Federation Space Scenaio idea.

[DavidG]

Originally posted by General Woundwort:

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Originally posted by DavidG:
Yea the Kzinti ship set is called the Mirak. I think one of the computer Versions of SFB changed the name for copyright reasons so this set matches that. I also found a ship set that is close enough to the Hydrans for my liking.

I don't intend to recreate all the weapons and stuff in SFB. I plan to make this scenario work the the Star Trek Mod although I will use the old federation ship set. I don't want to change the data files too much but I think will have to add some stuff for the Kzini and hydrans. At the very least I will have to find a way to make fighters more usefull.

Excellent. The more STMod races, the better. I was toying with the idea of writing up the Kzintis myself, but if you're going to do it so much the better.

BTW, which shipset are you using for the Hydrans?

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Assuming the creator does not mind I was going to use the Ur-Quan (available on SOTAS). unfortunatly whatver I do probably wont really be compatibale with the StarTrek mod since I will likely have to edit the data files to get create usefull fighters.

[Ed Kolis]

Hmm, I thought Atrocities' Dominion set looked kinda Hydran-ish... of course that would be rather confusing, using one ST race for another

[DavidG]

Work has been on going on this scenario. I've been having fun playing God as I build up the races. Kind of fun making a scenario as you can temporarily edit the data files. Don't like that star? Well lets add a star killing ability to that Phaser.

So here is the map I've created:
FederationSpace.zip

Races added in this order: Fed, Klingon, Romulan, Gorn, Kizinti, Hydran, Tholian, Orion.

there are a few 'Any' starting spots in fed space and Klingon which I will use for Nuetral races to represent Federation members or Klingon conquered planets.

You will notice a lot of empty systems between empires. These represent the sectors on the Federation Space board were the races have Base Stations. My intention is to spruce these up a bit with some minor planets or asteroids. I will also likely tweek the planet values of the main systems to try balance things a bit. The systems shown on the board game all have one major O2 rock planet (since of course we know from TOS that all aliens breath O2 and speak English)

So far I've been playing the scenario with the Star Trek mod files but I'm thinking I might have to modify them as follows:

- Add a fusion weapons for the hydrans.
- Add usefull missles for the Kzinti (possible a direct fire weapon but call them missles so the Kizinti who like missles are not useless)
- Add some a plasma torpedo for the gorns (somewhat less powerfull than the romulans)

I'm also thinking about removing ship weapon mounts. In Federaion space large ships are expensive and small in numbers compared to the light cruser and destroyer types. I think removing ship mounts would make it so the smaller ships would be usefull.

I'm still thinking about how to simulate the Orion Pirates. I gave them a home system in a small planet in Orion hidden behind a cloaking storm but beyond that...??

[narf poit chez BOOM]

KIZINTI????

[DavidG]

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
KIZINTI????

Does this mean you've never heard of the Kzinti? They were introduced I believe in an Animated Trek written by Larry Niven. (kzinti are a race in several of his novels) The old Taskforce games Star Fleet Battle and Federation Space used the Kzinti as one of the 6 major races.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

the kzinti don't belong in star trek. a race of caniballs doesn't fit in the universe.

[gregebowman]

Kizinti? I don't remember them from the animated Star Trek, but then again, it's been about 30 years since I've seen most of them. I think Sci-Fi channel was showing the episodes a few years ago, but for some reason I couldn't watch them. Eventually, you know Paramount will release them on DVD, just for no other reason but to make a few bucks. And yes, I'll buy the set when it does come out.

As far as the Federation Space mod, sure, I'm interested. I'll d/l it whenever it comes out. Can't have enough mods. Don't remember the board game, however.