Mapping (lore friendly)
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germany Join Date: 2016-12-19 Member: 225184Members
germany Join Date: 2016-12-19 Member: 225184Members
Let's assume the aurora had no time to map the planet not even make a satillite photography of the crash zone
then assume the conditions of the planet (extra magnetic fields, currents) make it impossible to map, scann it by just being there
and the echolot upgrade of the seamoth can't process the mapping itself
my idea for the solution are power-cell powered scanner units
they function similar to the beacon you place it and it stays right there
they have a radius let say 1000m they will slowly scan (you would see the process at looking at them f.e. 33%)
after a while they will be done you need to pick the data up and carry it to the scanner room to reevaluate the data
they will still scan the surface with indications of cave entries and POI (points of interest: wrecks, lifepods, other stuff)
you have to build a network of them to have a live surface map
this would be the general idea
edit: once they are done with 100% the power cell has to stay in them but won't loose charge anymore
tweak or upgrades are:
cave scanning
real live danger evaluation (reaper leviathan warnings)
they could increase the mineral searching range of the scanner room (would make the HUD chip useful again)
then assume the conditions of the planet (extra magnetic fields, currents) make it impossible to map, scann it by just being there
and the echolot upgrade of the seamoth can't process the mapping itself
my idea for the solution are power-cell powered scanner units
they function similar to the beacon you place it and it stays right there
they have a radius let say 1000m they will slowly scan (you would see the process at looking at them f.e. 33%)
after a while they will be done you need to pick the data up and carry it to the scanner room to reevaluate the data
they will still scan the surface with indications of cave entries and POI (points of interest: wrecks, lifepods, other stuff)
you have to build a network of them to have a live surface map
this would be the general idea
edit: once they are done with 100% the power cell has to stay in them but won't loose charge anymore
tweak or upgrades are:
cave scanning
real live danger evaluation (reaper leviathan warnings)
they could increase the mineral searching range of the scanner room (would make the HUD chip useful again)
Comments
Nice idea!
we know the aurora was a mining ship with supposedly nonspecific mining and building equipment on the way to build a phaze gait
with all the supposedly high level of tech you would think the PDA/Scanner would have a clock that can auto sink with the planet let alone map your surroundings
and judged by the loading screen the aurora fell from huge height (even higher than our gps and spy satelittes are right now so it could not have time while exploiding to make the needed mapping
in addition there might be jammer or jamming fuctions by all that alien tech....
and fog of war (what you described) would not really make sense, that guy just barely survived a crash he wouldnt map it by hand, and I dont think the PDA is equipped for that either, that leads to my idea a machine/gadget with the mainfunction : mapping