Thomas Siemens

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Just press the mouse button and hold it down while selling! Btw., this also works for buying - you don't want to press the button 2500 times each time you want to buy new Radine... Thomas (a.k.a. Gudihl) Official Tester, Battlecruiser Series

Commander Robertson, There are no Squad Staffs, look at the structure again. The letters Sxy and Gxy are not from me - they are from the military. I just borrowed their structure. If you really want to be part of a Wing Staff, and not the Fleet Staff, please wait a few days. I want to assign people top down, and it is up to the Wing Commanders to assign their Wing Staffs. OTOH the G1/G4 position(s) is available, if you want it. Regards. ------------------ Fleet Cmdr. Joe Gudihl GCV-Dark Star Prime Fleet "Remember, we are trained professionals... Don't try this at home!" Official Tester, Battlecruiser Series

Commander Robertson, There are no Squad Staffs, look at the structure again. The letters Sxy and Gxy are not from me - they are from the military. I just borrowed their structure. If you really want to be part of a Wing Staff, and not the Fleet Staff, please wait a few days. I want to assign people top down, and it is up to the Wing Commanders to assign their Wing Staffs. OTOH the G1/G4 position(s) is available, if you want it. Regards. ------------------ Fleet Cmdr. Joe Gudihl GCV-Dark Star Prime Fleet "Remember, we are trained professionals... Don't try this at home!" Official Tester, Battlecruiser Series

quote: I can't return it... This may sound somewhat harsh, but that is your problem. They sold you the old, not longer supported version, instead of the new v2.0x box. Return it (this should be your right) or buy the update! Thomas (a.k.a. Gudihl) Official Tester, Battlecruiser Series

quote: Tom, you need to take into account the other GALCOM forces, such as the orbital battalion etc. Work these into your structure because they are under Prime Fleet command. Huh, I thought both the 15th Space Marine Battalion, and the 7th Orbital Marine Battalion were under ISS Fleet command. Well, nevertheless, all the Prime Fleet Ground Forces together build either a Brigade, or a Division (or even greater). Thus it should be no problem for the existing forces to be included. [This message has been edited by Thomas Siemens (edited 01-29-2000).]

quote: Tom, you need to take into account the other GALCOM forces, such as the orbital battalion etc. Work these into your structure because they are under Prime Fleet command. Huh, I thought both the 15th Space Marine Battalion, and the 7th Orbital Marine Battalion were under ISS Fleet command. Well, nevertheless, all the Prime Fleet Ground Forces together build either a Brigade, or a Division (or even greater). Thus it should be no problem for the existing forces to be included. [This message has been edited by Thomas Siemens (edited 01-29-2000).]

Jeehun, I posted my proposed Prime Fleet Structure here, I hope it does not interfere with your ground forces structure. As for the Prime Fleet ground forces, I am not sure yet, if the biggest fleet should also have a lot of ground forces. Looking over your rank file, I would like to go for a Brigade, containing all the marines aboard the Fleet ships (one Battalion for each Wing) as well as one to two extra/reserve Battalions (to be transported by the support fleet). OTOH we can decide that once, space battles are decided, all combat continues on the ground. In that way we would need at least a whole Division (assigned to the Prime Fleet), containing one Brigade aboard the ships, and two to three Brigades for the ground operations. P.S.: quote: Each fleet will be allotted 1 Army of Orbital Marines to use as its ground forces. Oops, overread this. Well, so much for that, heheh. It has been decided already. Okay, second case, then, with army instead of Division. Whew, that is a lot of soldiers. Whoever is in (direct) command of those marines, has much more people to lead than my humble self. IIRC correctly somewhere in the above mentioned thread it has been said that Prime Fleet is totally unspecialized. That means there would be some unit (Battalion, or Brigade?) of space marines at each of Prime's Space Stations, as well as Star Bases, and everything else should be orbital (ground) marines. Can you set up some names for me, please? I am not good at inventing names, I fear. Regards. ------------------ Fleet Cmdr. Joe Gudihl GCV-Dark Star Prime Fleet "Remember, we are trained professionals... Don't try this at home!" Official Tester, Battlecruiser Series [This message has been edited by Thomas Siemens (edited 01-29-2000).]

