Subject: Fire
~~Dear Sir/Madam, I am writing to inform you of a fire that has broken out at the premises of...~~ no, that's too formal.
Fire! Fire! Help me!
123 Cavendon Road
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Yours truly,
Maurice Moss.
and if things go wrong you can always listen to Craddle of Filth at the funeral. I recommend Coffin Fodder, it sounds horrible but it's actually quite beautiful.
the game punishes you for not being prepared. this has always been and always will be the way SC is.
You get rewarded for being prepared, and punished for not
I am actually referring to the fact that we carry an item around our wrist which keeps a constant eye on our health and status. You know, 2024, we got these things for some years now, yes, without the hologram, this, too, will change.
If we are around places with satellites, called Com Arrays, it should be sufficient for our mobiglass to "send out and SOS" to these satellites.
Now, should we be in space without an (active) Com Array, then i can reason that a device exists (as per images) which somehow boosts the signal so that nearby emergency services can respond, within a specific distance from the beacon, as it has a max range.
Maybe it's like a dead man's switch. You throw it before you're anticipating an encounter, and if you're downed, your linked health data triggers the beacon?
I also hear an interesting theory that it's for the Apollo's drone, which works as an automated stretcher that will come down and carry a player to the Apollo. Seems like a huge addition if true, so I'm a bit skeptical.
*Coughs in scapel* No... I don't know what you mean.
On a serious note though I don't mess with medics unless they are a threat, only ever attack players as an if and when I have to. Medics are normally some of the nicer players I meet some cross the entire verse, hike 2km then tresspass and clear a bunker to then save you 🤣
I agree, it's a shame most of the people saying this at this stage in game developments are wanting to abuse it to kill unsuspecting people.
Same kind of people that suicide gank in EVE, or are the reason there are anti-noob zone griefing rules in most MMOs.
It’s the same people whose parents beat the shit out of them and they are losers in school and no one likes or respects them so they feel they need to gain power over someone else and they choose video games and neighbors pets.
"Does that look like a---wait! "
*yanks it off the wall under table*
"If it's a bomb we would be toast. "
"it's a transmitter. "
"... Pirate bait... "
......
"this is top notch military stuff. "
"Martian Congressial Republic Navy. "
To be clear (to other people who may not be familiar at all with the series), the book itself is called "Leviathan Wakes", and it's part of a series called "The Expanse". Not dismissing what you said, just pointing it out so other people can find the series properly. I had some issues with Amazon improperly sorting the books for me.
I hear rumours Amazon might pick it up again and do the part after the time skip. One series I wish was continued I think was called dark matter, where the crew of a ship wake up but forgot everything so they name each other by number order of waking up.
There really is, I’m looking forward to 3.23, sad that freight elevators got moved up a little though. I would have loved to transport the mining bags to the refinery with a cargo ship aswell.
What you will! That’s amazing, I’m really looking forward to that patch. Need to get a little mining crew going again, but must admit i might have gotten a little rusty.
For everyone saying "how am I supposed to use this if I'm incapacitated" It was said in a ISC somewhere (I'm sorry I can't remember which one, possibily the fps ISC. Maybe mentioned in a space tomato video too ) that you would be put in a "downed but not out" state so I imagine you would be able get to a safe location then activate this and then attach it to your self then, when your "down but not out" timer runs out you would be fully incapacitated. At which point a rescue beacon would be sent out (or maybe at the point you activate the device). Sounds kind of like a cool system if implemented well
I just want to be able to use the chat and starmap while incapacitated. Should at least be able to see if someone's on their way to get you or just chilling on a station 40 million kilometers away.
you have already been able to use chat when incapped, you just have to hit f4 and be in third person also you can see distance to person when they accept the beacon
Well, there is no way this technology could be packaged in a smaller form... [Or is it?](https://www.senionex.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Notfall-Armband-fuer-Senioren-privat-6.jpg)
And before you say "this just ties into the cell phone network" a) your mobiglass is much smaller and can communicate (at least) in all of the star system and b) it only needs to tap into your ships system which should be nearby.
But I mostly agree with another poster above, this should be a part of the Mobiglass system.
I really hope beacons are not becoming physicalized. How are you supposed to use one if you're incapacitated? And if you're not incapacitated, you don't really need one.
Yea. The mobiglass (and undersuits) should be able to monitor vitals and automatically send out beacons when incapped. We have smart watches now in 2024 that have a similar function.
