Emmett.hendrick

I have a dual boot between win2k and win 98 (1st e) on my system, and I think 2000 is pretty cool, it runs most games that use direct x the only problem is with older DOS games in which case you don't have a chance(I've had some run but my soundcard is pci and the IRQ 9 is not listed for older dos games) I have to admit though my main reason for still having 98 is BC3K and that would be the only reason it would be used. I'd say when BCM arrives my win 98 install will be deleted especially now I have a joystick that works in 2k. Thats my 2 cents, 2K is a good OS but has compatibility issues 98 is good for compatibility but as an os it sucks and crashes to often for me(off course 2K supports SMP also which is cool for me as i'm upgrading my system to Dual cpu asap)

[/rp] Those shipments to New America and the like ain't that safe the only reason I haven't hit them recently is that nothing of major interest has gone through but peak my interest and you'll be loosing shipments quicker than you can count.

I think bumpy will be an understatement. [/rp] Jackson looked up from his Desk as Sargeant Adams entered his office, "Ah Sargeant, Welcome aboard this is my 1st office LT James Smyth, please sit down." The sargeant took his place on the remaining seat in front of Jackson's desk and Jackson began, he lifted the envolope from his desk and broke the seal on the flap, carefully removing the documents inside, then he read. A painfull five minutes passed, Smyth was uneasy, he knew the commander was scheduled for retirement he also knew that for him to be given this assignement it must be important.......but the Andromeda was supposed to be assigned recon after their last mission this redirection made him uneasy. He watched his commander read down the orders in front of him. Finally Jackson spoke. "Alright Gentlemen, I'm sure you want to know so I won't keep you waiting, the Andromeda is to travel to Tau Ceti and DELIVER a bomb to the Insurgent colony on the North West seaboard. The device will be guarded and set by your detachment of Marines Sargeant." he paused, "The device is to be detonated inside the HQ of the installation, which means we are going to have to get in REAL close on this one." He Stood up and Handed a small brown sealed envolope to Adams, "These are the bombs setup and arm codes, the usuall drill memorize and destroy them, turning slightly in his chair he flick the Comm switch on his desk, "Bridge change course, head for Tau Ceti best possible speed." Flicking the com switch off he turned to face the two officers. "James, I want regular battle drills run until we reach the Tau Ceti system, this one could be rough, to do it right we won't be able to risk cloaking till just before we orbit the planet. ANY QUESTIONS" Both Smyth and Adams indicated no response, "Very well, DISMISSED" As both men rose from their chairs the Hyperdrive growled into live as the Andromeda headed on course for TAU CETI.

quote:Originally posted by Joel Schultz: Robotech: Awesome series! Have all the eps on video and CDROM RealMedia Any idea where I can get the episodes I have about the first 9 but they took them off the market before I could complete the series.

welcome aboard marine here we go..... [/rp] As soon as the Andromeda had cleared dock, Jackson ordered course set for insurgent space, he flicked on the Perscan on his console all crew present and accounted for the new marines led by Sargeant Nimitz "Defcon" Adams were safely aboard and showed as in quarters probably stowing their gear, a quick flick through the rest of the ships systems revealed that the Andromeda had also picked up some extra cargo, what was that about time to find out. "lieutenant Smyth report to my ready room and request Sargeant Adams joins us" Jackson barked as he rose from his chair and headed for his quarters. Smyth turned back to face the bridgeviewer, stars hurtled by on the screen as the Andromeda jumped into hyperspace heading for the first jump gate on way to her destination. Turning to LT shields he said, "Shields call Sargeant Adams and request his presence in the commanders quarters, I'm leaving the bridge in your command till we return." "Yes sir," Shields reply startled him even though he didn't expect her not to reply his mind was wandering a little and he did not know why, snapping back to reality he straightened himself up and headed after the commander.

