Wanna see my Captain's Log?

How awesome would it be if they added a little terminal to the cockpit that you could simply write in? Like a notes thingy were I can be all.
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Stardate 40-2334
Gamma Sector

Today we ran out of fuel en route to the Delta sector. Myself and ensign Kill-Stabber beamed down to the 4th planet of the Gamma Kappa Phi system. The planet was unusually hostile. The locals we encountered didnt seem pleased to see us. The ensign got a nasty laceration when one of the plant people who seemed to be friendly approached and proceeded to lunge at him, I was able to subdue the crazed beast before it did any serious damage. We collected as much fuel as we could before what seemed like half the village was upon us with hunger in their eyes.
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Then you could like turn the page and stuff. You could use it for anything from what I said above, to simply jotting down how much coal you have and which box it's in. Or a list of coordinates or something.

Writing your own books might be fun too.

Finding an abandoned player home with a book titled "How to serve Apex" =P

 

I approve of this. With how much there is to explore and discover in this game, it would be really fun to keep a captain's log. I'd personally love to keep a log talking about all the different temples and creatures and such I find, as if I were a biologist or archaeologist, so maybe having different "books" or sets instead of one long series of pages would be better.
...It's definitely a thing that can be done with a simple text editor, but this makes it feel more awesome and immersive and etc

 

Last time someone asked me to check out their "Captain's Log" I had a bad time.

Thankfully yours is much nicer. I don't even have to walk funny afterwards.

 

This would add a lot of Role Play ability to the game and I think it would be awesome! +1

 

*written in terrible and sloppy handwriting*

I
Today Floran sssee village full of Bird-Men, Bird-man have shiny sstabber that Floran want, Floran will come back to trade for ssstabber.
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Floran go back to village to trade. Bird man sssay Floran not have enough Pixel, Floran offer old sstabber and ssstupid bird man got cut. Other bird-men sssay Floran ssstab him. Floran make liar bird-men into honessst oness.
III
Floran likesss new ssstabber

 

Might be a nice addition to the Codex tab; a section where we can write our own entries. Would certainly be easier to keep track of coordinates!

 

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Stardate #420noscope-6969blazeit

I created my own NPC today - a Glitch, Sex-funk-o-tron 2000.

Space is not so lonely anymore.
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One of these days i'll stop being lazy and post a detailed thread about this in suggestions.
Having a captains log would be a huuuuuge boost to this game.
Not only being able to rp, but being able to record stuff about planets you visited.
"Coordinates 34493 x, -2838 y. Discovered an apex lab. Multiple decorations to still collect. Also, discovered a new beast. Tall, 7 eyes, large tail. Will return later to capture and experiment on."

Instead of some lame system like some people are suggesting, where the planet just says "heres the monsters, the biomes, the villages" before you visit, you get full control over what you want to record. And you feel like a beastly Commander Shepard in the process.

 

I'll just put this here

http://community.playstarbound.com/index.php?threads/suggestion-ship-console.47528/#post-1473426

 

Oh good its already suggested =)

I think we should repurpose this thread to log entries =P

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Log of the Floran scientist observing an avian settlement
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Day 5
They still don't know I am not a cactus...
Day 6
One of them picked my flower. Im sure it will grow back