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Title: Your Questions Answered!
Post by: mjn.mixael on July 18, 2011, 03:23:36 pm
Ask your questions here and we will do our best to answer them.

Here's some basics.

What is it?
Between the Ashes is a reconstruction era mod. There are a lot of different events that could be covered during that time period and since we don't want to play our hand too early, we won't tell you exactly what we'll be covering. But anyone with a general knowledge of FS1 and FS2 can probably guess some of the major plot points.

How long will it be?
We have a few stories to tell, but for the sake of making progress we've split it up into several chapters. The general target for a chapter is about 15 missions or so.

Will there be new weapons or ships?
There will be some new weapons that we've made, but mostly we'll be using models and assets readily available around HLP.

Will you be sticking to canon?
As much as possible yes. We will extrapolate in some areas, but we are trying to keep within the confines of FS1 and FS2 canon. However, this mod assumes ST:R over ST.
Title: Re: Your Questions Answered!
Post by: NGTM-1R on July 18, 2011, 03:25:54 pm
Obvious questions first: Shivans or beams?
Title: Re: Your Questions Answered!
Post by: mjn.mixael on July 18, 2011, 03:31:42 pm
No Shivans.

Beams eventually.
Title: Re: Your Questions Answered!
Post by: LordPomposity on July 18, 2011, 03:46:37 pm
Ooh, shiny forum.

Character-driven campaign or Alpha One* campaign?

Do you plan to use FS1-era fighters throughout, or introduce a generation of strikecraft in between the FS1 and FS2 ships?

*NTTAWWT
Title: Re: Your Questions Answered!
Post by: Goober5000 on July 18, 2011, 07:50:53 pm
Will there be cake?
Title: Re: Your Questions Answered!
Post by: mjn.mixael on July 18, 2011, 08:01:26 pm
Character-driven campaign or Alpha One* campaign?

Do you plan to use FS1-era fighters throughout, or introduce a generation of strikecraft in between the FS1 and FS2 ships?

Mostly and "Alpha One" campaign.

The fighters will merge from FS1 to FS2.

And yes, there will be cake.
Title: Re: Your Questions Answered!
Post by: Goober5000 on July 18, 2011, 08:09:03 pm
woot
Title: Re: Your Questions Answered!
Post by: Snail on July 18, 2011, 08:16:40 pm
It might not be chocolate cake though.
Title: Re: Your Questions Answered!
Post by: LordPomposity on July 18, 2011, 08:29:43 pm
You most make a cupcake
Title: Re: Your Questions Answered!
Post by: Snail on July 18, 2011, 08:35:31 pm
There are macaroons, don't worry.
Title: Re: Your Questions Answered!
Post by: Rodo on July 18, 2011, 09:01:09 pm
cake is good.


what about SOC missions?, will there be a loop somewhere?
Title: Re: Your Questions Answered!
Post by: mjn.mixael on July 18, 2011, 09:20:03 pm
There are no loops planned.
Title: Re: Your Questions Answered!
Post by: CKid on July 18, 2011, 09:51:59 pm
With this project, will you still be able to continue work on the upgraded cutscenes?
Title: Re: Your Questions Answered!
Post by: mjn.mixael on July 19, 2011, 01:08:34 am
You underestimate me! This simply means that I have levelled up. I learned new attacks but didn't end up having to replace cutscene creation...
Title: Re: Your Questions Answered!
Post by: ssmit132 on August 15, 2011, 08:40:13 pm
mjn.mixael wants to learn the move Making Campaigns. But mjn.mixael can only learn four moves.

Forget a move in order to learn Making Campaigns?
-Eating
-Sleeping
-Posting
-Making Cutscenes

:p
Title: Re: Your Questions Answered!
Post by: mjn.mixael on August 15, 2011, 08:55:04 pm
That's easy.. Sleeping. I only do that 4 - 6 hours a night anyway...

Oh jeeze.. I'm becoming Zacam.
Title: Re: Your Questions Answered!
Post by: starlord on August 24, 2011, 05:54:54 am
Actually, I was thinking, might BTA incorporate some elements from madbomber's fiction? he has a comprehensive list of events that occur between the factions as well as events of that 'lost fleet' scenario... Also, perhaps some elements of eagle takes flight could be preserved in that timeline!

Just a thought...
Title: Re: Your Questions Answered!
Post by: Wobble73 on August 24, 2011, 07:51:29 am
There are macaroons, don't worry.

Macaroons are biscuits not cakes!

 :nod:
Title: Re: Your Questions Answered!
Post by: mjn.mixael on August 24, 2011, 10:35:37 am
Actually, I was thinking, might BTA incorporate some elements from madbomber's fiction? he has a comprehensive list of events that occur between the factions as well as events of that 'lost fleet' scenario... Also, perhaps some elements of eagle takes flight could be preserved in that timeline!

Just a thought...

I've never seen his stuff. Though now I'm curious.. I'd be interested in reading it to see how many of my ideas are similar to his.
Title: Re: Your Questions Answered!
Post by: Snail on August 24, 2011, 11:20:09 am
Actually, I was thinking, might BTA incorporate some elements from madbomber's fiction? he has a comprehensive list of events that occur between the factions as well as events of that 'lost fleet' scenario... Also, perhaps some elements of eagle takes flight could be preserved in that timeline!

Just a thought...

