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General FreeSpace => FreeSpace Discussion => Topic started by: Night Hammer on January 19, 2005, 04:28:20 pm
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...........through the whole Capella nova situation?
Ive never been really clear on this.:confused:
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I think the Aquitaine is supposed to have gone through the node in the previous mission while you were busy protecting the Bastion.
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Its probably going through repairs or probably crushing any leftover NTF/Shivan forces still present.
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It got destroyed in the supernova, and the "crew of the Aquitaine" that Petrarch was addressing happened to be the 20+ crewmen that had gotten away in the one escape pod. :D
No, seriously, I think it was in Vega or Eps. Peg. during the whole thing. Otherwise it would have been kicking Shivan *** near the Vega node.
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I think it was probably in Vega, since the Epsilon Pegausi node was collapsed very soon after the GTVA decided to abandon Capella to the Shivans.
Of course, I also think the Bastion was deployed from inside Capella, as crazy as that sounds. There isn't much sense in the Red Alert to the other node otherwise.
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Which makes sense, considering how the jump node said "Epsilon Pegasi" and not "Capella" in the CotTII.
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Probably in Capella/Vega, since Petrarch was giving you briefings and such.
It was probably in Vega when Capella actually went nova, standing by to take care of any cruisers/fighters that made it through the node.
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It was hiding, it being the useless lump of crap it is. :doubt:
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Little nick pick here. Bastion was in the 4th Fleet in Vega......;)
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Originally posted by High Max
It was in Vega. Remember in the first command briefing, it says: The Bastion has been decommissioned and its crew will now serve onboard the Aquitaine. The Bastion was flagship of the 3rd fleet based in Vega. Ever since the Great War, we have called Vega our home.
It says something like that.
well then why is 3rd fleet headquarters in capella?
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It's a plot hole. If you question it too much something bad is gonna happen.
:snipe:
See? *glauuuuugh*
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Er... no, in the first command briefing, Loukakis says 4th fleet is in Vega, not 3rd.
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4th fleet = Vega, 3rd fleet = Capella. Or at least that was the case before Capella went kablooie.
I always kinda figured the Aquitaine and the (few) survivors of the 3rd fleet made it to Vega. What I'm wondering is just where the 3rd fleet relocated to after '67, since having two fleets based in the same system is redundant.
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3rd Fleet was probably disbanded and it's ships sent to other fleets.
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Aquitane didn't replace the Bastion. Just that the squadron was based on board the Bastion during the Great War - it moved to the Aquitane later, whether ages ago, during a great fleet restructuring, or recently, when the Bastion was decommissioned.
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yeah im sure they shuffled squadrons around every so often
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Originally posted by High Max
Also, I noticed another typo. In the first command briefing before the training mission, it says "luitenent Loukakus" but in the command briefing after the 3 training missions, it says, "captain Loukakus". So which is it? One of them must be a typo.
At the rate they lose people, the promotion rate should be through the roof. How else do you explain going from a noob fighter pilot to the head of an elite squadron in a month?
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Loukakis's Diary
7:00 am - New Pilot came aboard today, showed him the ropes in the training sim.
8:00 am - Lt. Commander Smash died in a meat grinder accident. I got promoted!
9:00 am - Commander White quit, mumbled something about wishing us a supernova. I'm a Commander now!
10:00 am - Okay, so the Captain seems to have vanished. I will now call myself Captain Loukakis!
There perfect sense. Some people just advance faster than others.
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The fleet units from Capella were probably used as replacements for all the ships lost in the other fleets.
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Fascinating Reci Fact #324
Out of about 5 different storylines I wrote, every one involved the Aquitane getting waxed during it's last tour of duty before decomissioning. Including during the decom' ceremony itself.
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Originally posted by aldo_14
Including during the decom' ceremony itself.
:lol:
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Sometime I'd like to get a look at those storylines...
I think Alpha 1 is just that good. I mean, if you think about it, Alpha 1's kill score by the end of the campaign is greater then that of many of the great aces of history.
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Originally posted by ngtm1r
Sometime I'd like to get a look at those storylines...
I think Alpha 1 is just that good. I mean, if you think about it, Alpha 1's kill score by the end of the campaign is greater then that of many of the great aces of history.
Why compare WW2 air combat and space combat in 24th century?
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i think he may have been talkin about the great aces of the GTVA/GTA/PVN whatever
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Originally posted by Axem
There perfect sense. Some people just advance faster than others.
:lol:
Siggied!
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Originally posted by aldo_14
Fascinating Reci Fact #324
Out of about 5 different storylines I wrote, every one involved the Aquitane getting waxed during it's last tour of duty before decomissioning. Including during the decom' ceremony itself.
Petrarch: (to himself) Just this last speech... There's not enough time for the sun to go supernova, not a single Shivan destroyer in sight, no renegade Vasudans, no malfunctioning meson Bomb...I think we're gonna make it this time.
Ensign: (points) ****, sir! Uh...Cylons!
