Gilamar Skirata
The most important step is always the next one
"As long as they keep on making upgrades for this baby, the Z-95 will never become outdated."
―Outlaw tech Klaus "Doc" Vandangante
"The Dreadnought stands along ships like the Zed 95 Headhunter in the eyes of spacecraft enthusiasts, serving so reliably and for so long that it has become a staple of naval warfare and a distinguished chapter in in the history of military shipbuilding."
-Spacedock
Hello all. I'd like to put a suggestion forth for the Factory (Maybe RPJ/Admins?) team to think about. The two quotes above are about starships in the Star Wars universe that served very long and very successful lifespans. Currently Chaos has almost 30 YEARS of In-Character History. We've had more than half a dozen wars and possibly hundreds of skirmishes, battles, and altercations. Over the years, both IC and OOC, we've gone through several arms races be it from some new IC wartime strategy (The mandos with their capture of Myrkyr brought about a surge in anti-force user Yslamari-based tech that continues use to this day and more recently the Sun Guard's use of Solar Ionization and Solar Ionized Plasma weapons has slowly made their way into some Sith Empire Tech) and while I as much as the next guy love making my own designs and ships for people and factions I dig...None of these factions will last forever, and MANY have fallen and just as many members have left, never to be heard from again.
So my suggestion is this:
―Outlaw tech Klaus "Doc" Vandangante
"The Dreadnought stands along ships like the Zed 95 Headhunter in the eyes of spacecraft enthusiasts, serving so reliably and for so long that it has become a staple of naval warfare and a distinguished chapter in in the history of military shipbuilding."
-Spacedock
Hello all. I'd like to put a suggestion forth for the Factory (Maybe RPJ/Admins?) team to think about. The two quotes above are about starships in the Star Wars universe that served very long and very successful lifespans. Currently Chaos has almost 30 YEARS of In-Character History. We've had more than half a dozen wars and possibly hundreds of skirmishes, battles, and altercations. Over the years, both IC and OOC, we've gone through several arms races be it from some new IC wartime strategy (The mandos with their capture of Myrkyr brought about a surge in anti-force user Yslamari-based tech that continues use to this day and more recently the Sun Guard's use of Solar Ionization and Solar Ionized Plasma weapons has slowly made their way into some Sith Empire Tech) and while I as much as the next guy love making my own designs and ships for people and factions I dig...None of these factions will last forever, and MANY have fallen and just as many members have left, never to be heard from again.
So my suggestion is this:
- Put a statute of limitations on Factory submissions that are semi-unique or higher production. This would allow people to if not outright use what in some cases would be almost 30 year old tech at this point, but also allow people to take old submissions and create custom versions of said tech.
- If a Major Faction is recalled or disbands, after 6 months their old tech is considered Open-Market to be used or adapted in future submissions
- This would be put into effect immediately for Major factions that have already been disbanded/recalled within 6 Months and Minor factions that have been deleted/the OG writer hasn't been on in at least 9 Months
- These checks would be up to the submitter to screencap and display in their submissions/or at Judge request.
- Makes the universe feel more lived in/a more believable star wars space
- Breathe life into old factory submissions
- Allows people who have been here forever to reach on back and use things without the hassel of using blood magic to find the original poster (if they've left the site) to get some sort of approval to use their tech.
- Chaos is LARGELY a cooperative writing space. We all live and breathe in the same universe and to assume otherwise or that your tech suddenly vanished from existence into one of the Black Holes of the Maw when You and X person had Y disagreement is childish. Get over yourselves.
- Mostly that. You're not special and neither is your "tech genius" We're flying that X-Wing copy #287 from 15 years ago and there's no stopping us.
- I understand that we all want to feel "In charge" of our own stories, submissions, and ideas but the Factory and Codex isn't a copyright office. This is already fan fiction. You've joined a universe and decided to put those ideas into the universe. As much as you want to fight it, they and you are both a part of this ever flowing thing we call Chaos now. Please just be a good community member and love us like we love your X-wing #196