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[quote]nah. moving ships during combat would make sins perfect.[/quote] when your ships stop while fireing... order them to move... they will still fire at targets in their arc... then they will turn to regain arc... them order them to move again... if you wanted to order your fleet in formation to attack another fleet in formation and watch them swirl around each other automaticaly... oh wait... thats the Gal Civ 2 Engine!! i think thats why they used the Homeworld RTS engine... so you

[quote]In addendum to 1) at least, since the mod is based on the Dominion War, Borg really had nothing to do with it, and didn't show up anywhere. Having them in the mod would be like "Hey, look, we just threw Borg in because, you know.. BORG!" [/quote] Ha Ha Ha... yea i forgot that part too... I was wondering cuz you guys havent given an official word, Major Stress on page one said Maqui for the pirates, i was hopeing Orian Syndacate. Maqui really only attacked Federation and

i cant seem to find where to download the mod... sounds good

[quote]One thing that would be cool is if all ships were to get at least one special ability. This would obviously be more of a challenge when it comes to the other races, but just like the leveling up it would make individual ships much more valuable.[/quote] I suggested this in this thread over a week ago (just automatic special abilities for less micro managments) focuse mostly on the Fed ships. Over all they wont be as strong combat wise as say klingon ships, but would have more spe

[quote]You might want to use "Sol" as the name for our Sun. (Yes, I know it really doesn't have a proper name but "Sol" is a lot better then "Sun" and "Sol" has some historic importance.) ((Sol was the Roman name for the greek sun god Helios, A lot of scifi movies/shows/books use Sol))[/quote] Sol is the scientific name for our Sun. Sun is a thing, Sol is the name of one. Technically we live in the "Sol System" (as apposed to the "Rigilian System" - or "Rigil System" if no Rigilians liv

[quote]The simplest fix is to cap the maximum number of each ship type you're allowed to have, forcing players to have multiple ship types in their fleet.Another good fix is to take Rise of Nation's idea of "raising the cost of the same unit type" allowing people to diversify their fleets to save resources, while the rushers will be penalized by paying more for spamming the same unit.[/quote] That is what i would like to see. Either one or a combination of both.

The Borg should always hit hard with even a single cube and take up atleast half of the example 100 ships. In MP and SP if anyone were to loose half their fleet to a third party it will throw off the games balance. If the bounty system could be used to make them destroy X amount of every single players ships.. them MAYBE... but the point stands... they have nothing to do with the Dominion War.

if a terran planet keeps geting bombarded, eventuall the quality should degrade (for the other planet types too) to desert, to volvanic (or ice planet for a nuclear winter), contested planets constantly being assulted would suffer on a planetary scale.

For Gal Civ 2 there was a "total sci-fi mod" that combined the "star trek, babylon 5, star wars, and star gate" mods all into one. I wonder if sometime down the road we might see one of those for Sins if all of the mods finish.

Cloaking is possible, hell its in Sins (Vasari Scout) as well as the Phase Outer Hull ability, i am sure these can be tweeked to fit as needed. The follow the same rules you cant fire while cloaked and that is a must (Dont give me the "fire while cloaked BOP" from the last STar Trek TOS Movie crap, it was a prototype and broke Roddenberry's Rules). It would be an advantage, you send a scout, you see a Vor'cha, and accouple of v-9 crusers, you send your fleet in and 20 BOPs decloak inbetween your

Thanks for the feed back and the clarification. I kinda figured you guys had the models and the gritty parts handled. I figured this thread could be a collection of ideas for when you get stuck, or give you a head start when you get to the next section of WORK. That and i wanted to get the post count up. There was just no way the Star Wars Mod should be 200-300 posts long and Star Trek just 20 (dont get me wrong i like star wars and own SW:EaW). This could give us fans some where to moan and whi

[/quote] Add the Borg as pirates. U can change the frequence of the attacks so that it takes a lot longer before they come (maybe just all 30 minutes) but then they are really powerfull and u could make a Borg cube really threatening. [/quote] If you dont nerf the Borg, they can be a "game-breaker" if they just go after one person, the tricky part is to get them to be a threat to everyone equally, even if chosen randomly and late, if someone gets the borg two times in a row, it coul

[quote]Man this mod looks like it is shaping up to be somethign special. So much so I'm starting to entertain thoughts of one of the evil Killer B's trying to shut it down on some kind of IPR violation. Because they think it may "hurt" some licensed product being secretly developed right now. [/quote] Shhh.... *slips 1Spartan $20* you didnt hear nothin... I forgot the Star Trek Licence was just picked up...

