Fleet Operations Single Player

posted on April 25th, 2010, 1:19 pm

i think there was a little fear in Qs voice when he reacted to guinan, he considered her a threat, not just an annoyance. i think she has a way of fighting him. i wouldnt say immune, but there is a lot about her race we just dont know.

posted on April 25th, 2010, 2:09 pm

True we don't, but whatever had Q concerned wasn't likely to be something shared with the rest of the race. If all of them could bother a member of the Continuum like she did, the Borg would've had problems with them.

She was unique, like Wesley (painful as that comparison might be to Guinan fans).

posted on April 25th, 2010, 2:26 pm

[glow=red,2,300]DON'T COMPARE HER TO THAT TROLL WESLEY[/glow]

posted on April 25th, 2010, 2:36 pm

True we don't, but whatever had Q concerned wasn't likely to be something shared with the rest of the race. If all of them could bother a member of the Continuum like she did, the Borg would've had problems with them.

She was unique, like Wesley (painful as that comparison might be to Guinan fans).

Or simply El-Aurian Abilities just extend to a different plane of existence, so harmful for Q but not for anything residing in "our" plane, like the Borg...

posted on April 25th, 2010, 3:03 pm

Or simply El-Aurian Abilities just extend to a different plane of existence, so harmful for Q but not for anything residing in "our" plane, like the Borg...

Like the Nexus? Which is probably where Guinans 'sixth sense' originates.

[glow=red,2,300]DON'T COMPARE HER TO THAT TROLL WESLEY[/glow]

That made my day 

posted on April 25th, 2010, 5:05 pm

Like the Nexus? Which is probably where Guinans 'sixth sense' originates.

That would also explain Picard's "sixth sense" in First Contact when he just "knows" where to hit the Borg. 

posted on April 25th, 2010, 5:14 pm

maybe he remebered it from his time in the collective? also he could hear the hive mind speaking so he may have known where their weaknesses were temporarily.

i think the second idea is better. if it was something he remembered then that would mean that all cubes would be vulnerable in this spot all the time. which is like the death star's vent thing.

the second idea makes more sense. clearly picard could hear the collective, he knew they were coming before he got the call. that battle had been raging for quite a while, the fleet had hurt the cube a bit, maybe there was a temporary weak spot which picard could figure out by using his connection to the hive mind.

if you think about it, the cube was carrying a sphere with time travel and had a plan ready to use time travel to attack earth. maybe the collective knew that picard would destroy a cube attacking, and the time travelling sphere was the real aim and the cube was just an escort. this assumes that not all cubes have these spheres with time travel (which wouldnt be very efficient) and that the plan wasnt a quickly formulated plan.

posted on April 25th, 2010, 6:37 pm

the second idea makes more sense. clearly picard could hear the collective, he knew they were coming before he got the call. that battle had been raging for quite a while, the fleet had hurt the cube a bit, maybe there was a temporary weak spot which picard could figure out by using his connection to the hive mind.

if you think about it, the cube was carrying a sphere with time travel and had a plan ready to use time travel to attack earth. maybe the collective knew that picard would destroy a cube attacking, and the time travelling sphere was the real aim and the cube was just an escort. this assumes that not all cubes have these spheres with time travel (which wouldnt be very efficient) and that the plan wasnt a quickly formulated plan.

that idea sounds most reasonable for me

posted on April 25th, 2010, 6:47 pm

It does sound reasonable. Though, they would have known that there was a chance Picard might not get there in time or could have been killed by something else before they attacked.

They could have easily tried with the Cube if Picard wasn't there and use the Sphere if he was.

posted on April 26th, 2010, 3:49 am

Oh, and to quote a Voyager episode, of all things...

Q speaking to his son:

"If the Continuum's told you once, they've told you a thousand times: DON'T - PROVOKE - THE BORG!"

That implies something kinda scary right there.

posted on April 26th, 2010, 6:47 am

Oh, and to quote a Voyager episode, of all things...

Q speaking to his son:

"If the Continuum's told you once, they've told you a thousand times: DON'T - PROVOKE - THE BORG!"

That implies something kinda scary right there.

I assume by that the Q dont mess with the Borg because if they made one mistake, snapping them to a quadrant with lifeforms worthy of assimilation then snapping them back, they remember and will return to those co-ordinates. Wiping the memory of one ship is easier than that of an entire race, I assume. It's not as simple as any other race. What you do to one vessel the entire collective knows, then you have to consider the reprecussions on the othe races.

A Borg / Iconian Campaign, where you first siege the Iconian Home system thousands of years ago and then, far in the future, return with the Iconians...

Anyway, as for the Single Player it also occurs to me if you plan to have a Borg campaign seiging and assimilating the Iconian systems, doesn't that mean you guys need to add in the old interactive planets for the Borg to assimilate during the campaign?

posted on April 26th, 2010, 2:38 pm

Anyway, as for the Single Player it also occurs to me if you plan to have a Borg campaign seiging and assimilating the Iconian systems, doesn't that mean you guys need to add in the old interactive planets for the Borg to assimilate during the campaign?

It doesn't, the mission could easily end with destroying their defences and fleet.

posted on April 26th, 2010, 3:32 pm

It doesn't, the mission could easily end with destroying their defences and fleet.

And have a Cutscene where more Borgships arrive and perhaps circle the planet...

posted on April 26th, 2010, 7:22 pm

Is there already a single player component implimented yet (besides Skirmish)?
Great game BTW!!

posted on April 26th, 2010, 7:26 pm

SP will be a long time, MP isn't even finished yet.