.

Lasts for 6 month and up to 3 years if both parties are satisfied.

@inner sandal we should 100% make DI and SHM be in a good partnership in the future since both their business go hand in hand

DI trades & deals refined metals <-> SHM produces ships and improve the trading capacity

[inner sandal]

Pleasure doing business

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*nods

idea popped in my head but later down the line

if business is good enough

[inner sandal]

DI seems like a good source of the large quantities of metallics needed for production

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what about a merged POI

I mean

[inner sandal]

That could be fun

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cargo dock + refining bay + orbital works

[inner sandal]

I’m thinking of remapping CO with some people

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would make for a massive POI

CO that's just an independant core corporations POI ?

now that's what I'm talking about.

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Regarding drip I'm fucking tweaking at the palettes and shading that should be used so I'm halting this shit until I can fr wrap my head around it

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Magboots make them look like jackboots with a spray of color, since they should be used as normal equipment for hauler

brute issues
rogue railing corner in the right sided bay
normal tiles on top of the waste distro pump (big nono)

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Playtesting brute shortly

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Back two guns dont seem to have much of fire arcs

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they really don't

it's where I could fit them

partly the beauty of it but other than that I put them here cause I could fit'em her

I might consider changing that in the future

-add some sort of food storage, make it very budget like a shelf with tuna cans

[vague bluff]

40 crate run of all 4 depots, record time of selling all with the Brute!

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belt's doing the most work, eh ?

[vague bluff]

Glad I dont have to pay them

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need a proper idea for clothing sets so here we go:

Hauler:

Mechanic jumpsuit with some adamantite colored stripes (rose gold is lightest color) /// Inspired by blue hazard engi jumpsuit

Gloves I still need to think of something
Vest idk, harness/nothing

Trucker:

Reskinned pilot suit with maybe some stripes on top
Puffer vest in rose gold color

Hat idk cap/nothing

regular DI gasmask for both hauler & trucker

Watchdog:

Tracksuit that is VERY tactical, either full on black for camo purpose
Plate armor in rose gold

Tweak of the base DI gasmask with a stylish visor for eye protection against flashes

Jackboots for all

[thorny seal]

okay so the overall shading of the hauler suit is fine

it's just kinda mid

same as pilot

the issue is kinda the rose gold

I really need to reconsider a new color but can't find it

[plush salmon]

No salvage/mining roles for peak salvage/mining ships?

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I'll see

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going to need to add colored storages on top ough

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add maggies to first locker and multitool instead of network to belt on brute

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Need to change faction color rose gold's too flashy for my liking.

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change the origin of DI a bit to make it's existence more credible relative to the monolith "gold rush"

lean for just aggressive major trade fleet over the course that got bought out then rebranded

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actually fuck that there's no major cargo playerbase anyways

[plush salmon]

im the sole mining playerbase

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Sell me your minerals *

https://tenor.com/view/mario-fighting-games-command-grab-gif-21788406

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Olympus 🔨

[plush salmon]

Muh fooken minerals.. WHY DO THEY SELL FOR 10K FOR EVERY 1000 STACKS OF THEM WHO DESIGNED THIS SHIT

Litteraly 4 minutes of cargo is more profitabke than 7 hours of mining

The vrindset..

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I just wanted the ask/Point out why the DIS rig got an I think asm-302 missle launcher in the top Right? (Im pretty sure that’s against Civ Ship Design Standards, No missles on civ ships) Sorry for posting this here wasn’t really sure where Else to Post, Sowwy :3

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there's no such weapon restrictions in the ship guidelines doc. Unless it got changed recently.

[junior gulch]

Message from scyron„ok heres ur basic mapping guidelines finally for contribs https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RZk5MiTv6lh3V9r2Q1PSR7L1acvSDKEnBX2acV3y11w“ It says no asm-302 missles on non tsfmc/ussp/rouge ships or something like that, so no missle asm-302 launcher on civ ships. also scyron Stated this today (look at picture) so maybe ask him more in depth where it is exactly clarified.

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the link you gave does not work.

I do see the part about the launcher yeah

funnily enough I do believe the one I mapped is a 501 but since it's an upgrade I'll likely just swap it out anyways

thanks for the info

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AAAH GODDAMMIT

[junior gulch]

Oh god a 501 is way stronger then the 302 that’s Even more scary like even scary for plastanium walls

[thorny seal]

we do a little trolling

i'll change that asap into a mining gun

big thanks for the info

[junior gulch]

No Problem (IT would be funny if the Cargo Company would be just as heavily armed as fed ships:3)

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we're not that far

(yet)

https://github.com/Monolith-Station/Monolith/pull/1211 @junior gulch

[junior gulch]

:3

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revise DIS Rig price& desc

Drake Industries' workshop

[vague bluff]

The soul got ripped from the Rig

its over.

The torpedo launcher was too cool

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truly was

[sinful spruce]

you really just made the collosus from starsector..

[inner sandal]

The what? That’s the name of our sector’s star…

[plush salmon]

when will #1388800732081422337 have a VGROID crusher

so like, when ship moving parts are added

two insanely large reinforced claws

that crush vgroids

and mine them using kinetic force

( Oncoming xeno raiders not insured )

[sinful spruce]

Now make onslaught

And legion

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Trial maint said it was too blocky I simply adjusted to what came to mind your honor

[sinful spruce]

Yes and it came out good

10/10

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Cheers
Ngl I could make the inside better but it's gimmicky and fucked up

[sinful spruce]

Honestly?

