Fleet Command. Discussion Thread. (All spots Filled.)

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**ineptus astartes**

updated to fit your parameters

by the way. I listed my character as former JSF would that still exist, only as an interplanetary unit now?

**Lord Harrab**

ineptus astartes wrote:updated to fit your parameters

by the way. I listed my character as former JSF would that still exist, only as an interplanetary unit now?

There are no national armed forces anymore, only a global PDF and the Navy, so the JSF would have been disbanded centuries ago but its possible that Marine teams recruited from America could trace their line back to there. As for your officer, why not? as he could easily have been in the Marines before taking his commission and receiving Ship command training.

**ineptus astartes**

OK will update to fit parameters

what base of weaponry do we use in infantry actions. solid slug or laser? (lasers IMO would be to hard to mass produce for soldiers) and what form of munition do the ship-mounted guns work with?

**Darkvoidof40k**

ineptus astartes wrote:OK will update to fit parameters

what base of weaponry do we use in infantry actions. solid slug or laser? (lasers IMO would be to hard to mass produce for soldiers) and what form of munition do the ship-mounted guns work with?

Read the entirety of the two threads and you shall know the answer to both these questions.

**ineptus astartes**

I am in the middle of the RP thread and it seems that energy based weapons are a standard for ship-to-ship but it clashes when the matter of infantry fighting is adressed.

also: can we swap out our hardpoints?

**RaptorsTalon**

We can swap our hard points at certain points, determined by Harrab.

**ineptus astartes**

ah...wonder how much damage a ship with ten heavy cannons could inflict.

**RaptorsTalon**

Thats a good point actualy, Harrab can we please have a list of the Max/Min damage dealt by each weapon?

**ineptus astartes**

the game is quiet at the moment...Anyways, I second Raptors request.

**lord commissar klimino**

i 3rd it.

**ineptus astartes**

so...anyone gonna post a bit on the RP? because my character just entered the system on a Ship-Of-The-Line. that HAS to attract some attention.

**Lord Harrab**

ineptus astartes wrote:so...anyone gonna post a bit on the RP? because my character just entered the system on a Ship-Of-The-Line. that HAS to attract some attention.

You shouldn't have arrived yet anyway, your ships has not been finalized, i'd not given you permission to post, and you've interrupted an event. (Although i admit that my delay in continuing things has probably not helped)

**Lord Harrab**

RaptorsTallon wrote:Thats a good point actualy, Harrab can we please have a list of the Max/Min damage dealt by each weapon?

Newly devised weapons damage table.
(Note. When damage is suffered i will roll a dice, on a 6 for most weapons they will perform double damage. Damage suffered is at my discretion between the values posted below)

Heavy Cannons = 1-2.
Torpedoes = 1-3. (does not crit, but can be targeted at engines/bridge/weapons by firing ship)
Ion Cannon 1-3 OR 2-4( damage increases the closer the firer is to target, crits on a 4+)
Flack-Cannon. 0 (cannot harm capital ships, but can target strike craft a far longer range than point defenses)

(Dreadnought Weapons)
Super-Heavy Cannon: 5-8
Super-Heavy Ion Cannon 4-8 Or 5-9
Nimbus Cluster Torpedo : 2 per warhead.

Mines: 3 per hit

Stike craft: 1 to all applicable targets per craft in squadron (but normal bombers crit on a 3+. Torpedo bombers use the torpedo rules)

**Darkvoidof40k**

Cheers for the damage 'chart' Harrab.

Still seems a bit strange that the super-heavy Ion cannon is so feeble compared to the super-heavy Cannon.

I'm assuming that the Super-heavy Ion Cannon and Nimbus Cluster Torpedo are also Dreadnought-only, even though they are not specified as such unlike the super-heavy cannon. Always with the details, me.

**RaptorsTalon**

Yeah, that is a bit odd.
Dreadnought weapons seem to be about 2x the power of normal ones, where as the dreadnought heavy cannon is 4x more powerful.

