STGOD 2K5 OOC Thread

Pablo Sanchez · Post by **Pablo Sanchez** » 2004-12-27 07:23pm

Thirdfain wrote:Good question.Would you like to volunteer?

Yeah, I think so.

Trekdestroyer · Post by **Trekdestroyer** » 2004-12-27 08:44pm

So when do we get to actualy start this STGOD? Or are we just going to sit here and talk until this thread dies a grisly death?
*Thread falls on pike and blood sprays everywhere*
But realy...when is this show going to start?

White Haven · Post by **White Haven** » 2004-12-27 09:12pm

I'm still working up my OOB, should have it done over the next day or two. Should probably wait a bit before starting, though, too many people semismashed from Christmas.

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2004-12-27 09:46pm

Trekdestroyer wrote:So when do we get to actualy start this STGOD? Or are we just going to sit here and talk until this thread dies a grisly death?
*Thread falls on pike and blood sprays everywhere*
But realy...when is this show going to start?

Hey! maybe we'll wait until everyone has an OOB up, then, ok?

*"shakes head* don't be an idiot.

Yeah, I think so.

Cool beans, that makes the Mod team Marcao and Pablo. Good?

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2004-12-27 10:01pm

Darth_Zod:

About your orbital defense ring. Basic planetyary defenses are considered to be automatically in place- defense satalites, gun platforms, ground-to-space weapons, and even planetary shields capable of holding off fleets for long periods of time. Your defense ring's weapons, if similar in power to your capital ship's main guns, would give you a huge advantage in defensive firepower. If you want such potent defenses, you'll pay for it with less effective warships.

Also, fielding 1000 esscorts as a regional power will mean each of those esorts is half the effectiveness of a standard regional power's escort fleet. Keep that in mind.

Post by **Beowulf** » 2004-12-27 11:16pm

Trekdestroyer wrote:So when do we get to actualy start this STGOD? Or are we just going to sit here and talk until this thread dies a grisly death?
*Thread falls on pike and blood sprays everywhere*
But realy...when is this show going to start?

Well... first you have to post a OOB. See the STGOD2k5 OOB thread.

Thirdfain wrote:Cool beans, that makes the Mod team Marcao and Pablo. Good?

I think it might be a good idea to have a third mod. That way if two mods disagree, we have a third which can resolve matters.

Pablo Sanchez · Post by **Pablo Sanchez** » 2004-12-28 12:04am

Beowulf wrote:I think it might be a good idea to have a third mod. That way if two mods disagree, we have a third which can resolve matters.

It was never a problem before. We typically fixed that sort of thing via ritual combat.

Agent Fisher · Post by **Agent Fisher** » 2004-12-28 01:17am

Quick question, how many worlds would a regional power have? And would have only three be enough? Or would I need to make more? And if I had only three, could I use the resources in terms of defense that I would get from the other worlds, and put those resources at my three worlds.

Hope that made sense.

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2004-12-28 01:29am

I'm more or less leaving it up to the player's discretion, considering the vast range in the ammount of developement a planet can have. A regional can consist of a half-dozen very heavily industrialised worlds, or be spread out over a wide area, with many agricultural planets and only a few centers of industry and population. Most powers will have some heavily industrialised planets as well as a considerably larger number of fledgeling colonies, border stations, and so on.

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2004-12-28 07:57am

I'm off on vacation till the day after New Years, so I'm placing this train in the hands of Pablo and Marcao. Happy New Years, and feel free to start without me

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2004-12-28 08:09am

Thirdfain wrote:I'm off on vacation till the day after New Years, so I'm placing this train in the hands of Pablo and Marcao. Happy New Years, and feel free to start without me

Happy New Year to you, too

And remember: Drink enough!

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2004-12-28 08:11am

Thirdfain wrote:I'm more or less leaving it up to the player's discretion, considering the vast range in the ammount of developement a planet can have. A regional can consist of a half-dozen very heavily industrialised worlds, or be spread out over a wide area, with many agricultural planets and only a few centers of industry and population. Most powers will have some heavily industrialised planets as well as a considerably larger number of fledgeling colonies, border stations, and so on.

Well, I'm fairly packed into a small area, given the vast size of the planets my people tend to inhabit. Most of my populace is concentrated in the home system itself and its gas giants.
The newly aqcuired territories are still a bit underdeveloped, though.

