<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=173959.msg8219675#msg8219675">Quote from: Chrystal on 13-05-2013, 19:26:21</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">The idea that they would raid the settlement is a little bit pushing it. They are going to have a hard enough job staying alive., and they will need to trade with the settlement too. </blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Very good point. While some inmates might be able to survive away from the settlement it does seem unlikely that they could organize.<br/>Another possibility would be to have multiple drop-zones/collection points? One for an entire planet kinda limits the amount of ore that can be harvested without transportation. Just another random idea  :-)<br/>Also, @Haibane, I certainly don't mind being disagreed with, I see it as constructive. I tend to throw out ideas and see what sticks.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=173959.msg8219675#msg8219675">Quote from: Chrystal on 13-05-2013, 19:26:21</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Nothing too outlandish and nothing intelligent, please, other than that, feel free! Fill <em>ecological niches.</em></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Pun intended?<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=173959.msg8219675#msg8219675">Quote from: Chrystal on 13-05-2013, 19:26:21</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I have already decided on Haibane's idea of nanotech suits. They can be used buy a repair crew to immobilise an inmate or several inmates using a coded signal, they will keep the wearer warm, they will draw power from the sun, and also from the settlement's power grid. Icers will have a problem with that! </blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Oo, good idea on the immobilization part, that hadn't occurred to me! Linking the suit's power to the settlement's gird is also a neat idea.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=173959.msg8219577#msg8219577">Quote from: Haibane on 13-05-2013, 19:07:20</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">This mechanism could effectively end any queen-led society because we could make it impossible to tamper with the suits so absolutely everyone must do the forced labour.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Even if the suits did monitor which inmates had mined the correct amount of ore, there are ways to exploit the system. The top dogs would still have to work, but they would enjoy more of the spoils. "You there, underling! Use your suit credits to buy me another ration or I'll have my brute squad beat you within and inch of your life"<br/>Also, the government would have to<em>care</em>about the inmates to meddle in their society.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=173959.msg8219577#msg8219577">Quote from: Haibane on 13-05-2013, 19:07:20</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Not a big fan of personal posessions especially computers as this is simply expense for the Empire and giving hardened criminals anything without any supervision is going to end in trouble (Murphy's Law).</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Agreed.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=173959.msg8219577#msg8219577">Quote from: Haibane on 13-05-2013, 19:07:20</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Question - do suits come off for sleeping and showering? Otherwise sex is going to be very limited.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>I wouldn't think so. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the idea behind the nanotech thing is that the inmate wearing it wont even notice they are wearing a 'suit'. The nanites will integrate into the skin, or something similar, forming a protective layer that is too thin to notice. It will be like being naked, except you don't get hypothermia and the government can freeze you in place whenever they want.