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r24681012r24681012 Member Posts: 173 Arc User
when i am on the new esd i feel like i am in a shopping mall not a space station i like that they have done it up but i feel they have made it more shopping mall then station i half expect to find a new model space car parked on the starfleet badge in the centre with people handing out leaflets
and other market stalls littered about

what do you guys think
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  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 59,174 Community Moderator
    edited April 2014
    It is a big space station.
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  • neppakyoneppakyo Member Posts: 245 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    taco did admit they looked at shopping malls, airports and mass effect when designing it.
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  • purplegamerpurplegamer Member Posts: 1,015 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    r24681012 wrote: »
    when i am on the new esd i feel like i am in a shopping mall not a space station i like that they have done it up but i feel they have made it more shopping mall then station i half expect to find a new model space car parked on the starfleet badge in the centre with people handing out leaflets
    and other market stalls littered about

    what do you guys think

    ESD is a major hub for the Federation; it's not just a Starfleet facility. Beings are coming and going to ESD from all over the galaxy, and since ESD represents Earth (and the Federation) it should feel welcoming and provide an atmosphere expected of a peaceful society.

    I think Taco and the team absolutely nailed it.
  • remianenremianen Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    neppakyo wrote: »
    taco did admit they looked at shopping malls, airports and mass effect when designing it.

    For good reason. Malls and airports are designed the way they are for a very good reason. There's a reason malls have 'anchor stores' and many of the features they employ (yes, even the kiosks in the middle of the aisles are made to be there). Next time you see a 'Piercing Pagoda' in the mall, look around and see what stores are around it.

    Makes perfect sense to me that you'd design a place where people tend to mill about....using designs from other places people tend to mill about (malls, airports).
  • jaguarskxjaguarskx Member Posts: 5,945 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Hi. I just arrived to ESD...

    Can you point me to the nearest Starbucks?
  • neoakiraiineoakiraii Member Posts: 7,468 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    jaguarskx wrote: »
    Hi. I just arrived to ESD...

    Can you point me to the nearest Starbucks?

    Yes, just go to the Door that says Airlock 2, and you will find it ;)
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  • tacofangstacofangs Member Posts: 2,951 Cryptic Developer
    edited April 2014
    r24681012 wrote: »
    when i am on the new esd i feel like i am in a shopping mall not a space station i like that they have done it up but i feel they have made it more shopping mall then station i half expect to find a new model space car parked on the starfleet badge in the centre with people handing out leaflets
    and other market stalls littered about

    what do you guys think

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  • rinksterrinkster Member Posts: 3,549 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    r24681012 wrote: »
    when i am on the new esd i feel like i am in a shopping mall not a space station i like that they have done it up but i feel they have made it more shopping mall then station i half expect to find a new model space car parked on the starfleet badge in the centre with people handing out leaflets
    and other market stalls littered about

    what do you guys think

    It does have a bit of a feel like that, but thats not necessarily a bad thing.

    Think of ESD as the main hub airport for earth.

    It's not just a military installation, thatd be Utopia Planitia.
  • redz4twredz4tw Member Posts: 3
    edited April 2014
    Yeah, it's the federation home base, we're welcoming, not trying to intimidate people. And I don't know if this was the OP's intent or not (hope it wasn't) but for the love of Cheesus people, stop trying to find stuff wrong with season 9 and welcome it with open arms. If you'd stop looking at the glass as half empty, you might actually find time to enjoy whats in the glass :D
  • rtk142rtk142 Member Posts: 613 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    tacofangs wrote: »
    Not sports cars. Space Ships. On the other side of the glass.

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  • rinksterrinkster Member Posts: 3,549 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    redz4tw wrote: »
    Yeah, it's the federation home base, we're welcoming, not trying to intimidate people. And I don't know if this was the OP's intent or not (hope it wasn't) but for the love of Cheesus people, stop trying to find stuff wrong with season 9 and welcome it with open arms. If you'd stop looking at the glass as half empty, you might actually find time to enjoy whats in the glass :D

    but the glas is both half full and half empty.

    It's metaxic.
  • talonxvtalonxv Member Posts: 4,257 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Yes space dock is the main federation hub, but it's not just star fleet. Multiple nations come there, that's why it looks more like an airport than a military instellation.
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  • platewearingbirdplatewearingbird Member Posts: 455 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    jaguarskx wrote: »
    Hi. I just arrived to ESD...

    Can you point me to the nearest Starbucks?

    Sure, it's right next to that other Starbucks.
  • altechachanaltechachan Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Sure, it's right next to that other Starbucks.

    The accuracy of this statement is too true for me to do anything but chuckle and then groan...
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  • adorenkoadorenko Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    rinkster wrote: »
    It does have a bit of a feel like that, but thats not necessarily a bad thing.

    Think of ESD as the main hub airport for earth.

    It's not just a military installation, thatd be Utopia Planitia.

    Speaking of why can't we go to Utopia Planitia or Jupiter Station or New Berlin? All of which referenced pretty heavily in Star Trek Universe
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  • talonxvtalonxv Member Posts: 4,257 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    adorenko wrote: »
    Speaking of why can't we go to Utopia Planitia or Jupiter Station or New Berlin? All of which referenced pretty heavily in Star Trek Universe

    Hell there are about a half doezen places I'd like to go and visit but can't. Life's a drag, then you hit warp speed.
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  • damienvryce2damienvryce2 Member Posts: 428 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    adorenko wrote: »
    Speaking of why can't we go to Utopia Planitia or Jupiter Station or New Berlin? All of which referenced pretty heavily in Star Trek Universe

    Because obviously they don't have a Starbucks. Probably don't have an Imax theater either.
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