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Was partly cloudy in South Carolina but managed to have clear skies for the totality.  Will provide pic when I can compress picture size

The only thing I found to transfer power is Electrical Pipes. But I don't know where is the news about it.
 
About data transfer, I think we have seen in multiple video that it is wireless between elements. I don't know if there is more.

@Francis @Lord_Void  Considering its a press release, its possible that they are referring to the US Fiscal Year Q4 which ends at the end of September.  Unlikely, but possible.

Your question gets jumped around several times in the DU Explorers Interview last year (https://dualuniverse.gamepedia.com/Archive:DU_Explorers_Interview_(Sep_17,_2016)).  From briefly reading through the relevant sections (i searched for the word "build"), it sounds like the plan is to definitely have manufacturing elements/facilities possible, which likely means refining to be able to create an assembly line.  He also talks about power generation and how you will need to generate power on-site to build all these things.
 
So in theory you would need your own space to create this assembly line or factory, as well as a nuclear power planet or a solar farm maybe?  Check it out, lots of info hidden in the wiki's archive (https://dualuniverse.gamepedia.com/Archive)

Your question gets jumped around several times in the DU Explorers Interview last year (https://dualuniverse.gamepedia.com/Archive:DU_Explorers_Interview_(Sep_17,_2016)).  From briefly reading through the relevant sections (i searched for the word "build"), it sounds like the plan is to definitely have manufacturing elements/facilities possible, which likely means refining to be able to create an assembly line.  He also talks about power generation and how you will need to generate power on-site to build all these things.
 
So in theory you would need your own space to create this assembly line or factory, as well as a nuclear power planet or a solar farm maybe?  Check it out, lots of info hidden in the wiki's archive (https://dualuniverse.gamepedia.com/Archive)

The reasoning behind my argument was based on one big assumption: the information written in the community portal is self-regulated.  Meaning that it is also self- promotional.  The purpose behind having a community wiki or equivalent outlet is to have a source of neutral information about player organizations, cities, etc.  In my opinion, a wiki format is perfect for this sort of endeavour because it allows by default anyone to add or edit pages, but it's incredible easy to review that work, and selectively undo edits that people make. 
 
What that means to me is yes of course you would have people trying to turn their pages into advertisements to say they are the greatest organization in the universe, and others trying to delete entire pages, but all of that is tracked and can be undone at the click of an administrator.
 
I don't think anyone has an intention of trying to replace the community portal's function of providing a home for every organization to self-organize, recruit, and such.  The community wiki is intended to serve as an addition to both the community portal and official wiki.  The community wiki pages will link back to the community portal and there will be obvious banners and such explaining that it's unofficial community content, while providing a link to the official wiki.

https://discord.gg/J9WrGB, Realistically, no reason to not use this for collaborating across both wikis

For those that want a community wiki with a place to record history, locations, organizations, whatever....
 
I've just created this wiki: http://dualuniverse.wiki/index.php/Main_Page
 
If anyone wants to help set it up let me know, otherwise you just need to create an account to have permission to edit it.
 
It still needs a better logo and tons of pages need to be created, otherwise it should be functional and usable at this point.
 
If you don't want to use it that's fine, just please don't go out of your way to berate me for doing this for free. 

The test pages have been marked for deletion and I am moving to work on other aspects of the wiki.  My only hope is more people are now interested in contributing to the wiki.  Please contact myself or @ATMLVE if anyone needs help with the somewhat awkward syntax of wiki pages.
 

So again, my idea was never to include a list of every organization or space ship a player makes, that'd be assine.  My idea was that key aspects of player-created content, such as major organizations, deserve to have a page on the wiki because it's content players in general are interested in a neutral viewpoint of.
 
It doesn't make any sense to me to exclude things just be because they aren't created by NQ because the vast majority of the game won't be created by NQ.
 
A fair compromise as is mentioned above is to say only more abstract player creations like major cities, landmarks, and such would have pages on the wiki.  Explicit player creations such as organizations, ships, and players themselves can be linked back to the community page, where appropriate.
 
I still think that it is an appropriate location for a neutral description of major organizations, but agree it would not be simple to maintain.

That argument doesn't make sense to me because the parts of the game that are developed are also going to change over time. This game does not have any true content without the players and not including that severely limits the ability of the wiki to be a useful resource.  
 
It would be the equivalent of the EVE wiki not discussing the empires or what empire space is. All the wiki would be is a dry reappropriation of the in-game tutorial with some extra pictures.

That argument doesn't make sense to me because the parts of the game that are developed are also going to change over time. This game does not have any true content without the players and not including that severely limits the ability of the wiki to be a useful resource.  
 
