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Neat idea. Birth of the Federation was a pretty awesome if flawed game; Microprose gold 🙂 . Good memories of playing that when it was released. BotF also went freeware and there were some fairly ambitious reworks of it as well by modders.
Sitting in front of a screen I liked this very much but it’s pretty number crunchy for RP; Although I am a huge fan of grand strategy games like Europa Universalis and Crusader Kings. Oh when it releases I’ll be all over Stellaris because it’s a GS in space :).
A ship disabled by the enemy? Surely it isn’t one of mine :). This is an awesome idea. I always wished I could do something like this but I can’t do anything with foundry.
I’m not sure how clearly the “history” of the 44th was stated but I always wanted to build the story around the player using a holoprogram during a crucial period in the fleets history (formation, epic battle). I think my attachment to the idea comes from the Enterprise ep where Riker was Cook.
Hi Jalif, I’m a bit late to answering the question but quantity is a quality unto itself so I feel entitled :). I actually have 21 captains. I’m not 100% sure on the breakdown by faction but the number of KDF captains is about the same as the number of Fed captains. I don’t have quite as many Romulan captains as either but there aren’t as many racial choices within that faction to catch my interest.
I don’t play all of my characters at the same time. I usually play as a top 3 or 5 that rotates. As a result none of my captains are as capable as most of the other long playing members of the 44th. I hate grinding so I rarely use my characters for it. If I was hard up for dilithium I would rather waste real world money than diminish my play time. I lean toward tactical officers because I like fast ships that blow up enemies, themselves and go, “Pew! Pew!” but I have captains of all disciplines in my roster. I neglect my science officers; Especially my KDF and Rom ones because there aren’t any faction specific vessels at T6 :(.
I have silly stories in my head concerning all of my captains. At the minimum they have a rough personal history and personality. The more involved ones have complete biographies and bridge officers with the same. All of these crews tend to stick to a particular style of ship. Because a tac officer in a cruiser plays differently than a tac officer in an escort I can usually have enough diversity between captains that changing over feels fresh if I get bored with one.
My favorite captain is probably Ba’el my first KDF captain. She has the most spec points amongst my captains but is nowhere near filling out her trees. Usually she sits in the top three and everyone else cycles. The way I play don’t get many advantages from having so many captains. I do trade account bound stuff between them if someone has nice weapons that suit the theme of another.
They marketed the mirror outfits already so I can’t see them giving up the mirror dressing for free with a mirror storyline. The people who spent their lobi would explode and the forums would become a burning crucible of butt hurt protestations (likely more burning than usual 🙂 ).
I’ve made my snarky quip but I’ll need some time to think about that one. I remember babbling a bit about this on ingame chat but our conversations are harder to recall when they aren’t well documented like here. I know there was something I wanted but I just can’t recall. I know I wished for mirror but the uniform sale pretty much kiboshed that.
That’s some pretty badass kit. As I advance in years I realize I’d rather be safely tucked away in my “Man-cano Lair” drinking coffee and lounging with my cats. I think I’d rather send drones to do my dirty work for me but if I trusted organic minions I’m sure my enemies would piss themselves if I sent a squad of Boba Fett’s after them :).
It’s nice to see they are creating a more uniform and concise system. That would make life easier for new players; They must have big plans for this year 😀 . From a retroactive perspective though I’m terrified. Trying to rebuild 21 captains feels overwhelming. I think I’d have to slide back in gradually.
My guess on the concept art is the location for the signing of the temporal accords. I like the design; It reminds me of the location for the signing of the original Federation Charter and of Archer Arena down the road.
I heard a little about the DDOS attacks. Word is some bitter little monkey is hitting Neverwinter and the attacks are causing hurt across all of PWE’s servers. Still everything on my end didn’t seem as “soupy” as it has been. Hopefully I’ll give some space engagements a go this evening and it won’t turn into a jerky disaster 🙂 .
Making it a lobi ship means lots of keys and plenty of zen and dilithium being swirled around to conjure them up. In some ways this is slyer than a lockbox entry because the certainty will keep people growing their lobi to the magic number. Ferengi trixies 😆 ; They might have hooked me if it was a Romulan or KDF ship but the “generosity” seems to end at universal science platforms unless you are a Fed.
On a positive note I thought the Day 1 anniversary promotion was awesome. I like c-store freebies but I’ve been at this a while and for the most part I already own everything I want. When I first logged on for the 2 spec points I was deliberating over who should get them only to discover all my captains did 🙂 . Awesome! 42 free spec points was a generous and useful treat for the all involved.
I’ve been pretty quiet the past week or so. STO has been behaving badly in combat so I’ve been pretty cranky about playing. Lurking around seemed more fluid than it has in a while so if they did some fixes I may have benefited; I’ll have to put that to the test soon.
Thanks for passing this along damix! I turned in the code early new years morning and there were still plenty. Happy New Year 🙂 .
There’s a chair on the bridge waiting for you when you are ready to return to active duty. It’s just not as high as mine, or as fancy, and the cats aren’t as likely to sit on the head rest 😀 . See you soon Shaw.
The NX refits never made it to screen but there is a pretty solid series of three books so far that concern these ships. Reed and T’Pol are both Captains and Archer has reluctantly left the chair and assumed the duties of an admiral. I really enjoy and recommend them. Author (Bennett?) is a much better writer than that snortastic hack David Mack.
I think it’s ubercool too! Ignorant cats are spoiled and just don’t get it. The only, “wonder of technology” in their life they seem to appreciate is their filtered drinking fountain I bought them.
It’s been a while since I visited this thread. I looked over it again and realized I still liked the idea and still wanted to form a common thread for my captains. Some day when my cats are older and STO has been folded up I’ll want to show them how their Dad wasted his time back in the day 🙂 .
I am by my own admission a horridperson. While I like to make up stories I’m also a terrible control freak and expect complete creative control. This is probably why I don’t play particularly well with others and can’t participate in collaborative story telling so much that it is really fair to others involved. There I said it. I’m sorry about the holo novel thread because sov and damix put so much good work into it but I had a lot of difficulty with it and didn’t find the activity enjoyable. I’m more in my element creating my own project. That doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy other people’s ideas or don’t appreciate feedback or criticism of what I do.
Moving forward I’d like to wake this project back up again and see if I can present some captain dossiers and some material that links them all together.
Cats aren’t amused.
