The Rebel Faction

This is something I've been considering for the R&D system, to make the cap more friendly towards advancing small technology as well as ships.

Essentially, each group is awarded a pool of "points". Every R&D they have detracts from this pool in certain ammounts -a set number for certain sized vessels, and another number if its a tech submitted to improve an already existing ship.

For example, say you start with 100 points. An SSD, 6000 - 8000 meters (for example) is worth 50 points. So you R&D that, and you're left with 50 points. Then you want to R&D a faster-firing turbolaser to put on all your ships. That would be another points, let's say 5.

So you still have 45 points to submit new R&Ds.

It provides a cap for R&Ds, but also gives some balance, instead of having a fighter R&D on the same level as a Super Star Destroyer.

The other thought I had, which is an extension of the pool system, is for the total number of available points to increase with the more construction worlds a group has. For example, a new group starts with 100 points, and when they take their third planet (giving them another CP) and build a yard there, they gain another 100 points.

IMO, it provides a realistic aspect to R&Ds as well. More resources = more ability to produce new technology.


Just some ideas... comments, anyone?

In that case TNO has -1000 some odd points.

Most R&Ds these days are combinations of smaller R&Ds like the faster-firing turbolasers. We're already making these R&Ds we just don't have them as seperate R&Ds.

I like it.

It's not a hard cap, per say. It's a system where the harder you work, the more you're rewarded.

"the total number of available points to increase with the more construction worlds a group has. For example, a new group starts with 100 points, and when they take their third planet (giving them another CP) and build a yard there, they gain another 100 points."

I have no idea who or what the Union is... so unless they're a non-fleet group or something, you've lost me.