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Cerberus Expeditionary Force
 

 
 
Desolation.
 
That one word comprises ninety-eight percent of our known universe. When compared to that, what can we hope to achieve, to accomplish? The answer is knowledge. The vast expanse that we live in is filled with many things, even if they are not easily recognizable. Join us on our mission; to be the first people to set foot on unknown worlds, to fly in unknown space, to be a part of that infinite desolation. While a member of our research fleet, with the Expeditionary Support Ship [E.S.S] Providence, you are free to explore the boundless depths of knowledge that this universe has to offer.
 
In finem, pro scientia.
In the end, knowledge.
 
-Fleet Commander Alexander Romulus Wright
 

 
What we do:
 
The Cerberus Expeditionary Fleet focuses primarily on PvE gameplay, with some roleplay thrown in.Our main goal will be to catalog new solar systems and the planets they contain, and find what resources the unexplored areas of the game world present. This information will be distributed freely among all members of the Expeditionary Fleet for their purposes. The C.E.F. is not unknown to work with those who would like to contract the fleet to find new resources for production or campaigns. The main goal of this Fleet is exploration and documentation. There are three main parts of the fleet:
 
Security Force: These are the members of the Fleet who are there for the protection of the scientific research vessels. Fighters, cruisers, and frigate pilots would generally find a place here. This part of the fleet would answer to the Chief Security Officer on-board the Providence.
 
Research Force: These are the members of the Fleet who are there for researching planets and solar systems to find untapped resources. These members will likely be flying vessels outfitted with optimized scanning equipment, or have particular skill sets that allow them to help this part of the Fleet. This part of the fleet would answer directly to the Chief Science Officer.
 
Supply Force: These are the members who fly freighters and haulers, keeping the Fleet supplied and stocked with the everyday essentials. This part of the fleet would answer directly to the Chief Logistics Officer.
 
Granted, these three parts of the Fleet are all interconnected and work together for the main overall purpose. For various reason, these forces are subject to change (primarily because this game has not launched yet). Anyone interested or willing to take on various roles are more than welcome to get in touch.
 

 
Who we are:
 
The Cerberus Exploration Fleet is open and available to all English-speaking players. Generally, our timezone will be based around North American times (Eastern to Pacific), but if we can find those willing to lead in other time zones, this can and will be expanded.
 

 
Questions? Comments? Concerns?
 
Please feel free to ask away! At this point in time, I am merely garnering interest in this type of Expeditionary Fleet.

No, drones are acceptible, the way I explained it. They are slaved to you, they are not automated. A drone is not an automaton. You are commanding it via remote.But having a ship doing automated mining wihle you are AFK, THAT is botting.
 
 
I discussed this with Cornflakes and I gave him an exampe in LUA script of how it would go in the game when it comes to detecting ground and firing a laser drill. But THAT, would require you to drive the drill-bot there yourself, then setting it onward with your LUA script and the bot will come back, when it's out of laser drill fuel, or reaches maximum carrying capacity, or even running out of fuel and needing to go back where it started. That's a drone and it's pretty self balanced. But a shp would be a son of a bitch to code. You got thrusters, detection, space traversing in script, controlling mass and thrusters, balancing forces and a ton of shit to keep in track when you write the code, and THAT as well would require you to be on board the ship to operate it, because, as far as my 4 years worth of CSD at the university taught me, you cannot put a ghost in the shell. The ship's functions will be automated, it's flying and landing would be automated, but NOT everything. The human element will need to be there still, but not in a micromanaging way. So yeah, good luck in coding a ship sized drill drone If asteroids have momentum you could be toast if your super expensive crashed on them