Encountering empty vessels/wrecks

[Kanly]

I think it would be really cool to occasionally encounter empty or seemingly empty vessels or wrecks in space. Interactions could include:
- Boarding and searching for survivors. This could potentially lead to crew battles with xeno or other factions that are setting up an ambush.
- Perhaps if you have room survivors could join your crew.
- If you have a passenger hold maybe you could transport them to a faction world for rep gain.
- Alerting the proper faction so they could retrieve the wreck for rep gain.
- Salvaging the ship for credits.
- Looting the hold for goods.

I know that some of this is built into the patrol system, but could it potentially be expanded or be used outside of patrol?

Thoughts?

[fallen]

Thanks for the suggestion. Right now, we're focusing on these types of contacts occurring in Patrol. We aren't planning to add more interrupt-based events during travel.

[resistor]

As I recall, AoP had a random event where you encounter a wreck, which would result in some of the things Kanly described.

[fallen]

Yep, which was based on the Encounter system in Cyber Knights.

[grävling]

Space Kraken! Space Kraken!

[Kanly]

Lol @ space kraken. Guess the trekkie part of me wants to see what else is out there in the vastness of space.

[xdesperado]

Feb 12, 2017 23:08:12 GMT -5 Kanly said:

Lol @ space kraken. Guess the trekkie part of me wants to see what else is out there in the vastness of space.

If you look to hard and long the deep black void gazes back and it's not a friendly look...