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » 2004-12-28 03:21pm

I'm thinking maybe about 18 systems total.

speaker-to-trolls · Post by **speaker-to-trolls** » 2004-12-28 03:32pm

I'm in, if there's no objections. I swear to god I'll actually do something this time around, honestly. Cross my heart and hope to be kicked in the nuts by a maniacal Ninja beefeater. And I'll try to think of something more inventive than commie space gerbils.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-12-28 04:55pm

Thirdfain wrote:Darth_Zod:

About your orbital defense ring. Basic planetyary defenses are considered to be automatically in place- defense satalites, gun platforms, ground-to-space weapons, and even planetary shields capable of holding off fleets for long periods of time. Your defense ring's weapons, if similar in power to your capital ship's main guns, would give you a huge advantage in defensive firepower. If you want such potent defenses, you'll pay for it with less effective warships.

Also, fielding 1000 esscorts as a regional power will mean each of those esorts is half the effectiveness of a standard regional power's escort fleet. Keep that in mind.

no problem. it's the primary reason i cut down on the number of capital ships and increased the escorts instead. my power isn't really designed to have huge shipbuilding capabilities, since it relies on outside suppliers for that. the basic idea with the defense ring is it surrounds the entire planet ala tekkaman. it's automated for the most part, with several habitat sections and the like.

plus the primary focus industrial wise is medical technologies and cybernetics, almost exclusively. so shipbuilding and weapons design is somewhat stunted, at least a few years behind the other powers in those areas, but highly advanced in the former areas.

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2004-12-28 04:57pm

I'm probably going with about 6 super-industrialized hive worlds and a smattering of ag-worlds. Cool?

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2004-12-28 05:16pm

Well, son of a bitch! Turns out my hotel room is situated so as I can leech some poor bastard's wireless bandwidth. In the words of Jesus: Sweet!

no problem. it's the primary reason i cut down on the number of capital ships and increased the escorts instead. my power isn't really designed to have huge shipbuilding capabilities, since it relies on outside suppliers for that. the basic idea with the defense ring is it surrounds the entire planet ala tekkaman. it's automated for the most part, with several habitat sections and the like.

plus the primary focus industrial wise is medical technologies and cybernetics, almost exclusively. so shipbuilding and weapons design is somewhat stunted, at least a few years behind the other powers in those areas, but highly advanced in the former areas.

Fair enough, but with such an extremely powerful and massive defense ring, your ships will be worth half or a third as much as comparable designs, and worse in respect to your escorts. I do not recommend this approach- better to have a mobile force.

I'm in, if there's no objections. I swear to god I'll actually do something this time around, honestly. Cross my heart and hope to be kicked in the nuts by a maniacal Ninja beefeater. And I'll try to think of something more inventive than commie space gerbils.

There is nothing wrong with commie space gerbils. And welcome. Bear in mind, players who are idle from the game for extended periods without first warning the mods will have to give a week's notice before being able to rejoin.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-12-28 05:26pm

Thirdfain wrote: Fair enough, but with such an extremely powerful and massive defense ring, your ships will be worth half or a third as much as comparable designs, and worse in respect to your escorts. I do not recommend this approach- better to have a mobile force.

well, the basic plan is that my power isn't going to be doing much in the way of attacking anyone directly but instead is going to simply . .er. . .'maneuver' other powers to attack its enemies and supply ground troops, weaponry, etc. so it puts them at a minimal risk. so most of its battles will be purely defensive in nature.

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2004-12-28 05:51pm

I maintain that power without projection isn't.

But that might be just me.

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2004-12-28 06:28pm

Black Alliance OOB posted.

Yes. Fear that little Q-Ship.

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » 2004-12-28 06:35pm

Holy Shit Nitram! I'm going to go hide now...

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-12-28 07:06pm

You know, Nitram, my author-avatar's neice could easily bust me out of that puny ship, if she were so inclined

I boosted my escort numbers. I now have 330 average ships (DL/DD), 200 below-average ships (CVE) and 1250 ultra-cheap convoy escorts. If that's not acceptable then I can revise them but the SKS' merchant marine is too damn big.

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2004-12-28 07:09pm

phongn wrote:You know, Nitram, my author-avatar's neice could easily bust me out of that puny ship, if she were so inclined

I know. But I figured if we were gonna go on a Galaxy-spanning roadtrip, do it in something that can do it in style.

Raxmei · Post by **Raxmei** » 2004-12-28 07:30pm

Dahak, the Pirol is listed as being worth more than the the Hawk despite its listed stats being inferior in every way. Is that on purpose?

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-12-28 08:35pm

What's with all the phallic compensators in this game, anyway?

Some of the ship sizes are just crazy.