KA2 8th Race Poll

posted on January 9th, 2013, 9:37 pm

Hello all,

Since this seems to be an active community, with new trek fans joining and such, I thought i'd post my poll here (and on the FB page).

Now the Hydran Kingdoms have been added as a seventh race in KA2, I was wondering whether I should add any more. It's all dependant on whether I can make another race feel different enough, but first I wanted to gather some ideas on what race people would like to see in KA2 that isn't there currently.

Thanks for your input, and as it says, if you want to suggest a race not listed, use the other and then state whom and why

posted on January 10th, 2013, 4:17 am

I've already voted on Facebook, so I won't here.

posted on January 10th, 2013, 8:46 am

LYRANS! You must put Lyrans in
Then all we have is a biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig map to play Federation&Empire live in FO

posted on January 14th, 2013, 8:40 pm

LYRANS! You must put Lyrans in
Then all we have is a biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig map to play Federation&Empire live in FO

I so want to buy F&E ... but I don't have the space to put a board for 20 months per game.

posted on January 14th, 2013, 10:00 pm

I'd not mind seeing a TNG race re-imagined during the TMP era. The Cardassians or Breen instantly come to mind. Otherwise I'd probably stick with a SFC race like the Lyrans.

posted on January 14th, 2013, 10:24 pm

i think the terran empire will be a cool race to play

posted on January 15th, 2013, 11:51 pm

Here's whay I voted the lyrans. Becase they would have the most uniqe wepon of the poll. The Expanding Sphere generater (ESG.) for The people who don't know, it would force the lyrans to get into point blank range to attack their
enemys.

Bye.

posted on January 15th, 2013, 11:56 pm

My only problem with adding the Lyrans is that they have (with the exception of the ESG) a very limited arsenal of weapons. They seem to use disruptors, heavy disruptors and well, that's it. There is no evidence of any plasma armed ships, or any photon torpedoes. No interesting weapons like the hellbore or fusion beam.

I mean, I could have them use scatterpacks or something akin to Ska'Kurian impulse projectiles (space cruise missiles basically). I'm not sure.

So far, if I combine together this poll and the FB one, it's a two horse race between the Lyrans and the Terran Empire, both of which tick the box as "different" and "opposed to the Federation"

Would make a nice 6 player game too. Federation, Gorn and Hydrans vs the Klingons, Romulans and Lyrans. Make it 8 Player with the ISC and Tholians as independents and you have yourself a mini- General War Although, if you had the Terran Empire instead of the Lyrans, it could be an interesting match of Federation, Gorn and Hydrans, vs Klingons and Romulans, vs Tholians, vs ISC vs Terran Empire.

I'm really stuck now! They both have a lot to offer. The Lyrans are more classically SFC, and I believe I have a GUI for them hanging around. Their lore is all done, as is a lot of their fleet. It'd just be a matter of fleshing them out. The Terran Empire on the other hand is kind of a fan favourite, the voices are easier, but they fall flat a bit when it comes to style, lore and uniqueness. Feds with pointy beards and red glowy bits instead of blue are not going to cut it. They'd have to feel and play differently.

posted on January 16th, 2013, 12:02 am

What a about being creative and make anouther wepon. Like a uniqe disrupter for example. I encurage you. but if you decide to say something else then I Understand.

Bye.

posted on January 16th, 2013, 12:20 am

Hello? Are you there?

posted on January 16th, 2013, 12:24 am

This is a forum, not a chat room. Posts take time to be answered

If I were to include the Lyrans, they would need some form of secondary weapon to fill the void they currently have. My best idea for this currently is as mentioned a long ranged missile system, which also contrasts nicely with their chief enemy, the Mirak. The Mirak use Scatterpacks, which are a cluster of smaller missiles, whereas the Lyrans would use a single, powerful warhead to cause maximum damage.

They would however base their attacks on close range strikes, given their martial culture and such. They could perhaps be similar to the Hydrans, in that they use a combination of long ranged support and short ranged assault vessels. They also use Pseudo-Fighters (the only race besides the Gorn that do) which also works as a unique dynamic for them.

I'll work on two plans, one for the Lyrans, one for the Terran Empire, and see which one people prefer.

posted on January 16th, 2013, 12:33 am

[quote="Squire James"]This is a forum, not a chat room. Posts take time to be answered

If I were to include the Lyrans, they would need some form of secondary weapon to fill the void they currently have. My best idea for this currently is as mentioned a long ranged missile system, which also contrasts nicely with their chief enemy, the Mirak. The Mirak use Scatterpacks, which are a cluster of smaller missiles, whereas the Lyrans would use a single, powerful warhead to cause maximum damage."

Sorry about the impatiants.

How about a very short range missle that would do alot of damege to the target.

Bye.

posted on January 16th, 2013, 4:03 am

Now the Hydran Kingdoms have been added as a seventh race in KA2

I am curious to see your Hydrans. I am working on a Hydran mod for the FO time period, and seeing a good representation of them from 80-100 years earlier will be helpful to me. PM me if you want to exchange ideas.

posted on January 16th, 2013, 5:21 am

I think a short ranged rapid fire flak cannon styled weapon might be fitting for the Lyrans, similar to the Anti Missile weapons in SFC2.

posted on January 16th, 2013, 10:47 am

RedSnappa, the manual addon with the Hydrans in it is freely available at the KA2 Moddb site Tis in PDF format so should be viewable by just about anyone. Take a look

Nephalim, that could work. Something like a "Shotgun Disruptor" . Something close range would work better for them lore wise. Hmmm