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Mars Challenger V1.0 => MCO Early Discussions => Topic started by: Marco2001 on September 24, 2010, 07:59:50 AM

Title: Portable satellite dish - idea
Post by: Marco2001 on September 24, 2010, 07:59:50 AM

Portable satellite dish
(gives players the ability to communicate with the base without using Comm.Towers when they are far away)

(http://www.rawsat.net/images/product/large/portableSatelliteL.jpg)

Other images: http://www.rawsat.net/images/product/large/satellite8mmastL.jpg (http://www.rawsat.net/images/product/large/satellite8mmastL.jpg)
and: http://www.rawsat.net/images/product/large/skidTransportPosL.jpg (http://www.rawsat.net/images/product/large/skidTransportPosL.jpg)

Portable satelite dish can be only carried by Rover like Augar.
It has a comm. range of an ordinary Comm.Tower BUT....it will communicate with main base even without Comm.Towers connecting it.

Please look at the example. Here we have a main base and an outpost:
(http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/3056/portablesatelitedish3.jpg)

In order to connect them together you would need to set-up a couple-dozens Comm.Towers:
(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/5912/portablesatelitedish4.jpg)

An alternative is to set only one Portable satellite dish near the outpost.
Note that some Comm.Towers are still present near the outpost - they expand the communication range:
(http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/1483/portablesatelitedish5.jpg)

Title: Re: Portable satellite dish - idea
Post by: thedubman on September 24, 2010, 08:41:02 AM
Great idea... being able to program/move to differnet orbiting satellite could be fun,.. would expect blackouts during dust storms and solar flares
Title: Re: Portable satellite dish - idea
Post by: Ivanpet on September 25, 2010, 04:57:54 AM
Great idea...this is the way of "mars explorer" player things, for example link with satellite will be avilable only for limmited period of time
 if sattelite is geostationar on not.