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Offline Count Sessine (OP)

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Combat scenarios
« on: November 02, 2014, 06:58:34 PM »
Hi guys

I played a lot of Aurora but not that many actual battles...

I would love to have some scenarios to play through, like for instance, if you have a save right before a battle starts, you could share it with us here along with a brief mission description with your objectives for the battle etc.

For me that would be a lot of fun and very instructive too.

 

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Re: Combat scenarios
« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2014, 08:42:18 PM »
I would like this as well!
I might create some, sounds like fun.


I'm going to do an interactive fiction project soon where folks on the forum will get to decide how I invade an enemy system, but that's more strategic than tactical.
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Re: Combat scenarios
« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2014, 09:20:19 PM »
I've played a few campaigns, but they've all died to boredom/bugs/the 5-second delay death before I ever built a combat fleet  :(

So I'd love some scenarios as well.
 

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Re: Combat scenarios
« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2014, 03:46:14 AM »
Indeed, this is a good idea.

Would be interesting to command ship designs other people made and try to make the best of them in live combat.  ;D
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Re: Combat scenarios
« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2014, 10:38:08 AM »
Exactly, like an admiral taking command of the fleet on the eve of battle :-)

Let's have 'em... :-)

 

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Re: Combat scenarios
« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2014, 05:19:35 AM »
I love this idea. In fact I think it would be a good use of the ATCA section of the forum, people could post scenarios along with a brief description of the setup and situation, then discuss how they set about handling it and so on. 
I had a game where I set up an NPR then created a fleet and saved a back up just before entering the system.
I replayed that battle several times and learned quite a lot about handling combat effectively. Of course eventually I knew exactly what I was going to go up against and stopped using the save.
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Re: Combat scenarios
« Reply #6 on: November 06, 2014, 07:23:41 AM »
Commanders,

Zemnoy Soyuz has launched an offensive invasion on Wedgefield Khanate. The Offensive Fleet has already arrived into Altair to perform its mission, but the ships got ambushed by the enemy.

Your objectives are: repel the ambushers, secure the system and launch ground assault on Altair-A II, the home world of Wedgefield.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2qnK3jQHeheb0xTNkQxSm9Obzg/view?usp=sharing

Please note that weapon systems hasn't been assigned to the fire controls.
 

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Re: Combat scenarios
« Reply #7 on: November 06, 2014, 09:36:21 AM »
Commanders,

Zemnoy Soyuz has launched an offensive invasion on Wedgefield Khanate. The Offensive Fleet has already arrived into Altair to perform its mission, but the ships got ambushed by the enemy.

Your objectives are: repel the ambushers, secure the system and launch ground assault on Altair-A II, the home world of Wedgefield.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2qnK3jQHeheb0xTNkQxSm9Obzg/view?usp=sharing

Please note that weapon systems hasn't been assigned to the fire controls.
I haven't touched Aurora for months.... But I'll give it a shot.
What's this Aurora wrapper? My Antivirus thinks it's a virus.
« Last Edit: November 06, 2014, 09:42:59 AM by MarcAFK »
" Why is this godforsaken hellhole worth dying for? "
". . .  We know nothing about them, their language, their history or what they look like.  But we can assume this.  They stand for everything we don't stand for.  Also they told me you guys look like dorks. "
"Stop exploding, you cowards.  "
 

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Re: Combat scenarios
« Reply #8 on: November 06, 2014, 10:31:11 AM »
I haven't touched Aurora for months.... But I'll give it a shot.
What's this Aurora wrapper? My Antivirus thinks it's a virus.

It's either the Portable/USB wrapper, or my Backup. Gonna go with the Portable/USB wrapper though.

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Re: Combat scenarios
« Reply #9 on: November 06, 2014, 03:35:20 PM »
I haven't touched Aurora for months.... But I'll give it a shot.
What's this Aurora wrapper? My Antivirus thinks it's a virus.

it's this to be exact. Definitely not a virus.
 

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Re: Combat scenarios
« Reply #10 on: November 07, 2014, 12:15:43 AM »
Yep, It's detected at Tr/dropper gen.7. By Avira. If it's clean i'll just assume it's a false positive.
" Why is this godforsaken hellhole worth dying for? "
". . .  We know nothing about them, their language, their history or what they look like.  But we can assume this.  They stand for everything we don't stand for.  Also they told me you guys look like dorks. "
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Re: Combat scenarios
« Reply #11 on: November 07, 2014, 08:38:28 AM »
I believe that is the AV finding fault with one of the scripts inside the package. It's been a thorn in the side for the portable release since nearly day 1.

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Re: Combat scenarios
« Reply #12 on: November 09, 2014, 04:24:05 PM »
Commanders,

Zemnoy Soyuz has launched an offensive invasion on Wedgefield Khanate. The Offensive Fleet has already arrived into Altair to perform its mission, but the ships got ambushed by the enemy.

Your objectives are: repel the ambushers, secure the system and launch ground assault on Altair-A II, the home world of Wedgefield.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2qnK3jQHeheb0xTNkQxSm9Obzg/view?usp=sharing

Please note that weapon systems hasn't been assigned to the fire controls.

Thanks, downloaded it, but the stevefire file is missing?

 

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Re: Combat scenarios
« Reply #13 on: November 10, 2014, 12:14:16 AM »
here's a fun one:

June, 2153, NN3988 system:

At the edge of explored space, the C.S. Ranger, one of the oldest and most distinguished ships in the Concordance, has made contact with hostile alien life. less than a minute ago, the ship's impressive thermal sensor package picked up the characteristic heat signatures of a fleet of Kirov class Autonomous Clan Remnant shiphunters. The Clan, as they are known, are ships under the direction of a malevolent AI bent on the eradication of all organic life...they cannot be negotiated with.

Concordance intelligence on this threat his extremely good, we've been fighting them for almost half a century. The Odds of survival are quite low, but captain Norman has never played by the odds: his ship has defensive weapons, and he aims to use them.

The objective: navigate the Ranger safely out of the NN3988 system, preferably in the direction of Sigma Draconis, the Ranger is the swiss army knife of concordance starships...it can do pretty much anything. This scenario might not be survivable, I haven't even tried it myself, but it's quite a fun challenge.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4rZaAbhHw61LXloNVlNdGZhbTg/view?usp=sharing

caveats: older version of Aurora, and the game already has several errors in team generation (not existentially threatening). LONG game so VERY slow without spacetime bubbling. The Aurora's weapons are weak and intended for last-resort defense. If your ship goes down, help probably won't arrive before the life support shorts out. Again, I will stress: the odds are MASSIVELY against you (I think).
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Re: Combat scenarios
« Reply #14 on: November 10, 2014, 12:53:02 AM »
well...if you can do it, you're a better star commander than me. I'm sending a rescue mission now. It's unlikely they'll make it in time.
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