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Re: WIP - Cutscene: SD Lucy arrives at Tombaugh-Station
some people just don't have humor  :hopping:    :D

nice shivan! what do you think, can you do this "shivan leaving the Taranis and boarding terran ship thing" ?
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Should be a mix of Scorpions and Shivan Space Marines.

Hey have the Shivan Space Marine ice the Valkyrie Pilot you did
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nice shivan! what do you think, can you do this "shivan leaving the Taranis and boarding terran ship thing" ?

the shivan is from styxx...i only did the re-texturing with procedual shaders.....

and i´m just thinking about that "shivan entering a terran ship"-thing, but i´m not sure if this would be so good.....i think we should keep the tension of the campaign and wait until the azrael-boarding until we see the shivan´s completely......but i´m thinking about a szene, where we only can guess, how the shivans aboard the taranis look like.....in VERY dark condition...only the eyes will glow in the darkness.....something like that....

 

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That'd be FANTASTIC
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Cool, but shivans really don't have a concept of up and down, their structures are more circular on all sides. :):yes:
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Re: WIP - Cutscene: SD Lucy arrives at Tombaugh-Station
:rolleyes: err....that was a joke  :doubt:

Obviously, but still... :wtf:

Cool, but shivans really don't have a concept of up and down, their structures are more circular on all sides. :):yes:

I second that. :nod:
The FS1 hallfight scene should give you an idea.
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Re: WIP - Cutscene: SD Lucy arrives at Tombaugh-Station
OOOOH! Nice! The coridoor could be modified so that shivans could "walk along all six surfaces
 
Add a Door of similar design to the end that opens up onto the Bridge.

THe Bridge should be mostly dark with very-few details seen. What can be seen are a few lights in places and it should have semi-organic look to it.

The Shivans should be dark outlines...

Script Idea

edit: (thinking about it, it reads like somethink from one of the Alien Films)

The Halkins has towing the Taranis to Tombaugh. All the previous establishing shots of the area and the Halkins jumoing in with the with the Taranis have been done.
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Ext. Space. Near Tobaugh
The Halkins tows the Taranis toward Tombaugh.

Int. Taranis. Corridoor.
The camera slowly zooms down the shivan coridoor towards a door at the end. It has a semi-organic feel to it, like something by HR Giger (See above image in Icey's post)

Ext. Space. Near Tombaugh.
A GTD Orion and a few cuisers fly by

Int. Taranis. Bridge Door/bri.
The camera zooms in on the bridge Door. The door opens as the camera nears it and the shot continues onto the bridge. Details are vague. The room is in darkness. Only a few light shine, buttons etc. tombaugh can be seen through the window

Ext. Space. Near Tombaugh
Pan across the Tombaugh

Int. Taranis. Bridge.
Camera Pans Downwards from the Ceiling along the wall. Something Dark comes into shot. Dark silhouette against the wall with 5 glowing eyes - A shivan. A few more can be Vaguly seen behind it, by their eyes and outlines

Ext. Space. Fighters
Fighters fly past. Instumenst in one start flashing
PILOT: (Something about destecting a massive subspace disturbance of unknow origin...This is displayed as Text...Unless someone wants to Voice this. and other parts.)

Int. Taranis. Bridge
Zoom in on the Front Shivan's bottom eye - the one at the bottom of the V...The one which is unpaired. The Eye fills the screen, turning it red. DISSOLVE TO...

Ext. Space. Ribos.
The Red screen fades to show a shot of the Ribos star. Hold for a few seconds. The camera then pans right to a gas cloud known as an Interplanetary Nebula (Hey, it makes more sence than say The Orion Nebula). A dark silhouette apears against the Light centre. The object emerges from the clouds...The Lucifer. The Scene then proceeds as it does in CB_ShivoreFootage. Then the Attack begins




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Re: WIP - Cutscene: SD Lucy arrives at Tombaugh-Station
I don't think we should at any point see the interior of a bridge. Keep it to corridors, like the Hallfight sequence, or we'll be getting into unsubstantiated speculation.

We don't even know if Shivan ships have bridges.

