[karajorma]

Ironically the Star Wars Battle of Endor does NOT suffer from BoE Syndrome. The syndrome is so named because people were trying to recreate the Battle of Endor they loved in Return of the Jedi in FS1 (and FS2) and failing miserably at it. The real BoE is an example of a BoE mission done correctly. Assuming the player is in control of the Millennium Falcon he has clear cut objectives, the results of which do have an effect on the storyline afterwards. In this case they actually affect whether the rebels win or not but this is incidental. What is important is that the player has objectives, and they matter.

On the other hand if you place the player in the seat of some random X-Wing fighter outside the Death Star then there is a very good chance you'd end up with BoE Syndrome.

[terran_emperor]

Oh i dont know. Two x-wings and an out of control A-wing bought down the Executor, a Super Class Star Destroyer. Rebellion versus Empire seems to be a definition of David vs Goliath

[eliex]

If only such things were possible in the FS Universe . . . 

[Vertigo 7]

they are! sexp's are your friend

[Renegade Paladin]

If only such things were possible in the FS Universe . . . 

They are; you just have to be very patient and know how to come in hot to the support ship so your reload time is at minimum while you're under fire.   

[Androgeos Exeunt]

they are! sexp's are your friend

If SEXPS are your friend, then Special Hits is your sister.

[NGTM-1R]

If only such things were possible in the FS Universe . . . 

Possible. Fairly easy, even.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Possible. Fairly easy, even.

True. I have one such incomplete mission. It's full of beams, small ships and SEXPS.

[Stormkeeper]

If we were to further ripoff Lucas, would that mean that Alpha 1 and his sister were the last living Ancients, with Alpha 1's father being the right hand of the (Shivan) Emperor, who'd defect to the "light" side at the end, before dying and...

wat

FS2 Alpha 1: No, my father didn't fight in the Great War. He was a navigator on a beer freighter.
Petrarch: That's what your uncle told you. He didn't hold with your father's ideals; he felt he should've stayed here and not gotten involved.
Alpha 1: You fought in the Great War?
Petrarch: Yes. I was once a GTI pilot, the same as your father.
Alpha 1: I wish I'd known him.
Petrarch: He was the best fighter pilot in the galaxy, and a cunning warrior. I understand that you've become quite a good pilot yourself.
[sorrowfully]
Petrarch: And he was a good friend.

...

Petrarch: I have something here for you. Your father wanted you to have this when you were old enough, but your uncle wouldn't allow it. He feared you might follow old Petrarch on some damn fool idealistic crusade like your father did.
Alpha 1: What is it?
Petrarch: Your father's GTF Valkyrie. This is the ship of a GTI pilot. Not as clumsy or random as a Myrmidon or Herc 2; an elegant fighter for a more civilized age. For over two centuries, the GTI pilots were the guardians of peace and justice in the Galactic Terran Alliance. Before the dark times... before the Great War and the Hades Rebellion.

...

Admiral Bosch: There is no escape. Don't make me destroy you.
[pauses]
Bosch: Alpha 1, you do not yet realize your importance. You have only begun to discover your power. Join me, and I will complete your training. With our combined strength, we can end this destructive conflict and bring order to the galaxy.
Alpha 1: I'll never join you!
Bosch: If you only knew the power of the Shivans. Petrarch never told you what happened to your father.
Alpha 1: He told me enough! He told me *you* killed him!
Bosch: No. *I* am your father.
Alpha 1: No. No. That's not true. That's impossible!
Bosch: Search your feelings, you *know* it to be true!
Alpha 1: [anguished] No! No!


 

[esarai]

FS2 Alpha 1: No, my father didn't fight in the Great War. He was a navigator on a beer freighter.
Petrarch: That's what your uncle told you. He didn't hold with your father's ideals; he felt he should've stayed here and not gotten involved.
Alpha 1: You fought in the Great War?
Petrarch: Yes. I was once a GTI pilot, the same as your father.
Alpha 1: I wish I'd known him.
Petrarch: He was the best fighter pilot in the galaxy, and a cunning warrior. I understand that you've become quite a good pilot yourself.
[sorrowfully]
Petrarch: And he was a good friend.

...

Petrarch: I have something here for you. Your father wanted you to have this when you were old enough, but your uncle wouldn't allow it. He feared you might follow old Petrarch on some damn fool idealistic crusade like your father did.
Alpha 1: What is it?
Petrarch: Your father's GTF Valkyrie. This is the ship of a GTI pilot. Not as clumsy or random as a Myrmidon or Herc 2; an elegant fighter for a more civilized age. For over two centuries, the GTI pilots were the guardians of peace and justice in the Galactic Terran Alliance. Before the dark times... before the Great War and the Hades Rebellion.

...

Admiral Bosch: There is no escape. Don't make me destroy you.
[pauses]
Bosch: Alpha 1, you do not yet realize your importance. You have only begun to discover your power. Join me, and I will complete your training. With our combined strength, we can end this destructive conflict and bring order to the galaxy.
Alpha 1: I'll never join you!
Bosch: If you only knew the power of the Shivans. Petrarch never told you what happened to your father.
Alpha 1: He told me enough! He told me *you* killed him!
Bosch: No. *I* am your father.
Alpha 1: No. No. That's not true. That's impossible!
Bosch: Search your feelings, you *know* it to be true!
Alpha 1: [anguished] No! No!


 

 

Okay. that HAS to go in the next JAD in someform

HELL YES.