Badgerius, as mentioned somewhere above, all the real fun is with the squadron leaders, heh. Nevertheless, there are a lot of opportunities for you: -> G5 Staff Chief and Public Relations: you can manage them both. -> G2/G3 Security/Intelligence and/or Tactics (XO) - IMHO the most difficult job of all! -> S16 Alpha Wing Commander -> G4/G1 Logistics and/or Personnel Just tell me your favorite. This goes for all the other volunteers as well (!), please tell me your favorite position, and we will work something out. As usual: if I do not hear from you (who already have volunteered), you will be assigned to a position by me. Btw., I would like to set up one Wing, and one Squadron first, filling the rest as we get more active people. But if you guys all would like a Wing Commander assignment, who am I to deny it? Regards. ------------------ Fleet Cmdr. Joe Gudihl GCV-Dark Star Prime Fleet "Remember, we are trained professionals... Don't try this at home!" Official Tester, Battlecruiser Series [This message has been edited by Thomas Siemens (edited 01-28-2000).]

Badgerius, as mentioned somewhere above, all the real fun is with the squadron leaders, heh. Nevertheless, there are a lot of opportunities for you: -> G5 Staff Chief and Public Relations: you can manage them both. -> G2/G3 Security/Intelligence and/or Tactics (XO) - IMHO the most difficult job of all! -> S16 Alpha Wing Commander -> G4/G1 Logistics and/or Personnel Just tell me your favorite. This goes for all the other volunteers as well (!), please tell me your favorite position, and we will work something out. As usual: if I do not hear from you (who already have volunteered), you will be assigned to a position by me. Btw., I would like to set up one Wing, and one Squadron first, filling the rest as we get more active people. But if you guys all would like a Wing Commander assignment, who am I to deny it? Regards. ------------------ Fleet Cmdr. Joe Gudihl GCV-Dark Star Prime Fleet "Remember, we are trained professionals... Don't try this at home!" Official Tester, Battlecruiser Series [This message has been edited by Thomas Siemens (edited 01-28-2000).]

Here now the roleplaying version of the Prime Fleet Structure (to be discussed) - sorry it took somewhat longer: SQUADRONS Attack Squadron (up to 9 ships), example: 2 Reconnaisance 2 Flanks 3 Attack 1 Command, carrying Squadron Commander (denoted x6) aboard 1 Reserve (defends Command), carrying 2nd Squadron Commander aboard Defense: three tasks (a) Guarding (observe): 2 Reconnaisance / Patrol ( Secure: stationed, i.e. not mobile, including mine fields © (active) Defense: at least half the attacker ships Note: we need at least one squadron (9 ships) for each "jump point" to fulfill jobs (a) and (. Mine fields must be defended, otherwise they are useless. (RPG note: the Squadron Commanders would be called 16 to 86 within their wing. For BC:M purposes, we need at least one full squadron at any time!) WINGS A Wing consists of eight squadrons. Altogehter 72 ships plus Staff: Sx1 Personnel Sx2 Security / Intelligence Sx3 Tactics (XO) Sx4 Logistics Sx5 Staff Chief (2nd in Command) Sx6 Wing Commander The "x" denotes the number of the Wing, depending on its task. For ex.: alpha 1, beta 2, and so on. This way the Alpha Wing Commander would be called S16. S1 and S4 work together. S2 and S3 work together. Those roles can be combined in times of low personnel. Note: eight squadrons means seven squadrons plus one reserve squadron. The Wing Staff resides on one of the ships in the reserve. (RPG note: at least four people are needed for one Wing Staff) FLEET The Prime Fleet consists of five wings. Altogether 360 ships plus Staff (plus some extra squadrons, around 400 ships total): G1 Personnel G2 Security / Intelligence G3 Tactics (XO) G4 Logistics G5 Public Relations -- Staff Chief (2nd in Command) G6 Fleet Commander As in the wings, G1 and G4 work together. G2 and G3 work together. Those roles can be combined in times of low personnel. Also, G5 and the Staff Chief are two jobs who can be done by one person. OTOH the Fleet Commander and the Staff Chief must be never together in one location (or ship). Note: again five means four wings plus one reserve wing. This way the whole Fleet can operate in four areas, and there is still a complete wing available. There is one squadron assigned to the Fleet. Its main task is to protect the Fleet Staff ship(s). Some other squadrons are to be assigned to protect the support fleet (under command of the G4). (RPG note: at least four people are needed for the Fleet Staff. Those people should not be Wing or even Squadron Commanders, but should have their own Ship. They use it as "guests" in case of need.) I want to discuss this with you people before we start to assign Commanders to certain positions... Regards. ------------------ Fleet Cmdr. Joe Gudihl GCV-Dark Star Prime Fleet "Remember, we are trained professionals... Don't try this at home!" Official Tester, Battlecruiser Series [This message has been edited by Thomas Siemens (edited 02-19-2000).]

