[Official Event] Reppu Reprisals

[Barrier]

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Reppu Reprisals
Galileo and More
Mining & Trade Event*
DSE | Kishiro | Samura
*and some other stuff...

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art by @CuteyCAI

DATES

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March 5 - March 17

OVERVIEW

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In 832 AS, Platinum was discovered in Galileo. The system’s rock fields had previously gone entirely unsurveyed due to hazardous dark matter pockets that ate away at hulls and masked sensors - not to mention the large populations of pirates. For reasons unknown, freelance pilot Taro Yamada had been surveying rocks in the field, and happened across a rich lode of Platinum Ore. Then another. And another. With Platinum mining in Shikoku dwindling to highly inefficient and expensive dust cloud particulate filtering, Yamada knew he had discovered something monumental.

He sold exclusive exploitation rights for his claim to DSE for an undisclosed sum. Simultaneously, he also sold exclusive exploitation rights to Kishiro Technologies and Samura Heavy Industries. Pocketing his windfall, Yamada vanished and has not been seen since, despite large bounties for his capture from all three corporations. The three have since been locked in fierce court battles on Manhattan and New Tokyo, with all three aggressively asserting their right to sole ownership of the field deposits. This has come to a head in recent days, with Samura initiating their own large scale mining deployment, in defiance of Libertonian court orders. With the impasse broken, the other two corporations have rushed their own assets into the system.

Violence has already become a common sight, with clashes between sponsored mercenaries, pirates and even corporate vessels directly. This comes at the worst possible time for relations between Liberty and Kusari, which have been on a downward spiral since the bombing of Roppongi, brazen Farmer’s Alliance attacks on Synth transports, and LSF whispers of a successful field trial of a Kusari jump drive. Squadrons aboard the Battleship Myoko and Carrier Ohio have come close to conflict several times after patrols intercepted one another in Galileo. Their respective High Commands have struggled to restrain hot-headed and impulsive elements within their forces.

DETAILS

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Commodity Changes:

• Platinum Ore has substantially increased in price at its current purchase points.
  
• The Tsukishima platinum pipeline has been moved to Fuchu in order to take advantage of the available local "labor".
  
• Additional fences in Kusari and Liberty are purchasing the Platinum ore at competitive prices.
  
• Demand for Platinum is significantly up on Sirian markets, with suppliers raising their own prices to maintain stock parity.
  
• Fences across Sirius have scrambled to take advantage of illegaly acquired Platinum by offering reasonable prices to get rid of the goods.
  

Mining Bonuses:

• DSE 3
  
• Kishiro 3
  
• Samura 3, Samura| 4
  

Tier-3 Refineries:

• Bulk Platinum Refinery
  
• Materials: fuel (MOX / Promethene / H-Fuel), Mining Machinery, Industrial Materials, Platinum Ore.
  
• Catalyst: 400 Crew
  
• Effect: 1:1 efficiency, 24x refining rate.
  

Bounties:

• DSE, Kishiro, and Samura will earn a 400k SC bounty against most factions that dare threaten their profits.
  

Rule Changes:

• DSE, Kishiro, and Samura can engage in piracy against one another outside of House space.
  
• DSE, Kishiro, and Samura now have the following line added to their ID:
  - Can demand Platinum and Platinum ore outside of House space, and attack if ships refuse to comply.
  
  
• KOI now have the following line added to their ID:
  - Can attack combat ships belonging to Liberty in Galileo.
  
• LSF now have the following line added to their ID:
  - Can attack combat ships belonging to Kusari in Galileo.
  
• Military, Police and Intelligence IDs cannot attack Corporate IDs in Galileo
  

[TheSauron]

Why does this event have any attack or piracy lines at all? The way they're set up right now you might as well declare Galileo a no-pvp zone for the duration. At least let Samura/Kishiro/DSE attack each other in the system.

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One MD Admiral

[Chronicron]

Why does this event have any attack or piracy lines at all? The way they're set up right now you might as well declare Galileo a no-pvp zone for the duration. At least let Samura/Kishiro/DSE attack each other in the system.

[*]DSE, Kishiro, and Samura can engage in piracy against one another outside of House space.

[*]DSE, Kishiro, and Samura now have the following line added to their ID:
- Can demand Platinum and Platinum ore outside of House space, and attack if ships refuse to comply.

Galileo isn't House space

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[TheSauron]

I know what it says. Piracy demands alone aren't going to accomplish anything.

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One MD Admiral

[Voziloth]

Dude did you read the event?

[Amba]

Hella cool event, just wondering if we could have more sell spots for unlawfuls besides Ouray, like Attica Ultramax, Cochrane Depot etc

[Lord Caedus]

I know what it says. Piracy demands alone aren't going to accomplish anything.

Sounds like you need to step up your piracy game.

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[James Greed]

Hella cool event, just wondering if we could have more sell spots for unlawfuls besides Ouray, like Attica Ultramax, Cochrane Depot etc

I second this message.

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Greedback

[jammi]

We're going to have a look at some expanded fence points, will provide an update shortly.

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News article library, feedback and content requests.

[Hemlocke]

A sellpoint would be cool, but I can alternatively just gut their bank accounts due to the price increase.

Have fun powertraders.