Hey everyone...here's my $0.02 on Derelict...
Okay, so it may be the biggest campaign around (it might not be, but I'm not keeping up) but I agree that it wasn't the most polished. We never went back and fixed the first few missions, which you have to remember were Agatheron's first for example. There were a few spelling errors in the dialogue, and not all of it would fit on a Command Briefing screen at 640*480.
There were also a couple of missions that I would've liked to go back and change or rebalance. One of the missions in the first Loop particularly gets me like that. However, the bottom line was that after spending so much time on it, and with exams looming, I didn't have the time (or to some extent the inclination) to fix every little thing. Agatheron was busy with RL stuff and needed a break too. So, like the voicing, Derelict 1.1 Final kinda fell by the wayside.
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Overall though, I'm still very pleased with Derelict. I disagree that some of the non-combat missions and the ones where you don't fight MT or the Shivans were fillers - if nothing else, they brought the characters in your wing further out at least.
Oh, and the Auriga was my idea.
So hurt me for it, if you must. I don't, however think that it's so infeasible that the Auriga could move around without being spotted. Firstly, space is a big place - I mean, have you seen estimates of the diameter of the Solar system out to the Kuiper belt and Oort clouds? Secondly, Tau Sigma and all the systems beyond were very isolated. There wasn't even a Vasudan Fleet in the system to provide support, and it took the GTVA long enough to send reinforcements once the Shivans made their appearance.
I don't think it's ever-so odd that Morgan Technologies would create the Auriga either. It's just an extension of the current behaviour of large corporations. When a corporation is bigger and more powerful than the government that regulates it, as well as being multinational you have to wonder what happens next...
Anyway, a bit of MT's rationale is this:
They want the Tau Sigma system for themselves. It's got minerals and will soon have a population of refugees willing to take any job that's offered. The GTVA is too busy with the reconstruction to really care. However, MT's attempts to dominate Tau Sigma using corporate means falter because pirate activity in the lawless system is heavy and the GTVA can't or won't do any more. The Auriga is the logical extension of this plan for domination. Nobody can really oppose it in Tau Sigma or beyond.
I'd rather not reveal where the destroyer, it's components or fighters actually came from though...yet. All will be revealed in due course. :wink:
One day we may go back and buff up Derelict to a shine. But BWO has priority. It's markedly different to Derelict if you ask me - more combat. It's like a mix of Warzone and the Big Plot/Character elements of Derelict. And it shall be good.
Until then...
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