Space Battle

[getfreur]

I was thinking about the Almayer weapons and how they are not being used in the game so i had a brainstorm for a even that would not only use the "battle stations", but all the systems on the ship.

The idea is a event where the Almayer is boarding a enemy spaceship to get intel about their main base, that spaceship can be from the CLF, pirates, UPP or even a infested ship that launched from a infested planet where the marines want to destroy it form orbit, but the spaceship weapons systens are activate and will target anything that approch it, so before the marines could use the dropships to board it they need wait for the almayer batteries and torpedos to destroy enemy batteries, in that the hull will be getting bombarded having holes in it and killing troops or destroying systens in the ship.

That is the idea what you guys think if something like that happened?

[Gnorse]

I think an admin did an event like that not too long ago, was pretty neat.
Commander/XO issued orders using general comms/Announcements and ARES (a.k.a admins) would preform them.

[Nicboone]

Eventually I will have to figure out some ways to edit events like that. Overall people enjoyed my event, but the major issues were venting, the ability to repair, and the enemy force. I am personally always trying to find ways to cram something like that in, but for now, youll have to settle with a VERY rare event

[getfreur]

holy molly the DEV reply to one of my post, i'm felling like a militant from the brotherhood of nod seeing kane in person, but putting it aside i have a question about doing such a mode.

would not be necessary to make a map for this and make ammo for the almayer weapons?

[Nicboone]

Well, as far as how it can be run as an event, it isnt required to do so. I basically can spawn whatever I need in, in order to simulate the experience. However, if this mode were something that were something someone wanted to fully flesh out, it probably would need specialized mapping, spriting, and coding, yeah. I dont know if we will ever implement that here, but as far as interest, Id like to find ways to make it happen again and better. Both as an event, or a gameplay mechanic if possible.

As an event, Ill need some time to rework it to account for some issues it had last time. In order to make it fun for everyone involved, I need to write some supplimental stuff [like a tabletop RPG], as well as make it so the average marine has something to do. Ideally, if I ever get around to it, I would love to do just that for an event. But again, it would be a very rare thing I would announce on the forums, days or weeks in advance.

[getfreur]

what about make a almayer copy with some modifications like name and locations, with a story that a USCM ship have stop responding and when the first wave of marines arrive on the other ship they discover that the crew is dead , the ship is under control of some organization and they have activate the defense batteries against the almayer, while both ships shoot each other the marines need to defend the hangar where they have landed to receive reinforcements and supplys and take key positions to neutralize the boarders and the ship batteries while explosions from the combat happen all over.