Comments - Adamusa

If you still need VOs, I can help. I can do decent Space Marine voices, and I can do a few accents. And don't worry, I'm not one of those squeaky kids =P

As Bayne said, each race will have some sort of "super ship", which is easily able to kick the **** out of anything else in the game, aside from it's racial equivalent. And I've been thinking we might be able to set up a test server, similar to Discovery of Discovery, so players can test out ships and stuff.

Certainly not. There is a lot of work being done, but most of it's behind the scenes and the boss doesn't want me to reveal it yet. We're still here, just being vewwy quiet.

Adding on to this, there isn't a way to exit FTL during a jump, as it happens (as the name implies) faster than the speed of light. Therefore, you reach your destination nigh-instantly.

As to jumpgates, the storyline (after a point) will be dynamic, and i suggested that jumpgates could pop up after the factions had established proper trade routes.

If they then get blockaded, you could target the jumpgate from a way off and jump through it, but maybe it's possible that we can introduce a feature that stops players from FTLing through a jumpgate if hostile ships are near to it.

Finally, to your range question, the plugin used can't handle more than one system away. But it's certainly an idea that we could look at, maybe higher class engines having a shorter recharge time.

Well, it's quite long winded, but I'll dumb it down as much as I can.

Basically, you target the jumphole, and input the co-ordinates of the object in the next system that you want to jump to. You could theoretically input them and FTL to where you want, but the odds of getting it right are VERY slim. If you target a JH and just FTL through it, then you'll end up in the middle of the system, normally.

It is indeed true, although in the Pegasus sector, most factions only have "experimental" FTL drives, so they'll only be mounted on large ships, like the big one in the pictures above.

But as the storyline advances, certain plot twists will allow most (if not all)ships access to FTL. The maximum range of the FTL drives will be one system away, however, and you still need to target a jumphole to use it.

I never stated you were =P. But it's seen all the time on Discovery, someone with time to spare goes and amasses a sh(ush)load of money and buys a battleship, with no idea how to RP it.

Yeah, that'd hurt. Maybe we could do something like that though, maybe make a weapon that damages the ship, has a tiny range but large damage output.
Or maybe a boarding vessel?

Unfortunately, only the Fleet Admiral of the UEA will be allowed to fly this. If you become an alpha tester however... *wink*. But yeah, this is something so powerful, there's only one of them ingame at a time, and it's admin-given only. Meaning no retards with time to spare can amass a stupid amount of money and go buy one.

This is the "Valiant" class Battle Barge. This is the biggest ship in the UEA fleet, and is extremely heavily armed. This is nigh-impossible to take down without a large fleet. All other information is classified at the moment.

This is the Styx class fast attack gunship. Usually deployed to protect that larger ships, it has a good top speed and is well armed and armoured.

This is the FX-192 Space Superiority Fighter. Designed for tackling the slow moving bombers and gunboats that tend to go for the larger ships, it boasts a fearsome armament of four autocannons, two multi-missile launchers, and one nose-mounted gauss cannon.

This is the B-72 "Perses" Siege Ship. It's designed for long range support and planetary bombardment. The guns on the front are all torpedo launchers, and it's usually seen deployed near New Eden or patrolling around the system.