Vending Hangout Spots

[wowzewow]

So I was thinking, fiddling with vending machines, makin' the TCFL MRE vending machine and thinkin' to myself, hey, see, I could put a lil' recruitment poster, maybe a lil' table here to make a sorta "shrine" of some sorts. A little bitta lore paraphernalia. A fun little hangout spot for the TCFL folk. And I thought, hey, how about making this for each species? And maybe stop typing like a bad imitation of a southern man?

 

Anyway. Here's the idea. For example, Zo'ra soda. We could have a dedicated corner for it filled with Vaurca knick-knacks and decorations. Sort of like a hang out spot for Vaurca. Now imagine this for each species, hell, even some Human stuff too (Mars and Konyang come to mind.)

So, like, Tajara could have a vending machine called the "District 6 Goods" and have like..."Canned Shlorrgo meat suspended in emulsified blubber".

The thing about these machines is that there will be typically only one, too. So those of the same species can bump into one another and drive roleplay (outside of their own departments, for once). It also helps to have a centralised place to dispense lore tidbits. (e.g. the Tajaran Vending spot has some PRA posters added about their recent triumph over the NKA or something.)

Hope some loredevs and whatever can contribute some ideas too.

 

[Dreamix]

This sounds really, really, really awesome, and would potentially drive a lot of roleplay.

Would that mean that (for example) tajara stuff would be removed from the general snack and drink vendors? Or would these things be in both?

Not sure about the locations of these. Like would they replace the vendor corners that we already have?

I'd also love if the vendors were further away from the place, that the departments that these species usually are in. Like for example, there's lots of sec and engie cats, so I'd put their PRA corner near cargo. Vaurca corner should be somewhere central and with other people, like by the bar/kitchen, cause vaurca are our thing, and should be in the open for people to see. Lots of skrell in command and science and medical, so their corner should be like, dunno, bottom deck maybe.

[wowzewow]

58 minutes ago, Dreamix said:

This sounds really, really, really awesome, and would potentially drive a lot of roleplay.

Would that mean that (for example) tajara stuff would be removed from the general snack and drink vendors? Or would these things be in both?

Not sure about the locations of these. Like would they replace the vendor corners that we already have?

I'd also love if the vendors were further away from the place, that the departments that these species usually are in. Like for example, there's lots of sec and engie cats, so I'd put their PRA corner near cargo. Vaurca corner should be somewhere central and with other people, like by the bar/kitchen, cause vaurca are our thing, and should be in the open for people to see. Lots of skrell in command and science and medical, so their corner should be like, dunno, bottom deck maybe.

Yeah. Unique stuff will be removed from the generic snack vendors. Or else there won't really be much reason to visit the special vendors.

Might have to clear up some vendor corners that already exist. An unfortunate side effect, but a sacrifice i'm willing to make (The alternative being them being shoved in a corner no one goes to, which will probably suck for everyone.)

Feel like the Bar/Kitchen should be mainly human centered. We've got a lot of unutilized human lore, after all, and it's the de-facto default hang out place.

I thought of putting Skrell near the pool. It seems fitting.

[Marlon P.]

cute idea. i like it! more personality on the ship.

[Zelmana]

Mars needs more presence, the flag pin we have in game is Sol-shit. We lack actual flags, posters, anything for a planet. As a Mars main I support any action that gives us more flavor items.

[Forester40]

On 04/07/2022 at 12:46, Dreamix said:

Vaurca corner should be somewhere central and with other people, like by the bar/kitchen, cause vaurca are our thing, and should be in the open for people to see.

I'm not a vaurca lore expert, but the wiki says vaurca aren't supposed to be very popular and that they face discrimination in human space, so I think to reinforce that idea we shouldn't place their vending machine in a crowded spot like the bar.

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Edited July 5, 2022 by Forester40