Transphasic Torpedoes

[DirectorTsaarx]

I wonder if the "Optimal Range" strategy is smart enough to deal with these kinds of weapons...

[Baron Munchausen]

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Originally posted by DirectorTsaarx:
I wonder if the "Optimal Range" strategy is smart enough to deal with these kinds of weapons...

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Yes, it is, actually. I've modded the organic "Plasma Bolt" to do more damage in the mid-range and less at each end. The main race that uses it, the Urak Tal, are quite formidable in combat with it. Their ships stay out away from enemy ships trying to keep them in that max damage range. Since most other ranged weapon do less damage at range and more close up, this makes them uniquely effective in combat.

[Baron Munchausen]

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Originally posted by rdouglass:
New weapons and techs IMO are ALWAYS a welcome addition - (DISCLAIMER) - as long as they don't throw the game balance.

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This is the key. Something as powerful as that "Transphasic Torpedo" is supposed to be ought to be an 'artifact' weapon rather than something easily researchable. And maybe with a 30 turn fire rate, too.

[Suicide Junkie]

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Yes, it is, actually. I've modded the organic "Plasma Bolt" to do more damage in the mid-range and less at each end. The main race that uses it, the Urak Tal, are quite formidable in combat with it. Their ships stay out away from enemy ships trying to keep them in that max damage range. Since most other ranged weapon do less damage at range and more close up, this makes them uniquely effective in combat.

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Cool! Expect a surge in new weapons from the mods! (And hopefull in the standard game)

[CheshireKatt]

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Originally posted by suicide_junkie:

One torpedoe took out a full size borg cube. Now that was impressive.

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Sounds more like lame to me. The Borg idea has really been ruined.

I never understood that whole thing. People are pretty down on treknobabble being used to solve problems, but having an enemy that has magical "adaptation" powers is loved? The Borg are incredibly weak and cheesy plot devices that don't even have the benefit of someone even TRYING to explain how they work. If they can magically resist us, we can magically kill 'em off right back, I say.

--Chesh

[Atrocities]

In my own defense.

Yes, one torpedoe did take out a cube, but that torpedeo came from 40 years in the future. Surficide to say, if you took one of our tomahawks back 40 years, and fired it at a ship, it would perty much waste it when compared to that era's conventional weapons.

Besides, the name of the torpedoe sounded cool.

[Suicide Junkie]

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Yes, one torpedoe did take out a cube, but that torpedeo came from 40 years in the future.

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Time travel, eh? I guess I can accept that that would hurt 'em.

Timetravel is being used too often these days. They're gonna have to hire more of those temporal investigators .