Its good, and yes its abit cramped and gimmicky

But hey its a cargo hauler not a cruise liner

Now make a legion

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I'll keep the efficient stuff for the last one trust

[plush salmon]

hell yeah

i cant wait for ship moving parts

i want a ship that crushes asteroid with kinetic force

[plush salmon]

I FUCKING LOVE DRAKE INDUSTRIES

[plush salmon]

when is drake industry drip

getting merged?

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I'm not convinced at all with the color palette yet

so it's on hold™

[thorny seal]

appreciate sharing the feedback but feel free to give me the one that actually matters

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Thinking of revamping the rig fully, ditch it's hybrid type (partly goes against the company's ship policy) and make it an effective mining ship

something like this for later™

[plush salmon]

@thorny seal FIX IT..

[thorny seal]

I can't find where they said that and otherwise if this is the list I requested they absolutely failed to give me what I asked

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Ill check the rig

[plush salmon]

DM's.

were organizzing ndustry stuff

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@plush salmon checked and yeah you can't buy it I'll work on a fix tomorrow if anything

[sinful spruce]

Is that....

[thorny seal]

No it's not what you think

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rose gold is a bitch to handle, switching to bronze ish color for now will see where this goes.

@plush salmon issue's fixed, later down the line I'm plannign to rework the DIS Rig entirely anywho, if you would kindly give me the needs and wants for an effective gun mining ship toss them here

[plush salmon]

for one, a exterior area NOT pointed at your dock

Because if you build about anything outward in current rigs exterior area

Whoops!No Docking!

[thorny seal]

it's planned to be on the north instead

[plush salmon]

okay thats betterish then.

[thorny seal]

with bridge on the side as a panopticon watch bubble

[plush salmon]

Secondly, oreboxes (already got)

Third, Mining Shipguns ( i dunno if they actually got em )

[thorny seal]

keep listing I'll take it all ino account

[plush salmon]

Fourth, free conveyors for industry ( probably a straight cinveyor line with extra space would work. Industry is rather profitable )

Fifth, food and water ( you become slow as fuck otherwise, and mining is the only job without a way to get actual food )

Snackvend would work likely

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fuckin' uu

https://github.com/Monolith-Station/Monolith/pull/1315

[vague bluff]

Mommy? Sorry. Mommy?

ZOMG!

[thorny seal]

Olympus merged. Focus back on DI in game items

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@plush salmon I'm going to start working on a full revamp of the DIS Rig I'll hit you up if I need feedback or got questions regarding what's best

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link all the fucking ship buttons (I forgor)
test belts again
make sure
backdoor needs power

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https://github.com/Monolith-Station/Monolith/pull/1334 @plush salmon

there my son

love the company more

[junior gulch]

Is this maybe heavily inspired by Starsector again? (From Salvage Rig) :3

[thorny seal]

not really

I mean the name came from the old model

this new one I just followed the criteries Coolz gave to me

now that you mention it I guess it is

Current plan:

In game content roadmap:

-Make clothing set (work boots, overalls, colored magboots, colored uniform, mask, perhaps headgear) and single hardsuit 🔨
-maybe give special paintjobs to suit storage lockers (for the hardsuit) and a "hauler" job title same for hauler locker. 🔨
-special items (mix of hand labeler and appraisal tool ?) MAYBE curved conveyor belts
-semi lethal industrial tools/emergency weapons.

TBD

Make some if not all DIS hulls exclusive to DIS members (anyone can join the company so it's just flavor)
Discuss the possibility of giving refitted hull so the exclusivity on the base model isn't that big, examples:
-A "scrapped"/recovered DIS Pluto made into basically a space mini van (civs)
-Mercenary variant of the Rig (mercs)
-other stuff (AshRep/USSP)

Finish the shipset: ✅

-DIS Pluto (Light) ✅
-DIS Brute (Heavy) ✅
-DIS Rig (Heavy) ✅
-DIS Olympus (Ultra heavy) ✅

Add refinery POI 🔨
-> purely lore ?
-> drip source ✅
-> spawnpoint ?

Lore roadmap:

Canonise bits about the company, several official dates, names, official form of profit etc. ✅
Officialise potential dealerships with other major companies (see Steel Hammer Manufacturing & Horizon Energy) 🔨

[plush salmon]

HYPER CONVENTCTION?? HOYL SHIT

anyways

this is really good!

The outer thing is clearer

Manufactuing is WAY easier with this belt setup

[thorny seal]

As god intended

[plush salmon]

Decentish phaser setup, though might have to back up a bit to fully hit the asteroid due to the walls

what the fuck is a red qm locker

Roundstart drill, also good!

uranium generator my beloathed

[thorny seal]

And yeah more belts make them yourself you got all you need

[thorny seal]

DI gear
Much a placeholder rn

It'll get a repaint soon

[plush salmon]

another benefit of this

due to how it is

you dont have to deal with how cancer manufacturing entities is

as long as your docked to TM, have conveyors leading to sell, and then you can spam sell

[thorny seal]

okay life is on again

[thorny seal]

Roadmap update no.3

In game content roadmap:

Part two: ✅

-# Base clothing ✅
-# Mapped clothing in ✅

Part three
-Special paintjobs to suit storage lockers
-Unique hardsuits:
One for hauler & trucker, light weight, low prot, space proof (meant for easy hauling.)
One for watchdog, heavy, tactical, high slash prot, mid blunt & pierce prot, weak for the rest.

-military gear (available to watchdogs):
Unique armor, medium slowdown (15/20%) heavy slash & pierce (made for CQC shotgun fights)
Custom built shotgun (for CQC fights mostly)
-# make the above produced by MACo

future

-special items (mix of hand labeler and appraisal tool ?) MAYBE curved conveyor belts
-semi lethal industrial tools/emergency weapons. (?)

