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Title: Be honest: A Monster in the Mist
Post by: Woolie Wool on October 09, 2003, 04:35:32 pm
Did you ever get nervous or scared while scanning the Sath in the Ptah? Just sitting there in front of an enemy ship in a fighter that's got almost no shields or armor, and almost no weapons...:nervous::shaking:
Title: Be honest: A Monster in the Mist
Post by: Taristin on October 09, 2003, 08:54:45 pm
You had to, eh? Couldn't resist?
Title: Be honest: A Monster in the Mist
Post by: Setekh on October 10, 2003, 04:41:30 am
I was prepared by many days Playing Judas. ;)
Title: Be honest: A Monster in the Mist
Post by: RangerKarl on October 10, 2003, 04:44:15 am
I was in a stealth fighter, against a very big ship that couldn't see me. Why would I be nervous?
Title: Be honest: A Monster in the Mist
Post by: Woolie Wool on October 10, 2003, 10:48:24 am
Because if you accidentally hit the thing...bye-bye.:shaking::devil:
Title: Be honest: A Monster in the Mist
Post by: TopAce on October 10, 2003, 03:28:31 pm
I LOVE the Pegasus. Very agile, (but fragile). And it is invisible. Nothing to fear about. :)

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Originally posted by Woolie Wool
Because if you accidentally hit the thing...bye-bye.:shaking::devil:


Not true. It can survive many hits. What can hit that craft? At most that inhuman Ai!
Title: Be honest: A Monster in the Mist
Post by: TrashMan on October 10, 2003, 04:34:48 pm
Invisible?

Don't think so...they had a tendency to see me and fire at me EVERY  time I played that mission.

I allso finished it EVERY time!:D
Title: Be honest: A Monster in the Mist
Post by: ChronoReverse on October 10, 2003, 07:43:05 pm
I choose the Ptah or Pegasus every time I get a chance to.  Why?  I have insane speed and manueverability to fly circles around anything.  Not only that, Aspect Seeking missiles cannot lock onto me, heat-seeking missiles have such a weak lock that mere turn throws them off, fighters practically never fire at me and I've yet to have a beam lock onto me.  What's there to be afraid of?
Title: Be honest: A Monster in the Mist
Post by: Setekh on October 11, 2003, 03:19:03 am
I usually fly heavy assault, so missiles can lock onto me but I can shrug them off. ;)

Then again, that's not the kind of attention you want in a mission like this. :D
Title: Be honest: A Monster in the Mist
Post by: Razor on October 11, 2003, 04:59:07 am
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Originally posted by Setekh
I was prepared by many days Playing Judas. ;)


That was the coolest mission in the history of Freespace. The music simply 0\/\/N3d. I was thinking about converting that soundtrack for Freespace 2 but I had problems with table entries.
Anyway, since I played FS2 first, I must admit that the mission was a little scarr but not that scary. After all it's just a game. ;)

One more thing. What if you were flying a non stealth fighter? :drevil:

Command: Eh sorry hot shot, but we are out of stelthies today. The SOC bastards took em all. You gotta do this the hard way.
Alpha 1: But...what if I get killed.
Command: Meh :p  don't worry. There are a lot of people who would take your place and we will make sure we make you a decent tomb in some old space wreck.
Title: Be honest: A Monster in the Mist
Post by: SuperCoolAl on October 14, 2003, 01:58:31 pm
you kidding? go scan 4 subsystems of the most destructive warship known, while a corvette attacks a weak point so it will probably lainch more fighters!

this mission was pretty easy for me, but ive never felt more nervous or ever mustered the courage to try blowing up the turrets
Title: Be honest: A Monster in the Mist
Post by: TopAce on October 14, 2003, 02:44:26 pm
That mission is a piece of cake. Only those damned AAAs can mean heavy headache ..... I hate those weapons. :mad:
Title: Be honest: A Monster in the Mist
Post by: Gloriano on October 14, 2003, 02:45:36 pm
i loved that mission:)
Title: Be honest: A Monster in the Mist
Post by: TopAce on October 14, 2003, 02:46:46 pm
Isn't it a bit boring? I would hate completing it for the tenth time during an afternoon.(Testing :))
Title: Be honest: A Monster in the Mist
Post by: Odyssey on October 14, 2003, 03:24:19 pm
I had fun in that mission the 2nd and 3rd time - loaded out the Ptah with dumbfires, stuck on an Akheton, scanned everything and knocked out one of the front beam turrets by sitting there firing at the end of the arm for a rather long while, then hurriedly got out of the way when the Sath jumped. Unfortunately it didn't carry the destroyed turret over, so I had to destroy it again (but with bombs, which was kinda easier).
Title: Be honest: A Monster in the Mist
Post by: SuperCoolAl on October 14, 2003, 03:30:04 pm
well they would have repaired it by 'bearbaiting'
Title: Be honest: A Monster in the Mist
Post by: TopAce on October 14, 2003, 03:34:58 pm
According to my experience, the is-previous-event-true or false is working quite weird.
Title: Be honest: A Monster in the Mist
Post by: Odyssey on October 14, 2003, 03:43:40 pm
The time it took to destroy the damn thing, I would have thought they would've fixed it as I shot at it ^_^
Title: Be honest: A Monster in the Mist
Post by: an0n on October 14, 2003, 03:44:30 pm
It was so easy I 're-engineered' the mission so I could fly it in a pre-shields Apollo.
Title: Be honest: A Monster in the Mist
Post by: Odyssey on October 14, 2003, 03:46:51 pm
Did you change the stealth tags though?
Title: Be honest: A Monster in the Mist
Post by: an0n on October 14, 2003, 03:48:00 pm
Nah, that'd be cheating.
Title: Be honest: A Monster in the Mist
Post by: Setekh on October 14, 2003, 11:08:14 pm
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Originally posted by Razor
That was the coolest mission in the history of Freespace. The music simply 0\/\/N3d. I was thinking about converting that soundtrack for Freespace 2 but I had problems with table entries.
Anyway, since I played FS2 first, I must admit that the mission was a little scarr but not that scary. After all it's just a game. ;)


Dude, no kidding. You wouldn't believe how sweaty my joystick hand got during that mission, the first time I played it. :shaking:
Title: Be honest: A Monster in the Mist
Post by: Goober5000 on October 14, 2003, 11:19:30 pm
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Originally posted by Razor
I was thinking about converting that soundtrack for Freespace 2 but I had problems with table entries.


SCP 3.5.5 can play FS1 music. :nod: Download the music tracks and table from the Port.