[starlord]

Yeah, except in freespace, you're supposed to fly a fighter.

[G0atmaster]

What he's trying to tell you is that a player in a small ship can have very little influence on an enormous albeit impressive looking battle. The correct name for this is "Battle of Endor syndrome". The antidote is to give the player an important but accomplishable task to perform as the huge battle unfolds around him. This makes for a mission which is both impressive looking and interesting / challenging to play.

My thoughts on this would be to give the player something akin to disarming the Super Star Destroyer or something.  That'd keep him pretty busy for long enough to let the battle unfold around him.

[starlord]

  

What super star destroyer?

[G0atmaster]

Going with the Battle of Endor refrence still.  If the Shadow Planetkiller is the Death Star equivalent, ah help me out, what would come close to an SSD?  Some kind of decent-sized destroyer.

[terran_emperor]

A Drakh Mothership would be the Executor SSD. Simply because the BMF is so big and hard to kill. I mean, in RotJ, it was sheer like that the SSD was destroyed

[starlord]

i agree: drakh mothership comes to mind. but i suppose a lone fighter is going to take a white to disarm it. Or else, destroy those drakh shuttles pouring the shadow virus into our atmosphere.

[G0atmaster]

not one lone fighter, give him a few squadrons.  It'll be like the last mission in Silent Threat, only better.  And with an evil ball of doom looming over the battle.

[Vidmaster]

I am struggeling to get the planetkiller right for FH2261       is going to be difficult 

[P-90_177]

You're putting a shadow planet killer into FH? Ooooh that will be awesome.

[Vidmaster]

maybe I will have to cut it...     it doesn't really work and does not make a good mission either

[starlord]

I say, just make the core in a dark nebula: you can cheat your way through and it sorts of keeps the satisfaction of blowing up a shadow killer.

[terran_emperor]

My attempt to make this has currently stalled. Blender is giving me difficulties. I may just assemble it by it's components in FRED and take sceenshots. Then ask someone to model it.

[starlord]

Would be great: Please keep us informed! 

[terran_emperor]

Currently iam still  working to get the positioning of the pieces right, i have two options.
1) Either import the 3 individual models that make up the Big-one, or
2) Get someone to assemble them as directed and merge them into one huge model.

I'm inclined to go with 1) and provide a Base mission, with the thing assembled. Then those who want a SPK mission can build the mission around it

[starlord]

Would be great! Best of luck!!!