Spacial Drone's

[lalelulilo]

There isn't an awful lot you can do in SO with resources, i was thinking of a new line of spacial Drone's that require only resources to build (sorta like ships that cost resources and can only be moved to another system with research into a new tech, maybe Drone Jump drives?), each Drone type would get a certain bonus, like the normal station now which gets the first strike, these would all be researched and produced the same way as the station.
Just a suggestion of what the makeup may be like;

Name: Star Defender
Hp: 100*level
Defence: 100,000,000*level
Attack: 100*level
Ability: The defence of these counts to all Stack's Fighting, these will always be the last stack (low FP i guess)

Name: Ship Buster
Hp: 100*level
Defence: 0
Attack: 100,000,000*level
Ability: First Strike

Name: Decoy
HP: 1,000,000,000*level
Defence: 0
Attack: 100*level
Ability:Always First stack (huge FP maybe?)

Name: Mining Drone
HP: 100,000*level
Defence: 0
Attack: 100*level
Ability: These Work like independent mining station's, for each level there mining production is increased (they mine there attack in resource's).

Obviously these are just a couple of example's i cobbled together while writing this post, if you want me to, i can make a wide variety of Drones, and if Emi decides to add them i will do my best to crank out the Drone Research and production cost's

No poll this time, instead of numbers i want reasons  

Editted to melt the posts together

[FTP]

I think it sux ^^ just explained why on msn

[captainjf]

I kind of like the idea

[Mobius13]

could be interesting 

[drakken]

theres plenty to do with resources. mothership modules being the main thing on main and pve servers. probably wars as well because commander bonuses cost insane amounts of cp.

[captainjf]

but, i would like something that i can visibly see in the galaxy for resources. (just my opinion) i still like the idea.

[Mobius13]

but, i would like something that i can visibly see in the galaxy for resources. (just my opinion) i still like the idea.

visibly see? could you explain plz?

[captainjf]

Instead of getting persent bonuses, you would have a ship (or drone, something refferd to in the first post).
For me, it feels like i used my resources for something i can use, no something that is just added.

[AFB]

Station ? Thats visible.......just so much cloaking..... These drones will only be useful to smaller people, though. On main and Wars, theres a ton of things to put cp/minerals into, so it will just go unneeded.

[lalelulilo]

You have to start small (ie the drones) to think big

[Mobius13]

all we think about is big players anti...

If we got an updates that maybe only small players would use it could increase the amount of people playing (more targets)

[AFB]

[nag]Nah, just saying they wont be of any use to higher players, not that they r at all useless [/nag] Well if you think they'll add anything useful to the game , im not against it

[Cameron07]

ahh i just dont like it.. it seems like too many details are left out... and they could be used to really mess with some fleet setups..

[lalelulilo]

well as i said, the idea does need alot of refining, no idea starts out perfect, and although it may take me some time i should be able to work out an idea that will work, and that should be useful for the lower player's, the main point in this is that if someone with low power builds a station, someone with high power will always warp in and zap it within days of construction, the point in the drone's is to make a sustainable object that will deter players from going after station's (maybe include a Drone Production Facility that the mining facility can feed resources to, the facility the takes the resources and produces new drones every hour), also thanks for taking an interest, i will probably start on some actual designing for the idea if Emi gives any hints that it may be used .