• Registered: 2005-06-08
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Topic: Anteatman Empire

I do not know if anyone downloaded the Anteatman Empire pdf (there were no comments). I also know that It is just a bit of fun.

However, if anyone did, I have changed the range on the Meat Spear to 18, just to keep everything SAEK (Starmada AE Kosher).

This change allows the Queen Bee class to carry 34 Marine squads.

The Anteatmen are one of the lowest animal species used by the BBGE, would there be any interest in any of the Thousand others?

I would like to know if anyone thought that this might be a viable alternate  way to present a new fleet. From background and design to counter covered.

Paul

  • Registered: 2005-03-29
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Re: Anteatman Empire

Read through the writeup and it's colorful and fun.  Couldn't talk much about the ships performance since I haven't tried them. I also like your information on the counters that you make and would love to see more.

-Bren

  • From: Denver, CO
  • Registered: 2005-03-27
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Re: Anteatman Empire

I like what you've done... but whenever I look at the name, I think of man-eating ants... smile

Daniel Kast
Majestic Twelve Games
cricket@mj12games.com

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  • Registered: 2005-06-08
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Re: Anteatman Empire

cricket wrote:

I like what you've done... but whenever I look at the name, I think of man-eating ants... smile

Thanks.

I thought that Anteatman sounded better than 'Giant mutated ants convert mankind into concentrated food bars'.

jygro wrote:

Read through the writeup and it's colorful and fun. Couldn't talk much about the ships performance since I haven't tried them. I also like your information on the counters that you make and would love to see more.

I must admit that the ships performance may not be the best (not when compared to BIG battlewagons with range 30 guns). I started with the species and imagined what they might have or want instead of starting with the ships. Like the designs, almost all curves instead of sharp edges seems 'Right' for Ants.

Most of the counters I have made previously have been for other settings like U.F.O. or Star Trek (Seventy odd Federation ship classes and counting) re drawn pixel by pixel, the Galaxy class took me a week. The Cottonmouth and Viper took a while going from the ISS book illustrations (mostly guesswork).

Who next? Maybe The Octopodians with another bit about counters. :twisted:

Paul

  • Registered: 2005-03-29
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Re: Anteatman Empire

cricket wrote:

I like what you've done... but whenever I look at the name, I think of man-eating ants... smile

Isn't that the point? :0

Seriously, I like games with lots of terrain so short range weaponry is fine with me.  It's less of a dicefest. 

For the ships, perhaps Stealth on them since they are able to get close due to the human speech that they have developed?

It's a great little read.
-Bren

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Re: Anteatman Empire

jygro wrote:

For the ships, perhaps Stealth on them since they are able to get close due to the human speech that they have developed?

It's a great little read.
-Bren

Thank you for the comments, I hope that you will like the Octopodians when I have finished them.

I thought about Stealth, but plot wise it was deception instead of something to do with the ship and would only work on Terran ships that used English (others may have blasted them for using English). It would only take one alarm call put out to counter that tactic. Also, there could not be that many Captains daft enough to let an unknown ship dock with his ship.

Paul

  • Registered: 2008-01-08
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Re: Anteatman Empire

Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

Type: , Kraken Class, Octopodian Battlesquid  (371)
Hull: 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Engines: [TL0] 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1             
Shields: [TL0] 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1             

Weapons :1[XZ], 2[Y], 3[Y], 4[Y], 5[Y], 6[Y]
Weapons
Battery X:   Ink Cannon (K) TL0,  6/12/18, 1/4+/1/1
Area Effect, Continuing Damage
 [AB] 

Battery Y:   Tentacles (K) TL0,  2/4/6, 2/4+/2/1
Extra Hull Damage, Non–Piercing
 [AC]  [AC] [BD] [BD] [CE] [CE] [DF] [DF] 

Battery Z:   The Beak! (K) TL0,  1/2/3, 1/4+/3/3
Piercing, Variable ROF, Carronade
 [AB] 

Special Equipment 
 Stealth
  • Registered: 2005-06-08
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Re: Anteatman Empire

Lsutehall wrote:

Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

Er, No.

THere may be some similarities to an Octopus but the Octopodians (name given them by other aliens) are alien. Just happen to have the right number of limbs (in their opinion) numbering eight. Their child eggs are called pods. I think that they got called this to make eating them more palatable! Although they do have a beak, they have never laid eye upon ink.
Spoiler: You cannot creep up on a Watchee!

Paul