Star Trek unit preview thread

[Matress_of_evil]

@Sword, in the game Matress mentions the Kzinti are called the Mirak due to not obtaining permission from Larry Niven to use the name

Eh? I never said that...I didn't even know the Mirak were based on a specific race. I thought someone had just made them up for the purposes of Starfleet Command 2...

What I did say, was that the Lyrans and the Kzinti are seemingly similar races, which is why using their Starship models could be useful. Perhaps they are the same race with a different name for Royalty issues. I just don't know.

I've never played the card game thingy that Starfleet Command was based on, and to be honest, I don't intend to. I'm more of a computer guy.

You've obviously been playing the games and watching the various series for longer than me, so i'll leave the canon/non canon discussions to you.

I was brought up on TNG, DS9, VGR, and ENT. (I am only 19 afterall, my mum was brought up on TOS - i'm far too young! ) Whilst I have seen some episodes of TOS and all the original movies, I haven't seen them in a long time.

Because of this upbringing, I tend to disregard much of the TOS. I know you will think of this as a heinous crime, but i'm not really alone in this. People tend to think of only the modern series and the films (All of them) as the canon ideal. You may even disgree with me in this observation, but that is how it seems to me.

I'm seriously not trying to provoke a debate on the issue, these are simply my thoughts and i'll leave it at that. Like I said before, this is Flamands mod thread, not a discusion about what is and isn't canon Trek.

I don't care what races will be in the mod, just as long as I can beat them with my Plasma and Photons one day...

 

[Thorgrimm]

@Matress, I certainly understand you youngins do not think the foundations of things are important, but think on this, without TOS there would be NO Trek. And BTW Starfleet Command is based upon the BOARDGAME that came out in 1979.

Matress, sorry about not answering this question you had asked earlier, but the Animated series came out in the early 70's, 1972, IIRC. It used ALL of the original cast as the voices, along with writers like DC Fontana to write some of the episodes.


@Flamand, I will get on DLing the Lyran models to be used as the Carnavons.




Cheers, Thorgrimm

 

[jigalypuff]

i have dominion ships if you still requirew them, if you want ships from botf you need ultimate unwrap 3d to convert the hob files.

 

[Flamand]

I should check with Thor, but I think we could still use a couple of Dominion ships. The only problem is to convert those into max, since I don't know anyone with that program...

EDIT: I checked out the BotF II site just now and found Matress' thread with all the models. If anyone could get me those Tholian and Xindi ships, they will definitely be included.

 

[Matress_of_evil]

Oh yeah, I should've posted a link to that thread here. Sorry about that, Flamand...

Anyways, for the purposes of anyone that doesn't know about the thread, heres the link:

My ships thread - it'll take a LONG time to load if you use Dialup!

I'll send a PM to General_Nemitor for you, Flamand. I'll let him know that you're interested in his models and i'll point him here.

 

[Flamand]

Thanks Matress...

 

[jigalypuff]

i have max which ones do you want, the xindi ship is mine, the tholian ships i have one of. plus all dominion ships.

 

[Flamand]

Everything you can spare will be more than welcome! Do you still have my email? Otherwise you can find it in my profile...

 

[Thorgrimm]

Umm Flamand, I have two full fleets of Tholians. Don't you think you should check with me before asking for ships to see what I have first?

As I seem to recall being put in charge of finding models.




Cheers, Thorgrimm

 

[Flamand]

Never hurts to have too many ships...

 

[Nemitor]

hey - I just got the PM from Matress of Evil, and i'll be more than willing to contribute.

However,

my Harddrive crashed about a weekago, and all data was corrupted and irretrivable. Im remaking it, but it will be a week or two until it is finished.

-

Umm Flamand, I have two full fleets of Tholians

if of course you still need it!

 

[Flamand]

Hi Nemitor... For now it is not so urgent since I have about 100 models to make before I get to the Tholians. I'm not sure what models Thor has, but in case of a double we'll use the nicest model available...

 

[la_dav]

These units are more and more good!

 

[Thorgrimm]

Flamand, after doing some searching, I found enough models to have three different 'flavors' of Tholians. I had not realised they were so popular.



Cheers, Thorgrimm

 

[Matress_of_evil]

I had not realised they were so popular.

They're aliens, and they're crystals. Everyone likes crystals, right?

Besides, their ships and weaponry are so unlike everything else, you couldn't afford to NOT put them in the mod...

 

[Flamand]

well... better start animating then...

 

[Thorgrimm]

They're aliens, and they're crystals. Everyone likes crystals, right?

Besides, their ships and weaponry are so unlike everything else, you couldn't afford to NOT put them in the mod...

Matress, you are right about that. And the reason we are putting in the Andromedans. They are from the TOS episode "By any other name."



Cheers Thorgrimm

 

[Matress_of_evil]

And the reason we are putting in the Andromedans. They are from the TOS episode "By any other name."

Never heard of them.

Na, I have read a fanfic about a race called the Andromedans, but I don't know if they were the same race as the TOS ones.

The ones I read about didn't have shields, they instead employed a special armor that absorbed enemy weapons fire to power their own weapons.

The only way to take their ships out was to bombard them with enough firepower to overwhelm the power-transfer conduits. It was quote cool really.

Are these the same race then? The way you added in about the Andromedans makes it sound like they are another race with unique abilities like the Tholians...

It would be cool to see their ships if they are the same race, coz as far as I remember, there weren't any pictures with the fanfic.

If they aren't the same though, you could always keep the armor in mind for a race when you can't think of a special ability for them. You could just give them a really high defensive bonus.

 

[Thorgrimm]

@Matress, yeah those are the same ones. They have what is called Power Absorber Panels. Which you described. Their main heavy weapon is called the Tractor Repulsar Beam. It literally ripped the enemy ship to pieces. The secondary weapons were Phasers. Then they had a special device to increase their Transgalactic speeds, and had a limited combat ability to displace their enemies called the Displacement Device.

They will be treated like the Borg and Species 8472, as Alpha Quadrant invaders.

That's if Flamand approves that is.



Cheers, Thorgrimm

 

[Daniel Khan]

Berman's last travesty was so friggin bad, it had to be cancelled. Yes I am talking about Enterprise.

From what I recall, it was cancelled from lack of ratings. Much like the sacred Original Series, come to think of it.

Anyway, great job on these Ferengi ships, Flamand. You're the man.