CAPTAIN'S BLOG

Galactic Sector Space

Captain's Blog Stardate 89224.59

Possibly by the end of the year sector space will be opened up into one large map instead of having individual maps for each sector. Great idea! One question, what happens with "home world" sectors? Specifically the Sirius Sector (Earth's sector) and the Omega Leonis sector (Qo'noS's sector). If the maps are combined together wouldn't this mean that Starfleet ships could go into the Omega Leonis sector and vice versa? Most likely, yes. Personally I don't have a problem with this, I just don't think beaming down to the home world of an enemy faction should be allowed. That's easily preventable by Cryptic. The keywords here are "enemy faction". If they are my enemies then aren't I violating their space by going into their home world's sector? If so, shouldn't this be prevented? I don't think so. What I think should happen is bringing the Deep Space Encounters back to the way they were but only for home world sectors. For example, the Omega Leonis sector should have Klingon DSEs that will follow and attack player enemy vessels. In the Sirius sector, Starfleet DSEs will follow and attack player enemy vessels. This is realistic in terms of Star Trek. There are patrols in sectors and they do attack enemy ships. It�s still possible to sneak by them though. Another option is to just prevent entry into those sectors, which I think is a bad idea. If it is open space then why can't I go wherever I want? This also raises another question, when the Romulan faction comes their home world is supposedly Rator, which is in Federation territory. We can already enter this area so how would this work with open maps? There is a lot for Cryptic to consider. I do like the idea of having one large map, but I don't want them to mess things up. What are your thoughts on this? Share any ideas you may have as well.