Develop and Engineering Clans

Detailed Explanations

Remove Develop from Governmental Clans – The fact is that since clans can develop, they really don’t need engineering clans. In some Eras, engineering clans rely entirely on the private sector for their profit and a lot of times there are only so many people to sell to and it leads to stagnation. In reality, governments really shouldn’t be using develop to begin with. That’s not their purpose. They have planets and people to govern, they should be leasing their developing out to other people. Sign a contract with Incom or the Trade Federation for exclusive use of their facilities. I’m sure the engineering clans won’t mind. And if there’s an era where both engineering clans refuse to support the government? Well, you shouldn’t have any technology.

Make 3 Shipyards – Who says that every engineering clan needs to buildships? Who says that every engineering clan needs to make weapons? Incom was a largely ship producing engineering clan in canon. KDY also focused mainly on ship engineering but had a couple weapons on the side. Corellian Engineering Company was focused on cargo ships and shielding technology. So on and So forth. Each engineering clan does not need to have the same focuses. Merrson for instance never made ships, they only made weapons and that was okay. They had some of the best weapons in the galaxy at the time while other people were making the best ships. To facilitate that, make 3 shipyards. Only three engineering clans can makeships and they have to fight for and defend their shipyard. Whether these shipyards are in space or on the surface of planets I leave up to imms to decide.

Each Shipyard can be captured and contested by group – Following the above, each shipyard should be contestable. That is, another engineering clan could attempt to capture one of the shipyards for their own purposes. Given how blueprints work with custom ships, I imagine this should only be possible given build up to it and think logs so that the imms aren’t suddenly surprised by the addition of a new clan in the shipyard. However, the idea is that by making them contestable it will encourage three things. 1) Engineering Clan Competition, 2) Engineering Clans making contracts with other clans for defense, 3) Specialization. That is that it would make engineering clans think twice about capturing a shipyard and make them more than just ‘those giant ship producers.’

Anyone can use develop, but they still need to follow the log and think rules – The fact of the matter is that very few actual developments occur in each era. Having been in an engineering clan in many eras, most of the time on develop is spent arguing about which area to focus in. By allowing anyone with a group, the time, credits and the logs to develop it should lead to more developments. I understand that part of the reason develop is restricted is so that the imms could easily distribute those created parts. For that reason, I do think that develop should still only be useable by a recognized ‘clan.’ Or at the least, that someone who is using the develop command should own a shop so the imms can put it on a private vendor. However, I could understand the need to hold develop to a clan made by formclan. So take this as more of a dream suggestion where I understand that some regulation needs to occur for the sanity of the imms.

All engineering clans must come from formclan – Self explanatory. All engineering clans have to be made ICly through the era and by using formclan. Why? Because this will separate the lazy from the men. And if someone goes through the effort to create a clan using formclan, they’re probably gonna stick with it and be less likely to drive it into the ground because of boredom.