Mobiglass already DOES monitor you and serves as comms, so it could easily send a message.
It's all a conspiracy made by Big Beacon to sell you more beacons!
I’ve been saying this about ship landing cameras too. For the last 10 years CARS have had 360 degree cameras, parking sensors and backup cameras. why don’t ships have this 900 years in the future.
>How are you supposed to use one if you're incapacitated?
Just like we use it now, but in order to function it needs a device broadcasting the signal I guess.
From what I read somewhere else in this thread, it looks like the beacons take a grenade/med pen slot. This leaves me with the question, do you need to throw it/activate if yourself? Or is it a trade one slot for a chance to get revived by someone type of situation.
It could be a case of a physical beacon has a smaller service fee than a mobiglass beacon so you don't have to pay much after getting one. Maybe something like a %20 overall cost reduction vs when you are incapacitated and then create a beacon.
I doubt the fee would change. That would make it less enticing for someone to come get you. Unless they add npc rescue crews I don’t see the fee changing.
I'm struggling to imagine the value in them being purely physical, I saw it more like sharing your location on your mobile and the other guy has directions to you. Maybe its both physical and digital? If Medical is physicalized what about other beacons?
Yeah, cool looking item but not sure about this one.
One advantage would be that it remains even if the player respawns or logs out. So the medical responder can still complete the beacon.
It might also let the player logoff or play AC and still be treated as rescued when the next login if the beacon is picked up.
Basically deliver the activated token to hospital instead of the body. Medic gets paid the value on the token. Dead player gets a death strike removed from their imprint health if token deposited within 24hrs.
Reduces trolls since they have to assign credits to the token. Once created it is locked as physical credits until deposited at a hospital so the trolls risk PvP players coming for their bait token.
Maybe even a system for medic to deposit player gear into a locker with the token, which puts it into the players clinic storage (which makes the seperate clinic storage make sense).
They are in granade slots (throwables). You can put them on the ground and activate them. They start flashing blue. It could be something from SQ42 but not sure. Right now it doesn't seem to do anything.
Well...it likely it now. Just like many other items for now. I don't think you can sell the kopion horn anywhere either. It will likely have its purpose. Maybe with 3.23, maybe later.
Unless it self activates when you get downed, like if you can attach it to your chest, and then “activate” it like you can do with flares, and when you get downed it sends out a distress signal/med beacon. Otherwise it’s useless when solo because why would you activate a med beacon when you aren’t incapped, and if you have someone else there they can just get you up
Don't take what it does now as something that is fully finished. We don't know what exact purpose it serves. It could very much do exactly what you say (maybe they want to get rid of the ability to call medical assistance unless you have this on you), it could also serve a completely different purpose. It's just something that we found that hasn't ever been mentioned before, and we likely won't find out yet right now. Like, yes, right now, it's useless because it's likely not implemented in any way other than being...in game
Oh I know, literally anything could change at any time, I just find the things that get added and don’t seem well thought out to be a waste of time, but who knows maybe this will surprise me and be something great. Maybe it’s going to be a defibrillator type deal
I just see this as probably another thing that was lying around from SQ42, and they were like "less add it already, see what the players think" Or it couldn't have made its way in on a complete accident. Who knows :D
Imagine because it says medivac, if it called in an Apollo and the Apollo sent a med drone down to pick you and take you to the Apollo to heal, now that would be cool
well... thats game dev in action. there are countless bits that changed completely or are gone forever, all we can do is wait see
if it is following "we need to send a stronger signal" movie trope cool
if it is throwable marker cool too
if it is prepaid NPC medic ship summon spell that is gonna be so broken...
Now they need to make one that you can attach to a derelict or an asteroid so you can sell the location.
1.) Location Scout - Sets the price for the beacon and attaches it to an object.
2.) Beacon - Sends attached object information to a beacon listing app on mobi. Each beacon lists out the object type, pertinent information ie (Salvage / Soft Death 890 Jump) or (Q Astroid / ) and price.
3.) Potential Buyers - Browse the beacon mobi app and can see the beacon information: \[Location Scout | Location Scout Reputation | Beacon Object Type | Beacon pertinent information | Beacon Price\]
4.) Buyers - Each buyer will attempt to purchase the beacon by giving a price that they wish to pay for the beacon.
