erwgd wrote:In the rarely encountered Commonwealth metropolises that you may find in the later systems, you're unlikely to hear anything useful or interesting in the pubs. There's just one rumor about Xenophobes in the code.
Certainly. I can see players finding info on some stations useful, like knowing there's a Ventari settlement in the system, or hearing about a CSC. Here's a few I'd suggest:
Ventari Colony:
"The Ventari recently set up in this system. Nobody likes having them around, so their massive fleet is constantly moving from system to system to force people to tolerate their presence."
Rogue Fleet Settlement:
"The Fleet used to have a major installation around here, but they up and abandoned it after the first Point station got destroyed. The crew eventually turned to supporting piracy."
Commonwealth Star Carrier:
"I hear there's one of Admiral Decker's carriers in the system. Glad we don't have to stave of the Ares on our own for the time being."
Teraton Lab:
"Those Teraton freaks prey on the poor and desperate. A friend of mine took them up on one of their offers to serve as a test subject, and he never came back home."
Taikon Ventures: Somebody claims that once, they had a bunch of cadavers on sale! (Happened in one of my games. Taikon can sell illegal items.)
That's from a mod.