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Archived Boards => The Archive => Blackwater Operations => Topic started by: IceFire on December 14, 2008, 05:36:01 pm
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Warzone has been re-released by the FreeSpace Campaign Restoration Project. A huge thanks to the FreeSpace Campaign Restoration Project for their work on this. I haven't played through it yet but I'm excited to see what they have done to bring one of my old campaigns back to life with the assistance of the latest in FreeSpace 2 SCP code breakthroughs.
For more information please check out their Warzone release thread (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,58356.0.html).
Although not a direct sequel, Blackwater Operations is related to the Warzone story drawing on a small number of past events as well as notable ships and characters.
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Maybe this forum should be renamed "Cold Element". All threads relevant to the CE Universe(like the release of Derelict) should then be moved here. This is just a suggestion... I hardly found out what Cold Element really was(despite knowingvery well each and all of the CE campaigns) so I guess how hard it'd be for newcomers and other HLP members to discover the CE Universe and realize that a given number of campaigns, either WIP or released, are part of the same continuity.
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I'd better get through Warzone soonish before BWO is finished.
I hardly found out what Cold Element really was(despite knowingvery well each and all of the CE campaigns) so I guess how hard it'd be for newcomers and other HLP members to discover the CE Universe and realize that a given number of campaigns, either WIP or released, are part of the same continuity.
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Does BWO make any references to events in any other mods/campaigns? I know that Derelict is part of the CE continuity.
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http://ce.hard-light.net/
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I'd better get through Warzone soonish before BWO is finished.
I hardly found out what Cold Element really was(despite knowingvery well each and all of the CE campaigns) so I guess how hard it'd be for newcomers and other HLP members to discover the CE Universe and realize that a given number of campaigns, either WIP or released, are part of the same continuity.
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Does BWO make any references to events in any other mods/campaigns? I know that Derelict is part of the CE continuity.
We've been over this in other threads, but it takes from Warzone, Derelict and Twilight some hints. There is no "real" connection like A > B > C. Like FS, ST, FS2. None of that. But if you've played the other ones, you should get the references.
Also, Cold Element wise, this forum is really a BWO forum, but technically maybe we should look into either creating a Cold Element forum so all Derelict/Warzone/Twilight/Aftermath stuff goes there, or maybe just include it as a subtitle somewhere here.
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Ok thanks BlackDove.
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Hmmm, anyone know where to get an SCP version of Aftermath? I don't really want to eff around with a retail mod...
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Macfie released a version of Aftermath someplace. My post New Year project will be a restored/updated Aftermath. It is still WIP; not ready for release yet.
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It is still WIP; not ready for release yet.
Tell if you need a playtester.
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Was the Tatenen in this one named after the destroyed corvette in the main FS2 campaign, btw?
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Probably. :)
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Was the Tatenen in this one named after the destroyed corvette in the main FS2 campaign, btw?
Quite by accident actually. I was going through Egyptian mythological names and that seemed like a good name for a ship. It wasn't until I was replaying FS2 (after I had named the ship) that I noticed the name being used. Fortunately for me the GVCv Tatenen was destroyed by the Sathanas.
So...sure...named after it :)
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Well, there was an Orion called the Myrmidon and a fighter class called the Myrmidon, so I don't see anything wrong there. ;)
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Speaking of the name Myrmidon, the time gap was considerable, though...the apparent problem is that the GVD Tatenen was already commissioned and active prior to the commission/destruction of the GVCv Tatenen.
But it doesn't matter. :)
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Speaking of the name Myrmidon, the time gap was considerable, though...the apparent problem is that the GVD Tatenen was already commissioned and active prior to the commission/destruction of the GVCv Tatenen.
But it doesn't matter. :)
Why would the Tatenen be commissioned before the destruction of the GVCv Tatenen?
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Tatenen's a nice name for a (horizontally-challenged) destroyer. Leave it. :nod:
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Why would the Tatenen be commissioned before the destruction of the GVCv Tatenen?
It might have been commissioned when there already was a ship named Tatenen(a Sobek), the construction of destroyers takes a while.
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Why would the Tatenen be commissioned before the destruction of the GVCv Tatenen?
It might have been commissioned when there already was a ship named Tatenen(a Sobek), the construction of destroyers takes a while.
Sure...but they may build the ship and then name it later. Maybe it was commissioned a month after the old Tatenen's destruction...
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Err, I don't think they name a ship only after its completion... :nervous: ;)
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USS YORKTOWN (CV-10) is a good example. She was laid down with the name BON HOMME RICHARD, but it was changed to YORKTOWN after the earlier carrier (CV-5) was sunk. There are many other examples.
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Lots of ships have their parts laid down and construction well under way under a number and then are named later. Or the name is changed as Admiral Nelson pointed out.
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The Gigantic, for instance, was renamed to Britannic after the sinking of the Titanic.
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Does the same principle apply to the FreeSpace Universe?
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Does the same principle apply to the FreeSpace Universe?
It could, if you perceive it as such. ;)
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I don't exclude that many ships have been renamed(I guess the NTC Camisard and the NTCv Jacquerie once had better names) but I find hard to believe that a ship is given a name only after its completion.
De Gustibus... :D
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A ship is never truly named until christened. The hull may be laid down with a name attached to the construction contract, but until christened, that name is NOT official.
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And even after that, it can still be renamed.
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Sailors consider that to be bad luck, though.
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Pirates seem to have no problem with that. :p
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Pirates aren't good guys. :p
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Pirates are always the good guys.
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(http://www.demotivateus.com/posters/pirates-demotivational-poster.jpg)
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It goes without saying that pirates are the good guys. JAD and the 17th century Caribbean are a testament to this. Also:
(http://v4bhlg.blu.livefilestore.com/y1psEZLfO-BM8nUYjD1F7A3sa7SklPbxBYYyYJbU1sTpjjjD0ByfIvmq07Su8Ff5TiwHVZyCPBWNOw/Volition_Bravos_001.png)
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Don't confuse pirates with corsairs.
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Sorta like the USS San Paulo got renamed to Definat when the namesake got toasted? (DS9)
Seemed a bit selfish, but I guess for morale purposes it served a greater good...