MAKE SOME OF THAT SHIT RESTRICTED (to contracted members) DOWN THE LINE

TBD

Make some if not all DIS hulls exclusive to DIS members (anyone can join the company so it's just flavor)
Discuss the possibility of giving refitted hull so the exclusivity on the base model isn't that big, examples:
-A "scrapped"/recovered DIS Pluto made into basically a space mini van (civs)
-other stuff (AshRep/USSP)

Finish the shipset: ✅

-# -DIS Pluto (Light) ✅
-# -DIS Brute (Heavy) ✅
-# -DIS Rig (Heavy) ✅
-# -DIS Olympus (Ultra heavy) ✅

Add refinery POI ⏳ (NEED MORE PROPS.)
-> trade space
-> drip source ✅
-> spawnpoint (hauler, trucker, watchdog) ✅

Lore roadmap:

Canonise bits about the company, several official dates, names, official form of profit etc. ✅
Officialise potential dealerships with other major companies (see Steel Hammer Manufacturing, MACo & Horizon Energy) 🔨

Idea is to split the people working for DI in two groups:

Contracted: hired by DI proper, ic ROLES under DI (with DI as their company by default.)

Affiliated: under the banner of DI through the company screen only, can be any non faction role (merc, pilot, contractor)

With these changes comes:

exclusivity of DIS hulls to contracted & affiliated members.

Contracted members will be among three roles (I thought of for now):

Trucker - pilots during a trade run
Hauler - sorts, loads & unloads cargo
Watchdog - basically private security specifically hired by DI. Make sure the cargo stays secured and protects crew of potential boarders.

Overseer (TBD) - Actual manager, presence restricted to olympuses & refinery

Affiliated members will:
-only have access to the regular DIS shipset & company badge (and the subsequent gear that comes with)

Affiliated members are a thing IC because the company enjoy running low level shady ops with freelancer more than their own men (it's better reputation wise since company can blame it on the freelancers affiliated with them)

So for affiliated, basically what we have now, but you need to have the faction banner to use it's ships at least

[plush salmon]

will dis get a semi-combat ship? now that apparently mil ships can have charonnetes

so like, a drone-ship that defends cargo haulers

[thorny seal]

unlikely

or at least I ain't planning on it

they are more on the defensive end of things for now

[thorny seal]

fix portside camera named starboard on olympus

[vague bluff]

What are the names of the uniforms in loadouts? I found the hauler jumpsuit but not the other

Or really anything else

[vague bluff]

I LOVE DRAKE INDUSTRIES!!!

[thorny seal]

Trucker and watchdog, available to pilot & mercenary

[thorny seal]

Ball on king

Give olympus bigger boy thrusters

[thorny seal]

@main plover in exchange for me mapping a small salvage drone for HE's ultraheavy atmos ship I settled for this

** July 13th 2425**
Corporate deal between DI and HE.
DI designed and furnishes a small salvage drone for HE's atmos mothership.
HE in exchange promise to grant a steady supply of cooling gases (frezon namely) & the accompanying infrastructure for delicate storage (something like superconductors or other sensitive shit like bio organics transports)

HE will gain access solely to the drones and not their direct blueprints. As long as relations are steady the deal will be kept until either party becomes disinterested.

Lasts for 6 months minimum, renewable infinitely with agreement of both parties.

[thorny seal]

anchor the brute's cans + adjust it's shutters

[thorny seal]

fix brute's light east of bridge too

[main plover]

WOOOO YEAH BABEEEY

I LOVE LORE

[thorny seal]

Canonise TSF halting DI's transport operation (-rep for TSF)

[thorny seal]

adjust Olympus belts to prevent any and all forms of crate fuck ups

Alright after testing the Olympus with a two man crew can make 500K in 20 minutes by buying 3 batches of regular and 1 of expresses

[thorny seal]

fix the typo of "Colossus sector" in DI company desk

[thorny seal]

total monopoly victory

[spice iris]

Congrats on being the most successful company in the Colossus Sector

[plush salmon]

well yeah drake indusstries is fucking peak dude

holy shit

drake industries has so much budget

they come with lux minig suits

WHAT

THE DIS RIG HAS NO FTL DRIVE

FUCK

NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

[spice iris]

This is where we enact modifications

[plush salmon]

its really ucking expensive for one tho..

[thorny seal]

if you need one buy it

it's by design

a man like yourself can afford one for suure

[plush salmon]

also its FCKING LAGGING

[thorny seal]

make DI gear class 2 contra and not three

namely rebreather

[inner sandal]

Get monopolized (manufacturing death grip)

[thorny seal]

also yeah I use my own way to calculate ship costs and not stick to the base appraise grid price so you'll find the DIS ship line to be balanced but not necessarily to other ships I haven't made

once the pricing formula is refined enough I'm thinking of adjust the price of every ship there are

[thorny seal]

@hidden agate for the record the issues with the belts are now fixed entirely

[hidden agate]

Amazing, also are the lockers with emergency equipment supposed to be empty? Like the wall emergency EVA lockers are fire closer in maints?

