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Title: I just save the Oberon
Post by: ShivanSpS on December 07, 2006, 08:57:09 pm
yeah :D on Medium.

(http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/4729/missionqw1.th.jpg) (http://img215.imageshack.us/my.php?image=missionqw1.jpg)

of course, there is nothing in debriefing about him.

(http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/1203/debriefcr5.th.jpg) (http://img155.imageshack.us/my.php?image=debriefcr5.jpg)
Title: Re: I just save the Oberon
Post by: Cobra on December 07, 2006, 09:01:51 pm
of course, there is nothing in debriefing about him.

(http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/1203/debriefcr5.th.jpg) (http://img155.imageshack.us/my.php?image=debriefcr5.jpg)

Technically, there is. She says that you saved a "GTVA capital ship." :D
Title: Re: I just save the Oberon
Post by: ShivanSpS on December 07, 2006, 09:06:08 pm
No thats its about Aquitaine jumping out which high hull %
Title: Re: I just save the Oberon
Post by: Snail on December 08, 2006, 08:28:07 am
So you assume. :P
Title: Re: I just save the Oberon
Post by: Centrixo on December 08, 2006, 08:49:02 am
how the hell did you manage that?!!!
Title: Re: I just save the Oberon
Post by: Freespace Freak on December 08, 2006, 09:25:29 am
Isn't that a glitch?  I thought the thing was supposed to destroy itself regardless even if you somehow managed to kill every single baddie in the area before it kills the Oberon.
Title: Re: I just save the Oberon
Post by: Cobra on December 08, 2006, 12:12:01 pm
No, IIRC the Oberon jumps out with the Aquitane.

Actually, one of the only ways to save the Oberon (unless you're a badass pilot or something who can kill all the inbound Shivans before they unleash enough missiles to kill the Oberon) is to Shift~I it.
Title: Re: I just save the Oberon
Post by: Snail on December 08, 2006, 01:27:03 pm
Maybe that's what he did.
Title: Re: I just save the Oberon
Post by: Cobra on December 08, 2006, 01:30:22 pm
Maybe that's what he did.

I dunno, he could have done it the hard way, because I was able to save the Oberon without cheats as well. (though it was only once and one HUGE fluke)
Title: Re: I just save the Oberon
Post by: Kaboodles on December 08, 2006, 02:01:27 pm
Is this the one where you "tested" the Pegasus fighters by holding them at bay?  If so, I might have saved it once.   I don't remember really, but being an ultra-perfectionist at this game, I can't really imagine myself giving up and moving ahead without saving it.  Unless it really does self-destruct.  I dunno.
Title: Re: I just save the Oberon
Post by: Snail on December 08, 2006, 04:21:30 pm
For me it usually blows up the second the Shivans arrive... I suck.
Title: Re: I just save the Oberon
Post by: Flipside on December 08, 2006, 04:28:16 pm
Yeah, I'm pretty sure I saved it once as well, I think the one that cannot be saved is the NTF Frigate in the Nebula, can't remember its name offhand.
Title: Re: I just save the Oberon
Post by: Cobra on December 08, 2006, 04:51:45 pm
Yeah, I'm pretty sure I saved it once as well, I think the one that cannot be saved is the NTF Frigate in the Nebula, can't remember its name offhand.

The NTC Trinity?
Title: Re: I just save the Oberon
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on December 08, 2006, 05:13:27 pm
I've saved the Oberon twice by accident, so I know it's not just a fluke. I just wish :v: had allowed us to, when we hit Delta Wing enough, disable the damned things. It's hardly an accurate simulation if the attackers have nothing to fear from the defenders.
Title: Re: I just save the Oberon
Post by: Flipside on December 08, 2006, 05:22:14 pm
Yeah, I'm pretty sure I saved it once as well, I think the one that cannot be saved is the NTF Frigate in the Nebula, can't remember its name offhand.

The NTC Trinity?

That's the bugger :)
Title: Re: I just save the Oberon
Post by: Cobra on December 08, 2006, 05:58:25 pm
Yeah, I'm pretty sure I saved it once as well, I think the one that cannot be saved is the NTF Frigate in the Nebula, can't remember its name offhand.

The NTC Trinity?

