The Omega Station, Mk. 1

Taioko · Post by **Taioko** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:09 am

Cerebrus wrote: My intention with the Omega Station was to make something that filled the entire Beta Shipmaker. When I realized how big the damned thing was, my plan fell flat on it's ass, so now I've settled on making a ship that I slowly expand upon until it becomes ginormous. Er. To put it at scale, this is probably about 10% complete, with a 5% margin of error.

Good luck with that. I hope it'll be enjoyable to watch along the way... And massive when finished.

Artman40 · Post by **Artman40** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:48 am

Although these huge pink things which that station spawns should be turned off.

Cerebrus · Post by **Cerebrus** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:52 am

I use those to screw with human pilots. Though, they are a tad big.

Artman40 · Post by **Artman40** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:01 am

But how to destroy this station when any spot is practically invulnerable?

Cerebrus · Post by **Cerebrus** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:02 am

Patience and agility.

Mostly the latter. It has a big, big hull, and not enough deflectors to cover it.

Artman40 · Post by **Artman40** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:08 am

Looks like I should try to attack it like Death Star was attacked - loads of small ships.

Cerebrus · Post by **Cerebrus** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:10 am

Exactly.

Any big, slow ship would probably get eaten alive, unless it was bigger than the Station itself; in which case it'd probably still get eaten alive, considering how much firepower the Station is throwing around.

Exethalion · Post by **Exethalion** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:26 am

This would make an awesome boss for the metal fox. Brings Warning Forever to mind.

Artman40 · Post by **Artman40** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:26 am

What's the smallest fleet where you managed to defeat this station?

BTW, the problem why I can't defeat the station is the fact that there are too many shield and repair modules, nullifying any fire.

Cerebrus · Post by **Cerebrus** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:29 am

I have yet to playtest this thing, but I know that the Metal Fox would face nothing short of point-blank annihilation from it, mostly because the Omega Station's PD works on a "sea of fire" basis; the Flak Guns distances are set up so that both the enemy ship and all of the space between it and the Station are filled with flak, so effectively no interceptable projectiles make it through.

I'll consider toning down the deflectors; it currently has 20 deflectors to around 300 sections.

Artman40 · Post by **Artman40** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:43 am

Actually, even 3 deflectors increase defence very significantly!

Cerebrus · Post by **Cerebrus** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:44 am

Not so much, when your ship profile is as large as this one is.

Artman40 · Post by **Artman40** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:46 am

Well, actually they will. In that space station, resistance by deflectors last as long as sections with deflectors are finally exposed.

Cerebrus · Post by **Cerebrus** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:48 am

Could you rephrase that? I can't understand what you're trying to say.

Artman40 · Post by **Artman40** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:01 am

It means that deflectors can defend any segment on the ship. If one segment gets destroyed, they can defend another one as well.