Post by Souvarine on Jan 20, 2016 20:28:25 GMT
Hi guys
I started this so we can settle a question which is inconstant in Elite - interstellar communication.
Elite itself doesn't know where it sits with this. Some things (Galnet, text comms) seem to be instantaneous wherever you are in the galaxy. Other things (like the courier missions and the Corruption Reports in Powerplay) require messages to be physically taken by a courier.
We ought to decide where we sit on this for consistency.
Personally, I like the idea that in 3302 there is no way to for a message to travel between stars in a useful timeframe other than being carried by a vessel with a frame shift drive. This creates opportunities for intercepting messengers and the like. For the purposes of our logs at least, instant communication could be limited to within systems.
What do you think?
I started this so we can settle a question which is inconstant in Elite - interstellar communication.
Elite itself doesn't know where it sits with this. Some things (Galnet, text comms) seem to be instantaneous wherever you are in the galaxy. Other things (like the courier missions and the Corruption Reports in Powerplay) require messages to be physically taken by a courier.
We ought to decide where we sit on this for consistency.
Personally, I like the idea that in 3302 there is no way to for a message to travel between stars in a useful timeframe other than being carried by a vessel with a frame shift drive. This creates opportunities for intercepting messengers and the like. For the purposes of our logs at least, instant communication could be limited to within systems.
What do you think?
