#1

I was having a little play about with player bases over the weekend and think I have finally managed to get them to use no resources. 

As a test, I created "Brickage Station" and fully upgraded it. It all seems to be working well. You can find it near Valetta Shipyeard in Omicron Alpha. It currently sells Cloaking Devices, Jump Drives, Hyperspace Survey Modules and Docking Bays.

You can view the status of all player bases here. I also added a link to this at the bottom of the player rankings page.

Procedure for Creating a base (test)

The procedure for creating and upgrading a base is a little complex and time consuming, but I believe I have found an easier way of doing this. Basically, this will involve me "copying" Brickage Station to a system and position of your choosing - voilla! Instant base!

To try this out I will need one of you guys to fly to a system that you want a base in (and stop your ship at the exact coordinates you want the base at and give me the following details:

System Name
Exact Ship Position and Orientation (performed by typing "/pos")
Base Name
Base Password

NOTE: Since this will include a password, best to send me a PM rather than post it on the forum

...I will then see if my technique will work...

#2

Cool i will have to look into this and decide where i want my base.

So how much will they cost and how customisable are they?  For example can you put lots of weapons on them?

#3

I will give each of us one for free and then work out how we will do any extra ones afterwards.

Yes, you can stick weapons platforms on them, and reposition them up to 4k from your base.

Technically you can have up to 12, but that would mean no room for anything else. the platforms themselves contain about 4 really heavy weapon turrets - so they kick-ass.

Some useful guides that you should read up on:
Guide 1
Guide 2

Keep in mind that I have greatly reduced commodity usage for building additional "modules". I will post the costs up when I can.

Last edited 2 Sep 2013 at 10:16.

#4

TCT i will read through those guides when i get a min.

#5

As we will be putting up some station soon (I hope), I just thought I would post some details on some of the commodities that are important for building things for your station. I do not know the amounts you will need for each commodity as of yet (have to be at the server to check).

The information could be useful for Greg too, since if we position certain stations in safe space, Greg can be trading with our stations to a) make money for himself; and b) get the materials we require to build stuff = Everyone wins!

Commodities used in base module / item construction:

The item codes were put up for my reference.

2182071621 = Jump Gate / Trade Lane Parts
2260241671 = Optronics
2293586633 = Robotics
2316167564 = Bioneural Processors
2469217033 = Munitions
2514556672 = Quantum Multiplexors
2517790468 = Super Alloy
2518124616 = Silver
2523438083 = Nomad Gunboat Remains
2538079239 = Nomad Battleship Remains
2605271178 = Hull Panels
2664163777 = Basic Alloy
2734967041 = Industrial Materials
2792430274 = High Temperature Alloy
2866206539 = Gold
2883384452 = Nuclear Devices
3028160452 = Superconductors
3062202251 = Polymers
3126511301 = Nomad Fighter Remains
3218143685 = Crew

#6

Well i have got my first station in place but i think it needs a bit of work

http://jimbobslimbob.com/images/upload/Freelancer%202013-09-02%2021-29-44-13.jpg



However it does have a lovely view

http://jimbobslimbob.com/images/upload/Freelancer%202013-09-02%2021-29-58-53.jpg



Remind me how to rename uploaded images?

Last edited 3 Sep 2013 at 08:19.

#7

Superb. Time to get upgrading then Maximous

I haven't decided where to put mine yet.

#8

Base Upgrade Material Costs

Core Upgrade
5,000 Ship Hull Panels
10,000 Industrial Materials
5,000 Robotics
5,000 Basic Alloy
5,000 Super Alloy
5,000 Optronics
5,000 Cryocubes
2,500 Polymers
2,500 Xenobiotic Filters

Shield Generator
(comes pre-fitted should you choose to build your base through "Jimbobslimbob Base Construction Ltd.")
2,000 Robotics
2,000 Industrial Materials
2,000 Superconductors
1,000 Nuclear Devices

Storage Module
5,000 Ship Hull Panels
500 Robotics
2,000 Industrial Materials

Defense Module
2,000 Munitions
1,000 Ship Hull Panels
2,000 Robotics
2,000 Industrial Materials
1,000 Optronics
1,000 Quantum Multiplexors

Jump Drive Factory
1,000 Scientists
2,000 Robotics
1,000 Optronics
1,000 Quantum Multiplexors
4,000 Superconductors
4,000 High-Temperature Alloys

