Hi Allan!
Where do you get this game called descent: freespace?
Thank You!
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From: "Allan Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 10:19 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Updated draft of ships.
> Hi Guys,
> I don't know if anyone else had played this game, but I had played a space
> sim called descent: freespace.
> You played a spacefighter pilot assigned with a carrier, and you had to
> defend against an incoming alien race. Each mission gave a briefing, and
you
> then choose ship to take, which ranged from bombers, fighters, and
others,
> and you also choose weapon loadout for each mission had diffrent
parameters
> for success. As the player, you had a list of menu options which consisted
> of running one or more squadrons under your command.
> the options consisted of things like: attack who you are targeted on,
attack
> at will, attack weakest ship, attack ship attacvking you, retreat, and
some
> others.
> The point I was getting to was the resupply ship. In the middle of a
> mission, you could request for resupply. This was always an interesting
> time. You generally wanted to call it between waves of enemies, during a
> lull, and sometimes you just needed to resupply to get to the next part of
> the same mission. It would take a certain amount of time to get to you,
> depending on how far away from base or the carrier you were, and when it
> showed up, the player had to come to a full stop and let the resupply
> attach and transfer fuel and weapons and even fix some minor damage.
> Sometimes this ship would get destroyed in combat if you got attacked
> unexpectedly and a new resupply ship usually wasn't available after that
> event.
> I guess the point I am trying to say is that a resupply ship in the middle
> of a mission wouldn't be to hard to imagine, especially in an example like
> this:
> You are defending an important corridor of space, when you detect the
> oncoming advance of an enemy fleet. You call for back up, and offensive
> ships are coming, but all you got is a starbase and a supply ship to keep
> you supplied until cavalry comes.
> To resupply, you might have to come to a full stop and tractor the
resupply
> ship, and start transporting goods over. One might have to drop shields as
> well to do this.
> Once resupplied, the battle could continue, that is, if the player
managed
> to create a lull and resupply before the next wave of the enemy.
> How does this sound?
>
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