The great Guard system cull

[Echo 7-7]

I am asking, as BAF| 2iC, for information regarding assets in Salisbury please, if there are any plans already that is...

Thankfully, Salisbury is a mostly barren system, so it's just a manner of finding a quiet corner of Bretonia to move the two bases. Cambridge is currently a good candidate; Manchester is an alternative.

"Puerto Rico - de-Guard, revise layout, receive Humboldt assets"
This means Humboldt will be cut? And the ore fields?

Also, Junkers are using their guard system more than all other factions combined; if the lack of activity is the reasoning behind deleting the Guard systems, then Puerto Rico should be left alone, logically. Humboldt could be merged into Kansas.

Primarily, it's that many, if not all, Guard systems were not designed in a manner that adhered well to the overall lore continuity (Tau-65 and Londonderry are examples of pretty bad offenders). Secondarily, they dilute activity in non-Guard systems simply by virtue of their being more systems in the mod. Lastly, the poorly-regulated designs cause unnecessary mod bloat, by virtue of having more bases than needed in many cases.

Anyway, the key point here is that Humboldt is a pretty bland system, and ought to be merged with one of its neighbours. PR basically has a whole lot of empty space in the western half of the system, which could be ripe for repurposing once the unrealistically-placed neutron star is removed. (Alternatively, the neutron star stays and the system gets a whole lot more dangerous...). Merging Humboldt into Kansas remains an option, and would probably serve to generate a fair bit more activity for the system - which is not a bad thing at all - but PR still has no reason to remain a Guard system, when it could be opened up and made far more interesting, while retaining a secure corner of the system in which to hide the shipyard.

Cool work

Also, any news relating to scaling Zeta, and other very large Omicron systems?

Not in this thread. Keep an eye open for Treewyrm's updates.

Cutting out the Guard systems is nice, though in Braunschweigs case it connected to further Systems, where will these Jumpholes lead now or where will we find access to these jumpholes?

In the case of Battleship Moselle, I'll talk with my colleagues about it and then decide if we would like input in where it is moved, along with the station in there.

and in Londonderry, there are multiple stations which belong to the mollys, including a fully blown shipyard. Where will these go?

P.S.S.: Ohmygawd Conspiracy against all militaries but LN 8|

JH changes are determined on a case-by-case basis.

As for 'derry, location is all TBC. Some to move, some to delete.
You could say it'll be... fully blown (up).

1st IC of IMG| speaking on behalf of T39:

We do not have a problem with losing Tau 39.

However, many in my faction find that Tau 44 is even more superfluous.

Therefore I offer 3 approaches:
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I'm sticking with the merge-into-T39 option because it'll probably give me the least amount of headache. The rest of the Taus are just too crowded to receive any more bases, either IMG or GRN.

Do not cut Alabama.
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Keep in mind that the new Cassini would look nothing like it does now. I've been brainstorming ideas about how this could work, and the best idea I've come up with so far is essentially having the two factions in opposite corners of the system with a no-man's-land in between.

However, if that's not going to work out at all, another solution could be reached, provided it fulfills the minimum criteria of one system being de-guarded, and the other being cut; in other words, Cassini's bases would be broken up and Alabama would be opened. Alabama's layout would be revised, and there would be at least one hostile base present.

The main issue is that I don't want to put the Nonsense Factory in Alberta or New York, and a hidden corner of space further from the core worlds is ideal; this change would leave only Alabama as a suitable candidate. It would still be in a remote corner of the system.

I'd really like to know, what will happen with Omega-54. (and make some input aswell)

It's top secret.

Spoiler

I have no idea what to do with it yet... but it might involve juggling assets between there and Saar.

About the taus, what about the smaller loop? T42 and Tottori FA/Hog respectively.

And Dragons' T63 - why is it even called a tau now that its connection to 65 is severed? #remove and make use of Ryukyu and Kyoto more as equipment shops.

Get with the times before posting. Damn zombie vets...

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