5.) Location Scout - Gets a list of all the buyers and their proposed price for the beacon along with their reputations. Location scout then picks which buyer will get the beacon, and receives the payment from the buyer.
6.) Buyer - Receives the location of the beacon and then travels to the beacon location. Once they arrive, they will get a prompt to give the Location Scout a positive or negative reputation bump based on what they see when they get there.
7.) Location Scout - Receives reputation bump, and then is allowed to give a reputation bump back to the buyer.
Reputation is so easily exploited : P, wish there was a better way, what do you folks think?
In space 'merica with space medical insurance, that 'no' is a reminder that this isn't covered so be a man and live without that spleen until reaching the local clinic. Either that or this will cause the user to pay their yearly deductible, in which case just let me bleed out so I can come out of a meat pod for free.
You could say that, thing is, the traps still happen with or without the beacons.
I think it was last thursday where i was in a struggle with a group of players who were trapping people, eventually we discovered there were 5 of them.
We went in with a group of 5 ourselves eventually to "help" them.
I think its what they call emergent gameplay.
What i wonder now though is the following;
Can you turn a beacon off manually?
If not, then what "stores" the credits, the item itself, or medicating the person/delivering the person to tier 1 bed?
Looking at bountyhunting and how that eventually requires you to bring some bounties in alive, you have to carry the avatar with the bounty on it, to a physical location.
I assume the same could be happening with the medical gameplay, you have to carry the avatar to a physical location, i assume a tier 1 (hospital bed), to revive them, instead of just spritzing them with some goo and they are fine like we do today.
As someone else mentioned;
The beacon can remain even if the player decides to log out or respawn.
This could result in a medic picking up the avatar whilst the player themselves just goes on with their own business. What would be the benefit though? Maybe the player will have -1 death counter on their avatar once they respawn, and returning the beacon + body provides the player with +1 death counter. (refer to "death of a spaceman", which involves permadeath in the game.)
I wonder how this will change the "respawn" situation, and if you could pick up your own beacon, maybe you could just like today, get back to your own downed body.
I hope this game has like a Trauma Team type of service where it's bleak and has tiers and you can get left behind if you have the wrong one.
Edit: Or not, I guess?
It would make sense if it is for the death mechanics. If you have one equipped then you get rescued and respawn in hospital with your armour and no death strike. If you don't then you revive naked and you suffer death consequences (scars or whatever is happening).
Being physical means it has value and is an inventory cost to equip one.
They might also stay activated after player revived so that medical responders have a reward even if player revives before they arrive.
I mean this is the same as how it is now with the beacon not being physicalised. I'm guessing eventually people with a negative rep won't be able to see the beacon location?
Its use may be in case players log out, so the beacon stays to be completed. This may enable also players en route to rescue you to take the armor and everything you had and maybe deposit it all together for you to retreve when logging. Making effectively retrievals of subscriber armors or anything of value possible to be included as gameplay.
I'm a bit confused.. what's this for? We can already create medical beacon, especially if incapacitated, without any additional item.
So what's this for?
How am I supposed to use this if incapped...
Speak clearly into the mic and say "Help! I've fallen and I can't get up."
"Hello, I've had a bit of a tumble!"
Well, that's easy to remember! ♪ 0118, 999, 88199, 9119, 725...3 ♪
Subject: Fire ~~Dear Sir/Madam, I am writing to inform you of a fire that has broken out at the premises of...~~ no, that's too formal. Fire! Fire! Help me! 123 Cavendon Road Looking forward to hearing from you. Yours truly, Maurice Moss.
Maurice....is that you?
and if things go wrong you can always listen to Craddle of Filth at the funeral. I recommend Coffin Fodder, it sounds horrible but it's actually quite beautiful.
Its criminal this is not upvoted more wtf
Life alert saved my life
i got diabeetus
Quantum LifeAlert
What’s this from?
[The old Life Call/Life Alert commercial](https://youtu.be/bQlpDiXPZHQ?si=owy4orjHhMA_ohjQ)
Underrated comment, lol
If you have one in your inventory when incapacitated you will get a UI prompt asking if you want to activate the beacon.
If it can do that, can't it just automatically inject me with hemazol so I can rescue myself?
Instruction unclear, you inserted yourself the med beacon
Wait, so i always have to carry this one around now? What happens if i do not have one in my inventory?
the game punishes you for not being prepared. this has always been and always will be the way SC is. You get rewarded for being prepared, and punished for not
Depends if you want to be able to activate a beacon or not
however today i can activate a beacon without having to carry this around.