[thorny seal]

they shouldn't I'll check that later, cheers for pointing it out

[hidden agate]

No problem, gotta make sure to have things are ready in case something awful happens if someone uses the ship lmao

[thorny seal]

consider adding scrap processor to DIS Rig

[plush salmon]

omdestree

[thorny seal]

man is gaming

[plush salmon]

( gold & iron goes into the mercfab, makes svallin, 426 profit, once thats done, glass goes into the medfab, makes vials, 116 profit each )

one million vials

LMAO

THE GAME CRASHED DUE TO 876 SVALLINS

for me atleast

beatufill

[thorny seal]

a proud member of DI

[plush salmon]

the fucking universe will be over

before allat is printed

[thorny seal]

@plush salmon btw would you care for a scrap processor or not

that's more for debris

and I suppose you're hitting mostly roids

me thinks of getting DI weaponized (escort level military ship) + all the gun and armor stuff

[plush salmon]

i mean, i guess its

probably alright

just stuff it in the backroom

[thorny seal]

I'll just put it on the belt line

so you can send it all down there

and then it gets eaten

[plush salmon]

oh true

either that, or where the water tank is

[thorny seal]

btw

that water tank is here instead of an FTL drive

you don't need one with a rig trust

[plush salmon]

what

what

why is rig docking with tm broken

( this makes it unable o use its conveyor part.

@thorny seal bit of a big issue

[thorny seal]

Show me the full grid

[plush salmon]

turs out

if you dock

it RAPIDLY spins

to the left

[thorny seal]

Giga ominous

I'll try to check it out myself later

It might be because it's only one dock

And the mass is biiig

I got to say though the rig is

An immense succeds

I've easily seen like 5-6

[plush salmon]

it happened

with three docks

infact

with multiple docks

IT LITTERALY CLIPPED INTO TM

it fixed itself but yeah THAT happened.

[thorny seal]

Peak

I'll add a second dock in the future see if that fixes it

[plush salmon]

second dock was when it started clipping

third sorta stabilized it

but for some reason

this is SLIGHTLY touching space

which erases my vials

[hidden agate]

@thorny seal One of the trash chutes are mising starboard of the bridge underneathe the door to cargo bay 3

[thorny seal]

Cheers will fix

[plush salmon]

DI ships try to not have 900 flaws challange:

[thorny seal]

it's a learning experience

🚬

olympus has given me the hardest time so far

pluto was fine

and now it's finer

[hidden agate]

Lmao

Tbf it is a big ship

So lots of things to keep track of

[plush salmon]

randomized industry

also WHOT HE FUCK IS BUYING

852 SVALLINS

IN THE OPEN MARKET

HUH?

[thorny seal]

PR fixes some stuff

[thorny seal]

the Ashen republic

trust

we don't care we just make money at DI 🚬

[plush salmon]

so true 🚬

[thorny seal]

Fix DIS rig blast door dock orientation
look into docking issue

figure out how to handle the blast door locking stuff for all ships so you can actually have a intruder proof ship while docked

tune down the drip in ship lockers and limit it to actual gear

leave badge tho

(so magboots & badge)

holy shit the DIS Rig is successful

[plush salmon]

to be fair

it is just

the best minin ship

has ah yper lathe ( thank god we dont need to research anymore )

has DRILLS ( dont need to blue wreck before getting a good mining tool

has PHASERS ( just good. )

has SPACE for PTKS. ( good )

NON-SHITTY outer acess ( good )

[inner sandal]

I like the concept of corporation affiliation of players indicating what they do (especially when it’s tied in with mechanics)

[plush salmon]

how will this affect the company diplomatical scene??!?!?

[thorny seal]

Technically both ships do different thing and DI is making money from making antlions for the stratorat

[thorny seal]

Hm

Now I like the ship itself but maybe I made it too good

I might up the price or tone down the gear

Take a look at other mining vessels and adjust the gear

[thorny seal]

change the lock system for all ships

tune down the DIS Pluto blast doors (this one is meant for civilians)

[thorny seal]

@plush salmon the PR for giving the DIS Rig a second dock is up, tell me in the future if it fixes your issue (https://github.com/Monolith-Station/Monolith/pull/1391)

[thorny seal]

consider toning down the webbing's color band for future uses (namely camo stuff)

same for satchel band

[thorny seal]

If ftl rework is merged adjust FTL prices to the ship pricing formula

[main plover]

also, @thorny seal would it be cool if i retrofitted the phaeron to be a cargo hauler, with a contract between HE and DIS basically trading old phaerons into this new cargo hauler?

[thorny seal]

Now I'm not certain lore wise DI would need a new cargo model
What's it's size though

[main plover]

the ship's size is still a medium

basically, just retrofitting the tank space into a cargo hold

[thorny seal]

If it's between pluto and brute we could organise a HE-SHM partnership for rebranding unsused phaeron for civilian use

If it works I might make a DI version

[main plover]

woo!

ill get back to you once i gotten the design down

[thorny seal]

Map away shipmaker

For me
Think about doing an MKII version of the brute thats just better and more efficient, and less memey

[main plover]

gotcha gotcha

[thorny seal]

If anything it could be a HES-SHM cargo for sure
Just you know à version to make money pff selling halls
I'll see later If DI can profit off a new hauler not following their shipset

[main plover]

woo!

[thorny seal]

@main plover you'd be aight for me changing the agreement for something a bit more ingame oriented since rn cooled storage has no use

So instead DI sells antlion hulls made mostly by SHM (@inner sandal the other deal SHM and DI has) and in exchange DI gains both profit from selling the hulls AND HE helps the new thrusters model design (the one made for DI that consumes more but has more thrusting power)

What do you say ?