Ok if we're going to bring anime/manga into this then there is one ship that deserves a mention, do you remember a series years ago Robotech, well the battlecruiser called the SDF1 in that series was a power to contend with, measuring over 3/4 mile long with an aircraft carrier strapped to one side carrying its fighter craft the main weapon on the ship was devastating..... and the range was huge aswell (I think in the first episode it destroy three capitol ships orbiting the moon from earth)

Ok I'll get started join in whenever you feel comfortable. [/rp] Jackson looked out the window as the lift hurtled towards it's destination, he was worried, his career had been a long and distinguished one, starting out in the marine corps he had fought successfully in many campaigns and had lost many comrades and to many friends, when his promotion came through to Commander he had once again been involved with many conflicts from full size battles involving upwards of twenty captiol craft to one on one brawls with ships of all calibre......But recently he had been uneasy the last encounter had not gone well, out gunned two to one by Insurgents he had only barely managed to get his ship and his crew home. The Andromeda had been in dry dock for over a week now getting some much needed repairs but now the repairs were almost complete and he was looking forward to some relaxing recon mission. This was not to be however...... the call from Command had awoken him, recently he had not been getting enough sleep, old age he kept telling himself. He had quickly dressed and eaten and met the lootenant at the elevator as he was ordered but as he was doing so a sense of dread filled his body and now as the lift neared its destination his uneasyness rose, fourty years he had served the military and now he believed his career should end, he had a good crew and his first officer Smith was a good man the crew respected him and he had shown a flair for command but he refused to take the command chair from Jackson, Jackson Knew it would take either his retirement or his death to get Smyth to take command. The lift stopped and the doors hissed open the young officer ushered him inside, Jackson strode in cap under his arm. Across the Room another new face greeted Jackson, the new operations commander recently promoted, the post had been offered to Jackson but he had turned it down he wanted to end his career on the command deck of a ship not behind a desk in command. "Commander", The OC's voice sounded shrill and lacked an air of confidence, "I am Commander Akira Calise, I have a new assignment for the Andromeda.", He never rose from his seat as he spoke and never looked up from the screen on his desk this made Jackson a little uneasy, he continued without waiting for a reply. "The Andromeda will deliver a marine squad and equipment to a designated location," he handed a sealed envolope to Jackson marked TOP SECRET, "Your full orders are in there the usually drill, your dismissed!" Jackson looked at the envolope and then back and the OC, "With respect Sir, I have put a request for my retirement from the armed forces I was told when I returned I had run my last mission I am scheduled for retirement in a month, and the Andromeda will not be ready for departure for another three at least there must be another ship that can do a Marine drop." "I'm afraid not!", the voice from behind was immediatly recognised by Jackson he spun on his Heel to see Fleet Commander Gallion emerge from the elevator,"But Sir....!", Jackson started. "No Buts Jackson", Gallion replied cutting him off, This mission is top priority the repairs on the Andromeda have been put on Priority 1, she will be ready to leave in two hours, this DROP is deep in insurgent space we need someone we can trust and that is you!" Jackson Grudginly accepted, he Saluted turned saluted the OC and entered the elevator......as the elevator sank to the Docking ring his fear grew in his throat......... Two hours latter the Andromeda newly repaired left Wraith HQ destination unknown with some new cargo..... [ 05-08-2001: Message edited by: Emmett.hendrick ]

quote:Originally posted by Paddy Gregory: I kinda gathered that, I think. I always like the 'get down and dirty' aspect of sims, but I always wanterd a bit more. How much emphasis is placed on the dog-fighting and how much on the command aspect? Or is entirely up to you (ie that's how deep it is) as to how you play it? I love my sims and shooters, but always felt them a little 'empty' sometimes (except Deus Ex and FS2). I get bored very quickly with RTS games and have only ever finished one, too much planning and strategy for my liking. A compromise between the two would suit me down to the ground, and I hope BCM will deliver the goods. Am I asking too much, or is this what BCM is all about? In BCM it will depend on which career you choose, depending on what you want to do..... You want command be a commander(thats probably a bit obvious) you want dog fighting become a pilot. You want FPS become a marine..... But even within those choices there will be a world of other choices. One things for sure when BCM goes multiplayer and when GCO comes out the RP threads that go on here will become a more integral part of the gaming expierence and will enrich the expierence even further. Wait and see what you think with the Demo but I forsee I will be loosing a lot of time to BC over the forseeable future! quote: Originally posted by Nivest I have trouble downloading the demo too because my internet connection keeps failing, what's this Gozilla thing and how do I get it? Gozilla is a download manager there are a few available but Gozilla and Getright seem to be the most popular you can read more and download them from www.gozilla.com www.getright.com [ 05-08-2001: Message edited by: Emmett.hendrick ]

I remember reading recently on the ST site that Torpedos are the only weapons that can be launched when a ship is in warp which would explain the FTL travel speeds of torpedos, if a torp is launched at warp it stays at that speed, likewise if launched at impulse it stays sublight. The speed of the Capitol ships given above is for sublight speed each ship has a seperate hyperspace modifier giving its Light speed multiplier.(thus a ship with a X2 multiplier is only going half light speed which most of the capitol ships have) The M. falcon on the other hand has a .5 multiplier which means you multiply its travel time by .5 meaning its travelling at twice light speed.