(Two Cylon fighters emerge from subspace and fire off nukes)
Petrarch: Damn.
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:ha:
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The Aquitane is damaged in the nebula remember, when it jumps to GD it then heads straight for capella and once there heads straight for vega, do you not remember this? it was heavily damaged i nthe nebula and in the mission they say the aquitane needs to be covered in its retreat and then the debrief says she will be heading to vega for repairs, so just before the supernova mission it jumps to vega but leaves its pilots behind to cover the transports/cruisers etc
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Originally posted by dan87uk
The Aquitane is damaged in the nebula remember, when it jumps to GD it then heads straight for capella and once there heads straight for vega, do you not remember this? it was heavily damaged i nthe nebula and in the mission they say the aquitane needs to be covered in its retreat and then the debrief says she will be heading to vega for repairs, so just before the supernova mission it jumps to vega but leaves its pilots behind to cover the transports/cruisers etc
It left at least its elite pilots behind to help. According to the Subspace tech entry, fighter-jump-drives are prohibitively expensive -- not all GTVA fighters have drives, damnit!! -- which means the Aquitaine likely hauled most of its fighters back to Vega with it.
Say, I wonder what would happen if someone made a campaign where the player and his squadron (and maybe a couple small capital ships) have to carry out guerrilla attacks in a hostile-held system because their fighters have no jump drives and no one can extract them. Twould be interesting, especially if you had to team up with pirates or rebels that you were fighting earlier in the campaign. (I'm not talking ITDOH level, just... what if a small unit got cut off in Regulus, during Warzone, or something?)
Don't look at me, I've already got 2 projects going here. :nervous:
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Originally posted by WMCoolmon
Petrarch: (to himself) Just this last speech... There's not enough time for the sun to go supernova, not a single Shivan destroyer in sight, no renegade Vasudans, no malfunctioning meson Bomb...I think we're gonna make it this time.
Ensign: (points) ****, sir! Uh...Cylons!
(Two Cylon fighters emerge from subspace and fire off nukes)
Petrarch: Damn.
Petrach: This ship is the best the 3rd fleet has ever had the privelage to call its own. nothing has stopped it weather it be the shivans, renegade vasudans, the NTF or the cook overloading the reactor with his curry again.
Crew : *huzzah*
Petrach: and with that i decomi..
Ensign : sir! picking up unknown jump signature!
Petrach : what is it?
Ensign::eek2: its a...its a.....kamikaze watermelon!?:wtf:
Petrach: ....o crap :shaking:
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Originally posted by dan87uk
Ensign : sir! picking up unknown jump signature!
Petrach : what is it?
Ensign::eek2: its a...its a.....kamikaze watermelon!?:wtf:
Petrach: ....o crap :shaking:
[montypython]
"Now today in self-defense class, lads, you'll learn how to defend yourselves from someone attacking you with fresh fruit!"
[/montypython]
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Originally posted by ngtm1r
Sometime I'd like to get a look at those storylines...
I think Alpha 1 is just that good. I mean, if you think about it, Alpha 1's kill score by the end of the campaign is greater then that of many of the great aces of history.
I released all the Reci storylines when we shut down and publicised the internal, y'know.
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Originally posted by Mad Bomber
[montypython]
"Now today in self-defense class, lads, you'll learn how to defend yourselves from someone attacking you with fresh fruit!"
[/montypython]
" when an orange or apple comes into view this should be easy to kill, just point and shoot with a Subach HL-7 thats simple enough. however, if you come across a kamikaze watermelon i suggest you get all of your wingmates to attack it because its just so powerful, one of these buggars crashed the aquitane's decomission ceremony and destroyed it...Petrach and a few other escaped in a pod but were covered in watermelon juice....it was horrible:eek2: :shaking: "
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"Now brandish that raspberry! Be as nasty as you like with it!"
"Grr! Arr!"
*instructor panics, pulls out a revolver and shoots the raspberry-holding student*
:p
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LOL!!
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;) we're all sane though
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Originally posted by dan87uk
;) we're all sane though
who says:p
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:snipe:
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last message log of a kamikaze pilot:
Pilot: WWWAAAAUUUUGGGGGHHHH!
Command: Pilot, what the hell are you doing? You're going at the wrong target!
Pilot: I want to blast the Aquitane!!! I shall pilot my watermelon to the death!
Petrach: This ship is the best the 3rd fleet has ever had the privelage to call its own. nothing has stopped it weather it be the shivans, renegade vasudans, the NTF or the cook overloading the reactor with his curry again.
Crew : *huzzah*
Petrach: and with that i decomi..
Ensign : sir! picking up unknown jump signature!
Petrach : what is it?
Ensign: its a...its a.....kamikaze watermelon!?
Petrach: ....o crap
Pilot: YYAAAAAGGGGHHHH! *boom*
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lol, quite possibly we may need a mental isolation room at the HLP complex for us to go in when we have our spazy moments
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;)