Breen

posted on August 18th, 2007, 7:42 am

I suppose it's an obscure request, but could the Breen "Prototype" ships be added to the Breen NPC Ship-Yards arsenal?

I was trying to make a Map with an effective Breen NPC Faction that'd attack the player's equally, but found that the Breen Ship-Yards could not build anything, since the "Breen Battleship Prototype" was unavailable to them. So, yeah, obscure request But it'd be useful if they had that capability, for the few among us who'd like a Breen NPC faction in their maps.



While i'm here, i understand that many other NPC Races are going to be included in the next release...? If so, i would like to request they also have a few stations of their own, available through the Map Editor? Nothing fancy, but i would highly appreciate at least a Star Base and Ship Yards for each of whatever sorts of alien ships you think of putting in

posted on August 18th, 2007, 9:16 am

whow, got me on this one i just forgot to add them to the NP yard. they will be available in the next release

We plan to include 3 categories of NP races.

• Major NP Races
  This races - like the Cardassians for example - are fully intact small races. They do usually have fewer vessels then a playable race and no avatars, but besides they have all a player would need to control them. Starbases, Miningstations, Yards, Supportships and so on. They can also be found as complete intact AI Forces on several maps
• Minor NP Races
  Smaller races - like the Orion Pirates for example - do not have a full building spectrum. They usually just have a few key buildings which can appear on maps, like a Yard, a Trading Post or something like that
• Single Units
  And a few 'races' do just consist of a single or a few units, like Species 8472, the Crystaline Entity and stuff like that. They usually will appear on maps with special events, like Fluidic Rifts and stuff

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posted on August 18th, 2007, 9:38 am

Last edited by Anonymous on August 18th, 2007, 9:40 am, edited 1 time in total.

I suppose it's an obscure request, but could the Breen "Prototype" ships be added to the Breen NPC Ship-Yards arsenal?

Actually, they are there and they're even usable, but for some odd reason the buttons don't show up visually. If you move your mouse along the button pallete when your on the shipyard's build menu you'll eventually find them (they're quite a way along). No access to their specials though .

posted on August 18th, 2007, 2:09 pm

We plan to include 3 categories of NP races.

• Major NP Races
  This races - like the Cardassians for example - are fully intact small races. They do usually have fewer vessels then a playable race and no avatars, but besides they have all a player would need to control them. Starbases, Miningstations, Yards, Supportships and so on. They can also be found as complete intact AI Forces on several maps
• Minor NP Races
  Smaller races - like the Orion Pirates for example - do not have a full building spectrum. They usually just have a few key buildings which can appear on maps, like a Yard, a Trading Post or something like that
• Single Units
  And a few 'races' do just consist of a single or a few units, like Species 8472, the Crystaline Entity and stuff like that. They usually will appear on maps with special events, like Fluidic Rifts and stuff

Spectacular! 

posted on August 18th, 2007, 2:34 pm

That is an understatement. 

Any chance for a more complete list of NP races both so our lust for FO will be satisfied, but also so we know which races to haggle over?

whow, got me on this one i just forgot to add them to the NP yard. they will be available in the next release

Wait, does this mean that the Cardassian ships are done?

posted on August 18th, 2007, 3:49 pm

Will some of the Npc major races have new ships made by the fo team or will they have only known ships. will the NPC major races have some ships with speshal abilatys eather ones from other races or completely new weponds.

posted on August 18th, 2007, 3:59 pm

Will some of the Npc major races have new ships made by the fo team or will they have only known ships. will the NPC major races have some ships with speshal abilatys eather ones from other races or completely new weponds.

Since I haven't seen Overlord/Zeich beeing active in the past... whatever in the forums, I'll answer this question at least for the Cardassians, which he actually makes. At least the Cardies will get some new ships, additional to Overlord/Zeichs modification which was alread published several months ago.
So I assum we may expect more new stuff to come, as well for the other npc major-races. 
Great, humm? 

posted on August 18th, 2007, 4:06 pm

Sweet lord o middy you have answered my perars. and a old man answered my question thank you both.

posted on August 19th, 2007, 12:09 am

Ewm couldn't have said it better... NPC forces for the win! (when to expect?..... our first glimpses perhaps?)
YES!

posted on August 19th, 2007, 7:30 am

First glimpses are already available:
Star Trek Armada II: Fleet Operations - Cardassian Mod For Fleet Ops

If you don't want to install the mod for reasons of online-playability (I assume this word doesn't exist  ) you might enjoy the screenies posted there. 
At least you can enjoy two of the three cardie-ships already available for FO.

posted on August 19th, 2007, 2:29 pm

Yes, I have seen this and downloaded it before.... but it's just not the real thing (even though it is fantasticular; yes, I know). We want Cardies! ...eventually...errrr..... when possible... o great ones.

posted on August 20th, 2007, 7:48 am

Yep, there will be NP ships from the FO universe that did not appear in an tv show.
There is no complete list of races yet cause this feature is planed for v4 and not for v3 Quite sure is that the Breen, the Cardassians and the Tholians will be major NP races.

posted on August 20th, 2007, 3:23 pm

Excellent... but has development already started with the Tholians (I really like the idea)?