Omicrons systems layout re-work.

[Echo 7-7]

I'm not quite clear on what you're trying to communicate here. If you're referring to O-74 beind de-guarded, it is my intention to leave only the shipyard as a Guard base hidden inside the nebula.

What of Corinth?

Nothing decided yet.

btw, where is Sigma 17 -> Munich hole? 8|

That was removed for 4.87.0 probably because there's now a Sigma-17 -> Munich hole... was that jump even used much anyway?

Revision 3 uploaded. Still looking for something to do with that Phantom system...

You can create some sort of 'guardian remnant' sector without direct connection FROM the 'human' sector.

I'm not quite clear on what you're trying to communicate here. If you're referring to O-74 beind de-guarded, it is my intention to leave only the shipyard as a Guard base hidden inside the nebula.

Actually I'm looking forward to delete guard IFF, if it's possible. Make Corinth and Livadia close to each other, for example - just like Livadia now located, in orbit of Tirane. FP 15 move to Kappa, Sparta erase.

Bases can't be properly erased without some fiddly work with the player database which will take the server offline for several hours. In order to keep updates as smooth as possible, we're probably not going to do this in the near future.

While many factions and bases are in the process of being "de-guarded", the current policy is that any faction with their own capital ships sells them at their own Guard IFF shipyard; that's why Livadia Shipyard would stay Guard.

You also need to take into account system size and distance between jump holes, not just the number of systems. The proposed Alpha-Gamma route is shorter overall, as it avoids Lambda, which is very large and mostly empty.

Whatever, I'm just concerned in regards of removing buffer systems between Lorraine and the Taus, and said two Omicron systems are part of that issue.

I guess it wouldn't be too hard to merge Omicron-80 and Omicron-81. My condition would be that the minefield stays, though, as that's part of the lore. Whether or not that happens, O-81 will need to be shrunk.

For the love of God delete Om-Zeta.That system killed the game for
Order,BHG|Core,Nomads,Saires and Zoners in Omicrons.
It has no use,only forcing players fly 300k until they meet someone in Delta.
Put Delta jh in Minor where it belongs.Delta is natural crossroad in Omicrons,all factions are there.

Treewyrm is looking at ways to get rid of Omicron Zeta. I've been informed that it is putting an arrow in the knee of activity in the region, so I do agree that changes are required. If it can't be deleted immediately, an intermediary step may be to bring the Jump Holes much closer together in order to effectively shrink the system.

Instead of deleting Zeta, how about deleting Delta and keep on using Zeta as a activity hub, although by making it smaller. Wizard is right, the system is too big, but on the other hand it fits much better into the upper omicrons with its green nebulas than Delta does with is ugly black background.. Put the iridium mining fields into the asteriod belt of zeta sun (inside the radiation field), FP 11 at the location of current Omicron Delta jh in Zeta, done. I say we should get rid of Yaren, as it does not have any real purpose anymore and Omicron Gamma is not that far away that Sairs need a base in the upper omicrons where you will rarely see them anyway.

Delta's background is actually appropriate; if you picture the Omicron nebula as one giant, snaking cloud - much like the Barrier Nebula - it actually has a giant, hollow core. Delta is right in the centre of that hollow space.

Personally, I'd rather not wipe Delta because of its history and legacy of RP in the system. (The Admins may also be angry at the Temple of the Damned being moved.) Zeta, on the other hand, is newer, so has less impact from being removed... and it feels like a much more bland system to fly through.

Addendum: Actually, Treewyrm was looking at incorporating Zeta's features into another system - possibly Minor. Best of both worlds that way.

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