Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Proposal: Collection Agency

Times Out and Passes 3-2-3. -RaichuKFM

Adminned at 14 Mar 2013 12:45:52 UTC

Append the following text to Rule 2.1.2, “Space Stations”:

When a Captain makes a request to dock, as part of this request they may also optionally request Collection Clearance. The terms under which Collection Clearance will be granted may then be negotiated with the owner of the Space Station. If Collection Clearance is not explicitly requested by the docking Captain, or if any party does not agree to the terms under which it will be granted, it is automatically denied for the duration over which the docking Captain is docked at this Space Station. An unsuccessful negotiation of terms for Collection Clearance does not preclude successful negotiation of terms for the action of docking. Collection Clearance is automatically revoked upon un-docking from a Space Station.

If Collection Clearance is granted, the Captain to whom it has been granted does not add the Firepower of the docked Ship to the Firepower of the Space Station, nor do they subtract Firepower from the Space Station when un-docking. A Captain to whom Collection Clearance has been granted denotes this by appending the string “[C]” to their Position once they have docked and deletes this string from their Position once they have un-docked.

As a Daily Action, a Captain whose Ship Class is Space Station may do the following: for each Ship “S” docked at that Space Station whose Captain has been granted Collection Clearance by the owner of the Space Station, they (the owner of the Space Station) may gain 1 Resource of any type produced by the Sector they currently occupy (as defined by the mapping from Spectral Colours to Resources in Rule 2.3). If they do, the Captain of Ship “S” also gains 1 Resource of the same type, provided that it is possible for them to accommodate the extra Resource with their current Hold.

If the proposal titled “A Fleeting Interest” passed, append the following text to Rule 2.1.2, “Space Stations” after the previous text has been appended:

No Captain may grant Collection Clearance to any Commander they control.

The owner of the Space Station controls when Resources are collected—it would get complicated if each docked Captain had to take care of this every day. Balance-wise, I think this checks out because of the enforced “symbiotic” relationship between the docking Captain and the Space Station.

Oops, forgot the implicit vote there. Fixed.

Comments

RaichuKFM: she/her

12-03-2013 20:01:26 UTC

for

Spitemaster:

12-03-2013 20:26:31 UTC

imperial

Larrytheturtle:

12-03-2013 21:23:33 UTC

for

kikar:

13-03-2013 05:03:30 UTC

for

Purplebeard:

13-03-2013 07:51:54 UTC

against I’d like to discourage a sedentary lifestyle for mobile Captains. Plus, this dynasty is grindy enough as it is.

Skju:

13-03-2013 15:05:40 UTC

imperial Purplebeard has a point.

RaichuKFM: she/her

13-03-2013 19:20:40 UTC

imperial It is a good point, but it’s not broken or bad, so I’ll just step out.

Larrytheturtle:

14-03-2013 00:30:27 UTC

against After what has been said I have changed my feelings

quirck: he/him

14-03-2013 06:34:24 UTC

for