Posted by: Vandermeer
« on: December 11, 2022, 06:00:08 AM »This is apparently an old video that I never knew existed until today. Not really Aurora, but definitely for all Aurora players clicking through 5-day intervals on Decembers.
A comic from badspacecomics.com called "The Suit":I guess this deserves... Horror warning.
(not really an Aurora comic, but might hit some related nerve for some)Off-Topic: show
Ok, you all have to admit, at some point in your Aurora career you have MADE these mistakes;7) Forgot to add more fuel, so you get to Mars and can't get any further or back home.
1) Ship armed to the teeth with railguns/lasers/mesons/microwaves and a 63m k/m scan range..... and no beam fire control....
2) Ship armed up with the teeth with missiles and no magazine/no fire control.
3) Beam armed ship with no power plants....
4) Latest and greatest ion engine missile armed ship.... with 1st gen nuclear missiles cause you forgot to change the loadout....
5) Your latest and greatest Star Destroyer gets turned into a very expensive target drone cause the one missile that got through does shock damage and clobbers the SINGLE fire control system....
6) Your zippy super fast frigate for system patrols launches, and the crew has to stare out the portholes to find anything, cause you forgot the sensors....
But, if this event turned the captain's view all 180 degrees...Well, the human psyche offers a range of possibilities to every situation. Some may find it in themselves to be calm like a Buddha even when mosquitos bite while someone shakes their shoulder and demands attention every 2 minutes, interrupting every attempt to concentrate. On the other side I know a vile choleric women who starts cursing and hitting doors and chairs, her eyes searching the surrounding for someone to scapegoat when she herself was responsible for stubbing her toe on them.
Why is he insulting everyone? Shouldn't he be more like...
I have no idea how we did this, but it somehow worked. We destroyed them all.
6) Your zippy super fast frigate for system patrols launches, and the crew has to stare out the portholes to find anything, cause you forgot the sensors....I remember back in my very first game, I refused to watch any tutorials or seek online help, because I wanted to experience this newfound gem-game raw. ...So I did. Upon finding there were both active and passive sensors, I was like "wait, so active sensors mean they can see me too? Hell no!, I am going all passive!"
Actually, I remember there was a missile fire control component in Aurora VB6 - it was called ICBM launch control, or something like that, and had a... very limited range.
No powerplant and badly tuned Beam-FCs as well. ...Until the C# refactor that is.
No, it worked. ..I feel like explaining jokes. Advanced lasers in Aurora are deceptive, because when you get them, their first 2 tech levels list 0 damage. However, it picks up quickly after this, especially when their caliber is enhanced by the spinal weapon multiplier, leading to the most surprisingly devastating weapon in the game.But, if this event turned the captain's view all 180 degrees...
So the Aurora Battleship, after all these design issues, this cavalcade of weapon failures, -a lot of 0 damage guns if you will-, it was the actual 0 damage gun that instead did the literal opposite, -doing the highest damage possible- and oblierating not only the target ship but also the whole base behind it.
The captain feels like upside down world after the ordeal. Who can blame him?
(btw. I find Hawking Radiation to be superb explanation for what makes the laser-light production so "advanced" here. Of course to get some usable micro black-holes, you'd need a larger gun to even get the motor started, but once it starts...)
I highly recommend the series to Aurora fans, because the tech feels much like Aurora in most regards. The ship designs shown there (except for Yamato itself - too water naval) are often candidate for what I imagine my ships look like. You can find it on 9anime.to under the name "Star Blazers: Battleship Yamato 2199" currently.
Edit: reordering for clarity
More!I would but it is too much work.
So, let me get this straight - Spoilers got to the Sol system, and started wreaking havoc (A terraforming base near Jupiter... So, the Not-the-player tried to terraform Jupiter?)No, not really, I basically adapted the plot of the famous series Battleship Yamato to fit Aurora rules. It goes more like this:
Had several size 3 missile launchers, but no missiles... No magazines either.No powerplant and badly tuned Beam-FCs as well. ...Until the C# refactor that is.
Finally, that spinal mount with a huge damage... It backfired somehow?No, it worked. ..I feel like explaining jokes. Advanced lasers in Aurora are deceptive, because when you get them, their first 2 tech levels list 0 damage. However, it picks up quickly after this, especially when their caliber is enhanced by the spinal weapon multiplier, leading to the most surprisingly devastating weapon in the game.