I'm looking for volunteers I am looking to tell the story of how James Smyth became the commander of the GCV Andromeda, I would like others to help me tell the story....... Any volunteers or takers.....Please!

quote:Originally posted by Paddy Gregory: I have played quite a few space sims, Freespace 1 & 2, all the X-wings, one of the Wing Commanders, Starlancer, Tachyon etc. What will be different about BCM? Paddy thats like asking whats the difference between chalk and cheese BC is a completely different games, BC is a much larger scope of a game and the amount of freedom you have is imense(and somewhat overwhelming), the closest I can describe is Elite but that even pales in comparison. Demo will be on the way during the week(will get it this weekend for you) enjoy once you get hooked it will never let you go

OK I'm seroiusly in trouble in most cases her the only thing I don't seem to do is embaras my son when we go out,(but then again he's only 1 and couldn't tell me if I did anyway)

CCCOOOOOoooollll! Great idea SC now I just need to find out what the group logo will be?

I really can't remember why I bought BC but I remember bring it home and loading it up and getting killed in the first 5 minutes or so. It sat on my shelf for a while (I'm not a great manual reader) but then I sat down over a weekend and read the manual and got the patches read some posts on the forums and sat down and tried again. I'm still wet behind the ears and die regularly as I'm still getting to grips with some basic operations and stuff. But I digress my biggest WOW moment was when I realised just how big the BC world is and just how much freedom you have its overwhelming, I'm looking forward to BCM and GCO so I don't feel so lost so I can follow someones orders again!(instead of wandering round like a lost puppy on my own)

First game I ever played was called Panama Joe on the Sinclair Spectum +2 with built on tape drive(or how I prayed for a disk drive) First PC game - X-wing, how I remember trying to run it and put all my device drivers in UMB, ah the glory days of DOS

I think you'll find the anti-matter yield in ST torpedos is very much contained there is enough there to start a reaction and thats about it really (SF rules and reg you know) any I though that ST was banned from this discussion as per first post but if they are allowed then the Defiant has to get a mention here. Hard fast and with enough firepower to put a hole in anything......It was built to combat the Borg for God sake.

I don't think it stiffles inovation but with that many different people writing software AD-HOC as it were then stability will take a hit.

LOL lots of fun to be had their I could commit my DAD, if I hear about his PC one more time I'll strangle him

LOL as someone who has worked in helpdesks and support roles for a number of years I can definatly say that they would all be off great use at some point

I had a short lived affair with Linux about this time last year it certainly is way above MS on stability and such but as 90% of my home pc time is Gaming I dumped Linux for Win2k and haven't looked back. MS have some flaws but they also make some damn good software aswell!

quote:Originally posted by Shingen: Baaah! Where I come from talk is cheap and the fastest way to fill up a body-bag. Let's hope you can fly better then you can yap your gums, fleet. [/QB] /rp Watch who your talk to insurgent Wraith fleet is not the kind of people you want on your case or one day you'll find a STS missile coming through your bridge viewer with your name on it /rp off

quote:Originally posted by Jaguar: [QB]galactica smatica, [QB] I agree while the Galactica was good for its time its fighters are under armed and the cruiser itself did not have an overwhelming amount of firepower

quote:Originally posted by Gallion: hehehehe...everyone in BCM is a target. Just who do you think the biggest target would be when the GCV Warmonger shows up on a server? If you don't know, then search the forum. Indie or fleet = Target Practice and if the TCO shows Red, then it be eligible for DeD Process implimentation. TTFN Gallion your looking like a nice target when BCM comes around to me! better watch your six! [ 05-03-2001: Message edited by: Emmett.hendrick ]

/rp "Recently promoted Cmdr James Smyth reporting from the GCV Andromeda sir. Awaiting orders......" "Sir, a ship has just entered the system!" "Kill the comm channel NOW......Engage Cloak!" Cmdr James Smyth GCV Andromeda, Recon somewhere in Insurgent space.......

Like Straker I rarely download demo I tend to wait for a magazine to download, however in BCM's case I made an exception. You can also download the demo from www.pczone.co.uk I downloaded from there and I have a 56k dial up and it took about 5 hours all told, using getright as my download manager off course