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Author Topic: The Dark Star (space game) - Planning thread (It begins! Link on latest post)  (Read 85394 times)

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Re: The Dark Star (space game) - Planning/Pre-game/Interest thread
« Reply #210 on: January 10, 2015, 05:43:59 pm »
Weapon proposal: 2x missile batteries, each loaded with 4 missiles.
                           4x Point Defense Gun/lasers
                           1x undefined main weapon.
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« Reply #211 on: January 10, 2015, 05:56:49 pm »
We're a relativistic ship. A "main" weapon is a bad idea. We want turrets.
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« Reply #212 on: January 10, 2015, 06:13:22 pm »
Lots of turrets.
Anyone see Andromeda the old sci fi show? I vote we take it's route and just cover the ship in PDL, PDG and Missile Pods.

Btw can we have transporters? If boarding is going to be a thing why not just transport onto the enemy ship? Me any other fighters and a few combat drones can beam over and go to town on the crew while it's distracted fighting the ship.
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« Reply #213 on: January 10, 2015, 06:20:17 pm »
No boarding until provoked is what I'm thinking.
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« Reply #214 on: January 10, 2015, 06:21:30 pm »
Quote from: Patrick Hunt on January 10, 2015, 06:13:22 pm
Lots of turrets.
Anyone see Andromeda the old sci fi show? I vote we take it's route and just cover the ship in PDL, PDG and Missile Pods.

Btw can we have transporters? If boarding is going to be a thing why not just transport onto the enemy ship? Me any other fighters and a few combat drones can beam over and go to town on the crew while it's distracted fighting the ship.
I want some particle bean weapons also. Need more then missile pods. But yes. This will work.

Quote from: Pencil_Art on January 10, 2015, 06:20:17 pm
No boarding until provoked is what I'm thinking.
Boarding can be handled by drones. Also it's not exactly something plausible when at relativistic speeds.
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« Reply #215 on: January 10, 2015, 06:22:49 pm »
I can board them in the name of peace!!!!

That works, alternate missile and particle cannons as primary weapons and PDL and PDG as close in defensive weapons.
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« Reply #216 on: January 10, 2015, 06:24:29 pm »
Quote from: Patrick Hunt on January 10, 2015, 06:22:49 pm
I can board them in the name of peace!!!!

That works, alternate missile and particle cannons as primary weapons and PDL and PDG as close in defensive weapons.

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« Reply #217 on: January 10, 2015, 06:27:20 pm »
I'm wondering how you plan on boarding a ship moving at .3 the speed of light in the opposite direction from us at a distance of several hundred kilometers.
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« Reply #218 on: January 10, 2015, 06:31:38 pm »
So...I'm curious why we even have crew at this rate, just slap a AI and a back up AI, a bunch of drones whose purpose can be switched in a heartbeat, send it out, wait a while for it to come back, and check the data it's collected.

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« Reply #219 on: January 10, 2015, 06:35:24 pm »
We'd probably have guns that use railgun technology. It's really efficient in space you know.
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« Reply #220 on: January 10, 2015, 06:43:14 pm »
Thats why I want a transporter. I can scotty myself onto the enemy ship.
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« Reply #221 on: January 10, 2015, 06:45:29 pm »
It railguns also cost materials to fire. Lasers do not.

Quote from: Patrick Hunt on January 10, 2015, 06:43:14 pm
Thats why I want a transporter. I can scotty myself onto the enemy ship.
Not physically possible. Sorry. They did a whole study on the feasibility. We wouldn't have enough power even if we were running on pure antimatter reactions.
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« Reply #222 on: January 10, 2015, 06:45:55 pm »
Quote from: Patrick Hunt on January 10, 2015, 06:43:14 pm
Thats why I want a transporter. I can scotty myself onto the enemy ship.
Aaaaaand then be whisked away and become a hostage?
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« Reply #223 on: January 10, 2015, 06:46:59 pm »
Quote from: Pencil_Art on January 10, 2015, 06:45:55 pm
Quote from: Patrick Hunt on January 10, 2015, 06:43:14 pm
Thats why I want a transporter. I can scotty myself onto the enemy ship.
Aaaaaand then be whisked away and become a hostage?
Not to mention the whole physically impossible part.
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« Reply #224 on: January 10, 2015, 06:48:31 pm »
I'm Pan Froyo, I'll charm the enemy women and get them to help me take over.
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Caine's law.
And so, here at the end of days, you are as you’ve always been. Willing to die. Not willing to quit.

Vengeance is mine saith the Lord but this morning. He's going to fucking well have to share.

Is she worth it, would you burn the city to save her? For her, I'd burn the world.
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