It would be the equivalent of the EVE wiki not discussing the empires or what empire space is. All the wiki would be is a dry reappropriation of the in-game tutorial with some extra pictures.

So again, my idea was never to include a list of every organization or space ship a player makes, that'd be assine.  My idea was that key aspects of player-created content, such as major organizations, deserve to have a page on the wiki because it's content players in general are interested in a neutral viewpoint of.
 
It doesn't make any sense to me to exclude things just be because they aren't created by NQ because the vast majority of the game won't be created by NQ.
 
A fair compromise as is mentioned above is to say only more abstract player creations like major cities, landmarks, and such would have pages on the wiki.  Explicit player creations such as organizations, ships, and players themselves can be linked back to the community page, where appropriate.
 
I still think that it is an appropriate location for a neutral description of major organizations, but agree it would not be simple to maintain.

Although I don't think organizations should be on the wiki per se, but I do think well established cities/fortifications should be.  This allows players to know where civilization is in the bigger picture.  
 
When the the game reaches a point with countless planets and exploration, it may seem daunting to find civilization and structure for new players.

More or less, this is essentially my point.  That there are some things that are important to playing the game because players make them that way.  With Dual Universe, in my opinion, its exacerbated because there is so little content developed, no empires no missions, etc.  As a result, the interactions between players become even more important and are virtually unavoidable. 
 
I agree that it is somewhat silly to specifically include organizations on the wiki in such an infant stage, but nothing on the wiki is real unchanging information, its all vague observations based on something someone said or showed once or twice.  My intent is not to have the wiki replicate the community page, but supplement the pure game mechanics & concepts with information about "important" player creations.  How you decide what is important is conjecture, but I vehemently disagree that it should be completely disallowed from being included on the wiki.  
 
To repeat my previous post, there is no sense in creating more sources of information for players it just makes things confusing unnecessarily.  It is not difficult to have different sections of a wiki are label them as such.  Its even easier to have a banner at the top of every page focused on player-created content as a disclaimer or equivalent.

More or less, this is essentially my point.  That there are some things that are important to playing the game because players make them that way.  With Dual Universe, in my opinion, its exacerbated because there is so little content developed, no empires no missions, etc.  As a result, the interactions between players become even more important and are virtually unavoidable. 
 
I agree that it is somewhat silly to specifically include organizations on the wiki in such an infant stage, but nothing on the wiki is real unchanging information, its all vague observations based on something someone said or showed once or twice.  My intent is not to have the wiki replicate the community page, but supplement the pure game mechanics & concepts with information about "important" player creations.  How you decide what is important is conjecture, but I vehemently disagree that it should be completely disallowed from being included on the wiki.  
 
To repeat my previous post, there is no sense in creating more sources of information for players it just makes things confusing unnecessarily.  It is not difficult to have different sections of a wiki are label them as such.  Its even easier to have a banner at the top of every page focused on player-created content as a disclaimer or equivalent.

Mid-Atlantic east coast here, so somewhere around the DC area would be superb ^^
 
NYC would even be feasible for me, 4 hour drive isn't too bad.
 
(Live in DC).

I dont think anyone is proposing a 2 minute flight through atmosphere or a realistic depth to the atmosphere, but in the gameplay demos the devs have passed through the atmosphere in less than 5 seconds which, to me, completely removes any sort of barrier between the surface of the planet and outer space.  Somewhere in the 10-30 second range would, to me, provide for a more genuine experience and provide a border between space and surface.

The comments they made in the DU Explorers interview are a much better reference for this discussion:
https://dualuniverse.gamepedia.com/Archive:DU_Explorers_Interview_(Sep_17,_2016)#Claiming_Safe_Zone_Territory
 
 

The comments they made in the DU Explorers interview are a much better reference for this discussion:
https://dualuniverse.gamepedia.com/Archive:DU_Explorers_Interview_(Sep_17,_2016)#Claiming_Safe_Zone_Territory
 
 

Yea I doubt that there will be much of an issue surviving.  The purpose of the game is creation and interaction, not surviving the elements.  I wouldnt be surprised if it is added in time post-release, but I cant imagine NQ adding something like weather or astronomical anomalies (which is taxing technologically) until they have a stable core gameplay and player base.

Dunbal, not sure if you have played EVE recently, but they modified the bounty system where you only collect the portion of a bounty relative to the cost of the ship destroyed.  Obviously that is not really a viable option in Dual Universe where the players are designing and building the ships, but it is possible that a relative cost to the amount of voxels/elements present could be used to give a portion of the kill to the bounty hunter (albeit I am not really sure what counts as "killing" a ship in DU)

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