Spuzzum

quote:Originally posted by Epsilon 5: But he's a POLICE! police = cruiser Take a Warmonger. 4 turrets, big guns(5main) and fast engine(1.8). A Spacestar has 1 less maingun, but a MUCH stronger shield (3750), and is still fast. The Spacestar looks like a fairly good choice, except its hyperdrive worries me a bit. A Warmonger is more of a clich├® to me, so I was looking for something a bit different. It'd probably be a toss-up between a Spacestar and a Questar, I guess. I like the look of the Solnar most, myself, but I don't know how well I'd fare in one. It's wayyyyy weaker than the Questar, too. When BCM comes out, I'll have to check out all four of those in action! Before I make any firm decision, that is. (I could test the Warmonger now, of course, but it wouldn't be the same environment as Gold would offer.)

I'm looking to see which vessel I want. Thus, referring to the BCM Craft Specs doc: Since I have a choice from Cruisers, I was wondering what everyone would recommend. It needs to be reasonably fast, since I am a police officer; this includes hyperjump It needs to have a few turrets Long ranged main guns are a bonus, but rate of fire is generally unnecessary It should have a moderately good complement of marines (i.e. a heavy cruiser is less preferable to a super-cruiser) I'm feeling inclined to go for a Questar (especially considering its OC complement and turret capacity), but a Questar is extremely weak as far as shields and armour is concerned. And being a police officer, I'm sure I'd get at least a few lasers headed my way. Not to mention that Questars have a nice engine on the back of 'em but their hyperdrive leaves something to be desired. Anyhoo, any ideas?

Are Canuck EBs gonna get them too? I'd REALLY hate to be dragged-behind-the-carriage-on-a-rope in this one.

[rp] 09:55 hrs, May 12 3008 Pluto, Sol System UCV-Razorback The Valkerie/Military Jenstar had jumped in system as soon as Colson was about to warp through the Earth jump anomaly. Before he had time to react, the ship pummeled him with streams of ion disruptor fire. Jason-Aaron was almost bounced onto the back of his chair; his tactical officer had been thrown into the back wall, and out of the interface, at that. Colson rued to think of how the engineers and other members aboard the ship, out of sight, had fared during that brief second. He ignored his compassion for a minute and steeled himself for combat. Rena Janyss, the TO, had scrambled back to her feet and slid into the interface. As the Military vessel flew over the Razorback, the gravity of the ship made the room tremble with the vibrations of its engines, while the contrails showered the Razorback in a spread of ion flame; the damage was negligible, thanks to the shields, though technically, Jay had violated Standard Operating Procedure by not ordering them turned off to conserve plutonium. Nonetheless, the bridgeviewer display went black to prevent overloading, due to the sheer brightness, even though it was just a triangulation of data. The PTA locked-on-target as the vessel passed overhead, burning a hole through the Jenstar's shields and ripping some of the ventral armour to shreds, as the bridgeviewer depolarised. The Valkerie vessel twisted and rolled slightly, recoiling from the inertia while trying to bring itself about for a missile pass. Colson looked through his virtual interface at Roman Louisi, his flight officer, and without needing to give him an order, Louisi spun the vessel around and lined it up for Rena to take a shot. Colson didn't need much of a better opportunity. "Fire!" Rena thumbed the button. Four full-power beams lanced from the Razorback into the Valkerie Military vessel. The first sliced into the Troop Deployment bay, turning solid metal into vapour and back to fiery liquid as the blast killed several prepped marines in a steaming energy inferno. The second struck the weapons pod, breaching it, and striking a Vagrant missile square in the detonator. Simultaneously, the third and fourth both struck the engines, melding shut one of the drive ports. As the missiles in the Jenstar's pod began to alight, the ship began twirling crazily; in less than a second, the left half of the ship exploded into a shower of burning hot metal, and the remainder of the craft exploded from aft to front as the reactor overloaded. Colson was shoved into his seat as the backblast from the explosion rocked his vessel, sending it into a tailspin. His pilot engaged the afterburner and maneuvering thrusters, rotating the ship and stabilising it. Rena had managed to keep her footing, but she was bleeding slightly from a cut on the back of her hand. She looked at it and pressed her lips against it to stop the bloodflow. She silently tapped the button to order a medic to the bridge while her eyes flicked a harsh glance at Colson. Of course, her eyes were hidden inside her interface, but she was sure he knew exactly how she felt. It was hard to determine why the vessel was such a weak opponent; the only thing she could think of was that there was recent combat in a nearby region, and the ship was badly damaged in the process. Then again, it was only a Jenstar. Colson glanced around the bridge, shivered, and collapsed into his seat. It was too much. The sweat was pouring from his face. He was just fresh out of the Police Command Academy, and he was nervous as it was. The Valkerie craft didn't help things. And next on his route was Earth, and then Jupiter. His first assignment was not going well. More frightening, he hadn't even seen a single Raider or Insurgent yet. In fact, his first assignment was a lot worse than he imagined.[/rp] How's that? ;-) [ 05-23-2001: Message edited by: Spuzzum ]

Yeah, I am curious as to why the UCV, GCV, and ICV are Terran-only... essentially, other races are left in the dark. Well, something for SC to think about, no less!

Andromeda has to be one of the worst acting jobs I've seen, actually... Normally, being a police officer, I wouldn't agree with the Insurgents, but I'm afraid I really do acquiesce here. Really, if Mr. Roddenbury were buried in a grave rather than floating around somewhere in orbit, he'd be turning in it.

quote:Originally posted by Shingen: It's already been done to death?? Not here it hasn't! [ 05-18-2001: Message edited by: Spuzzum ]

quote:Originally posted by Commander Zeke Stone: Feel free to join in Spuzzum, just try not to mess up the main plot too much. I am pretty sure this is still open for all. There can be little subplots on the way but the conclusion will be the same. I'm not stupid. Actually, once the Registration goes through and I pick a ship, I have a nice little sideplot typed up that coincides with your own. Don't worry, I won't get involved too much besides that. (I think I'll go for a Solnar, Garid, or Spacestar... not sure which, though.)

quote:Originally posted by Soback: Your assumption is correct, your pressumption is still work in progress. Yes, I gathered as much... with the presumption, that is. That's why I said GCO. Okay, I'll shut up.

Well, since there are so few Police (and no Terran Police whatsoever), I signed up for the job. Anyone have any real reasons why no one is going the side of the gunslinging sleuth? (And no Insurgent threats, please.)

Any chance I could join in around here, at some point? I haven't RP'ed before, so if you wouldn't want me to, 'tis fine with me. =) (At least, haven't RP'ed here... I did some Star Trek IRC simming a ways back. But that's realtime, which is a bit different, though it has similar rules.) (Also, still waiting for my Fleets registration to go through... oh well, I'll just sig what I wanted. =) [edit] I might add, I'm not sure which ship I want yet, but I won't join in until I know. ;-) [ 05-17-2001: Message edited by: Spuzzum ]

What about the paramedic? Would they serve any purpose in BCM either? I'm assuming not... ;-) (Of course, it would be nice to offer to beam aboard someone's ship and heal their crew... but that's not gonna happen by the release date. ;-) I presume that the paramedic would be used to cure planetary diseases and such, as well as to heal paying customers in GCO?