Hi mods! Coming to you with a couple of ideas/questions that could maybe stir something more up.
1. I read about the detail on the public transportation system within the newcomer's guide that I believe Kira wrote and was just wondering if there was a reason rides booked via hovercar or hoverbike are so expensive? Is it just the technology itself? I'm also curious if these ride-hailing services are owned by a private company, and if so, whether there's any integration of public sector cooperation. For example an entity like Uber having an app where you can book a ride via private car, or check the train schedule, or rent a bike all in one place. Since the city would most likely have control over right-a-way and regulation of transit, I imagine they'd have to have agreements with a big private transportation company. I'm also curious if the city itself has any fleets of vehicles. Sorry if this is kind of technical and I'm bringing in too much detail, I just love transit, weeps.
ALSO would train stations work as multimodal hubs, where you can hop on light-rail, get picked up by a hover car, or rent a bike in one central location? I guess I can't imagine it not being at least somewhat consolidated under a private company and government partnership like our current day and age.
2. I saw the conversation you had with Shikki about modeling and related social media stuff here and wanted to build on the model aspect a bit. Cain has a very decent following on Cooltalk now, thanks primarily to Hideki and also Prompto's photography skillz, and I could see him enjoying the prospect of possible model gigs every now and then if he got enough attention. I'm not necessarily looking for him to become a celebrity, but would he be able to do these gigs at all? Even just taking pictures of fancy outfits for a clothing advertisement, or promotional shoots, whatever.
3. Leading into a tangentially related area: would Cain be able to use his social media status to get political? He pays a lot of attention to what's happening on the Mars colony, so he'll be interested in the governor campaign. And he might want to help Simone Durcell get more attention or recognition if that's who the colonists are saying they want due to worker rights. Could he possibly do this through Cooltalk or some other platform?
4. I know we're still threading the birthday log, but since Kira will be out of town for about a week and I'm still on semi-hiatus (but still fairly active because I can't help it I love this game haha), I'm just curious what Cain and Prompto would find (if anything) at the Maeda residence! We don't necessarily have to thread this whole thing out either. Let me know if you want us to decide which rooms they go into, because that's doable as well and might be less tedious/faster for everyone!
This got way longer than intended, forgive me. And thanks so much for all your work!
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1. I read about the detail on the public transportation system within the newcomer's guide that I believe Kira wrote and was just wondering if there was a reason rides booked via hovercar or hoverbike are so expensive? Is it just the technology itself? I'm also curious if these ride-hailing services are owned by a private company, and if so, whether there's any integration of public sector cooperation. For example an entity like Uber having an app where you can book a ride via private car, or check the train schedule, or rent a bike all in one place. Since the city would most likely have control over right-a-way and regulation of transit, I imagine they'd have to have agreements with a big private transportation company. I'm also curious if the city itself has any fleets of vehicles. Sorry if this is kind of technical and I'm bringing in too much detail, I just love transit, weeps.
ALSO would train stations work as multimodal hubs, where you can hop on light-rail, get picked up by a hover car, or rent a bike in one central location? I guess I can't imagine it not being at least somewhat consolidated under a private company and government partnership like our current day and age.
2. I saw the conversation you had with Shikki about modeling and related social media stuff here and wanted to build on the model aspect a bit. Cain has a very decent following on Cooltalk now, thanks primarily to Hideki and also Prompto's photography skillz, and I could see him enjoying the prospect of possible model gigs every now and then if he got enough attention. I'm not necessarily looking for him to become a celebrity, but would he be able to do these gigs at all? Even just taking pictures of fancy outfits for a clothing advertisement, or promotional shoots, whatever.
3. Leading into a tangentially related area: would Cain be able to use his social media status to get political? He pays a lot of attention to what's happening on the Mars colony, so he'll be interested in the governor campaign. And he might want to help Simone Durcell get more attention or recognition if that's who the colonists are saying they want due to worker rights. Could he possibly do this through Cooltalk or some other platform?
4. I know we're still threading the birthday log, but since Kira will be out of town for about a week and I'm still on semi-hiatus (but still fairly active because I can't help it I love this game haha), I'm just curious what Cain and Prompto would find (if anything) at the Maeda residence! We don't necessarily have to thread this whole thing out either. Let me know if you want us to decide which rooms they go into, because that's doable as well and might be less tedious/faster for everyone!
This got way longer than intended, forgive me. And thanks so much for all your work!