Here now the roleplaying version of the Prime Fleet Structure (to be discussed) - sorry it took somewhat longer: SQUADRONS Attack Squadron (up to 9 ships), example: 2 Reconnaisance 2 Flanks 3 Attack 1 Command, carrying Squadron Commander (denoted x6) aboard 1 Reserve (defends Command), carrying 2nd Squadron Commander aboard Defense: three tasks (a) Guarding (observe): 2 Reconnaisance / Patrol ( Secure: stationed, i.e. not mobile, including mine fields © (active) Defense: at least half the attacker ships Note: we need at least one squadron (9 ships) for each "jump point" to fulfill jobs (a) and (. Mine fields must be defended, otherwise they are useless. (RPG note: the Squadron Commanders would be called 16 to 86 within their wing. For BC:M purposes, we need at least one full squadron at any time!) WINGS A Wing consists of eight squadrons. Altogehter 72 ships plus Staff: Sx1 Personnel Sx2 Security / Intelligence Sx3 Tactics (XO) Sx4 Logistics Sx5 Staff Chief (2nd in Command) Sx6 Wing Commander The "x" denotes the number of the Wing, depending on its task. For ex.: alpha 1, beta 2, and so on. This way the Alpha Wing Commander would be called S16. S1 and S4 work together. S2 and S3 work together. Those roles can be combined in times of low personnel. Note: eight squadrons means seven squadrons plus one reserve squadron. The Wing Staff resides on one of the ships in the reserve. (RPG note: at least four people are needed for one Wing Staff) FLEET The Prime Fleet consists of five wings. Altogether 360 ships plus Staff (plus some extra squadrons, around 400 ships total): G1 Personnel G2 Security / Intelligence G3 Tactics (XO) G4 Logistics G5 Public Relations -- Staff Chief (2nd in Command) G6 Fleet Commander As in the wings, G1 and G4 work together. G2 and G3 work together. Those roles can be combined in times of low personnel. Also, G5 and the Staff Chief are two jobs who can be done by one person. OTOH the Fleet Commander and the Staff Chief must be never together in one location (or ship). Note: again five means four wings plus one reserve wing. This way the whole Fleet can operate in four areas, and there is still a complete wing available. There is one squadron assigned to the Fleet. Its main task is to protect the Fleet Staff ship(s). Some other squadrons are to be assigned to protect the support fleet (under command of the G4). (RPG note: at least four people are needed for the Fleet Staff. Those people should not be Wing or even Squadron Commanders, but should have their own Ship. They use it as "guests" in case of need.) I want to discuss this with you people before we start to assign Commanders to certain positions... Regards. ------------------ Fleet Cmdr. Joe Gudihl GCV-Dark Star Prime Fleet "Remember, we are trained professionals... Don't try this at home!" Official Tester, Battlecruiser Series [This message has been edited by Thomas Siemens (edited 02-19-2000).]

