[SHIP] The Oregon Trail
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 9:12 am
I've been playing a bit of Super Amazing Wagon Adventure recently (a parody of the old 80's game Oregon Trail which I've never played because it's an American thing) and during one of my FTL video runs I thought "I should make a ship based off Oregon Trail."
So I scoured Google Images for a nice pixellated covered wagon that had some detail to it and couldn't find any so I said "Eh, I'll just splice some hulls together" and after grabbing some Lanius ships, this was the result:
Download it here:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/sqwnq ... ail_v2.ftl
There's a story involved as to why the ship looks like that. You're flying an AI ship and you find some strangely-dressed Lanius looking for Oregon, because they've read it in Human literature and saw an "interactive documentary" on it. So they made a wagon and set off for that place which just happens to be the Last Stand. So you decide to help them out and they'll fix your ship. It goes into more detail during the initial pickup event.
Gimmicks:
All navigational assets are in the front end of the ship. This means every time you get a new crew member, they'll be in the pilot's seat. Luckily you have a Clone Bay at the start so if they die, they'll be in the proper section of the ship. I recommend you keep at least one person alive in there so they can patch up the ship otherwise...
You have a 3-power, missile-free Repair Bomb. Fixes 2 system damage and damages enemy crew for 15HP. Can be used to slowly kill your Lanius pioneers so they move into the main section, get rid of CE boarders in isolated rooms and if you want to wait forever, wipe out enemy crews.
If your hull is breached and no one is at the front, don't worry the bomb will repair any damages. Not the breach though. So you'll have to make a tactical decision early on to keep the guns up or to fix the systems.
Also, it's an AI ship so it self-repairs, has no air, etc.
Because CE and SMPK usually raises the price of Life Support, I've decided to leave it blank so if you're playing Vanilla and see Oxygen for sale, you can buy it for no price. Not like you'd want to use it. I defeated the Flagship with the starting crew no problem.
The front section of the ship is highly vulnerable to attack. The pioneers couldn't extend the barrier around the AI ship. So don't expect to do things like grinding crew XP or laughing at the Beam Master because they can kill you if they attack the front.
Videos:
None yet!
Final notes:
Have fun and happy pioneering on the trail! Don't try fording any rivers and watch out for tuberculosis!
Oh and the sounds for the Trail Bomb come from Starsiege Tribes. I've extracted a whole soundpack and I'm making custom sound combos from it.
Old Versions:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/pcrcd ... _Trail.ftl (V1)
So I scoured Google Images for a nice pixellated covered wagon that had some detail to it and couldn't find any so I said "Eh, I'll just splice some hulls together" and after grabbing some Lanius ships, this was the result:
Download it here:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/sqwnq ... ail_v2.ftl
There's a story involved as to why the ship looks like that. You're flying an AI ship and you find some strangely-dressed Lanius looking for Oregon, because they've read it in Human literature and saw an "interactive documentary" on it. So they made a wagon and set off for that place which just happens to be the Last Stand. So you decide to help them out and they'll fix your ship. It goes into more detail during the initial pickup event.
Gimmicks:
All navigational assets are in the front end of the ship. This means every time you get a new crew member, they'll be in the pilot's seat. Luckily you have a Clone Bay at the start so if they die, they'll be in the proper section of the ship. I recommend you keep at least one person alive in there so they can patch up the ship otherwise...
You have a 3-power, missile-free Repair Bomb. Fixes 2 system damage and damages enemy crew for 15HP. Can be used to slowly kill your Lanius pioneers so they move into the main section, get rid of CE boarders in isolated rooms and if you want to wait forever, wipe out enemy crews.
If your hull is breached and no one is at the front, don't worry the bomb will repair any damages. Not the breach though. So you'll have to make a tactical decision early on to keep the guns up or to fix the systems.
Also, it's an AI ship so it self-repairs, has no air, etc.
Because CE and SMPK usually raises the price of Life Support, I've decided to leave it blank so if you're playing Vanilla and see Oxygen for sale, you can buy it for no price. Not like you'd want to use it. I defeated the Flagship with the starting crew no problem.
The front section of the ship is highly vulnerable to attack. The pioneers couldn't extend the barrier around the AI ship. So don't expect to do things like grinding crew XP or laughing at the Beam Master because they can kill you if they attack the front.
Videos:
None yet!
Final notes:
Have fun and happy pioneering on the trail! Don't try fording any rivers and watch out for tuberculosis!
Oh and the sounds for the Trail Bomb come from Starsiege Tribes. I've extracted a whole soundpack and I'm making custom sound combos from it.
Old Versions:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/pcrcd ... _Trail.ftl (V1)