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All this space talk is inspiring me to get on FS right now and play a little bit.

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Ive created server-side extensions for the taloraan map that will allow us to customize the ship content before battle. This is for FSPL and in case 2 nebulons meet 5 imperial cruisers, or other combinations , the battle can be played with the exact elements from the starmap.
There will be lots more great memories to come from this great mod, no doubt.

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FSDev| Woodrow wrote:

Not that we were doing so well ourselves.  Several volleys of torpedoes found their mark and-combined with a couple successful bombing runs and a few broadsides from their surviving lancer- we were reduced to only 32% hitpoints left.  To make matters worse, though our gallofree was still alive the remaining lancer and bulk freighter now firmly seperated the two of us.  As we sat there, helpless, enemy bombers decimated our gallofree.  It had drifted too far to the imperial side of the map and close to where their bombers came in. Soon the ship fell, leaving our nebulon alone.

The alarms were really going off now.  Our engines were drained, our maneuvering had us now heading towards the enemy fleet, and even a few good blaster shots could knock us out.  It was then that we saw the first explosion.  Ahead of us the lancer, panicked by the assault from our fighters, had apparently hit its boost engine and moved away from the bulk freighter.  Taking that opportunity our ships tore into it with torpedoes, cutting it down.

Well, Im proud to say that I was leading the squadron that took down the gallofree, and one of our guys (Pyrate) saved one of our lancers from death. Plus, we were those bombers who kept tryin to nail your behind in the Neb. B!

For a bit though, I was in a gunner seat of the lancer that was half-chasing you, before we got swarmed by fighters. Durin that time, I got a those in fighters in my squad to try to get the fighters off of the lancer, which was sorta during the time you were alone in space. Other than that, it was a great encounter, and our guys were pissed as hell to learn we lost by one single percent...

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25 (edited by FSDev| Woodrow 2008-05-30 16:51:23)

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Aye.  1% on a neb is about 140 hitpoints left.  As the average TIE fighter does 2.4 damage per shot to capship armour with a rate of 300 per minute, and as we had at least two TIEs (including a more heavily armed interceptor) on us firing with blasters, that means we would have lasted about 4 more seconds if the match had not ended.

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I have no clue how one hit took our ship down 12 health. But that was a great battle Wood. I chased down one of our ships doing a nose dive at 3 health and repaired her, great experiences for everyone.

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Absolutely incredible! I so wish I was apart of that battle. lol I agree with Mitthrawnundo. After hearing about this extremely epic and tense battle, I want to jump into FS right now. big_smile

Awesome recollection, Woodrow. That was worded so well, it was inspiring. I could hear John Williams and the London Symphony Orchestra in my head. lol Do you write any novels on the side? tongue

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