Emmett.hendrick

Daagon give this a try it may work I had to do it with a demo cd once, boot your pc with a dos boot disk with your cd rom drivers and copy the BCM EXE file to your hdd then boot normally and install from the local file on the drive, it sometimes works, give it a try Nothing to loose. Paddy did you get that cd yet?

I have to agree with Vorpal, as long as the ad is done in the style of the games, eg no adds for the latest DVD player in something like everquest or Baldurs gate, it has already been done in Duke nuken there were bill boards (fictional I know) but what if those adds were for real products, there would be a perfect example of how the ad could easily be added to the game and not affect its game play.

As her IC's rejoined the Andromeda and swung into a standard escort formation, Jackson checked the tacops display at his station, the Insurgent ship was closing now and was almost in firing range. "James take us down into the atmosphere, with a little luck the heat will interfere with their targeting sensors", Smyth turned and echoed Jackson's command to the relevant stations as the Andromeda dropped lower into the planets atmosphere. Unable to with stand long term exposure to the atmosphere like their mothership the IC's were forced to maintain a higher orbit, and as the Andromeda dived lower a squad of 3 Insurgent IC's swooped on their positions, reacting quickly the Andromeda's fighters banked hard and rolled clear of the initial volley, turning hard as they came to bear on the new threat. Jackson checked the tacops display again the enemy ship was closing fast, the turbulence from the atmosphere was slowing them down but Jackson hoped it would work. He rose from his seat to approach his first officer when an explsion knocked him to the ground, off to his left the main door to the bridge was blown open as about 6(maybee more) intrruders made their way onto the bridge, the bridge crew scattered taking defensive positions and drawing their sidearms as they went. Smyth let go of his chair and steading himself he grabed his side arm and his personal combat weapon, a collapseable combat staff which he had first seen in ancient history file that he found when sarching for references to Andromeda, Leaping for cover as shots ricoched around him Smyth found cover behind the engineering station, he started to return fire as best he could ducking to avoid the volleys of shots that seemed to be constantly hitting around him. Taking a second to look around he could see the rest of the bridge crew were also pinned down, he could see Commander Jackson crouched behind another station and the rest of the crew were nestled behind their respective stations. Suddenly a shout and the fire diminished, as Smyth looked up he could see the intruders turning to meet another threat as they turned 2 were quickly cut down, James recognised the sound of the weapons being used, the Andromeda's remaining marine contingent had tracked down the intruders, however the insurgents had the advantage, they held the bridge and currently there was only one way onto the bridge and the insurgents had the marines pinned at the doorway. As he watched James saw Jackson get up from his position and run to his chair, grabbing the command console he started to punch the commands that would open the other entrances to the bridge, a single insurgent solder saw him and turning fired a quick burst hitting Jackson square in the chest. Screaming James Jumped from his cover and ran to his Commander firing as he went, shot after shot rang out, the insurgent range out one last shot and Jackson fell to the ground, the hole in his head showing the entry wound from the Insurgents weapon, as he fell the doors to the bridge hissed open and the marines rushed the Insurgent intruders, James continuing to fire as he approached his fallen commander, hit home with the Insurgent solder, hitting him square in the chest a number of times, as he drew close to Jackson another Insurgent approached screaming wildly. James quickly swinging his staff caught the Insurgent square in the chest and with a quick, powerful push sent the insurgent stumbling into the commanders chair where he lay unconcoius. Knelling next to Jackson, James lifted his head in his arms, amazing Jackson was still alive, looking up into james's eyes he whispered,"The bridge is yours James, Look after her!" "I will", Promised James as Jackson closed his eyes and his head fell limp in James's arms......... [ 05-28-2001: Message edited by: Emmett.hendrick ]

quote:Originally posted by Jaguar: This night sound a little out there, but for interplanetary internet, we need to study quantum physics a little more and faster then light particles. Some say that these particles are so fast that they are in a new place before they leave the old one. Don't know, but these type of particles, if controlled and changed, like radio, could create a real time communications system with no lag at all. A nice thought, but that is pie in the sky, the system they are talking about is not. AAARRRRggghhhhh Stop..... Brain Hurt

I honestly don't mind waiting for BCM to be released, got BC3K out of moth balls and am playing it big time at the moment, also I can't justify to myself paying £85 for BCM from EB so I'll just have to pray that EB over here get the esclusive aswell otherwise I'll have to wait for the general release!

quote:Originally posted by Shingen: It's been my experience that most people who flame BC3K and/or BC:M either haven't played the game or are still cryin' about the v1.0 release. The truth is BC3K v2.9 IS one of the best, IF NOT THE BEST space-sims ever created! (ok, I'm still partial to my elite games, so sue me!)..and BC:M promises to be even better! I have to agree but I also have to say that BC requires a little more 'work' to get involved in, those guys strike me as the type who want to load up and be blasting in minutes BC3K (and BCM soon) require a bit more from the player and have a steeper learning curve, but overall is a more rewarding game. I have to admit I used to belong to the 'fast attack' junkies until I got involved in the BCM beta test and pulled BC3K out of moth balls, now thanks to you guys on the forums and reading the manual a few times my career is a lot more eventfull and rewarding than in the past. Thanks guys!