I've never seen his stuff. Though now I'm curious.. I'd be interested in reading it to see how many of my ideas are similar to his.
I'm pretty familiar with his stuff, I read through a lot of it. We could talk about it, if I ever appear on IRC again...
Title: Re: Your Questions Answered!
Post by: starlord on August 24, 2011, 11:54:15 am
He had a whole new arc on the reason the shivans attacked, linked to the disappearance of a fleet in the TV war in a subspace incident (expanded from awakenings) and I think his ETF campaign featured a reskinned (perhaps player flyable?) amazon... That's about all I know...

He also set the stage for possible skirmishes between the post GTA factions and the defection of various GTA assets (see sectorgame)...

In the same way, the FS1 campaign aftermath featured a secondary GTI base named the midgard in deneb from which perhaps the GTA could have captured all the rest of the data the GTI may have collected (that includes beam weaponry). Just throwing ideas here...
Title: Re: Your Questions Answered!
Post by: NGTM-1R on August 24, 2011, 11:00:03 pm
MadBomber's work can be read over on SG, where he was planning to make a campaign once.
Title: Re: Your Questions Answered!
Post by: Mobius on September 13, 2011, 12:37:02 pm
Q: Are we going to play as a Vasudan, at least in one chapter of the series? If not, are we going to fly Vasudan craft?
(please forgive the zodness)

Q: Alright, it's a Reconstruction Era campaign. But... since the Reconstruction Era was quite long, when does exactly this campaign take place? And where?

Q: Is the Phidias going to play a major role, or it's just a shiny tool to improve your modpack?

Q: Are we going to see 100% civilian stuff, such as space liners?
Title: Re: Your Questions Answered!
Post by: MatthTheGeek on September 13, 2011, 02:09:56 pm
A: You play as a Terran, but you will have the occasion to fly Zod crafts.

A: The campaigns takes place about two years after the events of Silent Threat Reborn. The action will take place in several GTA/PVN systems, but mainly around Antares.

A: The latter.

A: Yup.
Title: Re: Your Questions Answered!
Post by: Mobius on September 14, 2011, 04:42:19 am
Q: Antares? Awesome. What about the Antares Federation? Are we going to play as an AF pilot?
(AF =/= Air France in this case)
Title: Re: Your Questions Answered!
Post by: starlord on September 14, 2011, 05:19:21 am
will you actually be using the hesat?

Also, if you put liners in, then you certainly must include the paTr baracuda...
Title: Re: Your Questions Answered!
Post by: mjn.mixael on September 14, 2011, 06:21:50 am
You won't be playing as an Antares Federation pilot and you won't be flying the Hesat. I am not familiar with the paTr baracuda though.

However, it is likely that you'll see the seeds of the Antares Federation.
Title: Re: Your Questions Answered!
Post by: starlord on September 14, 2011, 07:37:37 am
will there be leftover turbulence from GTI? Say for instance the capture of a secondary base of operations to acquire their data and preserve it from the factions?
Title: Re: Your Questions Answered!
Post by: mjn.mixael on September 14, 2011, 08:52:37 am
Corruption breeds corruption. The tide is rising.
Title: Re: Your Questions Answered!
Post by: starlord on September 19, 2011, 04:27:47 am
A post from madbomber concerning his reconstruction timeline:

http://sectorgame.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=4682
Title: Re: Your Questions Answered!
Post by: mjn.mixael on September 23, 2011, 07:28:20 am
Interesting stuff there.

Suffice to say, though, that this plot was perceived before I read his stuff. There are plenty of differences.
Title: Re: Your Questions Answered!
Post by: aeon48m on June 30, 2012, 08:36:00 am
What does this mean and what is in the missing spaces?
Spoiler:
Honourable Tsamina Zangalewa. Cuz this is Africa. Honourable Tsamina eh eh. Chaka Chaka eh eh. Honourable Tsamina zangalewa. Anawa aa.

So The GTCv Die Narmos, a creation by GTI Systems, tragically self-destructed during one of the test runs in the next ----rateen --ei--ter corvette-n ---ued by the

GTA Millitry -up--y --eet Secrite. It ha-d the most promies. In fact, it was the Terran's answer to the Vasudan's Bes but better in every way. What happened?

But wait, there's more!

Waka Laka's a thing to play forever just to be together. Waka Laka's a place to be forever. Waka Laka love and fantasy. See Waka Laka when you need a flight of fantasy, ecstasy, rhapsody. See Waka Laka when you want a love so tenderness. Waka Laka make you fly. See Waka Laka when you're going to feel so sad and blue, Just for you, never blue. See Waka Laka and a funny bunny'll free your life. Now it's Waka Laka time. I wanna live a brand new day. Go far away to Waka Laka place. A Waka time to feel so fine. A Waka Laka flight! Waka Laka's a never ending story: Glory, glory, glory. Waka Laka's a place to be forever. Waka Laka love and Waka Laka love and Waka Laka love and fantasy.

Or It was a s---t-ge. Shivans, Vasudans-, terrans... it doen't matter. God d-- it. If the ---ite was to work, the al--a--e w---d not -and be-- formed. Exep--tion world be the ---wer. The --st---ers world not have ---sen to f---. This is w--. Do not tempt fate.

Oh, and... "Starbucks, what do you hear" "Nothing but the rain." "Then grab your gun and bring home the cat."

"LEEEEEEEEEROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOY JEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINS!"

Derp.
Title: Re: Your Questions Answered!
Post by: mjn.mixael on June 30, 2012, 09:12:46 am
 :wtf:
Title: Re: Your Questions Answered!
Post by: aeon48m on June 30, 2012, 09:19:49 am
Yeeah, me filling in the blank spaces might not be totally accurate.