Jump Drive Series II
7,500 Basic Alloy
150 Gate/Lane Parts
600 High-Temperature Alloy
1,400 Industrial Materials
1,250 Robotics
1,250 Silver
500 Superconductors

Jump Drive Series III
9,350 Basic Alloy
200 Gate/Lane Parts
1,200 High-Temperature Alloy
2,100 Industrial Materials
1,750 Robotics
2,500 Silver
1,000 Superconductors

Jump Drive Series IV
11,250 Basic Alloy
250 Gate/Lane Parts
1,800 High-Temperature Alloy
2,800 Industrial Materials
2,250 Robotics
3,750 Silver
1,500 Superconductors

Hyperspace Survey Manufactoring Factory
1,000 Scientists
1,000 Robotics
4,000 Optronics
4,000 Quantum Multiplexors
4,000 Bio-Neural Processors

Hyperspace Survey Module Mk1
12,500 Basic Alloy
1,850 Industrial Materials
1,250 Optronics
600 Quantum Multiplexors
1,500 Robotics

Hyperspace Survey Module Mk2
15,600 Basic Alloy
2,350 Industrial Materials
1,550 Optronics
800 Quantum Multiplexors
1,850 Robotics

Hyperspace Survey Module Mk3
18,750 Basic Alloy
2,800 Industrial Materials
1,850 Optronics
1,000 Quantum Multiplexors
2,250 Robotics

Cloaking Device Factory
1,000 Scientists
1,000 Robotics
2,000 Optronics
2,000 Quantum Multiplexors
2,000 Bio-Neural Processors
1 Derelict Nomad Artefact (not Nomad Power Cell) (Lootable from a wreck in Omega-58)

Cloaking Device (small)
4,000 Basic Alloy
1,000 Industrial Materials
600 Gold
5 Nomad Fighter Remains
2 Nomad Gunboat Remains
1 Nomad Battleship Remains

Cloaking Device (medium)
8,000 Basic Alloy
2,000 Industrial Materials
1,200 Gold
10 Nomad Fighter Remains
4 Nomad Gunboat Remains
2 Nomad Battleship Remains

Cloaking Device (large)
12,000 Basic Alloy
3,000 Industrial Materials
1,800 Gold
15 Nomad Fighter Remains
6 Nomad Gunboat Remains
3 Nomad Battleship Remains

Docking Module Factory
2,000 Robotics
5,000 Ship Hull Panels
2,000 Industrial Materials
1,000 Optronics

Docking Module
800 Basic Alloy
2,000 Industrial Materials
900 Polymers
800 Robotics
400 Ship Hull Panels
300 Super Alloys

Last edited 3 Sep 2013 at 09:17.

#9

Well TCT i think i am going to be busy

#10

I am also working on making Cloaks, Hyperspace Survey Modules and Jump Drives a little "cheaper" to run. I will post more when I can.

#11

I know we played with cloaks but we never really played with jump drives did we.

I can purchase all these things from Brickage Station can't i?  Might have a look at docking bays as well. 

Went to move my Battleship over to where my base is last night after 3 systems of asteroids i stopped at Omicron Gamma and thought i would do a quick mision.  A wing of bounty hunter cruisers no problem then 3 x bounty hunter battleships all destroyed i even had a few hull bots left .

It may handle like a stuck pig but the Gallic Battleship is just sheer awesomeness, a floating leviathan if you will.  One of the BH battleships had its sheilds knocked down by my heavy weapon group then i managed to hit it with my main forward gun and it exploded instantly with one hit is nice! 

#12

I can purchase all these things from Brickage Station can't i? Might have a look at docking bays as well.

Brickage Station was only meant as a test, and will be decommissioned. So unfortunately, no.

Yeah we never really used them much because a) They take up tons of cargo space - meaning you have to sacrifice armour upgrades for them; and b) They eat tons of fuel - making them expensive to use.

Although the cargo space issue is not something I can alter, I can at least make them more viable by making them cheaper to run.

Went to move my Battleship over to where my base is last night after 3 systems of asteroids i stopped at Omicron Gamma and thought i would do a quick mision. A wing of bounty hunter cruisers no problem then 3 x bounty hunter battleships all destroyed i even had a few hull bots left

Nice. Gotta love that ship. It's one tough mother ducker.

#13

Base issues/bugs should all be resolved now. You can safely log out whilst docked at a player base without being transported to the center of the map!

Happy days!