Add Eros Spaceport back as an abandoned location

[fading obsidian]

Considering Eros Spaceport has a very-near-future (as in within 5 years into the future) aesthetics in contrast to the current Seraphim's far-future aesthetics and the fact that Eros's removal leaves an empty plot of land south of the current Seraphim, I believe Eros could be re-added to the game as an abandoned spaceport. I believe this adds a depth of lore to the current Seraphim Facility.

Lore-wise, an abandoned Eros could be said to once bear the functionality of the current Seraphim, but with the completion of the current Seraphim with more sophisticated & advanced facilities and infrastructure renders Eros obsolete & subsequently abandoned after all operations moved to Seraphim, either by mandate or by will of whatever the organisation operating Eros/operating in there.

In-game-wise, the now-abandoned Eros could have these;

• Dilapidated and/or partly-collapsed hangars
• Images on the hangars & VAB should either be partly removed, painted over, washed out or simply peeling away (like a paint or banner)
• The sole runway having a Closed Area marking (the huge X), has cracks & somewhat overgrown
• Some of the taxiways already bulldozed, Riziere (Toronto-Mirabel) style
• Launch pads having rusty metal to reflect its age, a few bushes here & there started growing on it (with some parts of it already collapsing due to blizzards or metal fatigue/rust)
• Drift marks on the apron? (wait do Æsirians drift? Are they legally allowed to heavily mod their cars? Do they even have cars???)
• (Optional) Bulldozers being stuck in deep snow, which may explain why Eros hasn't been completely bulldozed

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Mechanics-wise, this abandoned Eros would either be;

• A fully-functioning airport that lets you park & refuel, but not necessarily be able to buy something there.
• Appears on the map, but Runway guidance & ILS doesn't work.
• (Optional) A badge for discovering the former spaceport.
  Or...
• A pure scenery that doesn't work like an airport, i.e basically a prop. Only works if the former Eros looks extremely f'd up from time.
• Doesn't appear on the map similar to how the City of Aether doesn't show up on the map while having scenery ingame.
• Basically as a secret airport (Credit to @rotund talon for the term) or an unmarked airport, much like the airstrip between Eisenhardt AFB (CNAB) & Eisenhardt Municipal Airport (CEMA)
  Most importantly, rocket launches don't need to be modelled in consdering Aero's history of scripting for rocket launches allegedly bugging out resulting in no launches at all.

Why do I feel like it should be added?

• Newer Aeronautica players (like me!) who committed their lives slaving away at 30-60-minute jobs on the other side of the map (or AFK-ing in ships) joined Aeronautica in recent months after Eros's removal could glimpse into what the Aeronautica landscape used to be
• Adds another depth to the lore of Seraphim Remnant Facility thanks to its comparatively more primitive look than the former
• Adding this might not be too hard as the devs may have the model of it lying around somewhere

[wicked viper]

a very big from me but the founder of archangel andrew is in the process of retiring

[wooden crater]

[inner flower]

What happened to the planes I left here I only remember them by location

[feral galleon]

theyre at seraphim

seraphim is still eros in the game files

[soft marsh]

what?

andrew is retiring?

[vale robin]

yes!!

[soft marsh]

noooooooooooo

[young grail]

they removed the spaceport?!

[pure carbon]

im surprized you just foudn taht out

[rotund talon]

A better suggestion would be making it a secret airport with maybe one hangar which is still maintained or smthn

[rotund talon]

Its been gone for a while now

[fading obsidian]

As in keep the overall layout of the OG Eros, but keep one hangar intact?

also yes the secret airport thingy is basically what i meant

but if you're landing in seraphim youre still going to notice it anyway

[fading obsidian]

I joined Aero really really late, so Archangel is the primary operator in Eros & Seraphim?

[wicked viper]

Archangel is headquartered in Seraphim

global hq type thing

[fading obsidian]

Oh wait I think I saw the signage in Seraphim before

@crystal island time to unleash Frontinco & acquire Archangel

[crystal island]

Frontinco vs Archangel will go crazy

[fading obsidian]

Me everytime a company CEO retires:

looks at MapleExpress
looks at Amize (Titan Airways)

[tawny maple]

I made up that the ice that eros was on broke apart from the main part and just started drifting or smth

[tall lynx]

https://tenor.com/view/imostergolfra-gif-25274972

[sterile holly]

appears on the map
cmon now aesir has 15 unmarked airports why not give it another

[fading obsidian]

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[wicked viper]

no bumping

[feral galleon]

against the rules

kill him !!!!!!

[tall lynx]

https://tenor.com/view/discord-gif-27442765

[safe nest]

Yes

[tall lynx]

arent we talking about the fact that he got a gif fail moment

[ornate forge]

pretty sure it makes more sense if the eros port was just rebuilt to be seraphim

idk just my idea

[ionic gale]

no more armisael I

[sudden flax]

So. no rocket event?

[boreal meadow]

makes sense

[fading obsidian]

Apparently all the people before me said it breaks often

[boreal meadow]

Eros used to have a chance to view it

idk if they added it to Kibo now

[ionic gale]

no

that reason is because its being revamped

[unique pasture]

maybe

[ionic gale]

[tawny maple]

[boreal meadow]

[fading obsidian]

[fading obsidian]

Revamped as in?

Or simply being replaced by the current Seraphim?

[ionic gale]

rocket system

[fading obsidian]

*in IShowSpeed's voice* I'm hyped I'm hyped

[frigid grail]

I really like this idea.

[tawny maple]

This is good idea

[fair berry]

+1 this is a phenominal idea.