[main plover]

ohoho, this i like!

showcases the strengths of both companies

[thorny seal]

And had application in game

[thorny seal]

For the thrusters I'm thinking they run on a unique gas loop designed by HE and the circuitry/mechanism is made by SHM

Depends on you guys if you let DI get the blueprints or just sell the thrusters

If DI gets the blueprints of said thrusters I'll basically use them freely on DIS ships and in more DI owns them
If not it's just contract of you two supplying DI with them

[main plover]

tbh HE would most likely be interested in keeping the blueprints with them, but they'll happily outsource the production of parts they cant make (not easily atleast) to SHM and DI

[thorny seal]

Yeah makes sense to me

They just make the gas loop thingymagic

They have company/make secret on one of the core composent of the thrusters

Long term plan

Split the DI shipset in two variants.

DIS [ship], made for DI contracted members (so DI in game roles)

Designation is DIS-XXX instead of CIV-XXX
Theyll have upgraded SHM-HE thrusters, the in game gear fluff and overall be better versions compared to the civ halls

Civilian versions of some of the DIS ships will:

Be named DIS-SHM (ship name) (C)

SHM would be producing the civilian versions for profit as part of a deal with DI
as a name. The designs will overall be the same but won't use in game di props and no unique thrusters.

Goal with this is to encourage people into picking DI roles for better models/gear at going trading WHILE letting freelancers use tuned down versions of the halls (namely the DIS rig)

Make rig available to all for sure
Not olympus

(In order for DI to keep it's transport monopoly)

Note for self make those ideas into github issue for me to track better

[main plover]

you are one hell of a lore producer

absolutely balling

[thorny seal]

I've just been thinking about how to imply lore proper in the gzme

Lore you don't see in the game might as well not be there

@unreal torrent give me lore council role already

[unreal torrent]

I mean tbh you’re killing it so far

[thorny seal]

It would just facilitate me adding lore related stuff in game and adjusting the canon lore outside of the game to fit it in game too...

[inner sandal]

@thorny seal

left is DI, right is SHM for comparison

[thorny seal]

A blessing for the forge master

[thorny seal]

resprite the DI watchdog respirator a bit from another inspiration source™

(just make it a bit yellow)

[thorny seal]

@spice iris

JESTER

JESTER !!!!

RIGHT NOW

YOU MADE MACo RIGHT ?

I NEED YOU TO TELL ME HOW THEY NAME THEIR WEAPONS SO I CAN TOSS A NAME ON IT

[spice iris]

Ooooo

Okay hold on

[thorny seal]

it's a CQC shotgun ftr

if you don't got anything I'll name it something that goes with watchdog

[spice iris]

"M.A Hokkaido-12G"

[thorny seal]

k care to toss me the reason for Hokkaido ?

fix inhand sprites for watchdog shotgun

[spice iris]

Named after an old Earth location from one of Indres' many books, reminded him of serene peace, thought that guns offer that same peace

[thorny seal]

fair nuff

[plush salmon]

guns dont kill people, I kill people!™ ( unless the gun are sentient, then fuck

[thorny seal]

holy fuck I'm done spriting the shotgun

well that was aids

armor hardsuits IDs and PDA left to do then freedom

[thorny seal]

👀

[main plover]

AYOO DRAKE INDUSTRIES

FRFR?

[thorny seal]

We are industrying those drakes

[hidden agate]

Cooking

[main plover]

@thorny seal

quick question homie

is this good enough to be a DIS ship?

its basically an ultrabudget shuttle made for salvaging scrap asteroids and debris on the core rim

low range scavenger, basically

extremely cheap, extremely utilitarian

[thorny seal]

DI would not design it themselves but if it encourages mining they can definitely manufacture it for short and long term profit

Aka it could be classified as DIS but it would be civilian only (not di unique version I'm planning to do)
Made to encourage civies to mine (like rig)

And they wouldn't name it

So either a combined name like SHS-DIS (if SHM did the blueprint for example) or stuff like that

I'd prefer a composed tag personally to make it clear it's not the same shipset and blueprint isn't DI made

So something like [2/3 letter tag that fits the lore/references the maker of the ship]-DIS [name you choose]

[main plover]

gotcha gotcha

im probably gonna name is the SHS-DIS Borer if thats cool with you? @thorny seal

like DI designed the ship, and SHM builds them

oh wait wrong way around

SHM designs it, DI builds it

[thorny seal]

Well shm could do both
But it profits DI good so they could definitely provide comps
Ask fluff and yeah you should be good to make it a SHS-DIS ship
Designed by SHS, furnished by DIS

Make sure to make that clear in the shittle desc

[main plover]

gotcha!

the SHS-DIS Borer

[thorny seal]

You'll be the one maintaining the design though

Just so you know

Your girl your responsability
But if you need a hand hmu

Show me the desc once it's good

[main plover]

Ship Name: SHS-DI Borer
Description: Manufactured by Steel Hammer Manufacturing, equipped by Drake Industries, the borer is a cost-effective way to recycle and refurbish old scrapyard ships into something new: a flying scrapping rig; equipped with an ore processor, a scrap processor, and a material reclaimer- the borer is ready to be a cheap option for any broke salvager.

price: 19,000

i have no idea why this thing is so expensive, by all accounts, its got less stuff than a sabine

yet it's nearly in the same price range

[main plover]

shortened the desc. to "Manufactured by Steel Hammer Manufacturing, equipped by Drake Industries, the borer is a cost effective ship for salvaging and derilect scrapping." since the shipyard .yml keeps breaking

[thorny seal]

Maybe you want to change to "designed by SHM and produced in cooperation with DI"

Pric is okay imo

@inner sandal ^

[main plover]

gotcha!

