Economy changes

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As for the super-asteroids, I've seen an idea for a 'mining gun' which had a large area of effect damage (so, when fired, it'd pop all the little asteroids in an area). Wouldn't this yield the same result (increased mining yield for mining specialized ships) and neutralize the asteroid-as-a-ship complications?

Yes. I would rather agree with the gun idea. Sorry Telbasta but i think you idea just has to many flaws (that you yourself mentioned)

And yes. For dynamic trading see Galactica 2 mod.





Now back on topic. I think mining + trading should go like this:


miner ships (as vulnerable as they are) mine 10X faster than other ships. (the gun idea.)

Resources mined are "raw" or "special" and worth more when selling.

Trader ships go forth and back from the mining area buying and selling goods (since they are more agile and faster than mining ships.)

Mercs / Police / BH protect the miners and traderutes.

Pirates tax traders

Terrorists try to destroy miners and waste the guards. (they dont need money... they simply want chaos.)


This would sum it up and would work perfectly if only the miner ships really mined faster than other ships due to some gun modifications.

The mining gun idea is great.

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