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• Only Overt Pilots can fire on the station, non-overts will do no damage.


• A POB ship will be required to start and complete the capture process.

The process would work as follows. To capture the station you must take out all the components (Destroyig the turrets would not be required but would be advisable). This will render the station defenseless and vulnerable. At that time the POB ship would have to pull within 500m of the station and use the radial to intiate the capture countdown. The countdown lasts 5 minutes and the POB ship cannot go more than 500m from the station.

If the POB ship is destroyed, or wanders outside the 500m zone then the coutdown is reset and the process must begin again.

What would this look like in Live? Well, first off the POB can't do it alone. Sitting there for 5 minutes would make it quite vulnerable to opposing pilots. So of course escorts would be neccesary. Imagine 2-5 pilots guarding that Nova/Deci/YT-1300. While they're in the middle of capturing the station an squad of opposing players tries to stop them. And fun ensues....

Benefits of controlling the station... some discussed below, but at the station itself. Free repairs once the station is within your factions control. "Space Insurance", you could purchase insurance much like we do on the ground so that your ship components don't decay.

There's some incentive to win right there. Gives us something to fight over!

Bringing JTL into the GCW

By adding these stations we have an oppurtunity to add the most Star Warsey content in the game. Lets say that the Imperials control the station in Tattooine. An Imperial Star Destroyer would then spawn somewhere in Tat space far enough away from newbie space lanes and on the opposite side of the zone from the station.

Lets say the Rebels control Correllia/Talus Space. A Mon Cal cruiser spawns somewhere in that zone. Again far enough away from newbie space lanes and on the opposite side of the zone from the station.

These capital ships should be supported by 2 gunboats, a nebulon cruiser and 2-4 squads of appropriate tier'ed fighters. The one big change about these spawns is that if you are not overt, you are unable to damage the spawns/stations.

"Give me a reason to go Overt!"

Well, I gave you two. These targets would only be attackable by overts, and only Overts would take damage from these spawns. Considering there will be multiple stations in multiple zones it gives people a reason to keep fighting. Organize raids, patrol for enemy fighters, and take pride/ownership of the space GCW.

Currently we have no "ownership". I watched a Rebel take out the ISD last night. Thought to myself, " Self, you know you could ruin this guiys day easily. But what do I get out of it?" So I let him blow the ISD and hyper away. It doesn't hurt nor help me if the ISD or Rebel station get blasted in Deep Space.

Questions and Answers.

"What abot us Nuetrals? You leaving us out of this?"

No way Jose! Nuetrals would be able to participate by going overt on one side or the other, much like the way Deep Space and Kessel work now.

"What about those poor newbies and unarmed miners?"

These ships/stations would only fire on overt members of the opposite faction. I guess we could through in a "Imperial Crackdown" piece liek on the groung with Imperial/Rebel Patrols stopping ships and scanning them if we really wanted to get deep with this. But thats another discussion.

"Wouldn't it be cool if we had to actually board the station and fight it out like the Corvette or Avatar Station Missions?"

Honestly, sure it'd be cool, but this is about the space game. Lets not add something like that yet because it complicates things and requires even more new code. K.I.S.S. This way a CL1 double crafter can still feel like they're apart of the GCW by participating in space.

"What Tiers would these new "spawns" be?"

Well The ISD/Mon Cal cruiser should be about the same as the ISD currently in Deep Space. Their support fighters would be tier'ed appropriately to the zone they are in. Their support cruisers would be similair to corvettes. Difference is, instead of corvette's use the Nebulon Frigate (1 each) and maybe a couple of gunboats. Also for immersion, with the Mon Cal cruiser spawn a few Rebel Transports now that they're in game. Spawn some Lambda's near the ISD. Tune it up or down but add something similair to this either way.

"Why not just limit this to Deep Space or Kessel?"

Simple answer, newbies. I want to see this content available to everyone! Sure, a Tier2 pilot would probably get blasted but on the otherhand it's his right to get blasted. No need to cover all content with bubblewrap and coddle new players or low tier pilots. They'll know... "This is the equivilant of Base Raids on the GroundGame." They'll know the risk, and if they don't they'll figure it out the first time they try to solo something like this.

Oh course, this is just a draft idea, I'm sure I'll edit it a bit here and there based on your input below. I think adding a way to bring the GCW to space, without affecting the ground based GCW, would get more pilots in the skies. Eventually it will become something that people want to do for bragging rights "We own Correlia, Dantooine, and Tat in space!"

Gives people a reason to organize and group without requiring it. Gives people something to battle over with a clear payoff and incentive.

I want this to be as easy to implement as possible the ess Dev coding time the more likely they'd consider it. I don't propose to change all of space, just add some fun group style content. None of this should be soloable, not even for the best of the best of the best pilots on any server. The capture process shouls take at least 3 or more pilots (2 escorts and the POB) but I would like to see that number higher.

This is not supposed to be easy. Especially once you have an actual fight for a station. Imagine 8-10 Rebels trying to capture the station in Endor while Imp players try to stop them. This could be very cool!

Have any comments, questions, or ideas feel free to throw some responses!

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There is no peace, there is anger.
There is no fear, there is power.
There is no death, there is immortality.
There is no weakness, there is the Dark Side. I am the Heart of Darkness.
I know no fear, but rather I instil it in my enemies. I am the destroyer of worlds.
I know the power of the Dark Side. I am the fire of hate.
All the Universe bows before me, I pledge myself to the Darkness.
For I have found true life, in the death of the light.