Jackson watched closely on tacops as the spec ops team moved through the complex, commenting on himself to compliment Sargeant Adams on his efficiency in battle. "Cloak disengaging Sir", Jackson looked up as Smyth finished his sentence, "Very well activate the PTA system and prepare for retaliation as he spoke he caught a flare in his tacops display, relising what it was he turn to Smyth, "James incoming Surface launch, put some distance between us and the planet, NOW!" turning back to his station he targeted another OTS at the launch location of the missile and fired, As the OTS launched the enemy missile found the Andromeda, striking home the ship shook violently and Jackson was thrown from his seat. Compossing himself he threw himself back in his chair just in time to see the OTS strike the ground, Striking the Comms button on his panel,"Andromeda to all IC's some orbital defences are still active, Eliminate them". The fighters signaled their response and adjusted their flight plan accordingly, sweeping low and fast over the compond looking for viable targets, Station defences were now responding however and IC4 took a nasty hit, crippled the craft turned spaceward to return, however other defences now found their target and the ship exploded in a fiery explosion. Jackson watched the explosion on his screen, angered he targeted another OTS and fired this time hitting the 'lucky' defence platform which scored the first hit. Smyth turned to his commander a look of worry on his face,"Sir incoming battlecruser, records show it to be insurgent". Damn Jackson had though they might be lucky and have no space interferance on this run,"Recall the remaining IC's for point defence, reload some STS missiles and activate the main IOD unit, get us around the other side of the Planet NOW, lets see how long we can hide out, disable launch control I don't want intruders getting any remaining shuttles. Smyth looking up from his station, "The ship is a couple of minutes out sir however we are starting to read intruders on board marines are moving to intercept locking down Vital areas" Again the Andromeda prepared to repel her borders, the bridge was sealed off and non essential crew assigned to their quarters. As the protocols swung into action the Andromeda moved to hide behind the planet to try and play a cat and mouse game with the approaching battlecruser.......

Certainly deals with some crew shortfalls in some wings alright should work out ok. quote: but let me extend a welcome to the Corsair (Cmdr James Smyth) and HellHound (Cmdrs Rippen, Orthae, and Antillies) commanders. /rp Glad to be aboard, transfer orders and current crew roster are on your desk /rp off [ 05-24-2001: Message edited by: Emmett.hendrick ]

quote:Originally posted by Supreme Cmdr: I don't even see new reviews there, except for the two that were there yesterday. Page seems to be busted. Oh well. I'll send them email. [ 05-23-2001: Message edited by: Supreme Cmdr ] From what I can understand when a review is submitted it takes a few days for it to be reviewed and then they post it on the page.

OH MY GOD! what is this guy on(reads article again), forget that question. he needs help. Tac you better be carefull your not hanging round the airlock if SC catches you saying that. LOL You know if he wins we'll either end up having warnings on game boxes to their content or worse having a bad on all 'fun' games.

I have never had a reason to post a review about a game before but I felt I had to in this case. Never before has a game taken so much of my life as this one has. I have to admit I was a bit sceptical when I joined this form about a year ago, but I'm really glad I did. Great work SC and all the team. Glowing review posted.

