With the release of First Strike v1.2 just around the corner, we're pleased to present you with previews of the maps that you will find in our upcoming patch. Today we focus on Tatooine Bestine, and Endor Clearing, two very different, and very enjoyable maps.
Backstory
Completing a daring planet drop and pick up at Mos Entha, three Alliance Gallofree transports finally retrieved a group of stranded Rebel troops under siege by Imperial ground forces. Attempting to avoid the battle against Imperial forces still raging in orbit, the transports flew low and headed for an escape vector over the far side of the planet. Unfortunately, due to a navigational error they strayed too close to the Imperial capital city of Bestine. Once detected, the city’s defensive turbolasers shot down one of the transports. The remaining transports have made an emergency landing near the city outskirts, and the Rebels must now disable the city’s turbolaser emplacements to have any hope of escape.
Downed Transports
Although this will be TY2D2's first official map for First Strike, what a map it is. Featuring not one, not two, but three Gallofree transports (although one of them did get shot up by the Empire's massive turbolaser emplacements), various speeders, tanks, and a Mortar Freerunner (a Rebel Armoured Freerunner modified to fill an artillery role), there is rarely a break in the action during a round on Bestine. The pushmap gamemode keeps the fighting focused by preventing whack-a-mole style conquest that can spread forces thin, and the new vehicles add a great dynamic to urban combat in First Strike. Bestine brings intense infantry and vehicle combat throughout the richly populated and detailed city environment, and is sure to be a player favorite along the lines of BF2's popular Strike at Karkand come the release of v1.2. Enjoy these screenshots of some of Bestine's beautiful vistas:
Backstory
During the aftermath of the Battle of Endor, Imperial forces scattered across the forest moon. One platoon of Imperial troopers who returned from their recon mission too late to reinforce the shield generator has decided to cut their losses and run. They have two Lambda class shuttles ready to evacuate them, but with the Rebel fleet still in orbit, fleeing to space would be doomed to failure. However, while monitoring Alliance com chatter they discovered a Gallofree transport that crash landed near their position during the battle in orbit. If they could salvage the vessel’s transponder, it could be their ticket off the planet. But as the platoon approaches the wreckage, a Rebel Alliance search and rescue team arrives...
Transports That Have Crashed
Those Gallofrees just can't seem to keep themselves from plowing into the ground at high velocity, eh? Well it's a good thing it makes for a fun map. Clearing features some plain old infantry fun through fern covered meadows, huge trees, and even across the previously unreleased Ewok Water Village. With plenty of trees to hide behind on the outskirts of the control point areas, taking and holding CPs in Clearing's clearings can be challenging without a well coordinated squad. Teamwork and strategy are key to pushing back the enemy in this map, and you should never underestimate the value of flanking your targets. Endor Clearing's long sight lines, scattered cover, and beautiful environment make it an excellent map for 1.2, and these screenshots speak volumes:
Pin This Up
Last for today, but certainly not least, we have a cool new wallpaper for you to download that features First Strike starfighters in an iconic formation to get you pumped for 1.2
Be sure to check back here over the next couple days for previews of more of our new maps, and info on when 1.2 will be available for download. Until then, enjoy the wallpaper, and may the force be with you!
good job guys looking smashing!
omg this makes waiting so much the worse ;)
It looks like your web sever took a stroll and died.
Guys, why don't you use the gallery on ModDB? Better to have a server that is working than one that isn't and makes the mod look bad because of it!
Well considering the server hasn't crashed in months we thought it would work...It is also a pain to upload around 10 screenshots to another place and then rework all of the links in the post that you already posted on your webiste. The alternative is to copy and paste the post you just made which is much easier. Do YOU honestly think that we make this mod all because of moddb? No, we have many other websites that post our news as and it's best to use our own screenshots rather than a website that we don't even own.
Aplogies for the server being down guys, I'll see about hosting the pics externally for now, and hopefully we'll get everything working here soon.
k, links have been updated for now. I'm hosting on photobucket until we get our server up again.
This makes me want to go out and buy 2142 :P
This stuff is awesome!
Glad you liked the update. 2142 is pretty cheap nowadays so if you like what you see I definitely recommend picking up a copy.
Pretty cheap = $10
Yeah, i'll certainly look at buying a copy, I have to buy equipment for my game development first however, such as camera's microphones and what not (actually I think all I need right now is those 2 things :P).
I should have the money in about 2 weeks however, just in time to take to our local LAN group with 50+ people :)
AWESOME! thats all i have to say.
Awesome. really nice work makes me wanna buy bf21 or whatever you call it ;P
Nice media =D!!
Thanks for the positive comments guys. We do this for the players and it really helps us keep going when we see people that appreciate our hard work. Hope to see you guys online come release day.
This mod is really good. I love Star Wars :D
Hey guys, I was really pumped for this game before, but when you had announced it, my PC had just died. Now I bought a new one, and will be getting BF 2142 just to play this.
Good to hear, hope you enjoy it
Awesome, been waiting for this update forever. I hope it brings some more players too. Great job guys.