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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The FRED Workshop => Topic started by: basnyy213 on March 30, 2009, 06:17:32 pm
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If anyone has any ideas for Corporation names please post them. Those were made up by me in about 5 minutes. Thanks for the help.
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Why not use the canon names? Even if your campaign is set some time post-capella, having recognizable names in there would be a plus, IMHO.
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If anyone has any ideas for Corporation names please post them. Those were made up by me in about 5 minutes. Thanks for the help.
What about "The Sons of Thunder"?
That's the meaning of Boanerges, but it's cool. :nod:
Why not use the canon names? Even if your campaign is set some time post-capella, having recognizable names in there would be a plus, IMHO.
Uhm...like? Mention a canon corporation that may fit, because I don't have any in mind at the moment...
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Akheton? Namkan Aeronautics? There were a lot mentioned (in speech and in writing) in the Colossus cutscene, IIRC.
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Akheton, Subach, Triton Dynamics. All of them are mentioned in the Colossus cutscene after mission 8.
EDIT: Dang, E beat me to it.
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My original plan was to use the canon corps. However if I did that and then just started randomly assigning ships and weapons to those corporations there would be problems with breaking canon there. Figured this was easiest.
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Akheton? Namkan Aeronautics? There were a lot mentioned (in speech and in writing) in the Colossus cutscene, IIRC.
Akheton, Subach, Triton Dynamics. All of them are mentioned in the Colossus cutscene after mission 8.
EDIT: Dang, E beat me to it.
He's actually looking for Corporations that make use of mercenaries. I don't know if the GTVA would let some of the major contractors of the GTVA Colossus have their own mercenary forces. One more thing: those corporations wouldn't need them in the first place.
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My original plan was to use the canon corps. However if I did that and then just started randomly assigning ships and weapons to those corporations there would be problems with breaking canon there. Figured this was easiest.
Why? I'm guessing you want the corps to have something like a "security force", right? My advice here would be to look at the missions these forces would undertake normally, and choosing the fighters accordingly. Also, try to get a feel in your Head for the kind of "culture" these corps represent. There may be some who favor light attack craft like a Uly or Pegasus, others who favor heavy attack craft like the Herc, and so on. Since there is no canon info about these issues, you are free to invent anything you like, and you don't have to restrict yourself to canon ships only.
He's actually looking for Corporations that make use of mercenaries. I don't know if the GTVA would let some of the major contractors of the GTVA Colossus have their own mercenary forces. One more thing: those corporations wouldn't need them in the first place.
Well that's a story issue, don't you think? Maybe they need convoy protection forces, or protection for some secret installation or something.
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Only problem is some corporations make certain ships (I.E.- Subach Innes- Subach HL-7, Triton Dynamics- Erinyes)
I don't think that warring corporations would trade with each other.
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Military surplus? Things that got "lost"? Mercenary forces that have some kind of "permanent" contract with one firm or another? There are many possibilities. Also, "securing" supplies would be a mission concept, wouldn't it?
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It would be a good idea however, I don't think entire Hecate destroyers could get lost. I see where you're coming from, taking supplies might be a really good idea.
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Well, yeah. IMHO, Destroyers would be too big for corporate warfare. In my imagination, the corporations would try everything they can to keep it "under the Radar", because once the GTVA gets a hint of it, they are probably going to stomp on them. Hard. That said, your campaign really needs a good reason why the corps would view military engagements as a profitable alternative to political or economical maneuvering.
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There's always Morgan Technologies, of Derelict fame. :drevil:
Speaking of, it's really irritating that you never get to find out what the heck happened to the Auriga in Derelict, but oh well.
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Ok I guess part of the problem is me not expanding my ideas to far. The GTVA is gone. Following the fall of Capella a depression hit. When they couldn't support the population the population decided to follow the corporations, the PVE split from the GTVA and the GTA became a minor power.
And I hear that, Renegade Paladin. Just finished Derelict again.
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Ahhh. Under those circumstances, Destroyers seem viable.
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Ok getting a 4 way tie doesn't exactly help me out....
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There's always Morgan Technologies, of Derelict fame. :drevil:
Speaking of, it's really irritating that you never get to find out what the heck happened to the Auriga in Derelict, but oh well.
You read my mind Paladin. The MTD Auriga is the only lose end I saw in the Derelict campaign. Did anyone make any single player mission or subsequent campaigns about the MTD Auriga or Morgan Technologies?
