Having slept on the changes I mentioned above, I'm going to try and clarify them a little bit in the clearest way possible and add a few more changes
As stated in my previous messages, IIS will
not have a standing fleet and I will be
removing almost all shipyards from their ownership. IIS will not make ships themselves at all.
Now, I have some new changes.
IIS will have
no stations other than the Avalon (Minato-Class station). All station articles will be removed other than this one.
This means that IIS are totally fluid as to whether an FM wants to subscribe to their services are not. If an FM decides they don't have a use for the company, there is no easier way to leave than having never owned anything there to begin with.
All the shipyards mentioned inside the Avalon will be repurposed into making things other than ships, such as electronics or products related to their subsidiaries.
R&D, the procurement and creation of new ship designs will continue. I'll clarify why below. The rest of the company's subsidiaries will be unaffected.
Depending on what an FM needs, the
designs held by IIS will be produced on a rented third party station in that FM's space, under the premise that IIS have
rented the shipbuilders and shipyards there to make their designs. This means the FM has total control over how IIS behaves and how long they stay depending on the FM's wishes. IIS does at no point own these shipyards.
Only the six large shipyards mentioned on the Minato-class station will be maintained and kept in an "owned" status by IIS, aboard the Avalon since they are too big to be repurposed. This is
simply to service smaller requests players or GMs such as
@HarperMadi have, so that the FM doesn't need to worry about the correspondence regarding making a station to rent etc etc.
Those shipyards will
never run unless requested to. If an FM wants to buy some of IIS' ships, they simply need to ask and fluff a station to be rented by IIS of a size to suit the request. Once the contract is complete and however many ships are have been created for that faction, IIS leave the station until another request is asked of them.
To reiterate, nobody is telling me to make these changes and I could not make them at all if I wished. I want everyone to be happy with the element and for it to be of best use to players, GMs and FMs while keeping the power in their hands. Nobody is whispering in my ear, telling me to make these changes or w/e. I genuinely just want to help the site.
If you have any questions feel free to DM me on Discord. If you would like IIS to make anything for you, help with your R&D of new ship plans or provide RP DM me as well