A few hours later the Andromeda arrived in the Tau Ceti system, repairs were going well and their had been no more 'surprises' enroute. Jackson sat in his command chair on the bridge as the ship returned to normal space,"Report!" "We have reached our destination, Sir", Smyth replied,"Scans show two trader registered vehicles heading towards the jump anomoly but otherwise the system seems deserted." Even as he spoke Smyth was uneasy, Insurgent traffic had been increasing recently so the fact that the only ships visible in the system were traders was a bit unusual. Jackson looked at the tacops screen on his console confirming what his first officer was telling him,"Ok....Good, Set course for the planet and establish a high orbit, engage the cloak just before we enter detection range from the planet. Sound general quarters." Jackson stared back at his display flicking through he assigned half the on board marine compliment to search duties and sent Sargeant Adams and his team to the transporter also moving the 'cargo' to the transporter. Flicking the tacops display he checked the defence status of the base, disturbed by what he saw he then prepared the interceptors for launch and assigned some marines to 2 atv's manning the launch shuttles as required. As personnel moved to their assigned locations Jackson also quickly changed the missile loadout for the Andromeda loading a few OTS missiles, 'Just in case'. "Sir, we have a slight problem", Smyth interupted the commander as he was finishing,"we only have enough supplies for 5 minutes of cloak left." finishin his job Jackson looked up at Smyth,"Don't worry LT we only need cloak for about that long anyway." Smyth turned back to his station and continued his duties, checking Perscan he could see the crew moving to their assigned locations, flight engineers prepared the various interceptors and shuttles for launch and marines started their search patterns. A couple of minutes latter as Andromeda approached the planet the cloak engaged and Smyth took a deep breath. Assuming a high orbit around the planet, the Andromeda hung and prepared her assault. Jackson sat concentrating on his console punching waypoints and orders to the fighter and shuttle crews that were now ready to launch. Once all was prepared and he received confirmation that the orders had been received he gave the launch clearance for the 4 IC's. The fighters shot forward from the Andromeda Streaking through the night sky like a shooting star, achieving planet fall in just a couple of seconds, generating red burning trails behind them as they hurtled through the planet atmosphere, the atmosphere was fairly thin on Tau Ceti so with another couple of seconds they were at high altitude decending rapidly the cold air, cooling the skin of the fighters as they dove. Diving to just above sea level they leveled out and set direct course for their target. Back on the Andromeda Jackson watch the images on Tacops unfold in front of him, he watched 4 dots repersenting the IC's streak towards their target, when they were 10 miles out he called up his command pallet and set three strike points for the OTS missiles. Choosing his targets carefully he targeted 2 of the defence platforms and the marine barricks, glancing quickly at the clock he noted that they only had about a minute or so of cloak left, he knew he had to make these missiles count. Setting the targets for the missiles he flicked the launch control and launched the two shuttles with their ATV cargo with waypoints just short of the base and orders to deploy the ATV's. As The shuttles cleared the ionsphere he once again returned to the tacops view and, hesitating for a second, fired the OTS missiles. Almost at the exact same moment Smyth started the countdown to beam the marine squad and their 'cargo' to the surface, taking a quick moment he said a quick prayer for luck for Sargeant Adams and his team. The missile screamed downwards as they streaked on their course, passing the shuttles enroute. their onboard systems making minor modifications to their course as they were buffeted by the planetry winds that rose to meet them. Jackson watched on the Tacops as the missiles struck home the view camera showed the devestation as their targets were obliterated in a fireball. As explsions rocked the compond the fighters steaked in over head missiles streaking from them as they went. As the IC's missiles struck home causing complete panic on the ground the Shuttles dropped their cargo, the Atv's raced into the compond picking off targets as they went. Smyth watched as the carnage unfolded, smiling to himeself he hit the deploy but and Sargeant Adams and his team materialised on the ground

I have to say I have a Biased opinion, I think the Nightstar carrier is the best, not based on stats or anything like that(although if I remember right she has 8 PTA turrets) but because it is a cool looking ship. OK I admit it, I'm shallow, but I can't wait to fly the galaxy in one of those babies. [ 05-22-2001: Message edited by: Emmett.hendrick ]

I'm noticing a pattern here, some(I'm not going to say most or all) of the people who are saying they don't like the series are comparing it to Hercules, I know Herc was a fairly dire series(some of it was good) I think Andromeda is a lot better, but I think it should be evaluated on its own merit not based on Sorbo's past adventures. Andromeda is nothing (or at least very little) like the Hercules series and shows a fair bit of promise.

I've been reading this thread and as I said earlier I have a V3 and will be looking for an upgrade soon (ASAP really) the consencous seems to be a G3 is the way to go. So will go looking for one when I get paid next.

Great to hear about the server solution being found, as far a posting my quarters and office at Wraith HQ I'm going to wait and see what else goes up from others(as I'm kinda unsure what to put up) as my web design is crap(big time). So I'll wait and see others contributions and see what I can do!

TAC you did read my report on that 'cargo' when I delivered it right? It hasn't been tested for quality/foreign substances yet. But aslong as it doesn't kill you I'll keep my eye out for more once I've re-armed.

quote:Originally posted by Menchise: I just hope that Chris Roberts is still in the foreground of development. Unfortunatly as stated earlier Chris is not in control anymore but is being kept on in a consultant role. If I remember right the reason he quoted for leaving originally was that he recognised that Freelancer could not be the game that he wanted it to be due to current technological limitations.......

quote:Originally posted by Jaguar: My favorite has and always will be the trouble with Tribbles, I enjoyed it, it was just good fun!! Hey Jaguar what did you see the DS9 that connected to trouble with Tribbles, what did you think of it, I thought it was pretty good.

I like the show, although some of the story lines in the first series where complete pants, or just carried badly (I can't work out which), although their were one or two good ones too. the ship seems ok and Alexia Dagg is a nice pick me up.

Its sad to think things like that go on. I have posted in a few places but my most freqent posts go here, Its nice to share view points and ideas with others and good to get advice when needed. but thats just a little weird.

Hi Paddy I'm in the same situation although their is a EB close enough to me they have absolutely no idea about BCM being released it appears its just BCM in the US(so far anyway, I think the SC is investigating options for international), hopefully this will change and if it does send me a personal mail and I'll help out if I can!

quote:Originally posted by Kush: How about Dos Games? Haven't tried to many dos games but the ones I have tried seem ok, including some classics like carrier command and flashback(DOS I'm not sure on that one) but they are fairly old and run ok..

Welcome to the (Secret) front line Ghost!

HA HA 27 thats old (checks birth cert) OH shit! Happy Birthday.