TheOneWraith

Thanks for the heads up... ...gotta do this before SupCom gets here... I have eternal faith in my best officer! He can do no wrong! ...maybe he and I should switch positions...

Okay, I'll have to pull this from memory, but I can manage. My first foray into the Wonderful Universe of the Combative Persuasion. (and since Resnig is so wonderful, I give him an important role in this) Cmdr. Dracoth Aidendale had just left GalCom, excited about his first assignment. The TacOps Officer chimed in instantly. "So, what's our first order, boss?" "A simple one, really. We must...uh...gimme a minute." *five minutes pass in which Drac returns to GalCom, bugs his superiors for his orders again, and returns to the same spot* "Yeah, we have to...aww, forget it! I wanna kill something!" But Drac changed his mind in less than a second, wanting to see Alpha Centauri. *later on* "Okay people, we are now on Centris. I'm gonna take a walk." *the crew was deciding whether or not to stage a mutiny* But when the beloved Commander returned, all was well, and he just wanted to get off this planet. Drac boosted to about 10000 feet when Resnig came to him looking a bit worried. "I wouldn't tell you how to do your job, but please, for the love of all things holy...TURN ON THE ENGINES!" Drac checked the altitude indicator...200 feet. "AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!" But he did get the engines on, much to the relief of all. The rest of the stay on Centris was a day (real-time) of trying to break the planet's gravity. "This planet is SO randomed!" Eventually, Drac decided to take two marines with him and get to space with a shuttle, hoping he could utilize Helios(what I call the ship's computer and wrist-mounted interface) to have the Draconia(yeah, the Megaron looks like a Dragon...I love it) break orbit. He programmed the coordinates and just waited. He got tired of that and decided to go for a space walk. *5 minutes later* Still no CC, so Drac ordered the shuttle to go to him. "Why's it coming straight toward me?" Drac glanced at the Helios CommandBand (wrist-mounted TacOps interface) and noticed he had not ordered the ship to pick him up, just fly to his current position. In about 5 seconds, the shuttle would be painted red. Suddenly, the CC seemingly materialized in front of Drac. The shuttle bounced off it, buying time for him to order it to dock with Draconia. So, Drac wanted to head back to GalCom...the crew REALLY wanted to head back to GalCom (and get off that death trap). As the Draconia approached the jumpgate back to Sol, one of his officers spoke up. "Um, something's odd here, almost as i-" The "something odd" made itself known as five armed intruders beamed aboard. Resnig quickly assessed the situation and --with the skill of a 30 year vet-- began the hunt. Drac was about to watch PerScan(favorite show on T.V.!), but that plan was halted by lasers lancing out of...well, nowhere. It was the source of the intruders, a cloaked ship. Drac got his ship out of range and waited. Another Megaron decloaked right in front of the gate. "About time! Explosionsssss.......we needs them!" Drac used his main gun...and ended up with 50% shields. So he ordered that the top of ship be exposed to the enemy. The crew wondered what fit of madness this was, but carried it out, regardless (they had written their wills on Centris, anyway). The turret lasers lanced through the enemy and destroyed it in relatively good time. Morale was restored...sort of. Drac then checked PerScan; two prisoners were taken, the other three were making a break for the shuttle bay. Drac cut the power to the shuttle bay and chuckled over the surprise that awaited them. But the viewscreen displayed MALFUNCTION everywhere! Drac checked logistix again. He had cut power to the reactor, a mistake he quickly rectified. So two intruders each had hopped in a shuttle by then. The instant the cockpits were open, the escape attempt was met with two marines in the backseat. One to go. The last one, in foresight, had gone to a fighter bay. But Resnig had some foresight of his own, a marine awaited the intruding fool. The worst battle a single marine had ever seen raged on around FC1. Meanwhile, inside FC1... ...the pilots were filing their nails. The intruder jumped on the cockpit and was about to blast the pilots to oblivion when a plasma bolt promptly removed his head. Meanwhile... ...the pilots were coloring their helmets. Heh...I'll post my first major combat tomorrow. Trust me, you don't want to miss this...you thought Resnig was bad? My tale of eternal shame goes on... (Let's just say it involves MANY ships, ramming, me almost getting everyone killed...several times, and the accidental destruction of a friendly...or five...) But that stint of combat showed me a bit of what this game can do: ambushes, great tactics, blocking my escape, etc., etc., ad infinitum... That's only the tip of the iceberg... Mmm...space ice...*drools* By the way, every bit of this (except for the conversations I obviously made up) is TRUE! [ 02-20-2004, 12:49 AM: Message edited by: Drac ]

Odd...my good friend Resnig (oh, I'm gonna take some flak for that one) has never failed me! Intruders never get anywhere near the bridge... Here's how it goes: -intruders board -Resnig issues orders *about 5 minutes pass* -most of them are dead, some prisoners (now to break out the Big Book of Tortures... ) Hmm...the infamous Resnig is pretty famous on the GCV-Draconia! (of course, I always stow two marines in each shuttle, but that's beside the point) (Man, I love watching the PerScan...a game unto itself...) So, don't you dare hurt my Resnig, or you'll have to answer to me!

Heh...this gives me a chuckle. They're at our Supreme Commander's mercy. for covering your bases like that. The way I see it, releasing it now would be pointless; no one wants to shop NOW. The game would only catch the LAST last minute shoppers, and they would go for what's in the big ads in their rushing. Instead of them lumping futile pressure on you, I say they should use this time to advertise ( *waves hand* everyone will agree on this point). Even IF it got out before Christmas --completely bugless, too-- your average shopper is attracted by the big ads. Case-in-point, lots of DX2s under the tree, even though it's rubbish in the DX name. But no matter when UC is released, we will rush out to buy it. In turn, we will spread the word. I've already stored away the cash necessary to purchase this. I'm hard at work on converting my "friends." (bunch o' Counterstrike punks...) Any "valid" reason any person could give for getting it out now is rubbish; an ill-conceived product of greed. The way I see it, there is more money to be made from a game that WON'T be returned. Geez...common sense, I think. --RANTY MODE: Disabled--- In short, screw 'em; wait until it's perfect. That's what I do: NEVER let the product out until it is at least 97% perfect. It seems this whole "Industry's Dance" is move and counter-move. Like chess and poker rolled into one nasty combination. Just A Thought:I have a feeling that a chess match between you and them would be sorta one-sided. There ya go, my first post contains valid thoughts, a semi-obscure reference to Star Wars, a couple big words AND some good ol' fashioned boot-licking, to boot...heh. ...there's no rule against being a suck-up that I didn't notice, is there?