Korolov Shipping - The other side
The shipping company is all well and good, and looking for guards... but what if you're running a freighter. Shouldn't it be possible to play through a Korolov storyline from the other side of the equation, BEING guarded instead of offering your services AS a guard?
Possibly I did not articulate this idea well enough, but that is EXACTLY what I was implying.
Shipping missions could include both in-system and out-system transfers. The easy missions would provide you with guards... the harder ones would not.
Shipping missions could include both in-system and out-system transfers. The easy missions would provide you with guards... the harder ones would not.
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... unless you're given high-profile cargo... so charon sends frigates after you
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I'm liking this idea more and more.
You're billy badass of the armored brigade and have protected Korlov fighters time and again, presumably helping them make a ton of credits and stay in business. But this time, the cargo is too precious to send with a freighter. No, they need a sleek, fast, powerful warship to get this stuff through. And it MUST go through.
That's not the only option tho. I had this idea mainly in reference to the one-and-only path through the game... in other games it would be called the warrior path. Theres some side quests that skirt this tendency but overall it's kill-or-be-killed. Especially for the early game, there should be alternatives.
You have mining, but nobody ever gives you a mining "quest" except killing people. Theres trading, but nobody ever gives you a trading "quest" except killing pirates that want to kill your people. The Black Market is probably the closest thing to an alternative, and... quite honestly, they never kill people, even tho there should probably be some kind of quests of this nature when you're an Enforcer. You're probably not the only one in the universe that could owe the Black Market money.
You're billy badass of the armored brigade and have protected Korlov fighters time and again, presumably helping them make a ton of credits and stay in business. But this time, the cargo is too precious to send with a freighter. No, they need a sleek, fast, powerful warship to get this stuff through. And it MUST go through.
That's not the only option tho. I had this idea mainly in reference to the one-and-only path through the game... in other games it would be called the warrior path. Theres some side quests that skirt this tendency but overall it's kill-or-be-killed. Especially for the early game, there should be alternatives.
You have mining, but nobody ever gives you a mining "quest" except killing people. Theres trading, but nobody ever gives you a trading "quest" except killing pirates that want to kill your people. The Black Market is probably the closest thing to an alternative, and... quite honestly, they never kill people, even tho there should probably be some kind of quests of this nature when you're an Enforcer. You're probably not the only one in the universe that could owe the Black Market money.
Wolfy wrote:... unless you're given high-profile cargo... so charon sends frigates after you
"Ok, we've got something different this time. A few weeks ago there was an accident at the mining colony at the other end of the sector. Their entire stockpile of explosives detonated. No one died, amazingly, but they need replacements immediately, or they're going to have to shut down operations. We want you to take 40 tons of hexagene and 10 crates of detonators to the mines. Obviously, this sort of cargo is likely to attract the charon pirates, so be careful out there!"
...and hexagene and detonators as commodities could be a neat little way to get more stuff from the tinkers (KM550s or 500s, maybe 120s?)
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In true lawyer style, the cost of the escorts should be deducted from your pay after the delivery is all said and done.
"Heres your 10,000 credits, job well done. Now theres just the matter of escort fees <yoink>, laywer fees <yoink>, delivery insurance <yoink>, non-delivery insurance <yoink>, liability insurance <yoink>, insurance insurance <yoink>.... and here you go.
You gain 200 credits"
"Heres your 10,000 credits, job well done. Now theres just the matter of escort fees <yoink>, laywer fees <yoink>, delivery insurance <yoink>, non-delivery insurance <yoink>, liability insurance <yoink>, insurance insurance <yoink>.... and here you go.
You gain 200 credits"
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None Zip Zero NothingSparcMan wrote:Owch! Hmmm. I wonder how much loot a Korolov base has....
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This is good, but I thought Korvlov was just an escort company, not an actual shipping company. They work for the shipping companies, assuming there are shipping companies. It might be that all freighters are independents (you can make a pretty tidy profit if you happen to find an ice farm and a hotel in the same system).
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