1 (edited by Safe-Keeper 2007-02-21 15:01:56)

Topic: Pavlov's House gone Space Map

In every invasion where strong is pitted against weak, there is a victim that fights back ferociously, defying attempt after attempt at its life against impossible odds before succumbing. In the Tind system's case, this defiant victim was a military platform crewed by truly heroic troops: Border Station Pavlov.

   FS Border Station Pavlov
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An Imperial push has been launched on the Alliance-sympathetic Tind System, aiming to capture the two industrialized dwarf planets in its inner reaches. The first targets of the Imperial onslaught will be the outer border stations: military platforms orbiting the outer, uninhabited worlds. These platforms, which serve as home bases for star fighter squadrons and play host to relatively strong troop garrisons, are designed to repel pirate attacks and act as deterrents for war lords or internal strife among the system's independent worlds. They were, however,  never designed to hold off a full-scale Imperial attack.

Imperial Task Forces led by Imperator Class Star Destroyers quickly overpower the six platforms without opposition – in all but one case. Platform Pavlov, which orbits the ice planet Yakov, although surrounded by Imperial cruisers and about to be boarded by never-ending waves of Imperial stormtroopers, will not fall.

TacSit: Pavlov's perimeter is defended by mine fields and gun platforms, while the station itself is armed by several turrets. The Imperials have Storm trooper transports and TIE Bombers launching from stationary cruisers – the Rebels have their infantry only.

Imperial cruisers cannot close to firing range due to dense mine fields surrounding station. They are therefore stationary.

Objectives: This is a Conquest/Assault map. The station's security forces must hold their positions until Imperial tickets run out, at which point friendly reinforcements arrive from inside the system.

   Border Repulse
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Forty-five minutes after the fall of Pavlov's sister platforms, wave after wave of Imperial marines still disembark on the station, fighting an enemy that refuses to be defeated. All of her external defenses have been wiped out and her troops have taken severe casualties, but System Command's promise of rescue gives hope to the exhausted men. And at last, help arrives.

A hurriedly organized task force formed around the Nebulan B Frigates Steadfast and Iron Crescent has arrived and is preparing to attack the Imperial fleet. Their objective is to open a hole in the Imperial blockade, allowing the defenders of the base to be evacuated by the task force's freighters.

With battle again erupting outside the station, the exhausted defenders of Pavlov from their positions and force their way to the hangar bay, from where they await pick-up by Steadfast's forces.

TacSit: All station defenses (surrounding gun platforms and mines and on-board laser turrets) have been neutralized. However, with reinforcements finally arriving, fighters that have not been destroyed can now lift off from the station's hangar without suffering a certain death.

Imperial Star Destroyer is stationary but heavily armed. All other cruisers are now mobile.

The interior of the platform is no longer accessible to the defenders, only the hangar bay.

Objectives: This is an Extraction map. At least one medical ship must land in the platform's hangar bay to take on survivors, for then to return to its starting position, from where it can enter hyperspace. If it is stopped, its crew will abandon it and return to the station with escape pods [not modeled in-game], and a new freighter will be dispatched.

     Original Announcement
Features some more info. From before I decided to go into more detail and wrote the above.

I had a "Pavlov's House"-ish idea of the same nature. It features a "border"platform under siege by an Imperial task force led by a Star Destroyer. The Empire's fighters have achieved total space superiority around the platform (all fighters in the hangar are statics as they'd have been blasted apart if daring to take-off) and the Imperials are preparing to board the facility and capture it. The facility has many laser turrets to defend itself, and possible mines and gun platforms around it. Entrances are one hangar, several docking platforms/landing pads (on the "arm" seen in the screenshot), as well as several air locks spread throughout the structure.

The Imperials have Strom trooper Transports or Assault Transports for boarding the station (either through the hangar or the docking platforms) and TIE Bombers or some other attack light ship for suppressing the turrets. It's up to them to plan an attack strategy, either spreading out and hitting the air locks or landing pads, or concentrating their attacks on one spot such as the main hangar. The interior engagements play out like "GC ISD Judicator" battles for several control points throughout the station.

Maybe the control points could have different functions, such as one or two being armouries and the source of special pick-up kits not found in your spawn inventory, another being some sort of power generator from where the occupying force could shut down or active power to the turrets defending the outside of the space station, or to blast doors,  elevators, or other "infrastructure" features, and so on. Could be interesting if it's not overdone. Either way, I'd want a "command centre" to be in one of the tower, which'd cause ticket bleed for the side not controlling it.

Since I base it on "Pavlov's House", I'd like for it to have an air of desperation to it, with the Rebels having to cling on to their platform until reinforcements arrive to drive the Imperials off (which could be the setting of another map - a cruiser-vs-cruiser battle around the station). The challenge would be to give it an air of desperation and challenge without making it unbalanced.

Oh, and I suppose that in the first map, there'll have to be at least one uncappable control point, perhaps the Command Centre. This is so that even if the Imperials win, continuity will not be breached as there will still be some people alive to evacuate in the second map.

Oh, and here are more platforms, all from X-Wing Alliance.

"One of the bitches actually gave birth while she was attacking, and her puppies joined in on the carnage."
--the awesomeness that is Boatmurdered.

Re: Pavlov's House gone Space Map

Game-play notes:
- The mine field I came up with to give an "in-game explanation" why Imperial cruisers are stationary (the real reason is that they would unbalance the map if they were allowed to fire on the station's turrets).

- The mine field is a relatively dense "ball" of mines to keep out larger ships. It has openings to allow smaller ships to get through, but any vessel getting too close to the ball explode (not necessarily with an actual mine exploding).

- The interior of the space station features many narrow ISD Judicator-ish corridors and rooms such storage rooms, living quarters, armouries, control rooms, etc.

"One of the bitches actually gave birth while she was attacking, and her puppies joined in on the carnage."
--the awesomeness that is Boatmurdered.

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So do the rebels have to shoot the imp transports with turrets and the imps can destroy those turrets, and when the way's clear they can land on the station to capture it? Did I get it right?

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Re: Pavlov's House gone Space Map

Yup. I don't want the turrets to be too much of a hindrance, more of this "OK, we need to destroy this turret if this transport is to land here" thing.

Like on GC Death Star 1, if you've played it. The laser turrets are an annoyance and sure, you can destroy them, but they'll re-spawn and you can perfectly fine complete your objectives anyhow.

I want 90% of the round to be inside the station.

"One of the bitches actually gave birth while she was attacking, and her puppies joined in on the carnage."
--the awesomeness that is Boatmurdered.

Re: Pavlov's House gone Space Map

Safe-Keeper wrote:

Yup. I don't want the turrets to be too much of a hindrance, more of this "OK, we need to destroy this turret if this transport is to land here" thing.

Like on GC Death Star 1, if you've played it. The laser turrets are an annoyance and sure, you can destroy them, but they'll re-spawn and you can perfectly fine complete your objectives anyhow.

I want 90% of the round to be inside the station.

Sounds nice! smile

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Re: Pavlov's House gone Space Map

Indeed a nice map  big_smile

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Re: Pavlov's House gone Space Map

Yup smile Very nice big_smile

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