[Krelus]

In the training missions for FS1, at some point a couple of unassisted cargo containers warp in BY THEMSELVES. Keep in mind that this was field training, not a simulator.

Is that canon, or just one of the many minor goofs throughout FS1? The reason I ask this is I'm thinking of having the Shivans do something like this to break a Mjolnir blockade of a jump node, just warp in a big-ass bomb and clean up whatever is left.

[Zacam]

The warp envelope does not have to pass through whatever created the warp envelope.

I don't think the containers themselves warped in.  But I would not discount creating a warp field and then shoving something else through other than the object that did create said field.

Also, bear in mind that the training missions are SIMULATIONS for training.

Looks pretty real though, huh?

[tinfoil]

You can't just shove things through. The warping object has to be vibrating at the right frequency. it would work if you put a jump drive in the container but no other way.

[Hippo]

cargo containing malfunctioning warp drives and metal scraps that they use for target practice and deep space disposal? if the drive isn't working, who really cares if its off its mark by a few AU

[tinfoil]

The poor schmuck it hits...

[Raskolnikov]

Ahahaha, I can't stop thinking about the first mission of DEM.

[Hippo]

yeah, and the chances of that are about as likely as the space shuttle being whacked by the golf ball hit off the moon 40 years ago 

[Pred the Penguin]

I wonder what the possibility of that is...

[redsniper]

0 since it didn't actually leave the moon, right?

[Mobius]

Installations can also warp in/out. They're much cooler than containers at that.

[Snail]

Also, bear in mind that the training missions are SIMULATIONS for training.

Only the ones in FS2 are, the ones in FS1 are actual field training.

[Raskolnikov]

Those were failed "Tactical Assault Container" prototypes relegated to target practice. These special TAC-variants were designed to warp into the field of engagement using a disposable subspace drive, release a single Apollo fighter, and then self-destruct. The project failed when someone pointed out that the Apollo fighter itself had its own, resusable subspace drive.

Billions in appropriations funds, wasted.

[FreeSpaceFreak]

Those were failed "Tactical Assault Container" prototypes relegated to target practice. These special TAC-variants were designed to warp into the field of engagement using a disposable subspace drive, release a single Apollo fighter, and then self-destruct. The project failed when someone pointed out that the Apollo fighter itself had its own, resusable subspace drive.

Billions in appropriations funds, wasted.

[Snail]

Classic.

[Mobius]

I thought TAC stands for Terran Armored Container...

I hope yours is a joke.

[Krelus]

You know what, since they did actually warp in cargo containers in FS1 and since Shivans have super-uber-leetsauce subspace tech, I'm just gonna go ahead with it.

And that Tactical Assault Container thing is awesome XD

[Pred the Penguin]

Those were failed "Tactical Assault Container" prototypes relegated to target practice. These special TAC-variants were designed to warp into the field of engagement using a disposable subspace drive, release a single Apollo fighter, and then self-destruct. The project failed when someone pointed out that the Apollo fighter itself had its own, resusable subspace drive.

Billions in appropriations funds, wasted.

I'd love to see that o_o

[Androgeos Exeunt]

I think DEM makes a joke out of the cargo containers being lethal...

[ssmit132]

That would be actually reasonable if they packed a lot of explosives - and you could fit a Helios in even a TTC if I recall sizes correctly.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

You could fit about five in them, I think.