[General Battuta]

Ramming should be doable simply using engine physics, but it would be ugly. You could have an ability to enable the 'kamikaze' flag, but you'd die in the process.

[Dilmah G]

It'd be good for a mission ending act of heroism kinda thing.

[Colonol Dekker]

What about an abandon ship command? Either at less than ten percent hull or anytime?
It'd spawn evac pods which carry over experience and key personnel?

[FreespacePilot2010]

You should be able to tell your fighter squadrons what to do. Launch, order them around, and recall them back. Send them on BARCAP, wild weasel, space superiority, etc.

Sounds like an RTS game.

[newman]

Sounds like an RTS game.

And being able to command a capship sounds like a Derek Smart game. Doesn't mean it is
Fact of the matter is, if it's to be done it needs to be done properly. In BSG's case, controlling fighters is pretty much a necessary part of commanding a battlestar.

[General Battuta]

I could set up BARCAP commands if you ordered the wing to, for instance, attack a nav buoy. They'd then follow a waypoint path...but without dynamic waypointmovement I can't see how to keep it around your ship.

A simple 'guard me' command would be easier.

[newman]

Well even a set of basic commands like "fly there", "attack this", "guard me", "guard this", and "come back home" would be awesome...

[FUBAR-BDHR]

Isn't there a stay near ai order?

[General Battuta]

Well even a set of basic commands like "fly there", "attack this", "guard me", "guard this", and "come back home" would be awesome...

How are those different from the usual commands you can give to fighters, though? Those would of course be available.

[FUBAR-BDHR]

Depending on the ship you could do something with setting weapon/ammo types.

[General Battuta]

Depending on the ship you could do something with setting weapon/ammo types.

Definitely. As well as swapping the ship's AI class - although it's a player ship, the AI class still governs turret weapon fire rates.

[The E]

Which, you know, would have it's uses as well. "All batteries, go to rapid fire" and all that.

[Colonol Dekker]

What about get xyz and manipulate ships coordinates to put nav bouys at the player caps compass points?
 
Bit hackish I know but :s

[General Battuta]

What about get xyz and manipulate ships coordinates to put nav bouys at the player caps compass points?
 
Bit hackish I know but :s

What would the nav buoys be for? For the ships to attack in sequence, mimicking waypoints?

[newman]

Well even a set of basic commands like "fly there", "attack this", "guard me", "guard this", and "come back home" would be awesome...

How are those different from the usual commands you can give to fighters, though? Those would of course be available.

They're probably really not. I just model and texture ships. You lot are the experts on this

[Colonol Dekker]

What about get xyz and manipulate ships coordinates to put nav bouys at the player caps compass points?
 
Bit hackish I know but :s

What would the nav buoys be for? For the ships to attack in sequence, mimicking waypoints?

 
 
Think- INBOUND!
 Port astern!
  Bulldog wing cover our seven!

[General Battuta]

What about get xyz and manipulate ships coordinates to put nav bouys at the player caps compass points?
 
Bit hackish I know but :s

What would the nav buoys be for? For the ships to attack in sequence, mimicking waypoints?

 
 
Think- INBOUND!
 Port astern!
  Bulldog wing cover our seven!

That could definitely be arranged, though I imagine you'd only have six buoys, one at each compass point and then one 'up' and 'down'.

[Colonol Dekker]

I meant the eight standard. But it'd only make a difference out at further ranges on reflection.
 
 
 
Thank Jads giant space lobster mission for the inspiration.
 
Or the one where I nick the bouy from the moving Hecate.
 
Whichever's appropriate.
 

[Aardwolf]

Well, from a literal perspective, it is a real-time tactical command game-- an RTT. The big distinction between the two genres (as I see it) is that in an RTS there's a lot more unit-building, base-building, etc., whereas an RTT generally focuses on the units you have available to you. Of course in a typical RTS or RTT you're not in the fray, you're viewing from a distance, with a magical invisible-and-invulnerable flying camera of some sort.

[Dilmah G]

Well whatever it is, it's damn fun.