[Zalardis]

Just the object which you destory in the Mission " Into the Lion's Den"(The loop mission that you drive a Shivan

class Fighter Mara)

I think it was the most secret martial device in the game, and there is no explanation in the TECH ROOM


PS: Mara(reconstructed by the GTVI) was the actually best type of Fighter i have used……

[S-99]

Which object? You're very descriptionless.
martialc?

[nvsblmnc]

It's the Shvian Comm Node.

Never really explained, but the Shivans have less of them now...

[Colonol Dekker]

They can get sky sports, thats the only reason........

[Hades]

They are communications nodes. You can tell by going close  to them (Not to close ) they sound like the cruiser's (a few missions back) communications to the Iceni.

[Jeff Vader]

They can get sky sports, thats the only reason........

I would've thought that they were watching pr0n, when suddenly the SOC did a devastating attack, rendering the 'satellites' inoperative. Which made the Shivans angry enough to go and blow Capella up as retaliation.

Edit: Partially pointless nitpicking.

The loop mission that you drive a Shivan class Fighter Mara

Cars are driven. Space ships are  flown.

Mara(reconstructed by the GTVI)

Well, they did some modifications, maybe. And probably minor changes so that it would accommodate Terrans. But reconstruction? No no.

[Bob-san]

They probably dropped in a 2nd Gen. Shivan-ship-to-Terran-Cockpit complete with WORKING interfaces and communications. Remember the problem with the Dragon in FS1? The scientists couldn't make it work completely, so they did the best they could. When you jump in a Mara, everything seems to work. That, and it was retrofitted to use Terran weaponry.

[Clawandfang]

Hmm... they've figured out beams and flak cannons since then, they must have also gotten the hang of reverse-engineering, possibly on whatever Shivan fighters they had their hands on at the end of the Great War.

[Polpolion]

Edit: Partially pointless nitpicking.

The loop mission that you drive a Shivan class Fighter Mara

Cars are driven. Space ships are  flown.

If you're going to nitpick, you pilot space fighters, not fly them.

[Bob-san]

Edit: Partially pointless nitpicking.

The loop mission that you drive a Shivan class Fighter Mara

Cars are driven. Space ships are  flown.

If you're going to nitpick, you pilot space fighters, not fly them.

Cars are drive.
Airplanes are flown.
Space ships are piloted.

[S-99]

The gta, gti, gtva, and gtvi have had years of experience in modifying and reverse engineering shivan technology to at least have a much better understanding in modifying it's fighter when compared to the first time a shivan fighter was modified for the first time in fs1.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

The gta, gti, gtva, and gtvi have had years of experience in modifying and reverse engineering shivan technology to at least have a much better understanding in modifying it's fighter when compared to the first time a shivan fighter was modified for the first time in fs1.

That's true, but it seems that the Terran Mara has no slide capacity. Mind you, I don't read those tablefiles...

I think the Comm Node's a plot device. In Inferno, they prevent capital ships from jumping in. Such a feature of the Comm Node isn't FS2 canon...so I think it's safe to assume that you can give the Comm Node any features you wish (like disabling shields or severely compromising your hull integrity).

[Snail]

Random tech description I wrote for a mod a while back:

"These enigmatic static emplacements are essentially extremely powerful subspace communication arrays. It is theorized that these communication terminals, or Shivan Communication Nodes, are designed for the purpose of communicating with specific points over intergalactic distances.  However, the amount of energy needed to do so is immense, and hence upon its destruction considerable amounts of energy are released. The spinning blades and shell form a highly directional subspace field through which quantum pulses are exchanged. It is theorized that the objective vortex can also be used as the inceptive vortex, through which subsequential quantum pulses can be relayed. This creates a form of two-way communication between vast distances. The technological implications of such a device pose numerous significant questions. Could the same technology be used to communicate with Earth? Or more urgently, could a similar principle be applied by the Shivans to create jump nodes which are traversable by ships of significant size? Though these questions will not soon be answered, the enigma of this device yet more emphasizes what little we know about the race we call the Shivans."

[FUBAR-BDHR]

All this so Carl can try to phone home.   

[admiral_wolf]

I personally believe that they are tied into ETAK.  Whilst we are still discovering the Shivans as a race, we have only recently learnt a minimal amount of the communications systems that they use through accidently picked up transmissions.  What if they were able to freely tune into NTF wavelengths by the use of said devices?

[Hades]

$Name:                          Shivan Comm Node
$Short name:            CommSat
$Species:                       Shivan
+Tech Description:
XSTR("All details concerning this object have been classified level Omega, accessible only by those immediately authorized by the GTVA Security Council.", 3182)
$end_multi_text
$POF file:              Comm2S-01.pof
$Detail distance:       (0, 2000, 6500, 18000)
$ND:               226 2 8
$ND:               200 3 7
$ND:               178 3 5
$ND:               71 1 1
$ND:               198 1 1
$ND:               153 1 1
$ND:               87 0 0
$ND:               250 247 248
$ND:               253 191 200
$Show damage:           NO
$Density:               1
$Damp:                  0.2
$Rotdamp:               0.2
$Max Velocity:          0.0, 0.0, 0.0
$Rotation time:         200.0, 200.0, 200.0
$Rear Velocity:         0.0
$Forward accel:         0.0
$Forward decel:         0.0
$Slide accel:           0.0
$Slide decel:           0.0
$Expl inner rad:        100.0
$Expl outer rad:        2400.0
$Expl damage:           400.0
$Expl blast:            6500.0
$Expl Propagates:       YES                                                     ;; If set to Yes, then when the ship dies, the explosion propagates through it.
$Shockwave Speed:       600.0                                           ;; speed shockwave expands at, 0 means no shockwave
$Shockwave Count:      2
$Default PBanks:        ()
$Default SBanks:        ()
$SBank Capacity:        ()
$Shields:               0
$Power Output:          1.0
$Max Oclk Speed:        0.0
$Max Weapon Eng:        100.0
$Hitpoints:             40000
$Flags:                         (  "dont collide invisible" "knossos")
$AI Class:                      Captain
$Afterburner:           NO
$Countermeasures:       0
$Scan time:             2000
$EngineSnd:            185                   ;; Engine sound of ship
$Closeup_pos:           0.0, 0.0, -870
$Closeup_zoom:          0.40
$Score:               300
$Subsystem:                     piece1A,  30,20
$Subsystem:                     piece2A,  15,5
$Subsystem:                     piece3A,  30,20
$Subsystem:                     piece4A,  2,50
$Subsystem:                     piece5A,  15,5
$Subsystem:                     core,  2,0

If the table says that it is a Comm node, then it is a comm node.

[terran_emperor]

  should have made the level omega stuff available when you reach the Admiral rank

[FUBAR-BDHR]

should have made the level omega stuff available when you reach the Admiral rank

Yea but you have to reach Admiral while flying SOC only missions.  Can't have a regular Admiral having all the intelligence needed for battle. 

[Woolie Wool]

Why wouldn't the admiralty have top level security clearance?

[NGTM-1R]

Why wouldn't the admiralty have top level security clearance?

We already know the GTVA has crappy need-to-know security protocols. Also Omega clearance specifically states that someone knowing about it must be directly authorized by the Security Council, which implies this clearance is not handed out to anyone as "a matter of course." There are things that the admiralty wouldn't be cleared for. They only need to see the results from them, not know how those results are achieved.