If we get a level 7 cit I would like a "garage" where I can store ships and torps and mines and other consumables

Yes would be nice if you could park a ship in the citidale and transport to other ships parked in the citidale, then you could twarp out for invasion and have a few ships to fight with. Or maybee in the garage the ability to build ships, with citidale upgrades to build bigger ships.
ei lvl 7
lvl 8builds only Merchant cruisers
lvl 9 builds class ships 1-5
lvl 10 builds class 6-8
lvl 11 builds class 9-14
then maybee 2-3 more upgrades and build custom ships already created by the sysop, or hull plateing or other customizations.

mmmmm. user customizable ships....

or lord!

Not so much user created/customized, a set of specific upgrades they can produce for ships. Say a class 2 twarp, 3 days to build, then option of what ship to add it to, or maybe a scanner upgrade to a colo ship: ship must be parked for xxx days in citidale while the garage upgrades it to have a holo scanner. Just small upgrades, nothing to much that will upset ship balance.

I know this would defeat alot of ship maximums but a carfully created set of upgrades that didnt excceed ship max's by more than xx% would be kinda cool.

and like, take away holds to install new stuff- if you want that ship to get phots it couldnt have before it takes 10 holds, or increase the total controllable figs by 'x', or an 'upgraded CNC computer' which changes your off odds by +.5... idk

it would have a place. it would work out maybe, especially as a toggleable feature...

I think you need to look at this from the CODE side and ask for things that might actually be doable within the current software. Right now the software tracks a very limited amount of ships and features. To add fotons for example would require a new ship type to be created. To a limited extent you could do this thru a Server Script but only to a limited degree. 200 ship types could come up pretty fast.

well it was a nice thought...

Well using a server side script app like the Black Market that cc bee keeps going on about would allow certain of your ideas to be worked in. NOt unlimited ships but certain ships could be sold that were not available at dock or from aliens. It would LOOK like an upgrade to the user but in fact it would be a new shiptype.

That would work without to much trouble. The intership transport inside the citidale would need to be added/adjusted to include your own ships and not just transport to ships owned by other corperate members.

Why not just have certain special ships available randomly, ie:
someone sold one to dock or something?

You'd have a server side script that would enable one of, say,
50 shiptypes at random. Then once sold, it would mark that
as unavailable again, or you could do 1 special type per day
and change daily. Either could be done easily via server-side
script.

Sounds like TW meets Farmville or whatever they are called.

               / Promethius / Enigma / Wolfen /

"A man who has no skills can be taught, a man who has no honor has nothing."

Farmville has ships?

laff, don't know, but it is the concept seems like - more farm than harm.

               / Promethius / Enigma / Wolfen /

"A man who has no skills can be taught, a man who has no honor has nothing."

i dont see it. FB apps dont have a lot of options to customize your stuff. this is more like a traveller/star frontiers concept, i mean who wouldnt want to 'get under the hood' so to speak and make their favorite ship more powerful? alas that such a concept isnt workable...