StarTrans, A KSP Virtual Airline?

[NASAFanboy]

I'm unsure where to put this, but...

Me and several KSP friends from my school have got a new idea. Why not start up the first KSP virtual airline? The airline would consist of pilots who would land cargo and passengers at destinations throughout the Kerbal system, and along the way, receive promotions and, when multiplayer is implemented, receive science/money which would be reinvested into more planes/airports (Using the city mod). With higher rank, you would fly longer routes and later craft.

For example, a Second Officer would fly routes carrying cargo to the Island Airport near KSC while a Senior Captian would fly spaceplanes and supplies to a Duna base.

The airline would work like this.

There would be a "Roster" of jobs that would need to be completed that would be hosted on a thread. The "roster" would be updated daily. A pilot would select a job from the roster and post on the thread their intention to do it. After their claim is received, their username is written beside the flight title. The pilot would then fly the job (And deliver any needed cargo) submit a few screenshots, then receive points which can be used for promotions/upgraded craft. The airline would also hire craft builders from the Spacecraft Exchange to design planes for use for the airline.

Such an airline ferry service could go into full swing once multiplayer is implemented, and deliver supplies and crew to bases while the player is away supervising a Eeloo mission.

The airline could also establish bases on other celestial bodies.

So, any feedback from the KSP community?

I'm interested

NOTE TO MODS:

This is not Roleplay, for the following reasons.

1. Events occur in-game

2. The airline will not interact with non-airline industries

[42undead2]

I am, but I do have a question. Would autopilots be allowed? (Real planes have them, y'know)

[NASAFanboy]

I am, but I do have a question. Would autopilots be allowed? (Real planes have them, y'know)

For long intercontinental routes, yes.

Short hops to the Island Airport, probably no.

[KvickFlygarn87]

Well. I'm up for it! Although, we could do it right now using KMP.

I have one doubt, will this be very useful in a non-massive multiplayer?

[NASAFanboy]

Well. I'm up for it! Although, we could do it right now using KMP.

I have one doubt, will this be very useful in a non-massive multiplayer?

Outside of Multiplayer, StarTran will establish bases through repeated flights.

I'm also aiming for the engineering division inside StarTran to set up shop in the SE. But with the den team starting to take multiplayer seriously and even working on some code for it, soon there will be a plethora of jobs for StarTran to handle.

[Wahgineer]

One I get better at designing and flying planes, I might come back to this. Question: will modded craft be allowed (ex: B9, firespitter, Pwing, etc)?

[NASAFanboy]

I've written up a prototype rank structure.

The starting rank for Pilot is Second Officer. The structure goes like this.

Second Officer (0-140 Points) - First Officer (140-250 Points) - Captain (250-500 Points) - Senior Captain (500-800 Points) - Command Captain (800-1200 Points) - Fleet Captain (1200+ Points)

The route organization structure will go like this.

Second Officer/First Officer: (Continental Routes Ex: Island Airport)

Captain: (Intercontinental/Upper Atmospherical Routes/Rides Ex: KSC 2, 60,000m Joyrides)

Senior Captain: (Orbital Routes/Rides. Ex: To LKO Stations/Spaceflight for Kerbal Tourists)

Command Captain: (Interplanetary Routes. Ex: Duna bases, Laythe)

Fleet Captain: (Extreme Routes. Ex: Moho, Eeloo, Carrying Scientists Far Out Past Eeloo)

Modded craft will be allowed, and there will be a special jobs section for modded routes.

[Rainbowtrout]

. I may participate, this seems fun.

[KvickFlygarn87]

How will one earn points?

[NASAFanboy]

How will one earn points?

Flying jobs listed on the roster or designing aero planes for company use.

[Xeldrak]

Sounds like a cool idea, this will be quite a lot of work however.

[NASAFanboy]

Sounds like a cool idea, this will be quite a lot of work however.

Yeah.

Knowing me, updating Flight Rosters will be a pain.

Anyways, I expect to have this Airline up by tomorrow.

[CalculusWarrior]

This does seem fun. Would it use KMP until Squad implements stock multiplayer?

[NASAFanboy]

This does seem fun. Would it use KMP until Squad implements stock multiplayer?

For now, we will have multiplayer and single player operations.

I'm figuring out the kinks of KMP once I get home. And yes, the day Squad implements multiplayer will be a happy day for StarTran

[Vanamonde]

This thread about a game has been moved to the sub-forum for threads about games. All is right with the world.