| By Nick Samaras (Koogie) on Monday, July 27, 2026 - 07:26 pm: Edit |
SVC I sent you an important email regarding the SSD projects.
| By Gary Carney (Nerroth) on Monday, July 27, 2026 - 09:34 pm: Edit |
At this time of typing, there are three major issues that would need to be resolved, in terms of Omega bases.
Firstly, it's noted that, in almost all cases, each Omega empire is going to need their own range of entirely unique base designs, to suit the specific technological and logistical needs - and limitations - of the empire in question. Even in the case of the Federal Republic of Aurora, they have already been shown to diverge from the Alpha Octant "norm" with their pocket battlestation in Module Omega #3, and would likely be expected to continue to do so as their time in the Federation fades further from living memory.
Secondly, in most cases, there is as yet no phaser-4 equivalent written up for larger bases to make use of. Exceptions include the FRA, who use Alpha Octant phaser-4s; and the Qixa Amalgamate, who have rules written up for the mega-gauss cannon (their closest thing to a ph-4).
And thirdly, most Omega empires are lacking the tug and fleet transports needed to deploy and/or upgrade such bases. There are playtest light and heavy tugs for the Mæsron Alliance, plus a range of playtest pods for them, in Captain's Log #21; the Iridani have a Tugboat in Module Omega #3; while most Bolosco ships have at least some sort of tug-and-pod capacity, as well as pods unique to their use, in Module Omega #4.
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Personally-speaking, I think it's better to focus on one "legacy" Omega empire's needs at a time for all three of the above, rather than trying to once again spread things too thinly with too many empires at a time.
So, once the Mæsrons (to use perhaps the most pressing example) can be made to function in a Module C6-esque "campaign compatible" format, it could then be possible to shift focus to other individual Omega empires, such as the Trobrin or the FRA.
Not least since, "metal-hull" empires aside, there are going to be a lot of difficult questions to answer for the "biological" Alunda and Branthodons, or for "exotic" factions like the Loriyill or Souldra...
| By Nick Samaras (Koogie) on Tuesday, July 28, 2026 - 12:49 pm: Edit |
SVC the email I sent to you got returned "user over quota".
| By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, July 28, 2026 - 03:04 pm: Edit |
That makes no sense and I have gotten other emails from you today.
| By Nick Samaras (Koogie) on Tuesday, July 28, 2026 - 10:37 pm: Edit |
But did you get the Final Draft emails (2 of them) with the zip files?
| By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, July 29, 2026 - 01:12 am: Edit |
I saw at least one, but I never deal with those anyway. Albert prints them and Petrick reviews them.
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