Federation Commander

djdood · Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 10:40 pm Post subject:

[disregard the below]
If "new" ships (those not already existing in SFB) are potentially in the running, than the previous suggestion of a non-mauler Falcon-hull ship might have merit. The question at that time was what to do with it.

I compared it to the "cruiser" version of the Hydran Pegasus, but there were issues with it ending up being too much just an "in-between" the War Eagle and Battlehawk.
[I was basing this on a mistaken assumption that the King Vulture was a new-to-the-SFU variant and that the door to similar ships was open (and this would be a way to sell Falcon-minis). I was wrong.]
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wedge_hammersteel · Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 10:52 pm Post subject:

Nobody liked my commando cruiser idea.

Drew Klenotic · Lieutenant JG Joined: 31 Aug 2010 Posts: 81

wedge_hammersteel · Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 1:33 am Post subject:

It would be comparable to the Hydran Commando Cruiser and the Klingon Commando Cruiser.

When you remove those batteries, you have those big open spaces. Perfect for cargo and barracks for all those marines...I mean commandos.

I really dont think you will find a unique way to turn the Falcon into a war ship.

Do you think commandos go "commando"?

If you though that was bad....at least I left that penal ship topic alone.

Carthaginian · Lieutenant SG Joined: 13 Nov 2008 Posts: 156

King Vulture...

It's not very expensive, packs a heck of a wallop, and has good shields.
It's one of my favorite ships.

mjwest · Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 4:49 am Post subject:

Guys,

Two things:
1) The Vulture from Communique #11 is the King Vulture. It is already in the pack.

2) This is not the time to design a completely new ship. This ship needs to exist, at least in SFB, and not be BoM.
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Shinanygnz · Ensign Joined: 21 Aug 2010 Posts: 18

I thought the ePacks were (initially at least) going to be new ships/variants that weren't already printed cards. KE, WE, BH & SN are. That changed?

Anyway, how about the 2x Pl-S rather than 1x Pl-R WE?

Stephen

JimDauphinais · Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 4:16 pm Post subject:

A number of us have previously asked that new ship cards (and ship cards that have previously only been made available in Captains's Log, Captain's Log Supplemental or Communique) not be introduced into e23 ship card packs that contain ships that already have laminated cards.

I make that request again. I have invested in every single Attack and Booster product produced except Booster Zero. It was a signficant investment ADB's products. I have no interest in purchasing e23 packs that contain ship cards that have already been produced in laminated form and would find it very disappointing to find new ship cards (or CL/CLS ship cards) being placed in those e23 packs. To be clear, I have no problem with the production of e23 packs for ship cards available in laminated form, I just do not want to see new ships (or CL/CLS ships) being placed in those packs.
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Steve Cole · Site Admin Joined: 11 Oct 2006 Posts: 3807

There were numerous ideas about ship card packs.

It was always said that the laminated cards WOULD be in packs, and might or might not be mixed with non-laminated (Log and Comm) ships.

There are, simply put, not enough Romulan L (captain's log) and C (communique) ships to make a pack, and I'm simply not going to do a whole bunch of totally new ships for these. (Jean and I looked through the MSC the other night and very few empires have enough L or C ships to make a pack, so pretty much everybody is going to get laminated ships in their first pack.) [Caveat: some BoM ships are not counted as they cannot be used in non-BoM packs and no empire has enough ships floating around already done to make a BoM pack.)

So, the decision was made in the Romulan case to do three packs, one with Eagles, one with Kestrels, and one with Hawks. This is the first (Eagle) one. The next time the Roms come up in the sequence, they'll get six assorted KRs. The time after that, six assorted ABChawks.

Right now, I'm thinking either Queen Eagle or Battle Hawk Escort.
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dharras · Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 4:39 pm Post subject:

Scoutdad · Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 4:39 pm Post subject:

If you're takign requests... I vote for the BHE. For soem unknown reason, I'm rather fond of that one.
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JimDauphinais · Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 4:46 pm Post subject:

pinecone · Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 5:25 pm Post subject:

Yes, please don't mix. I would be far less inclined to get a pack that had some laminateds and some new. And since we're doing 6 ship packs now, it is easier to get "full" packs of new ship cards.

Shinanygnz · Ensign Joined: 21 Aug 2010 Posts: 18

As I've previously stated, I'm happy to have laminated cards reprinted in ePacks. I haven't got many of the boosters as we play small battles so I don't need lots of cards. The only ones I have bought are ones where I really wanted the new ship.
Being able to print and laminate myself an extra WE (for example) rather than buy a booster with it in is a win.
Also, not having any Logs after #17 means any ships from there are good from my perspective.
Difficult spot for SVC. Whatever he does is going to annoy someone. I'm glad I don't have to deal with the public, customers and, worse, fans Wink

in my day job.
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