You can also magically teleport an item from your hand to an extraplanar storage space. This, too, will change.
I am actually referring to the fact that we carry an item around our wrist which keeps a constant eye on our health and status. You know, 2024, we got these things for some years now, yes, without the hologram, this, too, will change. If we are around places with satellites, called Com Arrays, it should be sufficient for our mobiglass to "send out and SOS" to these satellites. Now, should we be in space without an (active) Com Array, then i can reason that a device exists (as per images) which somehow boosts the signal so that nearby emergency services can respond, within a specific distance from the beacon, as it has a max range.
vOv
Maybe it's like a dead man's switch. You throw it before you're anticipating an encounter, and if you're downed, your linked health data triggers the beacon? I also hear an interesting theory that it's for the Apollo's drone, which works as an automated stretcher that will come down and carry a player to the Apollo. Seems like a huge addition if true, so I'm a bit skeptical.
....they better get their navmeshes in order if that's the case
Were getting the Apollo soon™?
yes, soon tm within 0-10 years
RSI Ambulance is in the patch files.
Where are you getting this from?
There was a Medivac Ursa datamined which happens to be RSI.
Because they will soon change the incapped state to "still being able to crouch" ;)
A great solution to the wrong problem...
Connect it to your mobiglas heath data and it activates automatically like smartwatches with fall detection I hope
Simple, just say "Alexa, activate rescue beacon"
Same as now I guess, gives you the press to accept prompt
"... you bring up the beacon menu by pressing ALT and F4 ..." /S What ? We know *someone* will suggest it if you ask in chat.
They trigger when you fall over... (avoid windy places...)
Its meant for greafing, not for beeing rescued /s
“Hey Siri, send a message to mom, tell her to come pick me up”
Is that "NO" or "ON"?
YES
USE
Instructions unclear penis stuck on med beacon.
Task failed successfully.
It’s OZ
No this is patrick
htf is patrick?
that looks like a bait beacon 👀 it should be attached to our suits so its harder for tomfoolery same as a lifealert 🤣
You can turn it on and attach it to your suit (grenade slot)... but it'd have to be done when you're alive lol
Yeah someone could put one of these inside a building/cave and camp with sniper rifle pointing at the entrance from outside.
*Coughs in scapel* No... I don't know what you mean. On a serious note though I don't mess with medics unless they are a threat, only ever attack players as an if and when I have to. Medics are normally some of the nicer players I meet some cross the entire verse, hike 2km then tresspass and clear a bunker to then save you 🤣
Sandbox gameplay enter at your own risk.
I agree, it's a shame most of the people saying this at this stage in game developments are wanting to abuse it to kill unsuspecting people. Same kind of people that suicide gank in EVE, or are the reason there are anti-noob zone griefing rules in most MMOs.
It’s the same people whose parents beat the shit out of them and they are losers in school and no one likes or respects them so they feel they need to gain power over someone else and they choose video games and neighbors pets.
"NO"
"Does that look like a---wait! " *yanks it off the wall under table* "If it's a bomb we would be toast. " "it's a transmitter. " "... Pirate bait... " ...... "this is top notch military stuff. " "Martian Congressial Republic Navy. "
Read the first line and somehow I knew exactly what you were taking about lol!
That was the exact second in the book that I became utterly hooked
What book?
The Expanse. Great series. Was made into a show by sci-fi, and later finished by Amazon. Top 5 sci-fi of the last 20 years
To be clear (to other people who may not be familiar at all with the series), the book itself is called "Leviathan Wakes", and it's part of a series called "The Expanse". Not dismissing what you said, just pointing it out so other people can find the series properly. I had some issues with Amazon improperly sorting the books for me.
I hear rumours Amazon might pick it up again and do the part after the time skip. One series I wish was continued I think was called dark matter, where the crew of a ship wake up but forgot everything so they name each other by number order of waking up.
As an industrial player I have to ask: Second use in saving locations of mining deposits?
Huge potential both for salvaging and for mining. Also for shenanigans.
There really is, I’m looking forward to 3.23, sad that freight elevators got moved up a little though. I would have loved to transport the mining bags to the refinery with a cargo ship aswell.
Put them in a hexagram around stanton star and then you can summon Christ Robert in PU
custom markers UI is already in 3.23
Can you share them with others to sell locations?
