More varied ship recovery events | Kodera Software | Page 1

urban adder Apr 7, 2024, 9:54 PM

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So, right now, when you send one of your crew members out to recover a derelict ship, one of two events happen:

A) The ship malfunctions, and the crew member gets injured and put on leave.
B) The ship boots up successfully, and the crew member brings the ship back to Enceladus Station.

Event A seems much more likely to happen, from experience, and this can be quite frustrating, especially if it's a vital crew member like the geologist or mechanic. Having more control over who attempts the rescue would be nice, but that's not actually what I wanted to suggest in the first place.

My idea is to add a third event, to make it more attractive to attempt a ship rescue when you don't have a manipulator (I'll also add my suggested likelihood percentages):

A, 35%) The ship malfunctions, and the crew member gets injured and put on leave.
B, 20%) The ship boots up successfully, and the crew member brings the ship back to Enceladus Station.
C, 45%) The ship malfunctions, but does not injure the crew member, nor put him on leave.

The addition of this third event would make it less risky to attempt a rescue, whilst not affecting the success rate of getting a functional ship back to the station. A sample dialogue message after the ship malfunctions could be something like this:

"Looks like the nav panel got toasted, this hunk of junk ain't going nowhere. I'm headed back to the barn."

near forum Apr 7, 2024, 9:55 PM

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C is already possible, though.

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I've had that a few times.

urban adder Apr 7, 2024, 9:57 PM

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Oh, really? I've never had that happen myself :x Sorry, in that case!

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Nevertheless, having C become more likely than A would be a balance change I can get behind.

versed crystal Apr 8, 2024, 12:33 AM

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C happens to me quite often actually.

They say one variant of the reactor being busted, this needs to be towed.

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I only had my crew member injure once.

open estuary Apr 8, 2024, 1:07 AM

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Believe it or not a D exists

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the crewmember goes back to your ship but then the derelict blows up

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“reactor is busted” no kidding

stone idol Apr 8, 2024, 1:15 AM

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technically thats still a C case, as when they come back something usually goes wrong with the reactor (usually a leak but a meltdown too)

open estuary Apr 8, 2024, 1:23 AM

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True

stone idol Apr 8, 2024, 1:27 AM

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honestly i would love that being a dedicated D case though, such as: "holy shit captain! we gotta get outta here this thing's gonna blow."

cosmic forge Apr 8, 2024, 2:01 AM

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E: crewmember dies in explosion

open estuary Apr 8, 2024, 2:01 AM

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stone idol honestly i would love that being a dedicated D case though, such as: "holy shit ...

you would love the D wouldn’t you?

stone idol Apr 8, 2024, 2:02 AM

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goddammit

open estuary Apr 8, 2024, 2:02 AM

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lmao

stone idol Apr 8, 2024, 2:02 AM

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I did not see that and I gracefully accept my defeat

open estuary Apr 8, 2024, 2:02 AM

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I was hoping you would just say ‘yes’ because I’m on a phone and I can do this

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💀

stone idol Apr 8, 2024, 2:03 AM

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lmao

open estuary Apr 8, 2024, 2:03 AM

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that was just as good tho

stone idol Apr 8, 2024, 2:06 AM

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yeah

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still, you put me in a corner nontheless

versed crystal Apr 8, 2024, 2:32 AM

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open estuary Believe it or not a D exists

D exists?

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I swear an E existed too

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The ship exploded mid transit

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I retrieved the lifepod

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But i found the ship in my dock anyway, and the person i rescued in the lifepod was safe and sound for some reason and ready to go

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Sounds like a bug

stone idol Apr 8, 2024, 2:33 AM

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i've had that too. i believe it registers in the dock the moment it shows the claimed text regardless

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might be wrong tho

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