Consultation: Revised system for official factions

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5.5.c - Equip “faction flair pieces including insignia, logos, color schemes, et cetera, pending their creation and approval by the Art Development Team.

Is this going to include OF specific color variations of existing ships, such as with the XA version of the Rebel, and if so how exactly will it be implemented, as I doubt Haste would want to add a ton of bloat to existing ship sell locations for new entires on an entire shipline for example[/pi]

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Hopping in to answer this part specifically, but this is most likely going to be addressed through hardpoint mounted holo logos/roundels.

Basically, a small emitter looking thing (micro mine dropper style) that projects a slightly transparent image a fraction above the ship's hull. Like the flag hologram that was added to Liberty docking rings, but smaller and closer to the hull.

This avoids the issue of a logo or texture needing to be bespoke designed for every individual ship. The little icon can instead simply be mounted on an appropriate hardpoint. We'd still need to add those hardpoints to each ship, but that's more managable than retexturing multiple variants of Defender, for example.

Mind you, the sellpoint issue could also be addressed by making bespoke ships manufactured on POBs. This is all still up in the air in terms of technical implementation, really.

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