DEAR CIG... Trash management game loop?
I was talking to a bud who plays and we came up with a 3 stage system for trash management.
Stage 1: give people a nominal credit for tossing trash in the garbage. Treat it like selling maybe have a recycle terminal. 50 EUC for every item disposed. nothing crazy but enough to entice someone to take up the cause.
Stage 2: Trash Shipment missions. Hurston is already a dumpster fire of a planet (sorry Lorville Bois) run missions from other planets and space stations to Hurston to fill out the lore as to why the planet looks the way it does.
Stage 3: Hear me out... Fines for littering "do you know how to use the 3 seashells?" I thought of Demolition Man as I typed this. If someone is dropping items in observed spaces (space stations, cities, etc) a fine would appear similar to the crimestat notification. nothing to send you to Klesher over but enough that it a/ makes you think about it (5-10k EUC) b/ makes other crimes worse for having the fine already c/ once the game releases (if it ever does) it can count against your social credit.
I know it sounds a tall order, and I don't wanna be greedy, but if that could be a thing it would be awesome!
Just brainstorming something.
SN: A garbage collecting ship variant could make some fanboys happy too (appealing to your wallet on the last one)