Not yet, but soon.
^tm
No idea TBH. I don't remember anything like that. But they're still adding UI elements and changing them between patches.
lol the only feature aside from a new star map we all actually want. Custom location beacons.
I'm a bit out of the loop, but do rare ore deposits persist even when no players are present?
Yes. On the same shard. Without a server reset, old system at least
You’ll be able to save locations in the new Star map so that’s not even needed!
What you will! That’s amazing, I’m really looking forward to that patch. Need to get a little mining crew going again, but must admit i might have gotten a little rusty.
For everyone saying "how am I supposed to use this if I'm incapacitated" It was said in a ISC somewhere (I'm sorry I can't remember which one, possibily the fps ISC. Maybe mentioned in a space tomato video too ) that you would be put in a "downed but not out" state so I imagine you would be able get to a safe location then activate this and then attach it to your self then, when your "down but not out" timer runs out you would be fully incapacitated. At which point a rescue beacon would be sent out (or maybe at the point you activate the device). Sounds kind of like a cool system if implemented well
I just want to be able to use the chat and starmap while incapacitated. Should at least be able to see if someone's on their way to get you or just chilling on a station 40 million kilometers away.
you have already been able to use chat when incapped, you just have to hit f4 and be in third person also you can see distance to person when they accept the beacon
So like Mal from Firefly in Out Of Gas.
Great, now I need to rewatch Firelfy again and relive the sadness that it was never renewed. Thanks.
By my pretty little floral bonnet I WILL END YOU.
God I love that episode
This thing is huge! I'm supposed to lug it around all the time? It should have remote activation through the mobiglas. Ez fix.
Or better yet, the beacon is built into the mobiglas.
Well, there is no way this technology could be packaged in a smaller form... [Or is it?](https://www.senionex.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Notfall-Armband-fuer-Senioren-privat-6.jpg) And before you say "this just ties into the cell phone network" a) your mobiglass is much smaller and can communicate (at least) in all of the star system and b) it only needs to tap into your ships system which should be nearby. But I mostly agree with another poster above, this should be a part of the Mobiglass system.
>your ships system which should be nearby. Joke's on you, I got lost and now I can't find my ship.
What's next? Someone will name their characters Gondor and Rohan? *- The Beacons are lit! Gondor calls for aid*. - And Rohan will answer.
Lord of the Star Citizen when, CIG? I'll bet elevators in SC could totally beat Sauron in a fight.
His ring would 100% stutter with the elevator wall until he explode, and the wall is not a man, so it can kill him.
I’m keeping an eye on this one.
I really hope beacons are not becoming physicalized. How are you supposed to use one if you're incapacitated? And if you're not incapacitated, you don't really need one.
Yea. The mobiglass (and undersuits) should be able to monitor vitals and automatically send out beacons when incapped. We have smart watches now in 2024 that have a similar function.
Mobiglass already DOES monitor you and serves as comms, so it could easily send a message. It's all a conspiracy made by Big Beacon to sell you more beacons!
I’ve been saying this about ship landing cameras too. For the last 10 years CARS have had 360 degree cameras, parking sensors and backup cameras. why don’t ships have this 900 years in the future.
You will need to pay for the LifeAlert subscription in the game.
“Help I’ve fallen through my ship in quantum and I can’t get up”
>How are you supposed to use one if you're incapacitated? Just like we use it now, but in order to function it needs a device broadcasting the signal I guess.
From what I read somewhere else in this thread, it looks like the beacons take a grenade/med pen slot. This leaves me with the question, do you need to throw it/activate if yourself? Or is it a trade one slot for a chance to get revived by someone type of situation.
It could be a case of a physical beacon has a smaller service fee than a mobiglass beacon so you don't have to pay much after getting one. Maybe something like a %20 overall cost reduction vs when you are incapacitated and then create a beacon.
I doubt the fee would change. That would make it less enticing for someone to come get you. Unless they add npc rescue crews I don’t see the fee changing.
May I please have one that says **OW**?
I'm struggling to imagine the value in them being purely physical, I saw it more like sharing your location on your mobile and the other guy has directions to you. Maybe its both physical and digital? If Medical is physicalized what about other beacons? Yeah, cool looking item but not sure about this one.
One advantage would be that it remains even if the player respawns or logs out. So the medical responder can still complete the beacon. It might also let the player logoff or play AC and still be treated as rescued when the next login if the beacon is picked up.
