Gigs for station repair/maintenance

[sand meadow]

Gigs to repair broken tiles/sections of the stations (and maybe repair NPC ships if/when we will have several ships docked at the station)
I think it would be a nice way to ear money for starting characters and can also be connected to situations like this: https://discord.com/channels/302515943945273347/1339674597036916877

Gigs for station repair/maintenance

[dusk kernel]

Honestly this is great, it fits in world, we'd just need to make a system to properly detect restores, and/or new kinds of repairs that are easy to binary detect whether it's been done without like, dooming the station the second we spawn it in lol

What do you think would make more sense from a player perspective?
One big task that has to be completed like "fix up this broken machine"
or more average/grouped repairs like "take this zone in the station from average of 75% to 85% fixed"?

[fast haven]

I'd say a little bit of both, myself.

[stiff birch]

or, "there's some full o2/n2 cans in storage, those cans there are empty, go swap em out

with the added detail that you could've gotten into that area before and stolen the cans, essentially forcing you to go buy new cans to complete the gig :D

[sand meadow]

that would require backend rework for giving player the permission to uninstall modules on non-owned stations without getting arrested/shot

[stiff birch]

true

[sand meadow]

i had to seduce/murder all LEOs on oklg for them to stop harassing me

and sometimes pay $15000 to uninstall modules

[shrewd panther]

Also, as someone noted elsewhere, the priority that NPCs use for replacing those gas cans on their own is way too low, resulting in them just never doing it.

[junior kettle]

Hmm, I like it, I could see it working for non-essential repairs on the station, otherwise you run the risk of NPCs dying. Id like to expand this to nearby NPC ships, like " help there's a hole in my ship and I'm trapped in a pressurized closet", or other scenarios like no fuel, broken thruster/battery/nav etc. maybe a way to haggle price to make friends/gouge for money

[floral sequoia]

I think the per specific task makes more sense and should be easier to know what it is you're supposed to do, and what exactly needs to happen for completion. I don't know that there's any current mechanism to highlight arbitrary tiles/items but that would probably be necessary when you get a gig that says "repair these 12 floor / wall tiles in Mescaform".

Having per item/tile gigs should also make it easier to keep the AI from freaking out at you when you're on the gig and touching the things you should be touching vs trying to use the gig to steal things.

[outer ember]

repair XX hp of things on the station

[native roost]

I would argue that it should be profession specific (or clearly state needed work) otherwise player might get stuck in a situation where they can't do the job because they don't have the skill or tools.

• We urgently need an electrician, lights in <this wing> of our station are flickering, we will pay premium!
• A <cargo section> of our station was leaking, we sealed the leak, but someone needs to fix those walls properly.
• Our <computer terminals> caught a network virus during last shift and our tech support is at Venus, buying components. Please fix those terminals, we will pay extra for recovering last shift's documentation.
• <Ship Name> is effectively stranded, their RCS is too erratic to attempt docking and pilot isn't rated for EVA work, go there and fix it.

[sand meadow]

regarding the ship stranded event - can also add a flavour text that "our tugs/haulers are currently busy"

[sand meadow]

i think there's already some backend code that detects worn out modules (at least on oklg) - that directs npcs that are maintaining the station to them

[native roost]

Or 'do not wish to pay for the hauler, those service rates are a robbery')

[sand meadow]

since we;re talking about repairing npc ships, this would not apply (also for me for some reason oklg stopped offering out of fuel help 😭 )

[native roost]

We are talking about a mission description, not internal mechanics, and as far as 'lore' is concerned it can be a private hauler or from a rival corporation.

[sand meadow]

SPEAKING OF hauling - would also be cool to have hauling gigs, if you have tug braces installed!!!