This works as designed. There is no speed limit in AI-mode, that's why all ships in AI-mode exceed their speed limits. Derek implemented it this way so that ships can cross vast distances faster, that means to speed the game up IIRC. Remember, v2.09 final is the last version, do not expect any more upgrades/patches for the good old lady! Do a search (yep, this forum has a search feature) for ridiculus speed or the likes, it has been discussed a lot. Btw., in the upcoming BC:M, Derek wants to use a new dynamics engine, so we all hope this little annoyance will be "fixed" then. Regards, Thomas (a.k.a. Gudihl) Official Tester, Battlecruiser Series

quote: Well, our Fleet Commander says we're going with 9 ship squadrons, so let's go with that. This is just one idea, for the whole concept is open to discussion. For numbering reasons it would be best not to make them bigger than 9 ships. But if tactics (or too few players) ask for smaller squads for special purposes, that should be no problem. Btw., I am sorry that I did not find the time to post the concept yet. Yesterday was my 30th birthday and therefore, I did not have that much time the last few evenings (and I am still tired this exact moment, heheh). On last thing: IMHO we should differ between the roleplaying aspects of the fleets (where all the surrounding actions are planned, and played in the "make-belive" way) and the squad like play of BC:M and the following titles. We have to wait until Battlecruiser Online to play the full scale Fleet game (with player all over the world living in different time zones, ack). Regards. ------------------ Fleet Cmdr. Joe Gudihl GCV-Dark Star Prime Fleet "Remember, we are trained professionals... Don't try this at home!" Official Tester, Battlecruiser Series

quote: Well, our Fleet Commander says we're going with 9 ship squadrons, so let's go with that. This is just one idea, for the whole concept is open to discussion. For numbering reasons it would be best not to make them bigger than 9 ships. But if tactics (or too few players) ask for smaller squads for special purposes, that should be no problem. Btw., I am sorry that I did not find the time to post the concept yet. Yesterday was my 30th birthday and therefore, I did not have that much time the last few evenings (and I am still tired this exact moment, heheh). On last thing: IMHO we should differ between the roleplaying aspects of the fleets (where all the surrounding actions are planned, and played in the "make-belive" way) and the squad like play of BC:M and the following titles. We have to wait until Battlecruiser Online to play the full scale Fleet game (with player all over the world living in different time zones, ack). Regards. ------------------ Fleet Cmdr. Joe Gudihl GCV-Dark Star Prime Fleet "Remember, we are trained professionals... Don't try this at home!" Official Tester, Battlecruiser Series

I thought of this chain of command: Fleet - Wing - Squadron - Battlecruiser, with five Wings, eight Squadrons each Wing and nine Battlecruisers each Squadron. One premise is that Prime Fleet should be able to mobilize great amounts of Battlecruisers fast, thus so few Wings. We would use Alpha Wing to Epsilon Wing this way. Along that, there is a Staff needed for the Fleet, and one Staff for each Wing. Along with some Reserve Squads, I end with around 400 ships. That's why I don't want to split up this structure too deep... Btw., one of my most important ideas is that of a reserve, i.e. four Wings plus one reserve Wing form the Fleet. This way we would be able to fulfill certain tasks, and still have a great amount of ships (one whole Wing) to be used freely at any given time. This principle continues in the next smaller unit, i.e. Squads, and so on. As I mentioned before, I try to translate my notes of the scheme of this structure. Let's hope I find the time tomorrow. Tac - I am not so sure we should set up one single structure for all Galcom Fleets. Prime Fleet for example is a warfare fleet, whereas other fleets like Orion or Wraith are specialized, that is such a four (or even five) level structure may not be apropriate for their tasks. Regards. ------------------ Fleet Cmdr. Joe Gudihl GCV-Dark Star Prime Fleet "Remember, we are trained professionals... Don't try this at home!" Official Tester, Battlecruiser Series [This message has been edited by Thomas Siemens (edited 01-15-2000).]