"designed by SHM and produced in cooperation with DI, the borer is a cost effective ship for salvaging and derilect scrapping."

bam

https://tenor.com/view/barry-wheels-pr-time-gif-15161219

[main plover]

https://github.com/Monolith-Station/Monolith/pull/1579

mwahahaha

[thorny seal]

Nice

[main plover]

@thorny seal changed the SHS-DI to SHS-DIS in the .yml and title

[thorny seal]

Cheers

[inner sandal]

SHM didn’t design it though?

[main plover]

it's just for Lore™

[inner sandal]

Sure I suppose

[main plover]

WOOO YEAH BABEEY

LORE

[thorny seal]

@main plover gamer I asked you to check with fluff if they was cool with it smh.. 🚬

[main plover]

ah

better late than never!

(also im sorry im big dumb)

[thorny seal]

It's cool

[inner sandal]

Free company assets

[thorny seal]

free taxing

[main plover]

good news gang!

it got merged!

wooopieee

[thorny seal]

gm chat I'm reviving this solely because there's a bunch of ships to map and DI is boutta make them

[thorny seal]

@sinful juniper if there's an interest for DI in character, chances are it can very well work.

[sinful juniper]

I have always like the Drake drip and their ships.

[thorny seal]

Right.

If you have an idea, detail it to me.

I just need basic infos:

• Why it exists (was the ship commissioned, made out of common interest etc)
• size
• type
• general shape (optional)

No need to go indepth (unless you want to) we can start from a general look and go from there.

[sinful juniper]

Well drake industries is based closer to the sector than MI, so i think it could be MI calling up DI and seeing if they want to make some militia ships, with weapons supplied by the militia and the rest done by DI. a smart collab. Also do any of these images give good ideas?

[thorny seal]

a smart collab
What's DI profit in it ? (Mind you, the ship doesn't have to be MADE by DI)
Money, rep, protection, tech, special deal, unique resources

these images give good ideas?
I get the idea, detailed stuff customised and added on.

If DI did make hulls, it'd likely be base hulls and then customised by your company (like shit added)

[sinful juniper]

I be doing some thinking

[thorny seal]

no problem take your time

[sinful juniper]

hmm... what about a salvaging/light cargo ship for long deep-space mining operations, with a small space-greenhouse section. Would be nice to have some solar panels. though not sure how hard to have a mainly solar powered ship. RTGs supported by solar could be fun. Probably a mini medbay, as is becoming usual on militia ships. Im sure you have some good ideas to buiild off this too

For the militas non-combat side. Though still should be abit armed.

[thorny seal]

So I'm getting a very general purpose, independant ship

size ?

I'd say medium minimal

medium-large

[sinful juniper]

Yeah, abit large. And yeah, something meant to be able to sustain itself while its out in the outer rim or cutoff from supplies

Also , with @rocky wharf im maybe planning a bio-dome expedition ship.

[thorny seal]

do you have further inspirations or shape request

[sinful juniper]

hmm... just that im thinking about these concept-y tube space greenhouses

Your good at ship shapes :p

[thorny seal]

Yeah that I vibe with more, can totally do.

Care to give me a tidy list of what you want ?

Kinda like specialisations.

and if you ever edit it, ping me linking it.

Y'know so I can have a steady line of what I need to do.

[sinful juniper]

Gotta brb a minute, but yee il make a list

[thorny seal]

no rush.

[sinful juniper]

Should have:
-greenhouse
-small galley
-medbay (think chemistry setup in it would be too strong? theres the greenhouse for meds)
-mining pulsar mining setup
-full savage setup with ore box and construction box
-RTG/solar, maybe solar supported by pinch reactor or something if RTG dont work.
-Windows
-cozy bunkroom/lounge
-small cargo area if fits
-well defended for civ ship, 2 draupnir 2 dravon 2 20mms? maybe. though could be exped maybe.

ideas so far

[thorny seal]

Sounds good for everything except for:

-small galley
I assume you mean a cell or little brig, no problem but tell me if I got it wrong.

-mining pulsar mining setup
Sure, but keep in mind, I'll definitely keep it VERY light for such a multipurpose mining ship

think chemistry setup in it would be too strong? theres the greenhouse for meds
Excellent point, I think giving it hydro and basic medbay but no chem master is good.

RTG
If it's mining capable, no need for RTG, mining from fuel is alright since it's a salve ship. I can defo try and go for solars no problem.

-small cargo area if fits
Thinking of just putting some pellets somewhere in the living room, should be good, unless you think dedicated.

-well defended for civ ship, 2 draupnir 2 dravon 2 20mms? maybe. though could be exped maybe.
I'm no ship mounts expert, but yeah shouldn't be no problem. Point defense and light gunnery. is what I'm getting.

As for the LORE the REASON.

DI is an industry focused (mega)corp, so chances are they'd hand out a hull that meets the space req but not really furnished. Guns shouldn't be a problem, but the "cozier" non industrial stuff I'll likely play it off as hand made by the militia. IF that's cool with you.

[sinful juniper]

Galley means ships kitchen. Just a few pulsars is fine. :p and yeah your right with the RTG, pinch or some other reactor would work fine instead. No cargo area is fine if would be too much.

[thorny seal]

eh cargo isn't the biggest thing I'm just thinking of like

hold up

[sinful juniper]

That makes sense. Militia wanting to make it comfier for the longtrips

[thorny seal]

the living space will likely be in the core

[sinful juniper]

ah. yee that would work. nicely utilitarian

[thorny seal]

and pellets will just be home made next to the mining

mhm.

as for the milita's utility

I have an idea, tell me if you're down

militia need some light overall utility

so they used some of their funds to get these hulls they fitted themselves.

[sinful juniper]

ah, so not a collab, just buying the basic hull from DI and adding what the militia wants?