That's the bugger :)

Yeah, you can't save the Trinity no matter what. When I first played through FS2 and got to that mission, I kept restarting the mission because the Trinity got destroyed. Then I got the brilliant idea to Shift~I it. It worked, but the mission just hung there, with nothing happening. I had the bastard on x8 time compression, but nothing happened, so I ~+K'd it, jumped out, and moved on.
Title: Re: I just save the Oberon
Post by: wtf_cl0vvn on December 08, 2006, 06:06:36 pm
Yeah...I normally ignore the Oberon. The shivans will target it first which gives you a 30 second buffer to regroup while they target and fire.
It's kinda funny, watching about 8 cyclops warhead body-slam a decomissioned Fenris.

Props, if you didnt ~shift+I it...
Title: Re: I just save the Oberon
Post by: Cobra on December 08, 2006, 06:07:34 pm
Yeah...I normally ignore the Oberon. The shivans will target it first which gives you a 30 second buffer to regroup while they target and fire.
It's kinda funny, watching about 8 cyclops warhead body-slam a decomissioned Fenris.

Props, if you didnt ~shift+I it...

Mad bomb intercepting skills, yo. ;)
Title: Re: I just save the Oberon
Post by: Hippo on December 08, 2006, 07:10:08 pm
$Formula: ( when
   ( is-destroyed-delay 0 "Oberon" )
   ( good-secondary-time
      "Hostile"
      100
      "Cyclops"
      "Aquitaine"
   )
)


Without this becoming true they would have a tendency to not begin attacking the Aquitaine (there is no ai-chase given, just some initials)


If you've ever seen it happen, theres just a cloud of bombs at point blank. I'm tempted to side with the Shift-I.
Title: Re: I just save the Oberon
Post by: ShivanSpS on December 08, 2006, 09:21:01 pm
What the hell Shift+I do?  :confused:
Title: Re: I just save the Oberon
Post by: Turey on December 08, 2006, 09:25:16 pm
What the hell Shift+I do?  :confused:

Makes your target invincible.
Title: Re: I just save the Oberon
Post by: Mathwiz6 on December 08, 2006, 09:54:57 pm
I think you could do it with morning stars... the fire rate... it burns :D
Title: Re: I just save the Oberon
Post by: ShivanSpS on December 08, 2006, 10:02:44 pm
I never use a single cheat on FS, and i not going to start now :P
Title: Re: I just save the Oberon
Post by: Polpolion on December 08, 2006, 10:12:23 pm
I saved the Oberon the very first time I played the mission. I haven't been able to do it since.
Title: Re: I just save the Oberon
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on December 09, 2006, 01:15:06 pm
I never use a single cheat on FS, and i not going to start now :P
QFE

I usually don't have trouble intercepting them before they reach firing range. They might get a couple bombs off, but hey... the 'b' key is your friend, right?



...No, I'm not playing on Very Easy (or regular Easy either, wise guy). I just know you guys were thinking it.
Title: Re: I just save the Oberon
Post by: Mustang19 on December 09, 2006, 06:18:15 pm
Great job! You saved the GTVA a decommisioned Fenris! As a reward you get to kill it for target practice!  ::)
Title: Re: I just save the Oberon
Post by: ChronoReverse on December 09, 2006, 06:31:18 pm
I've done it a couple of times before too but usually she goes kaboom.  As for the Pegasus, I try my best to slap them around using the Morning Star.  It's about the only weapon that's worth beans against them.
Title: Re: I just save the Oberon
Post by: Mars on December 09, 2006, 09:19:17 pm
If you manage to hit one with an EM pulse they change targets.... that's how I deal with Delta
Title: Re: I just save the Oberon
Post by: Aardwolf on December 09, 2006, 10:22:39 pm
What was stage two of the test going to be in that mission? My theory was that they would have delta fight alpha, but that's just me guessing.
Title: Re: I just save the Oberon
Post by: Freespace Freak on December 10, 2006, 09:55:02 am
Oh, shoot I thought you guys were talking about the Trinity.  Hmmm, I never even thought about saving the Oberon.  Who would even try to save a target drone that was meant to be destroyed anyway?
Title: Re: I just save the Oberon
Post by: Snail on December 10, 2006, 01:31:32 pm
People who want a challenge, of course. Like destroying the GTC Neptune from FS1 in one of the training missions (the countermeasure one).
Title: Re: I just save the Oberon
Post by: muttoneer on December 10, 2006, 06:06:40 pm
I've saved it several times, but only on Easy. Morningstars + emps are your friend.