Who here actually Likes playing Orbital characters?

[Ash]

It would be nice to see an OSC faction. But those nice luxury liners look so damn crappy in those trade lanes. I'd get an OSC character if it involved cruising with a liner (as a squadron) from world to world in far out systems such as the Sigmas and Barrier pass waiting for trouble to arrive.

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[Race]

It would be nice to see an OSC faction. But those nice luxury liners look so damn crappy in those trade lanes. I'd get an OSC character if it involved cruising with a liner (as a squadron) from world to world in far out systems such as the Sigmas and Barrier pass waiting for trouble to arrive.

See this hypothetical faction would benefit greatly from my idea to give liners a bonus when hauling people. I would post a link but... Anyway the thread is the in rp 24/7 rules section.

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Get After It.

[Skullz]

It would be nice to see an OSC faction. But those nice luxury liners look so damn crappy in those trade lanes. I'd get an OSC character if it involved cruising with a liner (as a squadron) from world to world in far out systems such as the Sigmas and Barrier pass waiting for trouble to arrive.

Most of what am doing in my current version for a OSC faction does not fully revolve around a Liner. Maybe you should have read about it before making your comment. However Whilst I am here I am also planning to get OSC more proavtive in pvp by hunting specific enemies. OSC is not just about the Liners there is the support aspect as well as getting revenge for Those who in rp target Liners. So Ash if you are interested in making a Fighter character please join up.

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[Skullz]

Good Afternoon everyone whom reads this.

I can see from those who have voted a good many of you wish to see a working Orbital Spa and Cruise Faction and that it becomes Official. I also see only a few willing to play such a character. So I have a new question for the community.

What would you like Orbital Spa and Cruise doing?

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[Govedo13]

This faction will fail till people haul human cargo in 5k trains., simple said- if you dont have very profitable routes made only for Lines with FL Hook bonus for human cargo it wont work out.

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Official faction players that are often accused of elitism, never deploy them and have those weird, immersion killing "fair fight/dueling" suicidal hobbies. (yes, i've seen enough of those lolduels, where house military with overwhelming force on the field willingly loses a pilot in a duel. ffs.)

[Skullz]

We are not doing a trading faction.

We are doing a roleplay faction please have a look around before making a comment like that. thank you.

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[Mao]

Organize summits. Invite Sirius leaders to conferences. Organize hunting parties on remote worlds. Invite bosses of different companies to spend their holidays on one of your yachts/planetsners. Run a low cost service for common people. Offer to transport VIPs. Use some normal transports to transport "the best water/oxygen in Sirius" since the OSC planets sell those things. Make contests. "One night with a star on one of our liners", "Two weeks for two", "Who knows answers and wins a trip to Baden Baden"

All those are ideas and I can come with many more (dunno why you can't). But still I don't think you'll get too much activity. Why? because people's mentality is: "Route not making real money? I don't like. Let's join X faction. They have some cool routes."

I'm having the exact same problem with EFL. The gallic routes offer a small profit and there's no 5k transport so people don't come. I'm trying to make the faction pure RP but people don't come. same thing with OSC. Pure RP won't work. Low profit, doesn't help. At least for EFL I hope there'll be better routes in 4.86, but OSC is doomed if devs don't make better routes for OSC cargo.

A FL Hook command would be really nice if possible. It would give a bonus if human cargo is transported with yachtsners.

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[SnakThree]

Shoot IC! We wanna participate in various types of RP!

:cool:

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[Skullz]

Thank you Mao for some brilliant Ideas I haven't thought of already.

One which you did put there was to do hunting parties and that was already a plan from the start with this new attempt. Namely aimed vsing Outcasts and Slavers in the Omicrons. Am sure Outcast players would love to see that happen when I have a couple members going in there, including me, and also might hopefully give more reason for other players to play slavers as I know Wraga is trying to get some players to play Slavers. So with that it comes two-fold as we both benefit in rp oppertunities and great areas for pvp.

I'm also trying to find a way to show the relationship between Corsairs and OSC. Looked over the prices again in the past few days and might be able to get a fun route sorted out.

I've brought together a group of players who are willing to act as the companies link to Liberty (Investors). But that was just the start of my plan. Parts of it you have suggested.

I would say you can get a pure roleplay faction though Mao. Liberty Navy is a pure roleplay faction really. Am in =LSF= and my upkeep to keep repairing those ships keeps me trading alot, (NOVA Torpedo's, and Nuc mines being the main culprits) Any police or pvp based faction is in reallity based on roleplay. Without it they couldn't survive. The trick I think is with a faction like OSC and factions that don't really have trade routes is to stop thinking it is a trade faction. It isn't. That is the first mistake and the inievitable downfall of such factions.

When I start up the proper cruise events I'll be opening a thread in Stories and bio's where I will select those that are willing to act out part of the cruise with in the ship. Example say, two high ups from the LN and a USI worker in the casino of the ship gambling, Me or a member of OSC will act as the coupier, and the others reperesented by there respected players and keep going till the scene would come to it's natural close. When it does make another scene with other players. So everyone who is willing will get a chance at that.

Another decision I have made is Lux liners with in the group should really only carry VIP's. Why? There Very Important Persons. So I am allowing other passengers (passengers, vacationers and tourists in normal transports. Why? there only paying like little for transport, the most they pay is at the resort there going to so they could be in Cold storage or in enclosed chambers with flush greenry around them whilst the sit in ranked chairs. They wouldn't really go to a resort on a cruise ship. In real life if you go for a cruise you go for a cruise holiday. If you go to a resort you go on a passenger ship or a airplane, not a fully fledged Liner.

I will try to get Summits up, but not sure how I work it yet. But it will support Curacuos roleplay. Will be a nightmare to sort out though in the long run.

And for normal goods, I already transport lovely oxygen and needed requirements to bases. Only real problem is Rheinland, Baden Baden and Luxury Food. At times I have to throw any ideas for that area out of the window because I can't actually do it. Or if I tried OSC would be in legal crisis in roleplay, though really in rp they are in legal crisis with Baden Baden. Being that they can't supply it properly. Make sure it has medicine. Or even get Luxury Food from Stutgart to where is wanted at sky high prices. (LINERS)

It really comes down to the player. Why do you join a Military or police faction? Or a pirate or merc faction? Not really for profit. For the fun of it. What people need to realise as I have been trying to do since december last year show that OSC IS NOT A TRADING FACTION. Can't make easy profit, Pirates like to pirate alot off from OSC players and many people still believe it is a trading faction. It isn't in no capacity. Does Royal Carribean Trade? NO. Does a Cargo container ship owned by a private contracter trade? YES. There is a huge difference.

Once more and more people as I do see more people seeing it, realise it isn't a Trading faction the more easier will it for OSC to grow and build up the momentum and being a real faction that can work in game and out of the game itself. Once I have reached that successfull stage I will be estatic, and obviously applying for it's rightfull place as being an Official faction. But with changing peoples conceptions, that takes time and only time will tell on what I bring to the community, and where OSC will be in the future.

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