The New Frontier...

[farmerman]

Lots of things have contributed to a lack of a "Frontier" feel for many systems - Omega-11 being one of the only good examples left. Since the Zoners because powerful enough to guard against whatever, all those sorts of systems (like Theta) lost that feel. Delta has the possibility for it, but it's connected to a lot of other systems and has many, many stations.

The one idea I had was to have the connections through a variety of newly discovered ancient gates. Basically, have something happen that turns them on, much as how things started happening in SP. Newcastle would be a great place. Then have a few systems that are all mysterious, without map or location (like the ones that became Kappa, etc were) that are connected in interesting ways, such as one-way only gates.

Is having multiple sector maps possible? Because having Gallia in another sector, as well as the possibility of other systems, would be neat. Or having some occasional Freelancer bases built out in the frontier. Could be interesting for mining if there were various metals that were uncommon in bulk in Sirius there to be mined, but not any place that bought or sold things. Well, maybe some stations just on the other side.

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