EDIT: There should be any OTHER option in the poll. Just my opinion though.
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That's why I was asking for ideas. Just fixed the poll.
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Dang, now I can't change it. I would vote for one of the canon corps. That way, you KNOW what ships they would be using. Triton gets to use the Erinyes, Akheton gets to use some of the Vasudan fighters, as well as the SDG, and Subach gets the efficient weapons and such.
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Is it just me or is Izkanagi simply the Japanese-based Unreal II faction with a "k" slapped close to the middle? :P
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Never played Unreal Tournament. Damn wonder if that's copyright....
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They are called the Izanagi Corporation after all... :nervous:
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Crap probably should change that. At the moment it looks like the pilot will be in the NexGen Corp.
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Changed it to Daimyo Corporation. Its still a GTI funded corporation.
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So who's the emperor of the PVE? From what I know of Khonsu II, he wouldn't pull out of the GTVA.
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Damn you're making me think. That's a good point, I'll need to come up with one.
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Galactic Spanning Corporation
Advanced Ganymede Technologies
Oberon Incorporated
Biolith Corporation
Core Mining Industries
Anything sound familiar in the list? ;7
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I know for a fact the first three are Tachyon: The Fringe, the other two, not so sure.
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He's actually looking for Corporations that make use of mercenaries. I don't know if the GTVA would let some of the major contractors of the GTVA Colossus have their own mercenary forces. One more thing: those corporations wouldn't need them in the first place.
Well that's a story issue, don't you think? Maybe they need convoy protection forces, or protection for some secret installation or something.
Nope, I don't think BETAC allows corporations to rely on mercenaries. Don't forget that those corporations are involved in extremely important projects so security breaches are supposed to be reduced to a bare minimum.
Chances are, we've never heard of mercenaries in either FS1 or FS2.
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Alpha 1 should be
terrorist freedom fighter.
that would be cool.
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Oh geez, another "OMG ALPHA 1 RULES!" thing...
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Nope, I don't think BETAC allows corporations to rely on mercenaries. Don't forget that those corporations are involved in extremely important projects so security breaches are supposed to be reduced to a bare minimum.
Chances are, we've never heard of mercenaries in either FS1 or FS2.
Yes, but his scenario is set after the GTVA collapsed, so BETAC wouldn't be applicable anymore.
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May I know why the GTA is in the list, then? :wtf:
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Alpha 1 should be terrorist freedom fighter.
that would be cool.
Oh geez, another "OMG ALPHA 1 RULES!" thing...
Uhh, no.
Topgun said that Alpha 1's role should be a freedom fighter - How does that equate to an Invincible Alpha 1 joke?
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May I know why the GTA is in the list, then? :wtf:
Ok I guess part of the problem is me not expanding my ideas to far. The GTVA is gone. Following the fall of Capella a depression hit. When they couldn't support the population the population decided to follow the corporations, the PVE split from the GTVA and the GTA became a minor power.
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Uhh, no.
Topgun said that Alpha 1's role should be a freedom fighter - How does that equate to an Invincible Alpha 1 joke?
The problem is that even mentioning Alpha 1 triggers a series of posts based on the classic "OMG Alpha 1 RULES!!!1111"...
Also, for the unknowing, FRED is advanced enough to let the player be Alpha 2, Beta 3, Gamma 1, Epsilon 2, etc. etc.
Ok I guess part of the problem is me not expanding my ideas to far. The GTVA is gone. Following the fall of Capella a depression hit. When they couldn't support the population the population decided to follow the corporations, the PVE split from the GTVA and the GTA became a minor power.
That concept is familiar to me... :nervous:
Well, I doubt that after the split factions would use their old names. Also, for instance, there's no Vasudan parliament anymore so "PVE" would not make sense unless the parliament has been restored.
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Used that as a place holder. Not even sure if I'm keeping them. Still laying out the story. This poll is just to see from what perspective the player will see it as.
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Come on don't leave me with a tie :)
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Zane they all are tach...
and I left off a couple I'm not sure how to spell.
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I think I'm going to have the pilot in NexGen. There are plenty of campaigns as the GTA.
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Zane they all are tach...
and I left off a couple I'm not sure how to spell.
All of them?
Hmm...I'd play it again if I could...
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I have a plan for an RNI corporate security campaign of sorts sitting around already. (It's half of a two-campaign pack to go along with a GTVA set, that isn't overly likely to be actually done, alas...)
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I've always loved Monolith, you should use it. xD