Posted by: Marski
« on: August 23, 2012, 04:35:37 AM »Check my threads, plenty of pictures from combat there.
Posted by: Havear
« on: August 17, 2012, 05:04:15 AM »You could try uploading to dropbox or imgur first.
Posted by: Zook
« on: August 15, 2012, 05:13:49 PM »Thanks, I'll use those.
Posted by: Redshirt
« on: August 14, 2012, 10:57:50 AM »Got some; unfortunately, photobucket resizes, so this may be the best you'll get. This is probably the smallest battle I've been in so far this game.
Picture 1- Several months after conquering the homeworld and two in-system colonies of the Sian Republic (a race of meter-long catapillars), my survey ships detected hostiles- an additional Sian combat fleet that had been out in the furthest reaches of the system, and only now was on approach to try and liberate the planets. I immediately responded, sending my three scattered fleets on an interception course. The secondary carrier fleet arrived first, at a distance of 50m km, and scrambled all fighters. They were armed with "Swarmslayer" Long Range Seeker ASMs- meaning they have on-board sensors to acquire new targets when the initial contact is lost. They're designed specifically to take out large groups of FAC and small gunboats.
Picture 2- The fighters split into two wings and launched their missiles at the first two groups of enemy craft. Here, the missiles are about to impact.
Picture 3- Missile impact. At least one ship in each group was destroyed. The Swarmslayers will continue tracking the next closest targets until there's nothing left to track (or they all impact.) They will then wait for new targets to come in range until they run out of fuel. The enemy fleet was very tight knit- this one wave of ASM may take half of it out.
Picture 1- Several months after conquering the homeworld and two in-system colonies of the Sian Republic (a race of meter-long catapillars), my survey ships detected hostiles- an additional Sian combat fleet that had been out in the furthest reaches of the system, and only now was on approach to try and liberate the planets. I immediately responded, sending my three scattered fleets on an interception course. The secondary carrier fleet arrived first, at a distance of 50m km, and scrambled all fighters. They were armed with "Swarmslayer" Long Range Seeker ASMs- meaning they have on-board sensors to acquire new targets when the initial contact is lost. They're designed specifically to take out large groups of FAC and small gunboats.
Picture 2- The fighters split into two wings and launched their missiles at the first two groups of enemy craft. Here, the missiles are about to impact.
Picture 3- Missile impact. At least one ship in each group was destroyed. The Swarmslayers will continue tracking the next closest targets until there's nothing left to track (or they all impact.) They will then wait for new targets to come in range until they run out of fuel. The enemy fleet was very tight knit- this one wave of ASM may take half of it out.
Posted by: Mysterius
« on: August 14, 2012, 10:42:55 AM »I'm in the middle of a game and might encounter combat soon. What are you looking for exactly ?
Posted by: Zook
« on: August 13, 2012, 03:22:34 PM »It's a great read, but a new player couldn't possibly make much sense of the pictures without legible text.
Posted by: chrislocke2000
« on: August 13, 2012, 10:14:04 AM »Posted by: Zook
« on: August 12, 2012, 06:45:49 PM »I've checked out a few, but haven't seen anything really useful. And there are hundreds of pages, with no inline attachments.
Posted by: Erik L
« on: August 12, 2012, 05:42:01 PM »Check some of Steve's fiction threads too.
Posted by: Zook
« on: August 12, 2012, 05:31:22 PM »Yes. I didn't find anything really usable there.
Posted by: Erik L
« on: August 12, 2012, 05:20:49 PM »Did you look in the Gallery?
Posted by: Zook
« on: August 12, 2012, 05:00:40 PM »Next time you fight a battle, please take a screenshot or two so I can use them to illustrate the wiki. I can format it if necessary, but it should show a somewhat typical situation. Two small task groups fighting each other. Missiles flying, fighters approaching, lifeboats hanging motionless in space, that sort of thing.
- It should show sensor and weapon ranges, if possible.
- Text must be readable, so don't resize it too much.
- A brief description of what's going on would be nice, but it's not a must.
Thanks!
- It should show sensor and weapon ranges, if possible.
- Text must be readable, so don't resize it too much.
- A brief description of what's going on would be nice, but it's not a must.
Thanks!
