#New equipment: Crew module (and one related idea)

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granite bloom
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Take a THICC container and turn it into a combination of quarters/workstations for 6-10 crew. Something like you'll see on construction sites where containers are converted to several types of facilities like offices or storages.
This would have 2 effects:

  1. You can take up to [max] extra crew per container on your dives. This would help ships like the Bender which don't have enough crew space or serve as a tool to take you extra crew for on the job training.
  2. Taking less than [max] crew would help alleviate crew unhapiness in cramped ships because they would have more space to available to move around.
    Plus it would be funny turning a Titan into a space bus and tour around the rings 😄 .

Here's another (related) idea: Groups of people in Enceladus paying for tours to the rings. The would request that you reach a certan depth or visit some POI and offer an amount of E$ depending on those conditions. Some thrill-seekers might even ask you to engage in a fight with a pirate. You could even have different tiers of the module with varying degrees of luxury and charge accordingly. This would also serve as an alternative source of income if mining is not doing it for you or you just want to take a break.
(If this sounds old to you is because it is. Elite Dangerous has had passenger cabins for decades since 2016.)

cloud jacinth
granite bloom
hot vine
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Groups of people in Enceladus paying for tours to the rings. The would request that you reach a certan depth or visit some POI and offer an amount of E$ depending on those conditions.

Oh god KSP touring missions all over again

arctic nacelle
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I like the idea of bussing people to and from Obonto habitats and stuff

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But I feel like there's a bit of a hard balance to strike here

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Astrogation makes this trivial

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And lack of astrogation would make it such a chore that nobody in their right mind would do it

blazing spear
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Add transitory events that you have to deal with

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You can astrogate, but someone needs to go back to a different location near where the player gets dropped in between the target and your location

granite bloom
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I think mining should remain main activity but if someone offered me a 100k to take them along in my dive I'd be very willing to leave behind one of my THICCs.
This could also allow for some events to happen, like you passenger wandering around causing damage or having a heart attack and you having to cover the medical expenses and end up paying more than the 100k you made. You could even have the choice to have the passenger make an EVA without an EVA suit if things get too out of hand.

gloomy sonnet
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or them getting nit picky about certain things like pulling too many G's or collisions or having an AI inspector ship scan you

honest laurel
dusk dust
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sounds needlessly complicated

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but I do like the idea of giving tourists rides round the rings

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maybe instead of tours, you could dedicate your wasted cargo space to this in your desired racing vehicle, and thrill seekers would be happy. or yeah, just fight someone.

granite bloom
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Actual tourism ships would move parallel to the rings instead of diving in and risking a collision so adrenaline junkies would probably make the bulk of those requesting tour rides in mining ships. I can see requests for combat, racing, SAR, reaching certain speeds/depths, etc. Some might even want to see specific weapons in action, like NANI or ||Tetsuo||.

arctic nacelle
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Agrotourism all over again

gaunt rune
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please be so kind and delete a Vilcy member using a particle accelerator