Black Monk Monastery - Revision history

Cholmondely: /* BB Threads */ Added "Help rid me of these turbulent priests!"

2024-08-20T15:11:54Z

‎BB Threads: Added "Help rid me of these turbulent priests!"

Cholmondely: Tagged as a Fictional Organisation

2024-05-06T09:10:17Z

Tagged as a Fictional Organisation

Phkb: Updating BB links

2024-02-29T01:19:09Z

Updating BB links

Cholmondely: /* BB Threads */ Added another

2023-01-17T18:32:37Z

‎BB Threads: Added another

LittleBear at 08:55, 17 August 2022

2022-08-17T08:55:24Z

Cholmondely: /* Links */ Added First Finance OXP

2022-06-02T15:24:48Z

‎Links: Added First Finance OXP

Cholmondely: Added Spara's quote on the mechanics of the loan

2022-03-01T17:05:48Z

Added Spara's quote on the mechanics of the loan

Cholmondely: /* Links */Tweak

2022-03-01T16:55:10Z

‎Links: Tweak

Cholmondely: /* Links */ Added more

2022-03-01T16:53:54Z

‎Links: Added more

Cholmondely: /* The Bank of the Black Monks */ Added YAH ad

2021-12-05T13:15:01Z

‎The Bank of the Black Monks: Added YAH ad

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 *[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2876 NEW : Bank of the Black Monks OXP] (2007 - 17)
 *[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5681 More competition in the banking sector] (2009)
 *[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10324 A question about the Black Monks....] (2011)

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 {{ship-OXP}}
 {{activity-OXP}}
+[[Category:Fictional organisations]]
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 == Insight ==
-{{QuoteText|Text=Balancing loans drove me nuts when reduxing Black Monks. The problem lies in witchspace and the way it handles time. LittleBear's original Black Monks had a very functional mechanic: it gave you something like 10 jumps to clear the debt. That made it possible to estimate the average profit per jump and to balance the interest so that paying back the loan was challenging, but not impossible for a Cobra 3 pilot. The first thing I did was that I changed the loan to be a real loan with interest and it all broke down :( . All you need to do, is find those two opposite eco systems that are very close to each other and you have all the time in the world to pay off the loan. And bore yourself to death. In the end I was very frustrated and ditched the project a couple of times before finally getting the idea of forcing the player to pay the debt at a named system. LittleBear renamed the loans as pilgrimages and the mechanic makes sense in-game. And it's much more fun than zipping between two close systems.|Source=([http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=245592#p245592 Spara on his 2015 rejig of the original .oxp])}}
+{{QuoteText|Text=Balancing loans drove me nuts when reduxing Black Monks. The problem lies in witchspace and the way it handles time. LittleBear's original Black Monks had a very functional mechanic: it gave you something like 10 jumps to clear the debt. That made it possible to estimate the average profit per jump and to balance the interest so that paying back the loan was challenging, but not impossible for a Cobra 3 pilot. The first thing I did was that I changed the loan to be a real loan with interest and it all broke down :( . All you need to do, is find those two opposite eco systems that are very close to each other and you have all the time in the world to pay off the loan. And bore yourself to death. In the end I was very frustrated and ditched the project a couple of times before finally getting the idea of forcing the player to pay the debt at a named system. LittleBear renamed the loans as pilgrimages and the mechanic makes sense in-game. And it's much more fun than zipping between two close systems.|Source=([https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=245592#p245592 Spara on his 2015 rejig of the original .oxp])}}
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 === BB Threads ===
-*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2789 Borrowing, Loan Sharks and Debt collectors] (2007)
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2789 Borrowing, Loan Sharks and Debt collectors] (2007)
-*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2876 NEW : Bank of the Black Monks OXP] (2007 - 17)
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2876 NEW : Bank of the Black Monks OXP] (2007 - 17)
-*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5681 More competition in the banking sector] (2009)
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5681 More competition in the banking sector] (2009)
-*[http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10324 A question about the Black Monks....] (2011)
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10324 A question about the Black Monks....] (2011)
 == Gameplay and Balance Indicator ==

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 *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2876 NEW : Bank of the Black Monks OXP] (2007 - 17)
 *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5681 More competition in the banking sector] (2009)
 == Gameplay and Balance Indicator ==

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 |energyrecharge = 100
 |armaments = 12 Heavy<br />Plasma Cannons
-|defenders = None
+|defenders = Black Monk Gunships
 |isoxp = OXP
 |beacon = B

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 == Links ==
 *[[Economics]] - see the Loans section under '''Links'''
 === BB Threads ===

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 == Download ==
 * Get the latest 2.x version from the in-game expansion manager. Oolite 1.82 or later required.
-* Latest 1.x version: [http://www.box.net/shared/7twwbaelcc Shady Bank of the Black Monks OXP] uses shaders on systems with graphic cards that support them. Oolite 1.75 or later required.
+* Latest 1.x version: [http://app.box.net/shared/7twwbaelcc Shady Bank of the Black Monks OXP] uses shaders on systems with graphic cards that support them. Oolite 1.75 or later required.
-* Original version: [http://www.box.net/public/z2ahfudnt3 Non-Shader Bank of the Black Monks OXP] does not support shaders and is quite buggy but supports old versions of Oolite
+* Original version: [http://app.box.net/public/z2ahfudnt3 Non-Shader Bank of the Black Monks OXP] does not support shaders and is quite buggy but supports old versions of Oolite
 == Links ==

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 There are a number of activities taking place in the Monasteries, one of which involves the preparation of Holy Fuel - much more effective than the usual [[Quirium Fuel]] - but considerably more expensive too.
 == The Bank of the Black Monks ==
 The Order follows a religious tenet that being solvent is a heinous sin and only the righteous walk the '''Path of Debt''', thus all of their members are also '''Blessedly Insolvent'''. A normally cloistered order, they have opened their doors to the space-going populace in an attempt to entice others into the '''Holy and Exalted State of Debt'''. Any Commander may dock with the Monastery and, after being ushered through long, echoing hallways into the '''Grand Nave of Saint Herod the Bankrupt'''. Here they are offered a substantial loan, regardless of their financial state, with the proviso that they repay the loan with vastly inflated interest within a set time period. Failure to repay the loan within that time may result in the Commander being pursued by one of the Order's fearsome [[Black_Monk_Gunship|Black Monk Gunships]]. This alone is more than enough incentive for most to return within their alloted time and pay their debts and return to their sinful ways of financial security.