I thought of this chain of command: Fleet - Wing - Squadron - Battlecruiser, with five Wings, eight Squadrons each Wing and nine Battlecruisers each Squadron. One premise is that Prime Fleet should be able to mobilize great amounts of Battlecruisers fast, thus so few Wings. We would use Alpha Wing to Epsilon Wing this way. Along that, there is a Staff needed for the Fleet, and one Staff for each Wing. Along with some Reserve Squads, I end with around 400 ships. That's why I don't want to split up this structure too deep... Btw., one of my most important ideas is that of a reserve, i.e. four Wings plus one reserve Wing form the Fleet. This way we would be able to fulfill certain tasks, and still have a great amount of ships (one whole Wing) to be used freely at any given time. This principle continues in the next smaller unit, i.e. Squads, and so on. As I mentioned before, I try to translate my notes of the scheme of this structure. Let's hope I find the time tomorrow. Tac - I am not so sure we should set up one single structure for all Galcom Fleets. Prime Fleet for example is a warfare fleet, whereas other fleets like Orion or Wraith are specialized, that is such a four (or even five) level structure may not be apropriate for their tasks. Regards. ------------------ Fleet Cmdr. Joe Gudihl GCV-Dark Star Prime Fleet "Remember, we are trained professionals... Don't try this at home!" Official Tester, Battlecruiser Series [This message has been edited by Thomas Siemens (edited 01-15-2000).]

Heh, I thought of breaking the wings into squadrons, too. But I want to have them somewhat bigger, say, 9 ships form one squadron. Thus we can give single ships certain roles within a squadron, like reconaissance, flank, reserve, squadron command, and so on. You will get the idea when I post my final ideas... Regards. ------------------ Fleet Cmdr. Joe Gudihl GCV-Dark Star Prime Fleet "Remember, we are trained professionals... Don't try this at home!" Official Tester, Battlecruiser Series

Heh, I thought of breaking the wings into squadrons, too. But I want to have them somewhat bigger, say, 9 ships form one squadron. Thus we can give single ships certain roles within a squadron, like reconaissance, flank, reserve, squadron command, and so on. You will get the idea when I post my final ideas... Regards. ------------------ Fleet Cmdr. Joe Gudihl GCV-Dark Star Prime Fleet "Remember, we are trained professionals... Don't try this at home!" Official Tester, Battlecruiser Series

This sure is beginning to develop. I have set up some fleet structure and working on "translating" it from my German notes and drawings into plain English text. Also, I am still hoping for some more volunteers! To all those who offered their help with the web site: your offer is very appreciated! As soon as I get this structure ready (which will be open for discussion, of course), the next step will be the web site. Btw., I have got some space to use, that will / should be no problem. As I said, I am no web designer, but I am pretty sure we will come up with something in the end! Regards! ------------------ Fleet Cmdr. Joe Gudihl GCV-Dark Star Prime Fleet "Remember, we are trained professionals... Don't try this at home!" Official Tester, Battlecruiser Series

This sure is beginning to develop. I have set up some fleet structure and working on "translating" it from my German notes and drawings into plain English text. Also, I am still hoping for some more volunteers! To all those who offered their help with the web site: your offer is very appreciated! As soon as I get this structure ready (which will be open for discussion, of course), the next step will be the web site. Btw., I have got some space to use, that will / should be no problem. As I said, I am no web designer, but I am pretty sure we will come up with something in the end! Regards! ------------------ Fleet Cmdr. Joe Gudihl GCV-Dark Star Prime Fleet "Remember, we are trained professionals... Don't try this at home!" Official Tester, Battlecruiser Series

Try setting DPMI to Auto and start a new game (do not try old saved games). Or try DPMI 49152. Also, make sure there are no other programs running while you run battlecruiser. Btw., please also post the output of the "mem" command out of a dos box. Thomas Siemens (a.k.a. Gudihl) Official Tester, Battlecruiser Series

