Spectrum Dissection: B0oty Call

The last Spectrum Dispatch had a little hard data on equipment and some nice pirate role playing flair.  It will be very interesting to see how consistent some of these role playing elements play out in the game and whether we’ll see a ‘deep’ pirate culture.


Here's the Dissection:

• The article is set like a pirate radio hacked broadcast.  It will be interesting to see if such things (illegal broadcasts or some form of equivalent) exist in game.
• Gangs- Several distinct pirate gangs (and lone wolves) mentioned in antagonizing relationships.  As mentioned before, I hope these are accessible to players and we can build rep with each.  Ideally, each would give their own benefits and allow their passage / perks.

1. Some mentioned: Makarel Marauders (Hammer Phelps the leader?) and Clown
2. Kid Crimson is name dropped.  Good to see links back to the stories.'
3. Jester is the pirate behind the B0otycall broadcast
4. Other possible characters mentioned: Arno Vacch and AtmoScope

• Slang - Lots of new slang, specific to the underworld / pirates / Spider
  

1. Scurrows - uncertain if this is a derogatory pirate name or a specific pirate gang
   
2. Threatdown - the "lowdown"?
   
3. Fringers - underworld types?  Social fringes?

• TRS-1 Ennervator (Joker) - A weapon that allows you to ‘tag’ someone once their shields are down and significantly slow down shield regeneration.  This seems like a must have for many pirates for several reasons
  

1. Ship boarding /. capture - disabling thrusters requires the shields to be down for extended periods. Similarly, the Grappler (mentioned in the Bounty Hunting post) could be an ideal 1-2 punch with the Ennervator for captures.
2. Shipping / mining hulls - We don’t know relative values, but I can imagine thick hulls on some prime targets.  Wearing down some might require the hull to be down for extending periods. 
3. Threats - The Ennervator gives the pirate one last chance to threaten a victim into dropping cargo before going for the kill and sacrificing part of the cargo in the blast.

• Seatow Armor plating (Joker) - Basically stealth plating that cuts down your energy signature, which can affect both detection and missile locks.
  
• Minor note on stealing these upgrades from other people.  Perhaps this is a hint that upgrades themselves will be salvageable from wrecks / captures?

-Kinshadow

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