The Expansion of Space

Suggestion Premise - 

For a long time now, I have been on and off suggesting the idea of space in Dalek Mod. Although, never actually compiled the multitude of different ideas I had for it into one concise suggestion, and that is what I will do now. 

The basic idea behind the suggestion is to introduce a new dimension into the mod, and to also make Dalek Mod itself more progressive. You would start off on a planet that sustains life, and you can start on it to get all the materials and things needed. You would use these to make a basic Space ship, which would allow you to fly in planet atmospheres, and to enter space and fly around, you'll progress to get different tiers of ships to eventually get all the materials needed from the other planets to make a Tardis, making the process to get a Tardis far longer and more enjoyable, and would make the Tardis worth the wait as it would be able to fly freely through space at higher speeds, and even able to get to a destination almost instantly, unlike the space ships. 

I will now go into more detail upon the more detailed areas of my suggestion. 

Starting Planets, and Starter Rockets - 

This segment will discuss the idea of an optional starting planet, and the need and use of Starter Rockets. 

To begin with, the Starter planets would need to be capable of sustaining life, and each of these starter planets would be also capable of allowing a player to have all the necessary materials needed to survive like they would in the Overworld. These Starter Planets would be specifically made to each have their own specific item that you can get from it to make the Tardis in the endgame, so you would eventually have to travel to them all, other harder planets would be included in this aswell. Depending on whether it is something that is wanted, certain planets that could be starter planets like Mondas are quite cold, so perhaps could give the player more immunity to the cold, but those sort of planets may not be best to have as starter planets. 

For the Starter Rocket, I want to go into what it's capabilities are. This will be a rocket mainly comprised of vanilla materials, due to it being a starter rocket, which will mean it is the weakest and slowest of the space faring vessels. 

These would be made to be able to carry a small amount of storage, similar to a Donkey that carries a chest on it. It will also need fuel, although I don't currently have an idea on what that fuel could be. The ship will also be fitted with some weak weaponary systems which will use either a special universal ship ammo, or just ammo from other in game weapons. These weapon would be used if other players attack, or if mob ships do, like Dalek ships, or Cyber ships etc. There is th e possibility it could carry two players, or just the one, but It will also provide oxygen to the players inside the ship nonetheless. 

Space Itself - 

This segment will go into the ideas for the space dimension, some of the things mentioned in this segment will be discussed later. 

This will be a dimension with no gravity, and should probably have a layer of barriers at the bottom of the world to act as the barrier layer to protect players from flying into the void. It will also be a the main stay for how to get from planet to planet for the majority of the time trying to make a Tardis. It will be home to many different randomly generated asteroids which can find different ores in them so you don't have to do travel to a planet to get certain vannila ores. You will also be able to find ship wrecks, not the ones from the ocean obviously, but these would be themed after the many different mobs added to minecraft, and maybe a few themed after some of the vannila mobs. These places would not have oxygen due to them being wrecks but would contain different things, like loot, space ship components and spaceship ammo among other things that relate to the ships original owners species. 

You will also be able to find randomly generated villages in space, and no I'm not meaning the vanilla ones, not sure that would make much sense haha, but these would be actually called Bazaars, which can be found in or on large Asteroids with different non hostile mobs there which you can trade with. This area would have an atmosphere around it to allow you to travel around it without needing a space suit. 

You would also be able to find raid parties around space, these would be similar to the idea of Dalek Raids, and also similar to the Pillager Raids, where small groups of ships could spawn around space, and if they spot you they may chase you down and try and destroy you. You will also be able to find larger static ships and stations which would be similar to a dungeon with mini-bosses in with some pretty decent loot to get from them. 

Ypu will also be able to find all the different planets in Dalek Mod there, well except ones like the End, the Nether, Gallifrey and other planets that are either in different dimensions, or are hidden. I could carry on with the space subject but for now I shall move on

Planets, Stars and Blackholes - 

The Planets would be found around the Space dimension, but in pre set coordinates, well, sorr of. 

The Planets themselves would be listed as having certain coordinates, but due to obvious reasons these planets could move due to orbit, so the Planets themselves will spawn in possibly a 200x200 area of the specified coordinates making the player still have to search for them. 

These planets would allow a player in a Tardis or Space ship to fly into it and it would teleport them to a random position in the world at a high height and allow the player to fly down and land on the surface. 