Situation First of all I want to inform you, my fellow Commanders, that I have been promoted to Fleet Commander, as you can read here. Thus I am responsible for the whole PRIME FLEET and report only to the SC himself. A first, rough scan of the Commander Roster resulted, that PRIME FLEET consists of about 440 members, that is 50% of all registered Commanders! Personally, I expect this number somewhat lower, but nevertheless we are a very big fleet! The (last) "Galcom Roll Call" resulted in 12 (twelve!) PRIME FLEET members reporting in (including myself, and the SC), which is about 3% "active" members of the whole fleet. Go figure. Volunteer Wing Commanders and Staff Commanders wanted As for the structures, I imagine a Command Staff consisting of four to six Staff Commanders (including myself), and eight to ten Wings, each consisting of around 40 to 50 Battlecruisers. Therefore we need at least seven more Commanders willingly to take responsibilities of a Wing and/or a Command Staff position, so that we can set up some structure for this biggest of all Galcom fleets. As we are supposed to be a warfare fleet, certain of these Wings can be collected in Wing Groups, along with (Wing) Group Commanders. OTOH 50 ships is a whole lot to command, we can divide Wings into Squads. All this should be discussed! Volunteers, please report in here or drop me an email. This is the beginning, nothing is decided yet, thus you have got the one, single chance to bring yourself in while this fleet structure is set up! (In other words: talk now, or shut up forever! ) Volunteer Web Designer(s) wanted As a fleet we are supposed to set up our own web site, describing our structures, history, staff, members, and so on. While I may have certain qualities, I have to admit that Web design are not one of those , so we need some fellow Commanders to help me give birth to The Monster™. Again, if you do not want to get involved with this, do not cry later over the result! TTFN ------------------ Fleet Cmdr. Joe Gudihl GCV-Dark Star Prime Fleet "Remember, we are trained professionals... Don't try this at home!" Official Tester, Battlecruiser Series [This message has been edited by Thomas Siemens (edited 01-04-2000).]

Situation First of all I want to inform you, my fellow Commanders, that I have been promoted to Fleet Commander, as you can read here. Thus I am responsible for the whole PRIME FLEET and report only to the SC himself. A first, rough scan of the Commander Roster resulted, that PRIME FLEET consists of about 440 members, that is 50% of all registered Commanders! Personally, I expect this number somewhat lower, but nevertheless we are a very big fleet! The (last) "Galcom Roll Call" resulted in 12 (twelve!) PRIME FLEET members reporting in (including myself, and the SC), which is about 3% "active" members of the whole fleet. Go figure. Volunteer Wing Commanders and Staff Commanders wanted As for the structures, I imagine a Command Staff consisting of four to six Staff Commanders (including myself), and eight to ten Wings, each consisting of around 40 to 50 Battlecruisers. Therefore we need at least seven more Commanders willingly to take responsibilities of a Wing and/or a Command Staff position, so that we can set up some structure for this biggest of all Galcom fleets. As we are supposed to be a warfare fleet, certain of these Wings can be collected in Wing Groups, along with (Wing) Group Commanders. OTOH 50 ships is a whole lot to command, we can divide Wings into Squads. All this should be discussed! Volunteers, please report in here or drop me an email. This is the beginning, nothing is decided yet, thus you have got the one, single chance to bring yourself in while this fleet structure is set up! (In other words: talk now, or shut up forever! ) Volunteer Web Designer(s) wanted As a fleet we are supposed to set up our own web site, describing our structures, history, staff, members, and so on. While I may have certain qualities, I have to admit that Web design are not one of those , so we need some fellow Commanders to help me give birth to The Monster™. Again, if you do not want to get involved with this, do not cry later over the result! TTFN ------------------ Fleet Cmdr. Joe Gudihl GCV-Dark Star Prime Fleet "Remember, we are trained professionals... Don't try this at home!" Official Tester, Battlecruiser Series [This message has been edited by Thomas Siemens (edited 01-04-2000).]