It doesn't need to be changed, it just needs to be scaled way up!
As you can clearly see from the image I am linking (
http://imgur.com/H4WB5 ), Starfleet merely incorporated SB1 into the new, bigger and better SB1! The top sections match, there's even a rounded section at the current middle that matches the rounded section of the old version! Sure, it's not an
exact match, but they probably modified it bit by bit, until they realized they needed the complete overhaul it was given.
Of course, scaling SB1 up would mean they would have to scale Earth up, but we all know the planets could use a little
oomph in this game, right?
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I agree, that would be awesome.
As for the stations, they definately need to be larger and quite possibly less populated. It seems there are far too many people running around which on one hand makes them look busy but on the other makes them look small (especially as all the NPC's seem to do is walk around (give them jobs!)).
I would gladly welcome an upgrade to the current space stations, DS9 being the top for me. I know it is pretty large but it doesn't feel like DS9. Something needs to be added/changed (please, please, please add the DS9 theme music when you warp into it!).
Oh I will say also, if you are going to go back and touch up the stations PLEASE make sure that when people beam into one they do so via the transporter room. There are transporter rooms on every station (the one on Sol station is next to Quinns office) so use them! It would be awesome if you could make it that people had to go out that way too but im not sure if that would be such a great idea as it would force people to run back and forth just to get on and off.
Also regarding transporters you should always be transported to them regardless of where you are beaming, even on ship interiors!
For instance, the CMO shouldn't be at a Kiosk, but a hospital! And the Shipyard actually needs to be at a shipyard. The Offices in an actual office area.
If the older Starbase makes a return, I would love to get a voice clearing me to enter the Space Doors and when I get close to the gantries, we dock.
It would be cool to have some windows on the inside that let you see the gaping caverns interior where new prototypes are being built in zero gravity. You could see worker bees floating around and workers walking though parts of the ships that hadnt had their outer hall built yet.
Maybe have a section of the zero gravity area were player could float around and play games some kinda games. In my head Id think of it as a sorta worker designated relaxation area. Ya I know its not something that was ever seen in star trek. Its just that its something that Id think would be done. During break people want to let off some steam and play around like a basketball hoop and some game rooms in offices. Except in this case office is a giant space station and the giant oxygenated gravity less hole is your construction site/cubical.
Anything to make it feel bigger and more alive though,the odd guided tour.
We can all move onto the nice station a few KM away (Not sure what this is anyway).
I agree, the interior should be a LOT bigger. Currently, we can walk a circle, with windows all the way around, on a section that, based on the view from said windows, is about in the middle of the station. With the exterior scale the way it is, that section is several times larger than a galaxy class hull.
Check out these blue prints: http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/starbase-79-blueprints.php
They have some interesting things to say, but the thing to get out of them here is the fact that the interiors are HUGE.
Don't you dare say bigger...
They will just misunderstand you and make the current rooms higher!
In this case, ESD is present for decoration behind the player who warps into Sol and Starbase 1 is based lightly on the orbital office complex from Star Trek The Motion Picture.
http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/articles/orbital-office.htm
Earth Space Sock! Protecting the feet of the galaxy from blisters caused by poorly fitting shoes!
Aaaanyways, it is my opinion that they are one and the same in game, since a mission, I believe a promotion mission, tells you to go to Starbase 1 to talk to Menn Hilo, who is located on Earth Spacedock.
Do want.
Looking at the pic, versus the ship and station in the foreground, I don't think the the scale is even close to what you're suggesting, the doors on the original ESD would have to be much larger than what you're showing to accommodate any ships besides escorts. A Connie or Excalibur would need much larger doors.... therefore, I think you need to make the image of the original ESD at least three times as large as what is pictured currently.
Edit: Didn't mean to necro the thread, it was linked from another, much more recent one...
I think you missed his point. His photo makes it seem like old Spacedock was "built around" and the resulting facility is WAY bigger.
Its just that the station in game isn't scaled up to the point where this would be evident. But I feel the ESD has been underscaled the whole time.
I doubt the Federation would have the technology or resources to waste on such a gigantic structure.
Not to mention that a construction of such enormous mass would not be able to be anywhere near earth because it would most likely have its own gravitational field.