War Vault

A ship will be constructed. It looks like a humongous vault, it flies about as elegantly as a bath tub with an elephant in it that you carry down the stairs on your back. It has no weapons but can be fit with shield modules.

The War Vault will be stocked with modules and munitions concomitant with fleet doctrines. For any x number of suitable modules and munitions stored in the War Vault, n amount of suitable ships can be equipped with that doctrine fit. Pilots whose skills are insufficient to use a specific module will, as per usual, see that module be fitted and unavailable.

The War Vault fitting interface will show which doctrine fits are available, how many individual fits are stocked in the War Vault. Pilots will dock their ship, only see the fitting interface and dial the required fit. The fit will be installed instantly after which the pilot can undock. There is limited space to store modules and hold content of the ship that was just fitted.

The War Vault will be able to accept returning ships' doctrine fit and swap out any stored content if applicable.

The War Vault will be able to transport a very large amount of non-assembled ships so that pilots can switch ships and doctrines as required by the fleet commander.

By the very nature of the ship it will be huge and require titan supercapital-class resources to build one. Used properly it will be a force multiplier for well-managed fleets. It will also be a very big target containing strategic alliance-level assets that are vulnerable in space.

A log will be created to see how many pilots accessed the War Vault and which ships and fits they consumed. This will inform corporate / alliance management as to how best to use this resource for optimum use.

Edit: The A Band Apart alliance which hosts the Frigate Free For All initiative, a hugely popular engagement involving thousands of pilots, would benefit from a slight tweak to this design such that the ship would list how many ships of each doctrine were available. A selection of which could be made through an interface toggle that would spit out a ship of the desired specification, if it is still available. Because of the nature of this event, this could easily be used to distribute ships to participating pilots without requiring the need for handing out ships manually through the transaction interface.

It will be necessary and an option available in the interface governing the use of this ship to restrict asset distribution to a list of eligible parties, typically corporation / alliance members, as the case may be.

GALLERY

A structure will be built.

This structure will hold a curated, yes: curated, you know full-well why! set of art created by pilots.

Over the life time of EVE a great deal of art has been created by pilots all across the cluster. Some of these works have become icons.

The structure under discussion would allow pilots who are keen to display their wealth of talent to the wider New Eden constituency.

Each work of art will be presented in a fixed format so that it can be properly admired. If the artist is known they may enter a caption below the piece, naming it and providing context with regards to why, when and how it was created.

A Steam-like interface may be provided such that these works may be 'purchased' as a file that can be printed. The artist may affix a message to the buyer, a unique number and even an autograph, identifying the piece as a genuine article presented by the creator.

At certain times curated content may be displayed in a 'vernissage' setting, where art from one specific creator is displayed, or artwork centring on a specific event or cultural phenomenon in EVE.

Creating this structure in EVE would add another string to the rich tapestry of New Eden. It would be a tourist attraction, it would be a conversation starter and it may serve as a conflict driver, depending on where and how it was deployed.