[thorny seal]

unless DI has an intereset in a collab, yep.

I mean if you want we can work for a proper collab

as in they still buy the hulls but DI gets interest out of furnishing it.

[sinful juniper]

Does DIS support the militia?

[thorny seal]

tell me what do they do.

[sinful juniper]

Help people, fight the chimera, do rescues, defend civilians

Keep peace in the sector

Ah and if you didnt see, the company for ships i bountied/ comm'd is Militia Ironworks

So not working directly with the CDM company, but working with the MI. i made some lore for them: "Based out of the Midwest of America on Earth, this is a union of militia members who recently formed to make, convert and upgun ships for the the militia, fitting the militias needs."

[thorny seal]

Then definitely

common intereset

[thorny seal]

I did.

[sinful juniper]

:3 nice

[thorny seal]

I'll check it out when I can

[thorny seal]

You don't have any preferred shape I'm getting ?

for the ship.

[sinful juniper]

Well.. maybe abit tube-y, but i think you prolly could come up with a better shape. Though i did have idea of greenhouse being maybe in the middle, with a space gap around some of it. To give it more "spacelight" maybe. Like how the remontiks generator is seperated abit. Though it also would probably look nice on the edge of the shuttle, nice and glass-y

Just i enjoy alot of the shapes youv developed with your shuttles. If you think you got a good idea.

[thorny seal]

Like how the remontiks generator is seperated abit
care to show me the remontiks gen ?

greenhouse being maybe in the middle, with a space gap
Can do. will keep in mind.

[thorny seal]

Thanks, I try.

[thorny seal]

Alright I see

I know the guy that made it, the ship MIGHT be a little bit small for this but otherwise sure.

[sinful juniper]

Do you mean just for the center design like that? Is fine if it is too small, a nice greenhouse on the edge of the shuttle where you can look off into space is fun too.

[thorny seal]

General ship size I'm talking.

[sinful juniper]

alrights.

[sinful juniper]

@thorny seal ?

[thorny seal]

No time to advance today.

[sinful juniper]

ahs. alright

[thorny seal]

@sinful juniper took time, I'm looking proper into the ship. It's very doable thanks to it's general "civilian" purpose instead of a do all. I'll try to balance it heavily and not make it good at everything but a jack of all trades. I'll keep you updated.

I'll likely drop the mining pulsars considering it'll be geared with proper guns and that might be a pain to handle.

[sinful juniper]

Mining pulars can fit fine with other guns, especially if none of the other guns are enegy weapons. buts alright if they cant fit in.

:3 buts good to hear its progressing

[sinful juniper]

How tis it going?

[thorny seal]

No luck too busy

[thorny seal]

@sinful juniper top part is still WIP

the bubble is the power compartment, for the record.

[sinful juniper]

ooh. looking nice, and fun that its kind of similar to the siebel.

[sinful juniper]

Progress?

[sinful juniper]

:p ?

[thorny seal]

Caught up with holidays.

[sinful juniper]

ahs. reasonable :p

[sinful juniper]

@thorny seal ?

[thorny seal]

Didn't get to think of it, exam period ending. I'll get back to it if I feel like.

[sinful juniper]

alrights. though i has also ideas for a ship using the new energy shipguns also if you want some other idea

[thorny seal]

@sinful juniper hi. Here's a rough draft of the ship. Went under few changes, I had to redo the shape a few times with the new angled plating and all that. It has all that you asked for in a rough base. scanner figure isn't the most interesting, but the inside has what you requested. lmk what you think

ofc the inside decaling isn't done at all, what is are room layouts and furnitures.

[sinful juniper]

Ooh, Looking nice. Good for long shifts. Though i got a few small things:
Think you can try to fit in an electric range? And some basic kitchen supplies in a wall locker maybe.
Emergency button to bolt the exterior airlock, is becoming popular militia feature (prolly just the white docking ones since they automatically unbolt if you FTL but the inner doors dont which can leave you with one of them stuck bolted after an FTL if both bolt)
Could you fit a mini-lounge in that corner right below the bridge? maybe with window looking at it from the bridge. Good to have somewhere to chill, and its easy to remove if people need to mount stuff there.
Can ye add a wall mass scanner and a wall weapon/tool rack to the salvage area?

Though also, was supposed to have a few mining pulsars for the salvaging. Though TBH i had idea of could replace the right rear engine with an apollo supermininglaser ;p if you think would be cool. I do.

[thorny seal]

Think you can try to fit in an electric range? And some basic kitchen supplies in a wall locker maybe.
I'll try.
For the electric range, I can replace the food-o-mat or microwave, your call.

Emergency button to bolt the exterior airlock
Noted, will do, external only. touching shuttle docks is a no go.
I will say though using the ship's basic lock system is just as efficient and bolting doesn't make it that much safer.

Could you fit a mini-lounge in that corner right below the bridge? maybe with window looking at it from the bridge.
It was meant to be a semi large area for the grav gen for flavor. I will re-arrange, be more specific about a lounge and what it should include.

Can ye add a wall mass scanner and a wall weapon/tool rack to the salvage area?
It's already pretty tight, I'll try to.
Yes for the wallmount m.scanner,
Why for the weapon/toolrack, if I don't agree with the reasoning I won't add it.

Though also, was supposed to have a few mining pulsars for the salvaging. Though TBH i had idea of could replace the right rear engine with an apollo supermininglaser ;p if you think would be cool. I do.

No supermining laser, for balance. It is meant to be a light jack of all trades, not much of a good enough specialised mining ship.
The pulsers, as we discussed in the past I am still iffy about it, for the same balance reason. I could likely put them on the top right, replacing two of the front facing thrusters.
Salvage bay will remain at the back so it'll likely be a case of "we mine the roid facing front then rotate to let the salvos scoop up the material".