 

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Re: WIP - Cutscene: SD Lucy arrives at Tombaugh-Station
Weeelll...according to FSRefBible, the scene at Tombaugh Station shows the Shivans jumping out of the Lucifer without suits. Given that, I don't think there's a need to attempt showing how a Shivan corridor looks like. Still, the idea of seeing a fan-made render of a Shivan corridor sounds interesting...but I don't think it's really needed in this particular cutscene. :blah:

Here's the relevant section I clipped from the Reference Bible.

Spoiler:
AP 2/26:  This next one is cut totally  The events there are discussed in a Command Brief screen, however.

Act 2 Intro A
This scene shows the capture and eventual destruction of the Taranis cruiser.  It also shows the SuperDestroyer in its entirety for the first time.

[cut to anchor doing live news coverage]
Anchor:   We’re now going to the science station Tombaugh in the Ribos system where a team of Terran and Vasudan scientists await the arrival of a recently captured Shivan D-class Cruiser.  It’s being escorted by the Terran Destroyer XXXX, which conducted the attacks and capture operations over the course of three days.

[cut to Cruiser & Destroyer arriving through subspace holes, viewed from a large window on the science station.  The newscast can be dimly heard in the background.]

Terran-1:   [approaching window and pointing]  Whoa!  There she is!
Terran-2:   [joining first Terran at the window]  Look at that!

[two others join them at the window]

[cut to close shot of the two big ships leaving subspace, with many fighters flying escort.  Some battle damage is seen on the Taranis]

[cut to reverse shot of ships approaching station]

[cut to shot over the shoulders of the Terrans clustered around the window.  They’re cheering and acting very excited]

[cut to shot of nearby comm officer]

Comm Officer:   Roger, this is Tombaugh station, XXXX, we have you.  You’re now cleared for approach at pylon S1…. stand by for ADT transmission.

The comm officer’s station begins to flicker.  Power is failing, and the instruments are struggling to retain their displays.

[cut to window shot again.  Terrans are looking around at the failing lighting systems, making puzzled noises.  Comm officer can be heard nearby, trying in vain to regain contact with the approaching ships]

[cut to exterior shot showing both Destroyer XXXX and the science station.  Lights can be seen failing across both, leaving them black.]

[cut to another view showing some escort fighters losing power and starting to list aimlessly]

[cut to comm officer shot again.  She’s working in darkness, trying to raise the XXXX on her comm]

Over her shoulder we see a huge warp tunnel begin to appear.  It’s blood red and much larger than any subspace hole’s seen so far.  The crew gasps in shock, wondering what it is.

[cut to closeup of emerging SuperDestroyer.  Show tons of fighters spew from it’s bays before it’s even emerged totally.  The SD mows over a couple Terran fighters floating in its way.]

[cut to shots of Shivan fighters blasting the helpless Terran fighters, pilots yelling]

[cut to shot of SD passing by the captured Cruiser.  Watch as the shadow passes over the side of the station]

[cut to forward shot of the crowd at the window, as the shadow passes over them, they stand there in awe]

[cut to shot over their shoulders, as the SD passes very close to the Cruiser and station.  Members of the assault team on the Cruiser point at different parts of it, muttering.  The SD gradually slows to a stop.]

[cut to under shot of the SD’s big gun array.  It starts to reconfigure and “draw light” to itself.]

[cut to shot of one crewmember]

Crew-1:      Oh, no!  [like he/she is the first to realize what’s happening]

[cut back to gun]
A huge energy beam blasts out from the gun!

[cut to shot of beam tearing into the Cruiser as it gets thrown back from the blast]

[cut to shot of assault troops at window, being thrown against the window from the impact]

[cut to shot of beam making its way across the Cruiser, slicing it up]

maybe: [cut to angle showing Shivans leaping from openings in the SD (without suits!)]

[cut to interior of cruiser where the crew was]
Through the window we can see the beam approach this room.  The crew is running around madly, but the wall erupts and they’re all incinerated in a split second.  Come up with some cool incineration effect here.

