Badgerius Posted August 23, 2001 Report Share Posted August 23, 2001 The manual states: quote: At this time, the United Free Nations (UFN) began work on orbital space stations around Mars and Earth. These were designed to facilitate continued space exploration and research...The second star station, Genesis, was designed primarily as a military installation from the onset. It had better defensive and offensive systems and was used to pinpoint the location of Earth Command opposition on the planet’s surface. This station was three times the size of Starpath and capable of supporting up to twenty five thousand personnel. It was also the site of the first space-borne shipyard...On stardate 05.11.2993, Galactic Command (GALCOM) was formed. Its founding members were the Terrans, Empirians, and the Vesperons. The Genesis star station in Earth orbit, already a 90% military installation, was converted to a fully-functional tactical operations center, and eventually became known as GALCOM HQ (or GHQ).So, does anyone know where the Genesis station in Lunar orbit came from, and how it relates to the original Genesis station, which became GalCom HQ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmdr Nova Posted August 23, 2001 Report Share Posted August 23, 2001 I'm not sure, but the situation, IMO, is like how the new Orion HQ was being built in Centris, and the old Orion HQ, was turned over to EarthCom.The forces once in Genesis (Earth), were now stationed in the Moon's orbit, using a newer station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Jansen Posted August 24, 2001 Report Share Posted August 24, 2001 Hmm, come to think of it, you would think Prime Fleet Logistics were smarter than putting 2 wings in both of the 2 smaller stations and just one in the biggest available.This whole double-Genesis thing has found me questionmark-ed too. As of reading this thread, that is. Never have RTFM enough. Personally, different station deserves different name. But one could argue "what's in a name?", right? Odd situation. But I'm not going to guess at the need for the 'new' Genesis. All I ever really thought about it was it being a HT station with 10% inflation. Guess I don't really have any business here in the RP section. So I better move off again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFreak13 Posted August 29, 2001 Report Share Posted August 29, 2001 Well, IMHO, they probably named the station 'Genisis' in like memory, or in tribute to the people who built the first one. Correct me, SC is I am wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 29, 2001 Report Share Posted August 29, 2001 In real life, when the game first came out, there were complaints that there were no safe places to practice and get the hang of it - Earth itself was too dangerous for newbies. As a result, in one of the patches along the way SC made a separate zone for Earth's Moon, and situated a station there, which he named Genesis. Whether it was after the original Genesis, or whether Genesis was moved to lunar orbit and GalCOM HQ was built from scratch, was never addressed in the manual.This is why Earth's Moon is in a different region to Earth - so that the autogeneration of hostile craft could be turned down without affecting the rest of the Sol system. The moons of Saturn and I think Neptune or Uranus, are also similarly divided, but this is because having twenty planetary bodies in one regioin was bogging down processing! *grin*.In trying to explain the origins of the Genesis in Lunar orbit,m I'd tend to go with BCFreak13's explanation, because I find the thought of shipping an entire station a little implausible. But I guess in 3000AD, anything's possible! *grin*. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epsilon 5 Posted August 29, 2001 Report Share Posted August 29, 2001 BCfreak13... it's "Genesis", not "Genisis"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest $iLk Posted August 30, 2001 Report Share Posted August 30, 2001 quote:I find the thought of shipping an entire station a little implausible I'm not so sure about that, those babies sure make time when you are stationary and they are moving in orbit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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