Certain planets though would require better space ships to be able to land there due to different elements, like the cold, radiation, or even the heat. 

For the Stars, these would not have pre set coordinates, well unless there are some specific stars that are added. These Stars would need the highest tier of Space Ship, or a Tardis fitted with shields to be able to land upon its surface. The player would also need a specialised Sun Suit which will allow them to not die when walking on its surface. 

These Stars would contain various materials and things, and there would also be different types of stars. For the materials, this could include some rare materials are more bountiful here like diamonds, or Metalert or other special materials. For the types of stars, this would include a variety, some could be like Sol, being an average and common star, other could be a Cold Star which the sun suit would allow you to traverse due to the cold, and would be comprised of more cold materials. And another could be a Dark Star, this would be a hot star that has gone dark, here you would be able to find very valuable items like Dark Star Alloy which is very effective against metal mobs, and is very strong and sturdy. It would also include other valuable items that can be used for crafting new things. Although, these stars may not necessarily have materials needed to make a Tardis, due to how end game the Stars themselves are. 

The Black Holes would be essentially Danger zones of Space, for these you would need the highest tier space ship, or a Tardis to be able to escape its gravity before getting pulled inside and crushed. These would be very bad to come across, especially early game, so it is probably best to have them as pre set coordinates, but these places could have asteroids or debris around it that have some very op loot and materials, although getting out of the gravity well after entering, even with the best ships would require alot of fuel and drain the Tardis fuel alot aswell. 

Spaceship Tiers and Spacesuit Tiers - 

This segment will discuss the ideas behind the Spaceship and Spacesuit tiers. 

For the Spaceships, this would be something that gets better as each new ship progresses. But the higher the tier the more planets you will have had to have visited to get the materials and components to make them. Obviously you start off with the simplistic starter tier, and then you can level up by creating new ships with better equipment, weapons, speed, and travel methods. 

These ships would be equipt with the normal player moving methods but the higher tiers would include things like warp drives which would allow you to jump long distances at risk to a certain amount of fuel. The higher ships would also be alot stronger and durable and have better weaponary. 

Also, a possibility is to have the highest tier ships be somewhat similar to a Tardis, where you can enter them via a small pocket dimension specifically for that ship, these dimensions would be in considerably smaller barrier cubes to to make it fairer when you get a Tardis which will have a vastly bigger interior space available. Although these barrier walls would not be able to be toggled off like the Tardis ones can. This would mean you can sit inside and control the ship from within the dimensions via either a pannel or something. 

For the Spacesuits, the tier system would be similar, and would have certain things each level can or can't do. For a start, each level up would allow for more oxygen, meaning you can last longer in space. Although, not all levels would allow you to walk in radiation filled, or cold/warm temperatures. The only one that could allow you to venture into Freezing/Boiling temperatures ie sun's, would be the Sun Suits. 

These suits would also give a level of armour to a player, the higher the tier the higher the armour, although they won't give you armour that levels Netherite or Metalert. 

These suits would also allow you to move around in space in all directions, but doing so will use up some oxygen, as it is done by venting oxygen to go the direction you wish. 

Outside Space - 

This would be a place outside Normal Space, which could only be reached by Tardis, but venturing there would cause the Tardis to slowly loose health until it it eventually looses too much health and goes into hibernation. 

To enter this area, it would require a heafty amount of fuel, and in this place there will be occasional asteroids or places where you find dead Tardis' which would vary in different sizes, there could be possibly ways to allow your Tardis to survive longer in this space, but it would be dangerous to be there long, but the loot you could theoretically receive from the Dead Tardis' would be worth the adventure. The question is whether you would be fast enough to make it in and out. 

Conclusion - 

To conclude, I believe this would be a great suggestion as it would mean players would be able to explore the universe of Doctor Who at their own leisure, and would mean that players would be needed to most if not all places and dimensions offered by Dalek Mod to progress and get their prize of a Tardis. 

I hope that it explains most of what I am suggesting well enough, I will add more to this, and fix things as I go along as I am sure I missed some things. But for now I hope this is adequate enough to help show you what I mean. 

Thank you for reading and listening! 

This is a very cool idea, Galactic craft has a similar sort of tier system with their rockets, and they do have different plants, which could provide some more ideas. But one thing is having an easier tardis recipe for those who don't want to do all of this in a singleplayer world, but make it a thing in the config.