Goober has sent many messages, wanting to intergrate Cardinal Spear into the V-T war project, I might as well be clear as to why I have not replied other then a lack of time. I'll probably piss off the entire staff here but I need to be honest:
War Name:
FreeSpace- The Great War: Terran-Vasudan War, V-T War
FS Ref Bible: Terran-Vasudan War, T-V War
T-V War Project: Terran-Vasudan War, V-T War
Ace- The first case of conflict between the Ref Bible and FS1, one of the few cases since the document was written before FS1 was. The name of the project when abbreviated should be the V-T War ProjectFS Ref Bible: "...Since the discovery of subspace travel twenty two years ago, mankind has been able to travel and communicate over many star systems. Subspace travel and communication are used every day, by people in all walks of life."
Ace- The year was 2313Chapter 1- The Unification War: "...The year is 2317. Thanks to the discovery of subspace..."
FS Ref Bible: "...What started out as a show of strength and technology degenerated into a war of attrition, with both sides suffering heavy losses. Terran and Vasudan ships skirmished in remote areas of space while the politicos flapped their gums on the news. After 14 years, both sides suffered terrible losses, and the end was nowhere in sight."
Chapter 2- Outbreak: "In which the GTA learns of the existence of a new Species, who is not as Friendly as we might like."
Ships:
GTSC Faustus: (Source: FS Ref Bible) "....The Faustus Science vessel was, and still is, a primarily civilian craft. However, in the 14 years since the Terran-Vasudan war began, more and more of these were commissioned by the GTA in order to pursue military research."
Ace- The Faustus has been used during the entire V-T war.GTC Fenris, GTC Leviathan: (Souce: FS Ref Bible) "...It was later decided that a second line of cruisers would be produced, for defensive purposes, once it became apparent that the V-T war wouldn't be over in a few months. The Fenris led to the GTC Leviathan line of cruisers, produced as mobile defense battleships. Their speed and maneuverability were greatly reduced in tradeoff for stronger weapons and more powerful hull. Production was discontinued when the GTA thought they would win the Vasudan war after the Battle of Gulnara, and then the production was started up again after the terrible defeat at the Talania system. Because of the on-again off-again nature of this vessel's production, almost all of the Leviathan Cruisers have different armaments, but all of them have consistent hulls and speeds."
Ace- Fenris class cruisers were used by the GTA before the V-T war, Leviathans were the one new cruiser class.GTT Elysium (Source: FS Ref Bible) "...Since the start of space colonization, the standard transport has been used by everyone, civilian and military."
Ace- These have been used since the start of colonization, so 2213GTFR Poseidon (Source: FS Ref Bible) "...The Poseidon was designed for military purposes, and is easily the strongest freight craft in the fleet."
Ace-Military ship developed then at the start of V-T war.GTFR Chronos (Source: FS Ref Bible) "...The massive Chronos was never designed for military uses. A civilian design, it's slow, barely maneuverable, but can move cargo around..."
Ace-Civilian ships that would later be seized for military use due to the attrition of the V-T war.GTF Apollo (Source: FS Ref Bible) "...The Apollo fighter is the original Space Superiority Fighter in the Terran fleet."
Ace-The Apollo was the first fighter used by the GTA.GTF Angel, GTF Valkyerie (Source: FS Ref Bible) "...Originally an old design for a space superiority fighter, this fighter was outfitted with bigger engines, and turned into an interceptor..."
Ace- This is one case of contradiction between the reference and the game, the Angel Scout Fighter was not for space superiority. The Angel is already in the V-T war project mods.Start of the War: (Source: FS Ref Bible) "...The Vasudans had an advanced civilization, a fascinating history, and an evolved culture. They were similar to humans in many ways. Unfortunately, those similarities included irrational fear, and the willingness to sacrifice lives over politics. It didn’t take long for hostilities to break out, and for the first interplanetary war in history to begin.
AP 2/26: We’ve kept the specifics of the start of the war purposefully vague. For future elaboration in add-on disks, sequels, and fiction like this."
Ace- Except for Operation Thresher, the war was waged on the frontier with fleets of young men and women dying for politicians on Earth and Vasuda Prime. Consider the war Vietnam in spaceFinal notes:
The history before subspace travel was kept vague for a reason. There is nothing to state wether or not the GTA was founded before or after subspace travel, if after it was almost immediately after.
Stick to canon, don't write anything more then the canon. Due to the economic problems with both the Terrans and Vasudans there was very little innovation, so the ship classes were limited the GTA and PVN fleets were about as diverse as seen at the start of FS1, the changes were in armaments. If there is room for any new ship in the canon it would be a bomber that would be rendered obsolete at the time of the Angel, and it would similarly have an "Angellic" name scheme probably from Hebrew mythology.
The FS1 tech room has a lot of battles and events such as Talnia, Gulnara, the destruction of an Orion that lacked escape pods, etc. Stick to these events don't invent a "Unification War" and such.
Because this project does not keep with FS canon, and instead uses a "revised FS history" I have not been interested in it. I don't expect or necessarily want you to change because of one whiny person, but I do hope that you make it clear to everyone that this is your vision of the V-T war as opposed to Volition's. Maybe an FAQ would help there?
Now that I've pissed everyone off one final comment: (don't make the mistake I always did five years ago...)
Vasudan Parliamentary Navy (PVN)- Vasudan Military Forces
Vasudan Parliamentary Empire (VPE)- The Vasudan Government
For where the Reference Bible can be downloaded from:
http://www.volition-inc.com/fs/downloads.cfmOne final comment: How can anyone read this forum with this color scheme?