Topic: Going dark...

This is my last communication until, at the very earliest, Friday. Hopefully there won't be another change in the weapon modifiers when I come back.../tempting fate big_smile

Just hope everything will be a-okay when I next try to re-establish a comms link...:)

Re: Going dark...

Everything was fine but as there was no conversations going on, I decided to stay cloaked.

Yesterday I finished up the setting--and 'tis a monster--500 (yes, 500!) ships, ranging in size from 1 to 35 hulls, including civilians, raiders, FTL ships and ways to travel between star systems for STL ships, an existential threat and a specialist force for dealing with said threat. And the background work for it isn't exactly minor either...

There are a few things I've had to take liberties with (basically, using equipment types for other purposes)--namely, utilising Ionized Hull (for raiders) for Q-Ships, Fire Control for remote-controlled units and various combos of auxiliary systems for different behind-the-scenes things, but it'll all be in the manual. I've tried to think of everything so that, once you have a copy, there should be no need to release supplements.

Of course, it'll take me a few weeks to get everything sorted out, but once it's done, I'll post it here.

Here's hoping it'll be on these forums by the beginning of December (ideally by mid-November but the setting-up of the Drydock alone's going to take a day or two...)

Re: Going dark...

I look forward to seeing what you have made.  I enjoy the creativity of others.

Re: Going dark...

500?!

yikes

Daniel Kast
Majestic Twelve Games
cricket@mj12games.com

Re: Going dark...

Yep, 500. At the moment, all the 'standard' units are transferred to paper records--i.e., those that aren't existential-threat related. That's 'only' 420 ships and bases. The breakdown is 70 raiders, and roughly 100 civilian ships and bases. Basically, it's a setting that, once you have it, you should--hopefully--never need other ship designs.

However...

I'm now thinking of some war-fitted civilian units as well--that could push the number of units up by another 50-100...

yikes  :shock:  :?

I think early 2019 may be more realistic...