**Darkvoidof40k**

RaptorsTallon wrote:Yeah, that is a bit odd.
Dreadnought weapons seem to be about 2x the power of normal ones, where as the dreadnought heavy cannon is 4x more powerful.

This super-heavy cannon business may be situationally beneficial, but if I know good GMing (and I do) then you can bet your Auntie's knickers that at some point it's gonna turn out badly for us.

Yeah I jinxed it.

**Lord Harrab**

Updated the damage chart so it made more sense, and pushed Dreadnoughts up several levels on the scary chart.

Also, what's with this exalted thing thats cropped up in every thread.

**Darkvoidof40k**

Lord Harrab wrote:Updated the damage chart so it made more sense, and pushed Dreadnoughts up several levels on the scary chart.

Also, what's with this exalted thing thats cropped up in every thread.

Not sure. But it looks like a "+1" or an equivelant to a "facebook like" for every post, if y'know what I mean. *tests*

edit: Did it, didn't learn anything. Hm. It's not the only recent change, but it looks like the biggest. Off to news and rumours then.

Here we go:

legoburner wrote:Just put up a new release of the code with a few bug fixes and new features.

Most notable is the Exalt feature (basically a 'Like' button).

Clicking the Exalt +1 link next to the post reply box will mark that you like a given thread. It will then forever appear in your list of Exalted threads. It CANNOT be removed from that list, so make sure you only Exalt threads that are very interesting for you unless you dont mind your exalted thread list being a cluttered mess. You can see your list of threads by clicking the 'My Exalted Threads' link up there next to Private Messages.

Eventually, depending on usage, I will add a 'Top Threads' link that will show the most highly rated recent threads that have been exalted, allowing easy perusal of the best dakka has to offer.

You can also Exalt individual posts. Currently there is no feedback from this given to end users, but I will be using it to gather data and then will make a nice interface to it based on usage. We are keen to avoid 'why does nobody like my stuff' whining, 'please like this' spamming, etc. so will be developing the system verrrry slowly to avoid such things. You can be more casual in your exalt usage for individual posts.

At the moment I am just using text links, but we might change to something more visually appealing if usage is high enough and I can get the time to make decent enough graphics for it.

Posting in a thread 'Exalt', 'Exalted' or anything like that is considered spam, just as 'Like' and '+1' are, so dont do it as you will be punished by the mod's red triangle of doom warning system. If you want to leave positive feedback for a good post or thread, then use more descriptive text so that you dont waste posting space with empty messages that simply echo the click of a button.

Enjoy, and hopefully we'll be able to do some cool stuff with it if usage takes off.

Also, with regard to Exalt weighting, there are:
Guests (anonymous users)
Users (logged in users)
DCMs
Moderators (all types)
Admins

Each with higher weighting than the last. I've not weighted to any other factors yet as I want to see how fair this is first, so having a higher post count, longer time on dakka, etc will not affect it for now.

**Lord Harrab**

OK, time for a little peak at the new kid on the block for you guys to ponder over.
(Note: the special Rules i added here do have actual in-game effects, I'm just not going to explain them yet, see if you can guess what they do while i continue to work on the event in progress.)

Anya, Daughter of Salanos

Hull: 90
Shields: Special

Hard-points:

Blade of Eternity
Light of Heaven
Gate Wings

Special Rules

Living Ship

Together in Death

Last of Her Line

Honor the Pure

Under The Stars

Blur

Eye of Lillith

EDIT: corrected some spelling errors and spaced out the rules to avoid confusion.

**ineptus astartes**

holy...

**Darkvoidof40k**

ineptus astartes wrote:holy...

..waffles batman! That thing's got more shenanigans than you!

**ineptus astartes**

I do NOT do shenanigans! (if you mean Space Hulk*Cough*event*cough* I was mad with power at the time of the writing of the battle [happens a lot with bad guys]. I was also mad with the fact that when my genius plans were put into action it went 'all according to plan' with the enemy...come on...they were ORKS orks don't have PLANS!!! They just run at you flapping their arms, and yelling WAAAGH!!! At the top of their big, green, lungs!)