[ZhaHaDum1972]

 
Ok. Here is the Pondery.

     I have 7 Omega-x in my Mission. Because I counted Seven Jump points forming around the White stars in the  S 4 ep 19
And there is no other Info besides counting them on the dvd. If you have info contradicting this, please let me know. For I have a bet going with a friend, and he says there were only 5.


   Also I wonder If anyone has the real names of the Destroyers from this epp. if so, post them for me so I can make this mission as true to the Show as possible.

    And, also, should I make the Beam Weapons Controlled by the AI or should the Player have that at his or her disposal?
This is a very important question, for it will change the way I have to structure the mission.
Thanks

[Depth_Charge]

i wouldn't know, i need to buy all 5 seasons of B5....

[Trivial Psychic]

At the end of the episode, once she's imbilized and in intensive care, Ivanova says that there were more of the Omega-Xs than Whitestars ("There were more of them than us"), and I gauge that there were at least 14 whitestars.  However, I think that adding that many ships into the mission would seriously slow things down.

As for the Whitestar issue, wait until Base 3.3 is released, as it will have both a new Whitestar model and new weapons layout.

[Azrael15]

Just checking the ep in question:

You see five jump points open.

However, I believe this:

The White Stars were surrounded by the Omega-Xs as they jumped in around them, and there's definatly of them as Ivanova says they were outnumbered (she may have been also talking about Thunderbolts, but fighters usually don't threaten a White Star so I assume she means Omega-X classes'

I counted at least twenty one whitestars by doing frame by frame.

And I think in B5Wars it states that there were 30 Omega-X at the battle, there is something that does (maybe it was JMS himself?)

There was a number for them somewhere.

What I would do is have Omega-Xs just be brought into the battle at a certain time, along with White Stars to give the illusion of a lot of ships (of course, they would enter with no jump vortex).

[madaboutgames]

Or better still, put them into wings and make a couple of waves with a moderate thresh hold, this way there wont be too much slow down as ther will only be X ships in battle at one time. 

[IPAndrews]

There may not be as much slowdown with 14 Omega X's as you think. Give it a try and see for yourself.

When I did my version of the mission I orignally had as many Omega X's as you have now. I found with 5 the Whitestars annihilated them fairly quickly. I never saw any indication that there were as many as 14 Omega X's. That said, if the line is in the script then you can consider it as canon as anything else. So go with the 14+. Maybe do them in a couple of waves as MaG suggests. Then you're staying true to what's on the screen and what Ivanova says.

[ZhaHaDum1972]

At the moment, I have 3 wings of thunderbolts per omega and on repeating waves.

This makes it a very difficult and long mission. Last time I tested it, The time upon defeat( the whitestars lost) was about 30 minutes. I also have the beam weapons disabled on the WHitestars as well. Which adds another level of difficulty.

I am only still in the main mission part on the test, and have not started adding Fluff(eg video and suond bites from the series.)have not got to the mission goals or fredding in any restricktions on the gameplay.

I'll have more to come later.

By the way, I have to start working more on my real job, so this mission will not be ready by the end of Jan.

Thanks
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