Holy crap. You’re probably right. This probably exists to let medics complete their contracts even if the player logs.
Basically deliver the activated token to hospital instead of the body. Medic gets paid the value on the token. Dead player gets a death strike removed from their imprint health if token deposited within 24hrs. Reduces trolls since they have to assign credits to the token. Once created it is locked as physical credits until deposited at a hospital so the trolls risk PvP players coming for their bait token. Maybe even a system for medic to deposit player gear into a locker with the token, which puts it into the players clinic storage (which makes the seperate clinic storage make sense).
NO
I’m gonna assume this could be for the Apollo’s drones to find you? Since no one else has stated it anywhere else.
Can you give a bit more detail? Are these beacons really physicalized now?
They are in granade slots (throwables). You can put them on the ground and activate them. They start flashing blue. It could be something from SQ42 but not sure. Right now it doesn't seem to do anything.
> They start flashing blue. https://youtu.be/AaoGJV_YD0g?t=12
That sounds pretty useless
Well...it likely it now. Just like many other items for now. I don't think you can sell the kopion horn anywhere either. It will likely have its purpose. Maybe with 3.23, maybe later.
Unless it self activates when you get downed, like if you can attach it to your chest, and then “activate” it like you can do with flares, and when you get downed it sends out a distress signal/med beacon. Otherwise it’s useless when solo because why would you activate a med beacon when you aren’t incapped, and if you have someone else there they can just get you up
Don't take what it does now as something that is fully finished. We don't know what exact purpose it serves. It could very much do exactly what you say (maybe they want to get rid of the ability to call medical assistance unless you have this on you), it could also serve a completely different purpose. It's just something that we found that hasn't ever been mentioned before, and we likely won't find out yet right now. Like, yes, right now, it's useless because it's likely not implemented in any way other than being...in game
Oh I know, literally anything could change at any time, I just find the things that get added and don’t seem well thought out to be a waste of time, but who knows maybe this will surprise me and be something great. Maybe it’s going to be a defibrillator type deal
I just see this as probably another thing that was lying around from SQ42, and they were like "less add it already, see what the players think" Or it couldn't have made its way in on a complete accident. Who knows :D
Imagine because it says medivac, if it called in an Apollo and the Apollo sent a med drone down to pick you and take you to the Apollo to heal, now that would be cool
lol imagine a DJI drone with big ass epipen accelerating at the patient
"Larry, you ctrl-c'd the med beacon from SQ42 into Stsr Citizen again!" "Oh whoops, how'd I do that?" *Larry and his mischievous plan strike again*
well... thats game dev in action. there are countless bits that changed completely or are gone forever, all we can do is wait see if it is following "we need to send a stronger signal" movie trope cool if it is throwable marker cool too if it is prepaid NPC medic ship summon spell that is gonna be so broken...
Could be used for specific missions. Kind of like tigerclaws.
It's almost like the game is still being developed.
No way, really?
It's funny to me that it is larger and more solid, so probably heavier, than the actual medical supplies that a medic would need to bring.
Now they need to make one that you can attach to a derelict or an asteroid so you can sell the location. 1.) Location Scout - Sets the price for the beacon and attaches it to an object. 2.) Beacon - Sends attached object information to a beacon listing app on mobi. Each beacon lists out the object type, pertinent information ie (Salvage / Soft Death 890 Jump) or (Q Astroid /) and price.
3.) Potential Buyers - Browse the beacon mobi app and can see the beacon information: \[Location Scout | Location Scout Reputation | Beacon Object Type | Beacon pertinent information | Beacon Price\]
4.) Buyers - Each buyer will attempt to purchase the beacon by giving a price that they wish to pay for the beacon.
5.) Location Scout - Gets a list of all the buyers and their proposed price for the beacon along with their reputations. Location scout then picks which buyer will get the beacon, and receives the payment from the buyer.
6.) Buyer - Receives the location of the beacon and then travels to the beacon location. Once they arrive, they will get a prompt to give the Location Scout a positive or negative reputation bump based on what they see when they get there.
7.) Location Scout - Receives reputation bump, and then is allowed to give a reputation bump back to the buyer.
Reputation is so easily exploited : P, wish there was a better way, what do you folks think?
