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| ID | Project | Category | Date Submitted | Last Update | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0002585 | AI War 1 / Classic | Suggestion - New Features | Jan 20, 2011 11:43 pm | Jan 20, 2011 11:52 pm | |
| Reporter | lyravega | Assigned To | Chris_McElligottPark | ||
| Status | considering | Resolution | open | ||
| Summary | 0002585: Tunneler | ||||
| Description | I've this idea for a time. If anyone plays Sword of the Stars, this might sound similiar... And it will also sound similiar to Stargate :P Here it goes. Backstory: It is an old ship, which AI captured/reprogrammed against their enemies. It cannot uses Wormholes, it uses conventional methods to travel through space, and it has the ability to lay devices that creates artificial wormholes. It is thought that this ship was sent before any expedition to seed the possible colonies with an artificial wormhole to seed the galaxy. But, since those wormholes are unstable - dissipates over time and each ship passing reduces its lifespan - the ship is most possibly forgotten. What does it do? AI uses this ship to send a different form of wave. When ship reaches the destination (human colonies), it'll close in as much as it can, then lay a device (stargate!!!?) and goes offline for a short while (giving you a chance to destroy it to prevent future incursions) then departs the same way. It is a very fast ship, and to lay the device, it uses all the power it has - this is your chance to destroy it. The artificial wormhole has high HP, attrition (dissipates over time) and takes damage according to each ship that passes through it (like regen golem doing its job in a way). Further mechanics are up to you, it can be just a spawner, working like a lesser-raid engine till you destroy device itself (to simulate that AI has created a shortcut, and now abusing it), or it is leading to an unknown zone, which is NOT on galaxy map, but you can collect interesting things (some knowledge, maybe some derelict ships (golems), maybe some asteroids. This may be very hard to do, and for laaaater on most probably. Or, it can lead to somewhere in the known galaxy, providing a real shortcut, can be used by player aswell, but each player ship deals extra damage to wormhole itself, so a conquest failure might result in angered AI and removal of the shortcut. Which AI can use it? This ship can be only available to certain AI types (ahem, Backdoor Assassin, maybe Zenith Descendant aswell if ship is of Zenith origin, and more alike), or there can be another AI option, like Avenger / Astro Trains and such, giving them Tunnelers aswell, or it can be a minor faction, just doing the bidding of the AI. Ship/wormhole characteristics: Very fast, durable. Laying a device consumes all onboard power (leading to a short offline period). When destroyed, AI won't be able to use it for a while (lets say 4 hours) till another arrives in the known galaxy. If it escapes, times goes on normally (destroyed - 4 hours, escaped - 2 for example). Doesn't have much weapons, but it has to be destroyed while it is offline. Wormhole "generator" has very high HP, and mechanics/what it does is up to you (some ideas above). End of brainstorming. | ||||
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| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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| Jan 20, 2011 11:43 pm | lyravega | New Issue | |
| Jan 20, 2011 11:47 pm | Chris_McElligottPark | Assigned To | => Chris_McElligottPark |
| Jan 20, 2011 11:47 pm | Chris_McElligottPark | Status | new => considering |
| Jan 20, 2011 11:52 pm | lyravega | Note Added: 0009475 | |
| Jan 20, 2011 11:52 pm | lyravega | Description Updated |