[quote]the way I was seeing it you would have Federation Dominion (plus breen and cardassian) Klingon Empire (this is the most difficult) [/quote] Well you have to have the Romulans, they where a part of the war... eventually, and an Iconic ST race. Plus its one of the Six they (the team making the mod) said they where doing. The Romulans should be easyer than the Breen nd maybe the Cardassians too. I they will have use the DS9 Dominion War (the

also if the Feds dont have the Sovriegn, then the Rommies dont get the Veldorn OR the Scimatar and are left what the BOP?? We need to be a little loose with time. Most of the "fleshing out" wasent done befour the war, and ther will be more to this mod than just the Federation.

OK here is the Promethous explanation (i knew i was going to have to) In the prometheous episode, it is under attack by the Romulans, who as the EMH II put it "Havent joined the Dominon War yet..." "WHAT WAR?!?!" ECT.... which means it was completed During the War, Just befour the Romulans joined... I imagine starfleet atleast had the concept (if not plans) on the table at the onset of the war. It would be cutting it close time wise but i think it works. If needed the could have pushed the s

I agree, the Galaxy should hae colonise (all those TNG episodes with the poor refugies, or settlers, or "indiginous life in danger" they moved alot of people) and the Akira should be take the role of carrier, the mainstay of its attack could still be the ship just supported with 2-4 wings. Of all the Cannon only two ships listed carier capability, the Akira and the Shelly.

Ok well i see your exersise in wishful thinking and add in my own. I agree with most of what you put, with a few changes. Capitol: Galaxy Excelsior Sovriegn Akira Prometheus Cruisers: Nebula (Galaxy's lil sister) Intrepid Defiant Constillation OR Ambassador (Ambassador is newer, however Constillation has the 4 necels for a different ship look) Frigates: Soyuz (Miltary version of the Miranda OLD but big compared to the rest

grr i shouldnt have gone to sleep :) I found a federation ship (official cannon) that is classified a carrier! (Called a "Thru-Deck Carrier Class") True you dont need to follow the role slots, however i do think you need a carrier cap, or atleast try for it when you can. Other than the feds-maqui who uses fighters anyways? The USS Shelly from DS9 Episode "A Time to Stand" (I think the first large Dominion War battle with many fighters shown.) Here is the pic if someone whats to take

I totally agree about the Borg, TNG was about "what lies beyond" with the powers of the Borg and the Q (BOTH reduced to nothing in Voyager). But you shouldnt use the maqui as the pirates they only attack cardassian and the odd federation ship. Orian Sindicate!! They where around befour Humans got warp 5 and right into the Dominion war (which right befour i think was when they where at their hight, all over the galaxy) so i think they would be a better choice than the maqui. "Apocalypse

meh i liked it... although... i already knew how good the game was (though i wish i watched some more babylon 5 when i was a kid...

After reading the post here is what i got as possible solutions. Borg = Pirates : Just that simple, the are random, agressive, a constant threat and fear, they will strike anyone anywhere, and usually WITH warnring (mod the pirate taunts to "Resistance is Futile" or "You will be assimalated, your home, your culture and your peoples will become part of the Borg..." Bribing them dosent seem right, (only refrence is Janeway making deals with the Borg with limited success" so maybe remove

Bump. I would want a mear graphical moon than looks nice and orbits properly. However if it can be done better, i think the easiest way of doing it would be changing an metal/crystal astroid into a moon, set it to a path (if they can be made to move) around the planet, and from that you could use the menu for building a mine, (create new upgrades available only to this object). But then the question is WHAT should you be able to build on it (i think 3 choices with one slot- reaserch la