[cut to medium shot of the two ships]
The beam is cutting through the far side of the Cruiser, and it’s hull is buckling and breaking up.

[cut to interior shot of Shivans boarding and tearing up some Terran crew]

[cut to shot of a floating Terran fighter]
The battle is reflected in his canopy.  He’s watching helplessly in wide-eyed fear]

[cut to reverse shot, showing his POV]
A couple seconds of battle can be seen before a Shivan fighter spots him, aims, and blasts him to hell.  The screen goes black.

...that's a nice black box we've got here... :wtf:
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Re: WIP - Cutscene: SD Lucy arrives at Tombaugh-Station
Why'd you put it all in spoiler tags?  :confused:
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Re: WIP - Cutscene: SD Lucy arrives at Tombaugh-Station
Read Page1 of this post AE. This has already been posted...and it forms the basis of this scene
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Wouldn't it be best to follow Volition's original concept? :nervous:
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Re: WIP - Cutscene: SD Lucy arrives at Tombaugh-Station
You fellas are doing it again. :p

Remember the huge amount of work that goes into each and every scene in terms of modelling, texturing, lighting and animating? Where each component can take hours or days?

Stop asking for crazy things to happen! :p
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If i wasnt going to ask for crazy things then i wouldnt have started this by opening the Endgame Failure Petition Thread
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you know I love the "shivan boarding freighter" idea, that's why I wrote it in the script.  :sigh:
your argument "keeping the tension" is good, but I got some counter ones:
- most of the people who will be watching the cutscene already know how Shivans look  ;)  (yeah, I know. Not very convincing)
- a would be SO nice to see more of the Shivans, since we ONLY see them in a single cutscene.
- seeing the Shivans floating through space and using their plasma beam to cut the freighters hull actually benefits the hallfight scene, because you get an idea what use this strange beam has
- it's creepy and underlines their brutality and power (just jumping into the void)

You know I didn't imagine another boarding, just a shoot of Shivans cutting hull. We got one earlier in this thread, it's awesome.

And I vote against seeing very much on the Taranis' interior  :doubt:
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you know I love the "shivan boarding freighter" idea, that's why I wrote it in the script.  :sigh:
your argument "keeping the tension" is good, but I got some counter ones:
- most of the people who will be watching the cutscene already know how Shivans look  ;)  (yeah, I know. Not very convincing)
- a would be SO nice to see more of the Shivans, since we ONLY see them in a single cutscene.
- seeing the Shivans floating through space and using their plasma beam to cut the freighters hull actually benefits the hallfight scene, because you get an idea what use this strange beam has
- it's creepy and underlines their brutality and power (just jumping into the void)

You know I didn't imagine another boarding, just a shoot of Shivans cutting hull. We got one earlier in this thread, it's awesome.

And I vote against seeing very much on the Taranis' interior  :doubt:

I think that it shouldn't have Shivans seen fully in this cutscene. Or maybe in the cutscene's expansion, but that'd be a lot of work.  :sigh:

 

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Cool, but shivans really don't have a concept of up and down, their structures are more circular on all sides. :):yes:

im in france on business trip, so i make it short and also cannot ansewr on everything.....and i hate typing on my laptop keyboard....

regarding the coridors....please....watch hallfight! there are also these kind of walkways in some places.....and why should a military vessel instead of an frighter be less designed......i bet on board a military capital, it looks a little bit more clean....

and we will definately not see any shivan in full motion, as i HATE character animation, and so im not good at it......we will only see rough guesses of the shivans....only a shot scene. max. 10 seconds.....more is timewise not possible.......but if im able to make everything i have in mind for the rest, we will come above 5 minutes! should be enough...

 

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Read Page1 of this post AE. This has already been posted...and it forms the basis of this scene

Oh...sorry about that, Terran. Shall I remove it then?

[V]'s concept is a bit...big for us to handle, especially since most of us here are fans of FreeSpace. Perhaps we should just stick to a simple plan, like showing a lot of fighters and a destroyer on Tombaugh Station, then we get only the Lucifer to show up and blast everything. :confused:
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Well like i said...It gives us a rough idea of what will be done
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