[Cobra]

You idiot, you kill Terrans in that mission too. It's called a cover-up. Leave. No. Witnesses.

*facepalm*

The reason behind that attack is related to the GTI's thoughts on the TV alliance.

Wasn't the GTI though, it was GTA pilots.

[Mobius]

*facepalm*

Sorry, I was confused.

[azile0]

I dunno if I did something different, but the Hades mission is slow, and boring. I just tuck myself away and blast at the Hades. Nothing touches me. Fighters can't get me, and I just fly out to rearm when I need to. I log about 20 kills getting to my safe spot, but then I really just blast the curious Loki that flies by. It's a good mission to build your Admiral, I guess.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

It is slow, azile. You're not doing anything wrong.

[Droid803]

What would you expect? you're single-handedly taking down a superdestroyer.

[terran_emperor]

I know. And it requires a huge suspension of disbelief.

I can understand it happening in the Colony Wars games. but FreeSpace? No Frakkin' Way!

[Androgeos Exeunt]

You could fly around the Hades shooting and saying "OI OI OI".

[terran_emperor]

I know. Its ridiculous. Too much like colony wars. At least in that case, its understandable.

Word is that ST:R uber revamps this mission

[Mobius]

In Colony Wars there are immensely powerful primaries that allow the player to take down major ships...in FS the player can only rely on limited secondaries...that's why it's weird...

[terran_emperor]

I always thought it was because of the limits on the game engine. That it was more suited to Dog-fighting than anti-capital ships fights.

[Snail]

In Colony Wars there are immensely powerful primaries that allow the player to take down major ships...in FS the player can only rely on limited secondaries...that's why it's weird...

Remember, in INFSCP bombers have the PAC system which allows them to damage capships even when their bombs are depleted. And the EA have the Sniper...

[Mobius]

We're not discussing INF SCP here...

[Snail]

Still, thought it might be interesting to bring it up.

[Mobius]

It's not interesting.

[Snail]

It's not interesting.

You're not interesting either.





EDIT

On another note, there was a secret "Railgun" weapon in FS1 that was commented out. It was extraordinarily powerful. Could this be used in the final mission to kill the Hades?

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Well, the Railguns from INFA or BP might give you an idea...

I actually tried the Railgun once in ST on FSPort. What it does is shoot two needle-like things at the speed of light in a straight line. If they hit, they do huge amounts of damage, but because they're so thin, it's difficult to see where they're going (worse than, what was that, the EA RFT of INFR1, I think).

[General Battuta]

Still, thought it might be interesting to bring it up.

Why? The PAC system is something I'm really excited for! I hope you guys don't cut it.

[terran_emperor]

Yeah. Railguns would cut it. Which is why the Maxim should be allowed to to damage to Cap-ships. - It's for all intents and purposes a rail-gun. I dont give a flying @#^< what the Tech description says. Its a Railgun, thus a slug Shooter (projectile weapon). Since the uranium slugs are magnetically propelled, the Maxim will have an enormous range, far beyond that of most energy weapons, despite what TrashMan says.

Also, I think that as a projectle weapon, it should have an ammo gauge. I really think that future open builds should resurrect the Maxim Ammo Counter from earlier builds.

Anyway, here's hoping that ST:R finally gives a use for the secret rail gun.

@AE, the reson they are so small, is because they are essentially Bullets, not balls of superheated plasma

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Yeah. Railguns would cut it. Which is why the Maxim should be allowed to to damage to Cap-ships. - It's for all intents and purposes a rail-gun. I dont give a flying @#^< what the Tech description says. Its a Railgun, thus a slug Shooter (projectile weapon). Since the uranium slugs are magnetically propelled, the Maxim will have an enormous range, far beyond that of most energy weapons, despite what TrashMan says.

Also, I think that as a projectle weapon, it should have an ammo gauge. I really think that future open builds should resurrect the Maxim Ammo Counter from earlier builds.

Admiral Khafre does note that it behaves like a mass driver. And keep in mind that the ballistic ammo gauge was never a feature in retail. probably described the Maxim as a "energy weapon that behaves like a mass driver" for this reason, and to offset, they gave the Maxim huge energy requirements.

The earliest form of a rudimentary weapon of mass in retail came from INFR1 in the form of the Hurricane missile.

the reson they are so small, is because they are essentially Bullets, not balls of superheated plasma

Well, then it ought to be a weapon of mass that consumes ammo, not nuclear fusion.

[Droid803]

EDIT

On another note, there was a secret "Railgun" weapon in FS1 that was commented out. It was extraordinarily powerful. Could this be used in the final mission to kill the Hades?

http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/GTW_Railgun

60 damage per second doesn't seem "extraordinarily powerful". Its pretty good though.