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Inspirations for certain things in the game?
« on: July 22, 2011, 03:03:39 AM »
Since I am not a geek sci-fi fan I really never knew where certain parts of the game drew from (if they did).

Namely, I want to know about the following:
Star Swarm
Invaders
Jump points, ships and engines

Also, what would "jump points" be? Some sort of gravity well? And what would jump gates be, some kind of stable wormhole?


Unrelated, but Steve must've been bored as hell one day. He added a Hippy theme, it is honestly hilarious when you get attacked by a fleet of "Mountain Rain" class warships.
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Re: Inspirations for certain things in the game?
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2011, 09:03:26 AM »
Quote from: Jacob/Lee on July 22, 2011, 03:03:39 AM
Namely, I want to know about the following:
Star Swarm
Invaders
AFAIK, The Evil Mind of Steve
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Jump points, ships and engines

Also, what would "jump points" be? Some sort of gravity well? And what would jump gates be, some kind of stable wormhole?
Read the Starfire books by David Weber and Steve White (not our Steve, just very similar names), which are essentially campaign writeups in the Starfire game (Weber wrote the 3rd edition rules).
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Unrelated, but Steve must've been bored as hell one day. He added a Hippy theme, it is honestly hilarious when you get attacked by a fleet of "Mountain Rain" class warships.

IIRC, these were present in Starfire Assistant (the progenitor program to Aurora) - I think I remember fighting a Hippy race a looong time ago.  Steve posted a mini-bio somewhere on the boards which discusses this history.

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Re: Inspirations for certain things in the game?
« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2011, 09:24:27 AM »
The Invaders to me feel like the Andromedans from SFB.

The Star Swarm could be any bio-engineered type antagonist from numerous sources.
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Re: Inspirations for certain things in the game?
« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2011, 12:07:31 PM »
Quote from: Erik Luken on July 22, 2011, 09:24:27 AM
The Invaders to me feel like the Andromedans from SFB.
Steve did mention that in a thread a long while back. That's the only inspiration he's mentioned for a specific race that I recall. He has mentioned Babylon 5 as a general inspiration in the past.
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Re: Inspirations for certain things in the game?
« Reply #4 on: July 24, 2011, 07:54:30 AM »
The Invaders were inspired by the Andromedans from Star Fleet Battles. They have the same role of powerful, extra-galactic menace. Their weapons are completely different from the Andromedans in terms of mechanics but they have the same feel of bring very different than normal 'galactic' weapons. Their shields and the Andromedan PA Panels share some similarities.

The Star Swarm are something I dreamt up myself, although there may be something lurking in my subconscious that inspired them, perhaps from a old sci-fi novel or game

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Re: Inspirations for certain things in the game?
« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2011, 02:44:03 AM »
To me there is a lot of Babylon 5 elements that jump into my mind, the gate system being one.

The star swam like 'the darkness' or Star Trek Voyager and the Species 678 or what ever the number was, the invaders remind me more of Stargate and the Replicates, some type of mechaniod attack.

The ruins remind we of Stargate.

But I am sure there is a thousand other books and movies that can filter in your mind as you play.
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Re: Inspirations for certain things in the game?
« Reply #6 on: July 26, 2011, 09:31:31 AM »
I'm just glad Steve never read the Vang series by Christopher Rowley, that would have been ugly.... ;)
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Re: Inspirations for certain things in the game?
« Reply #7 on: July 26, 2011, 08:39:46 PM »
Quote from: Arwyn on July 26, 2011, 09:31:31 AM
I'm just glad Steve never read the Vang series by Christopher Rowley, that would have been ugly.... ;)


I always liked that series, and wished he wrote more.

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Re: Inspirations for certain things in the game?
« Reply #8 on: July 27, 2011, 02:23:48 PM »
I always thought the Star Swarm were inspired by Tyranids and what we have seen in games so far is the precursor to a vast Hive Fleet..
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Re: Inspirations for certain things in the game?
« Reply #9 on: July 27, 2011, 04:36:08 PM »
Just be glad we didn't end up with Arachnids, considering Steves history with them

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Re: Inspirations for certain things in the game?
« Reply #10 on: July 27, 2011, 07:34:53 PM »
Our ground forces wouldn't stand a chance, if we're talking about the same Arachnids.
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Re: Inspirations for certain things in the game?
« Reply #11 on: July 28, 2011, 05:18:24 AM »
Quote from: jRides on July 27, 2011, 02:23:48 PM
I always thought the Star Swarm were inspired by Tyranids and what we have seen in games so far is the precursor to a vast Hive Fleet..

I have considered additional Star Swarm ship types. I hadn't linked them to a Tyranid-style invasion but that is an interesting idea.

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Re: Inspirations for certain things in the game?
« Reply #12 on: July 28, 2011, 05:55:13 AM »
SEE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE?

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Re: Inspirations for certain things in the game?
« Reply #13 on: July 28, 2011, 06:09:01 AM »
Quote from: Steve Walmsley on July 28, 2011, 05:18:24 AM
I have considered additional Star Swarm ship types. I hadn't linked them to a Tyranid-style invasion but that is an interesting idea.

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Re: Inspirations for certain things in the game?
« Reply #14 on: July 28, 2011, 01:36:50 PM »
Tyranid ships should de-terraform planets with liquid hydrospheres. 

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