9.6.2 BattleSpace
Battlespace is a VR arena for ship combat, where you don't lose your cargo, you don't have to pay for components or insurance, you can simply test out different ships and blow one another up to your heart's content, knowing it's all just a video game!
In VR, ships and ship supplies are free. You can build the ship of your dreams, fly it, blow it up, and build it again and again.
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Where?
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In Almasi, north of the transports, you can access BattleSpace. This is accessible via Fontain station, which has a shuttle from the Diamondbelt voidgate.
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How?
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Find the BattleSpace VR station and TOUCH BATTLESPACE to enter.
Inside the VR booth you will need to TOUCH PANEL to get back out.
Once you have built a ship, load it with supplies and then you can just SHIP LAUNCH like you normally would. The area is one isolated zone and there isn't a limit on the number of players allowed in, or a time limit.
To leave, or restock with supplies, or to change your ship, you can dock at the station and do all these things as though you were doing them for real.
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I think this system should have <thing>!
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It probably should! Please IDEA any suggestions, and BUG any bugs. At present this is a fledgeling system and is in its most basic, bare bones form. We intend to develop it with all manner of fancy things, but for now, it exists and that is marvellous!
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No teleporting!
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The ships in BattleSpace are virtual, which means they are not real ships. If they explode you won't spacewalk, you will go right back to the booth to make a new ship. It also means that they can't in IC terms leave the VR zone.
Obviously, from an OOC perspective, we cannot have free ships roaming around real space, and it's unhealthy for non-VR ships to be floating around the VR zone. We want to make it absolutely clear that NOTHING should be able to make it in or out of Space VR. While we've done our best to anticipate every possible way of accomplishing this, there will undoubtedly be something we missed. This also includes ship components, modules, and supplies. If you find a way to circumvent this, please do BUG it and we'll try to address it as quickly as possible! There should also be no way to fly out
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Cleaning up
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VR ships do not last very long without a pilot. On the hour, every hour, VR ships will be deleted if there are no players aboard them, and the VR zone will be cleaned up of any mines, cargo, etc.
When your ship is blown up, you should return to the arena's station, and all means of spacewalking should be impossible. There should be no way to insure, tow, or teleport VR ships, and when swapping out components and modules there should be no adjustments made to your SHIPFORGE STORAGE.
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Do I gain/lose captaincy XP in BattleSpace?
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There are no adjustments to Captaincy experience in VR. Particularly looking at you, Admirals. It'd be a shame if you lost that hard-earned Admiral xp!
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Not all ships
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Not all ships and components are available in VR. Namely, luxury models are off-limits as are auction ships and the components associated with auction ships.
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Does it have arena events like the normal arena?
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Space VR does not work like normal VR. It is entirely free-form: there are no spars, events, challenges, timers, etc. Any number of players can come and go as they please. Please do play nice.
