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Moon Charter - Research Centers
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Vulpex Posts: 390
5/19/2017
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The research centers on the moon are essential for mankind to enjoy the benefits of the artifacts from the moon. The question comes as to who should run these centers and how to most efficiently develop them.
Some basic principles apply namely:
· Research stations should be run by corporations which are capable of financing them and developing them.
· Output of the research stations must be controlled, to prevent tensions from escalating due to rising costs of exploitation leading to an unbalanced situation.
Corporations exploiting the moon – several suggestions have been brought to my attention.
First – the idea that the city rulers of Earth should be the ones which have the right to run the research centers. Intrinsically the rulers of the cities will be the ones with strong economies and support which should enable them to finance the running of the moon bases. Furthermore city rules can be expected to be producing artifacts for the benefit of their city which will stimulate overall growth of Earth.
Second – the idea that it should be certain guilds which should be allocated a number of research centers on the moon. At this stage ARK, the Mining Guild and Dogstar have all at one point deployed research centers on the moon. However it would remain to be determined exactly how many research centers would be present and how other guilds would be involved, as such this is potentially a contentious proposal as it still leaves open the possibility (though much reduced) of inter guild rivalry and conflict.
Third option – Caretakers of the moon. Under this proposal the companies on the moon will produce artifacts on demand for those who need them the most. Under this system there will be a public adjudication of the moon artifacts for those projects which are accepted by the caretakers of the moon.
Note that the last option can be used in conjunction with either option 1 or 2.
The second issue is on the output level of the moon resources.
The simplest solution for this would be to cap the size of the research centers on the moon. Somewhere around size 4-5 has been suggested to accommodate everyone involved.
Another option which can be complimentary to the first one is to cap the level of overcrowding which we see as acceptable on the moon.
Please express your opinions below on the two questions – how to decide who holds the research centers and also how to determine the level of exploitation of the moon.
edited by Vulpex on 5/19/2017
edited by Vulpex on 5/19/2017
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John Posts: 67
5/20/2017
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It wouldn't imbalance anything, you can already make a dozen alt accounts and farm ACPs for days, most top players are doing it, some to insane levels. (I really think alt accounts should be against the rules, not that it would stop the use of them or anything, but it'd be easy to spot alt trading via contracts.)
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