[Mars]

Or be able to make shock bombing runs.
Jump in, unload, jump out. Time elapsed: only the absolute necessary required for the bomb to lock + 10 seconds. Then again, that sounds too much like a SSM strike...

Wouldn't it be better to make bombs themselves smarter and/or faster?

Sounds like it could work with Vassago's Dirge chain-jumping. Jump in, wreak havoc under dense enemy fire, survive, jump out the instant your drives recharge, rearm/repair, jump somewhere else.

The Carthage and Atreus are referenced as having special sprint/tactical drives that could allow them to do this.

If the Tev campaign does get off the ground I intend to do some **** about this sort of hit-and-fade attacks.

Is there any organization for a Tev campaign?

[General Battuta]

Or be able to make shock bombing runs.
Jump in, unload, jump out. Time elapsed: only the absolute necessary required for the bomb to lock + 10 seconds. Then again, that sounds too much like a SSM strike...

Wouldn't it be better to make bombs themselves smarter and/or faster?

Sounds like it could work with Vassago's Dirge chain-jumping. Jump in, wreak havoc under dense enemy fire, survive, jump out the instant your drives recharge, rearm/repair, jump somewhere else.

The Carthage and Atreus are referenced as having special sprint/tactical drives that could allow them to do this.

If the Tev campaign does get off the ground I intend to do some **** about this sort of hit-and-fade attacks.

Is there any organization for a Tev campaign?

Yes. The only real establishment is the channel #bp-tev on irc.

[Snail]

Or be able to make shock bombing runs.
Jump in, unload, jump out. Time elapsed: only the absolute necessary required for the bomb to lock + 10 seconds. Then again, that sounds too much like a SSM strike...

Wouldn't it be better to make bombs themselves smarter and/or faster?

Sounds like it could work with Vassago's Dirge chain-jumping. Jump in, wreak havoc under dense enemy fire, survive, jump out the instant your drives recharge, rearm/repair, jump somewhere else.

The Carthage and Atreus are referenced as having special sprint/tactical drives that could allow them to do this.

If the Tev campaign does get off the ground I intend to do some **** about this sort of hit-and-fade attacks.

Is there any organization for a Tev campaign?

Yes. The only real establishment is the channel #bp-tev on irc.

If you want to join in it's on the server esper.net

[Mars]

Right now even things such as Fredding (and viewing nameplates for the wiki) is hampered by my (lack of) graphics card. Once I get a card that can deal with things above 4 fps, I'll see if I can not only join but be of some help as well.



Delande est was a big mission that was the conclusion of half a campaign of strategy for the GTVA. It represents probably the best space battle I've seen in the Freespace 2 engine. More battles like that, as the war winds down, would be awesome.

As much of a Tev fanboy as I am, it'd be nice to see the Federation thinking a little further ahead than it has so far. I understand their pacifist roots limit them, but the Wargods definitely took the bait a little hard.

In the event of outside intervention / some type of unsteady alliance between the Tevs and Buntu should definitely involve Narayana's disabling turrets and the Tevs taking out large targets.

[Ryuseiken]

I agree with wanting to blow up heavier shipping but it shouldn't be overdone. As it stands the UEF has roughly 6 months before logisitics start to wear thin IIRC. And bombers look expensive...

Oh I agree that it shouldn't be overdone for fear of making a big explosion feel commonplace. It's just that after seeing 2 Hecates, the serkr team, the Atreus, and the Carthage escape right out from under my nose I've got an urge for a big bang. This buildup in the first part of WiH will make the inevitable explosion all the sweeter though .

[ION3]

Well Battuta said that for bombers to become effective they'd have to get either much lighter or a lot heavier...

I guess the  Vajradhara is more on the heavy side. Still it doesnt seem to be that well shielded.

On the topic of blowing stuff up

There Werent any depot&freighter destruction missions in wih. Neither a mission where you take something on yourself. Exept the secondlast one.

[Scotty]

On the topic of blowing stuff up

There Werent any depot&freighter destruction missions in wih. Neither a mission where you take something on yourself. Exept the secondlast one.

I can't speak for Dilmah and Snail, but I've got one of those in the draft of BP:SoW I'm FREDing.

[Buckshee Rounds]

I agree with wanting to blow up heavier shipping but it shouldn't be overdone. As it stands the UEF has roughly 6 months before logisitics start to wear thin IIRC. And bombers look expensive...

Oh I agree that it shouldn't be overdone for fear of making a big explosion feel commonplace. It's just that after seeing 2 Hecates, the serkr team, the Atreus, and the Carthage escape right out from under my nose I've got an urge for a big bang. This buildup in the first part of WiH will make the inevitable explosion all the sweeter though .

Heard! I was furious when the Meridian jumped out, I wanted Severanti's skull adorning the bow of my Uhlan!

[Androgeos Exeunt]

You can destroy the Meridian if you're lucky.

[General Battuta]

No you can't.

[Jellyfish]

I can't speak for Dilmah and Snail, but I've got one of those in the draft of BP:SoW I'm FREDing.

BP: SoW?

[General Battuta]

They're thinking of calling it Spectrum of War.

[Jellyfish]

It has a name of its' own? A very good sign.
I was kind of partial to the name 'Angels Fall First', because that's what happens in a war in heaven, but that is good too.

[General Battuta]

That one is kind of taken by a huge pan-mod thing.

[Scotty]

It has a name of its' own? A very good sign.
I was kind of partial to the name 'Angels Fall First', because that's what happens in a war in heaven, but that is good too.

And a mission!

Darius actually asked if we wanted a board here once, but we only had one halfway decent mission and a ****ty mission FREDed up, so we declined until we got more awesome stuff going.

[Dilmah G]

He did? Bah, you guys never tell me anything!

And now that I've got time and Snail's back, we should probably organize an IRC sesh.

[X3N0-Life-Form]

I always thought that the next generation of GTVA bombers would be Nahema-like bombers with enough speed to outrun heavier fighters, and anything but interceptors on afterburners.

Yo dawg, I herd you liek tagging, so we replaced SSM with Subspace TAG missiles, so you can tag while you tag.

I did something similar once, for teh lulz. If you combine it with cluster bombs ... well ...

[Snail]

They're thinking of calling it Spectrum of War.

Actually Spectrum of War is just the name of the full-length (~30 missions) campaign that is the 'ultimate' goal of the project. Plans are (AFAIK) to create a couple mini-campaigns just to get the thing off the ground first.

I always thought that the next generation of GTVA bombers would be Nahema-like bombers with enough speed to outrun heavier fighters, and anything but interceptors on afterburners.

That might be useful, but I don't think it would be any more survivable than an Artemis or Rhea in a suicide run, unless it can reliably hold its own in a dogfight. Nahemas were dangerous but still died by the bucketload, and that was to Capella-era fighters.

[DarthWang]

There are going to be Shivans, right?

[Snail]

So I was watching Sunglare again and I catch sight of an Aten cruiser. Like lolwut? Vasudans still use Aten? WRYYYYY!?!


Looking forward to seeing a couple new Vasudan ships and stuff in WiH2.