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Offline Woolie Wool

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Greatest "oh crap" moments in the original FS2 campaign
Share the moment in the original missions in which you were most overcome with fear and dread.

For me, it was during "A Monster in the Mist" when I accidentally collided with the Santhanas in my Ptah and suddenly saw and heard flak exploding around me.

The part where 15 Myrmidons turned against me and the time when a Santhanas jumped in and blew up the Colossus were no fun either.
16:46   Quanto   ****, a mosquito somehow managed to bite the side of my palm
16:46   Quanto   it itches like hell
16:46   Woolie   !8ball does Quanto have malaria
16:46   BotenAnna   Woolie: The outlook is good.
16:47   Quanto   D:

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Offline diamondgeezer

Greatest "oh crap" moments in the original FS2 campaign
:wtf:  You intend to make a habit of this, don't you?


OK... how about when you demolish the Knossos portal, but the Sathanas comes through anyway? All you can do is shout 'run away!' and warp out :D

 
Greatest "oh crap" moments in the original FS2 campaign
Or summon the Volition Bravos to blockade the Sathanas. (<-- S-a-t-h-a-n-a-s, pay attention now ;))
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Offline Tiara

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Greatest "oh crap" moments in the original FS2 campaign
"Oh CRAP! More training mission!"

That was my the biggest "Oh crap" in the game for me....

I hated the "Skip - load - skip - load - skip - mission - skip -load" thing
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Offline Woolie Wool

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Greatest "oh crap" moments in the original FS2 campaign
Training missions are not that bad. You get plenty of cannon fodder. :)

And if you're a psychopath you can kill the instructor.
16:46   Quanto   ****, a mosquito somehow managed to bite the side of my palm
16:46   Quanto   it itches like hell
16:46   Woolie   !8ball does Quanto have malaria
16:46   BotenAnna   Woolie: The outlook is good.
16:47   Quanto   D:

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Offline Knight Templar

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I don't think I was ever overcome with fear or dread, but parts that made me go 'woa'...

Belisarius getting nuked.
Ravana Nuked Lysander.
Colossus jumping in.
First time seeing the Sathanas jumo in the Nebula.
Dive Dive Dive
aaan probably the Supernova. It was obvious it was going to go nova sometime, but I didn't expect it in that mission.
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Greatest "oh crap" moments in the original FS2 campaign
Dive! Dive! Dive! Hit your burners pilot!

 

Offline Galemp

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Greatest "oh crap" moments in the original FS2 campaign
Definitely when the Sath jumped in after the Knossos was destroyed; when you recieved the transmissions from the SC Rephaim; when I opened FRED2 halfway through the main campaign and saw sun-sathanas-3.pcx... :shaking:
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Offline Hippo

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Originally posted by Kalfireth
Dive! Dive! Dive! Hit your burners pilot!


Ditto, the way it happened to me is in my sig.
When the colossus first is seen, but i had my radar turned off... i thought it was an NTF superweapon...
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Greatest "oh crap" moments in the original FS2 campaign
When Mr Sathanas meets Mr Phonecia. Thats the first time you see the sath in full action, and it wastes the destroyer in seconds.

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Greatest "oh crap" moments in the original FS2 campaign
when my engines broke... while i was being chased by a supernova
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Offline LtNarol

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Greatest "oh crap" moments in the original FS2 campaign
The first time command shouts "Congratulations Mr. Ares-flying-Alpha-1, theres a supernova heading your way and you need to get to the node; you have 60 seconds."  This when I'm 40km out from the node, got a bit toasty that first time :lol:

  

Offline AqueousShadow

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Greatest "oh crap" moments in the original FS2 campaign
When you've got your subwoofer and speakers turned up loud to get the FS2 feel...your mission is done loading and then...

DIVE DIVE DIVE! HIT YOUR BURNERS, PILOT!!!

That was really scary. Luckily, the first time that happened, my Jedi reflexes kicked in, and I barely escaped the hulk of a ship.

*shudder* scary bastard...:blah:

 

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Originally posted by AqueousShadow
When you've got your subwoofer and speakers turned up loud to get the FS2 feel...your mission is done loading and then...

DIVE DIVE DIVE! HIT YOUR BURNERS, PILOT!!!

That was really scary. Luckily, the first time that happened, my Jedi reflexes kicked in, and I barely escaped the hulk of a ship.

*shudder* scary bastard...:blah:


:nod: My reflexes were slightly better than just a simple evasive dive - I smacked the "pause" key instantly. :D :lol:
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Greatest "oh crap" moments in the original FS2 campaign
Like others, mine was hearing that Capella had gone nova, with me miles from the node.
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Offline Gortef

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Greatest "oh crap" moments in the original FS2 campaign
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Originally posted by Sandwich


:nod: My reflexes were slightly better than just a simple evasive dive - I smacked the "pause" key instantly. :D :lol:


:lol:

Yea I guess the "Dive Dive Dive!" was the most "oh crap" - moment for me... another could be the one in Monster in the mist
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Offline Darkage

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When this thread started.



Serious though, the "DIVE DIVE DIVE" was my *Oh crap!* moment.
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Greatest "oh crap" moments in the original FS2 campaign
mine was during Bearbeating, when i finally survived until the Sathanas jumps out, and the i hear i had to kill another ship, a Demon. and i was at 2 percent hull. i did make it, i jumped out at 1%^hull. but the demon went trough.
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Greatest "oh crap" moments in the original FS2 campaign
First one.  Dive Dive Dive!

Second one.  Capella has gone supernova and i'm quite a distance from the node.

Third one.  I make it to the node with about 10 seconds left.  Too bad the supernova wavefront reaches you about 10 seconds before the timer reaches zero ><

 
Greatest "oh crap" moments in the original FS2 campaign
Simply put...

What did you say, Command?  I didn't quite catch that last sentence.  Something about a supernova?