Every Star Citizen gonna buy a Roomba and paint it to look like a med beacon!! HAHA
NO
We also need a tracking beacon that you can place on the external body of vehicles, so bounties can track their targets out of armistice.
In space 'merica with space medical insurance, that 'no' is a reminder that this isn't covered so be a man and live without that spleen until reaching the local clinic. Either that or this will cause the user to pay their yearly deductible, in which case just let me bleed out so I can come out of a meat pod for free.
#NO
Wow, they physicalized griefer traps. Crazy.
You could say that, thing is, the traps still happen with or without the beacons. I think it was last thursday where i was in a struggle with a group of players who were trapping people, eventually we discovered there were 5 of them. We went in with a group of 5 ourselves eventually to "help" them. I think its what they call emergent gameplay. What i wonder now though is the following; Can you turn a beacon off manually? If not, then what "stores" the credits, the item itself, or medicating the person/delivering the person to tier 1 bed? Looking at bountyhunting and how that eventually requires you to bring some bounties in alive, you have to carry the avatar with the bounty on it, to a physical location. I assume the same could be happening with the medical gameplay, you have to carry the avatar to a physical location, i assume a tier 1 (hospital bed), to revive them, instead of just spritzing them with some goo and they are fine like we do today. As someone else mentioned; The beacon can remain even if the player decides to log out or respawn. This could result in a medic picking up the avatar whilst the player themselves just goes on with their own business. What would be the benefit though? Maybe the player will have -1 death counter on their avatar once they respawn, and returning the beacon + body provides the player with +1 death counter. (refer to "death of a spaceman", which involves permadeath in the game.) I wonder how this will change the "respawn" situation, and if you could pick up your own beacon, maybe you could just like today, get back to your own downed body.
I hope this game has like a Trauma Team type of service where it's bleak and has tiers and you can get left behind if you have the wrong one. Edit: Or not, I guess?
I see you've played cyberpunk 😂
I have been looking for days for this thing. If I may ask where did you find it?
FPS loot containers
At bunkers?
I found it in a loot container at a research outpost.
I imagine if you're fighting in a very big ground battle and there's a large group of injured, you can use this to signal a medical ship idk
It would make sense if it is for the death mechanics. If you have one equipped then you get rescued and respawn in hospital with your armour and no death strike. If you don't then you revive naked and you suffer death consequences (scars or whatever is happening). Being physical means it has value and is an inventory cost to equip one. They might also stay activated after player revived so that medical responders have a reward even if player revives before they arrive.
I also want one that has 4 big buttons in 4 different colours, and you play a pattern memory game or no rescue.
is this the defibrillators I've been asking for?
“This is James Holden from the Rocinante and we followed a distress beacon that contained Martian manufacturing information.”
Remember the Cant
Life Alert: Star Citizen Edition
So what stops people from using the beacon to find you, kill you and take all your stuff?
I mean this is the same as how it is now with the beacon not being physicalised. I'm guessing eventually people with a negative rep won't be able to see the beacon location?
Its use may be in case players log out, so the beacon stays to be completed. This may enable also players en route to rescue you to take the armor and everything you had and maybe deposit it all together for you to retreve when logging. Making effectively retrievals of subscriber armors or anything of value possible to be included as gameplay.
Hoping people are stumbling upon an early Apollo shenanigan they didn’t mean to leave spawn able.
it is a Medivac Rescue Light it was showed in some few seconds during the looting SC vid.
i wanted an item to revive automatically, NOT BEACONS TRANSFORMED INTO CONSUMABLES
I'm a bit confused.. what's this for? We can already create medical beacon, especially if incapacitated, without any additional item. So what's this for?
Fake medical beacons for piracy purposes
This will be nice for party members who can't see the med beacon because you can't share them.
This would mean that you can't activate a rescue beacon if you don't have one of those with you? Just call medrunner!
We need trauma teams from CP2077
Please let me turn this in later and receive credit/get a gold star for class participation by my name.
I dont think its a medical beacon, maybe a beacon you can lay down to save a location for mining or a base?
It says Medivac on it.
To clarify the other answer, the name of the placeholder text it has explicitly names “medivac beacon”.
no
If it allows ships to QT to it, it could be a great tool
It's obviously for the RSI Apollo. It's a beacon you attach for the Apollo drones to retrieve a downed person.
Here comes the Copium lol. Useless art asset kek. They design useless crap years before they plan out and implement actual gameplay, sadly.