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Offline Flaser

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Re: If you could have a job on a FS ship...
Reply #20 on: February 13, 2006, 02:38:28 pm
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Offline TrashMan

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Re: If you could have a job on a FS ship...
Reply #21 on: February 13, 2006, 05:48:12 pm
Captain of hte Colossus - of course, I would RUN instead of jsut standing there...

Wait a second..on second thought, captain of any ship that is NOT in Capella. ;7



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Offline bfobar

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Re: If you could have a job on a FS ship...
Reply #22 on: February 13, 2006, 08:18:44 pm
Commander of the 1st fleet headquarters. Then while everyone else is getting trashed by the shivans, I could just hang out and pick up pieces of the Lucifer to steal tech off of and not worry about civil wars and fly down to tahiti in my classicly restored apollo for mai tais on the beach.
 

Offline aldo_14

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Re: If you could have a job on a FS ship...
Reply #23 on: February 14, 2006, 05:09:03 am
Quote from: TrashMan on February 13, 2006, 05:48:12 pm
Captain of hte Colossus - of course, I would RUN instead of jsut standing there...

Wait a second..on second thought, captain of any ship that is NOT in Capella. ;7





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Offline karajorma

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Re: If you could have a job on a FS ship...
Reply #24 on: February 14, 2006, 06:25:27 am
Quote from: TrashMan on February 13, 2006, 05:48:12 pm
Captain of hte Colossus - of course, I would RUN instead of jsut standing there...

Like you're going to get anywhere with you ****ing engines disabled.
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Offline aldo_14

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Re: If you could have a job on a FS ship...
Reply #25 on: February 14, 2006, 08:49:40 am
"Quick, get out and push!"
 

Offline Woolie Wool

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Re: If you could have a job on a FS ship...
Reply #26 on: February 14, 2006, 11:20:39 am
Weapons officer. The captain makes the order, but I press the button.
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Offline TrashMan

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Re: If you could have a job on a FS ship...
Reply #27 on: February 14, 2006, 04:04:22 pm
Quote from: karajorma on February 14, 2006, 06:25:27 am
Like you're going to get anywhere with you ****ing engines disabled.

As long as the jump drive is working...LOL

Why else would command tell Colossus to jump out, even when his engines were disabled?
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Offline karajorma

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Re: If you could have a job on a FS ship...
Reply #28 on: February 14, 2006, 04:14:03 pm
Cause the captain of the Colossus wanted to die a heroes death so he kept lying to Command about the state of his ship.

Or cause :v: decided at the last minute to disable the Colossus rather than have it follow the waypoints it's actually assigned and then forgot to change the dialogue.
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Offline aldo_14

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Re: If you could have a job on a FS ship...
Reply #29 on: February 14, 2006, 05:37:03 pm
c) Command was accidentally receiving telemetry from the GTVA Colins Stuff, a Birmingham class garbage scow in the Wolf 359 system.
 

Offline achtung

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Re: If you could have a job on a FS ship...
Reply #30 on: February 15, 2006, 12:48:04 pm
Or maybe in the heat of the moment the guy transmitting just screamed for them to jump outta there.  I mean that's what anyone's automatic reaction would be.
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Offline Carl

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Re: If you could have a job on a FS ship...
Reply #31 on: February 15, 2006, 04:14:47 pm
Quote from: aldo_14 on February 10, 2006, 06:07:36 pm
the captain has to go down with the ship

I really don't think that's an actual rule.
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Offline NGTM-1R

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Re: If you could have a job on a FS ship...
Reply #32 on: February 15, 2006, 04:24:39 pm
Captains are actually among the people it's most critical to save. They're hard to replace.

It makes a noble gesture, to be sure (or more cynically, a nice way of dodging being held accountable), but it hurts more then it helps.
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Offline StratComm

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Re: If you could have a job on a FS ship...
Reply #33 on: February 15, 2006, 04:30:21 pm
Quote from: karajorma on February 14, 2006, 04:14:03 pm
Cause the captain of the Colossus wanted to die a heroes death so he kept lying to Command about the state of his ship.

Or cause :v: decided at the last minute to disable the Colossus rather than have it follow the waypoints it's actually assigned and then forgot to change the dialogue.

Still the most screwed-up mission in all of Freespace from a FREDing and technical standpoint, bar none.
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Offline CP5670

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Re: If you could have a job on a FS ship...
Reply #34 on: February 15, 2006, 05:53:42 pm
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Cause the captain of the Colossus wanted to die a heroes death so he kept lying to Command about the state of his ship.

It's not like anyone remembers him anyway. He is nameless and has the same voice as Samsa. And people always talk about why his ship sucks. :D

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Still the most screwed-up mission in all of Freespace from a FREDing and technical standpoint, bar none.

The final mission is a bit weird too. From the event/message names, it looks like they changed around several of the ship names at some point during the mission's development.
 

Offline Ghost

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Re: If you could have a job on a FS ship...
Reply #35 on: February 15, 2006, 10:19:15 pm
I vote for flak or beam cannon gunner. Blob turrets are for sissies and old people from FS1.  I also wouldn't mind being Alpha 1. That is always good.
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Offline TrashMan

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Re: If you could have a job on a FS ship...
Reply #36 on: February 16, 2006, 08:48:40 am
Correct me if I'm wrong, but being disabled doesn't stop a ship from jumping out (I recall FREDing a mission with a disabled ship jumping out..a long time ago)

I'd like a job on the GTD Command's Headquaters. Why?
1. You're allways bpossing other people around
2. You're far away from any danger
3. If you screw up you can allwa blame someone else
4. You can be secretive
5. You don't need a degree to get the job
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Offline BlackDove

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Re: If you could have a job on a FS ship...
Reply #37 on: February 16, 2006, 09:01:05 am
SOC GTVI personell on an experimental new science vessel, Erinyes waiting in the fighterbay.

So, that probably means I'd take the pilot job.
« Last Edit: February 16, 2006, 09:04:30 am by BlackDove »
 

Offline karajorma

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Re: If you could have a job on a FS ship...
Reply #38 on: February 16, 2006, 03:43:31 pm
Quote from: TrashMan on February 16, 2006, 08:48:40 am
Correct me if I'm wrong, but being disabled doesn't stop a ship from jumping out (I recall FREDing a mission with a disabled ship jumping out..a long time ago)


You can FRED a mission where an Argo docks with the Colossus and carries it off into Subspace. It means bugger all in game terms. We never see a ship jump out with disabled engines in the game and it would make you wonder why ships that have been diabled don't jump out rather than waiting to be captured.
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Offline NGTM-1R

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Re: If you could have a job on a FS ship...
Reply #39 on: February 16, 2006, 04:07:14 pm
True, but it is possible to force a warpout via SEXPs, isn't it?
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