Additionally, two things:

• I am considering making it expedition capable, but am unsure about doing it. If you think it should, I'll consider it proper and discuss with the maint, if not, I won't bother
• Since this is a commission I can leave the name of the ship up to you. Otherwise I'll likely choose one of my own fitting DI's naming style.

[sinful juniper]

Replace microwave id say. In the lounge include a small place to sit and a bottle of rum, an ashtrash, something fun of your choice and some lemonade, and if DIS has a signature drink should have some of that too. Maybe a wall jukebox if DIS would put one in.
And the tool rack is just because it can be convienient to put your pickaxe or KPA or mining drill on one for quick grabbing and retrieval.
And actually yeah, mining pulsars arent needed. Im sure users of the ship can just find a wreck vaquita to grab the pulsars from.

Im fine with it not doing expeditions, isnt optimized for them anyway.

I can think of a cool name combining out companies sensabilities

Do you like "cockatrice"? might be abit fight-y for a non-combat (mostly) ship but it fits the bird-ness, the old-timey-ness of the Militia, the animal-ness of both of our companies, and the dragon vibes of your company

[thorny seal]

Replace microwave id say.
Done

In the lounge include a small place to sit and a bottle of rum, an ashtrash, something fun of your choice and some lemonade, and if DIS has a signature drink should have some of that too. Maybe a wall jukebox if DIS would put one in.
Sure, great flavor, very nice.

And the tool rack is just because it can be convienient to put your pickaxe or KPA or mining drill on one for quick grabbing and retrieval.
Valid reasoning, I'll add.

Im fine with it not doing expeditions, isnt optimized for them anyway.
No expeds then, noted.

Do you like "cockatrice"? (...)
I do think it is a bit too fightey, but we could go for the name of a herbivore that has decent defence capabilities like rhinoceroses or hippopotamuses

[sinful juniper]

What about Tapir? Since the ship isnt that big.

[thorny seal]

Honestly, valid.

Doesn't sound bad either

what's the militia tag again ?

if it has any

DIS-[tag] Tapir

[sinful juniper]

MI for Militia Ironworks. the compant for stuff i bounty

yee, DIS-MI Tapir

Tapir do be abit asia-coded, but MI has ended up leaning pretty japanese with its names so thats fine. Kunai, Tanuki, Odenta.

[thorny seal]

Noted, works.

[sinful juniper]

Do you got the shipyard description covered ye think?

[thorny seal]

Pretty much.

It'll pretty much be:

The DIS-MI tapir is [ship purpose] + [ship special traits (FTL, weapon mounts..)]. [Lore behind the ship]

the lore bit will be the Militia commissioning DI for a hefty sum a hull that fills in their deep space exploration needs.

If there's info you want to add on that, do tell.

I'll run the end desc by you anywho.

[sinful juniper]

I know, just easier said than done to write a noice one. And alright lemme think up some lorey info

[thorny seal]

Make sure to focus on important details.

Just nice lore bits to add on top why the ship exists.

[sinful juniper]

TBH i think you got it mainly covered, thats why the militia would go to DIS, to take advantage of their skill in making good industrial ships. MI provided the shipguns and the medical components.

Also i do love having a way to visually scout, good for checking if an asteroid has already been mined or if a ship is chimera'd or something. A camera system would be nice if you could fit it in (or maybe a plastinium window with blastdoor in the bridge facing forward if you can look past thrusters) and if it fits with MI /DIS (i think) style and such. I get it if not, and some MI ships cant visually scout already. Just an idea if you like it as well.

[thorny seal]

I use plastitanium only for:
-company specific civilian ships that need it
-military ships

This one won't get plastit.
I could likely fit a camera monitor but it takes some space and if I do I'll move the gunnery console separate from the shuttle console

[sinful juniper]

Prolly can just leave out then

[thorny seal]

I'll go for the cams it doesn't sound too crazy, though.

[sinful juniper]

Alright :3. Its fine if you gotta walk away from shuttle console to get to it.

[sinful juniper]

Hows it going?

[thorny seal]

Busy with life

[thorny seal]

@sinful juniper hello, MI is the shipyard of the civil defense militia, yes ?

also here is the description

A heavy-weight jack of all trades equipped with a basic FTL drive, mounted with point defense turrets and some basic internal security features. The Tapir stems from a cooperative commission from the Civil Defense Militia to Drake Industries as a mean to carry out deep space operations independantly using the low-scale crew support.

[sinful juniper]

It's Milita Ironworks, company based out of the Midwest region of earth. Makes ships for the militia and independent contractors to use.

Description sounds good, though maybe should mention it's specific features abit like the medical bay and little galley with hydroponic bay

[thorny seal]

The description has it's types independantly like Salvage Civilian & Medical

[thorny seal]

got a link to the company desc or whatever ?

[sinful juniper]

Havent figured out much more complex lore yet

Im guessing its in detroit and minnesota making use of alot of the old factories in the region

Also might wanna at least mention the z-pinch in the description since on the shipyard theres just "plasma" which doesnt differentiate between the pakman generator and the pinch

[thorny seal]

It's for fuel type not power generation method

[thorny seal]

@sinful juniper does the company have any kind of lore page in #1388089782814638100 or is present in game ?

[thorny seal]

also here's the radar of the ship

https://github.com/Monolith-Station/Monolith/pull/3126 @sinful juniper product is done. All of the details are in the PR.

[sinful juniper]

Nice~