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[Ursus]

You can't learn anything from fighting NPCs.

Hahah what an awful declaration. There are newbs all over the place who dont know the first thing about timing mines, or an MR, or a SNAC, or the staggered LSC cruiser turrets, or a bunch of other things. Why wouldn't you give those people something to shoot that wont kill them before they learn anything?

At first I was thinking just some target balls, like the way militareis use balloons for target practice. But you'd want them shooting back so you could drill evasion at the same time, but so little damage that it was irrelevant. Then I thought, why not just make them ships, since that is what people need to shoot at anyway.

Also thought about just put it in penn, where the noobs are, but since its theoretically an RPG, and drilling is an OORP construct, so it needs to be either in the guard systems or in conn. One instance in conn is probably easier to manage, and doesnt have the political issues of guard zones.

So okay, put some ships on a big circuit around conn. Wonder how hard that would be.... *cue nerdraeg*

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