Topic: Opinions wanted

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Mostly Memory Beta and reading the books.  images for some of the classes and what class they are is in the wiki.

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Will be dding more details and some images in the projects area, The Dunzel project.

http://www.dynaverse.net/forum/index.php/board,3335.0.html

[Captain Adam]

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About 13 of the fed classes are combat vessels.  The klingons are of more concern.

Models have been of major concern for me, I may have to take up model mking     If I can get 4 models I can finish building and testing the game.

[Captain Adam]

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That is my intent.  For mods and 2d graphics.

Also, people will gladly offer opinions for improvement then.

[JanB]

Starfleet is still in its infancy during the four year war and is supplemented by vulcan and andorian warships, the characters of axanar say as much tgemselves in the war documentary. It would be suitable to have only a handful of classes, supplemented with race-specific ships (vulcan abd andorian for the feds, perhaps nausicaan mercenaries for the klingons). Romulans should be playable ib conquest and skirmish modes.

[FPF-Tobin Dax]

Starfleet is still in its infancy during the four year war and is supplemented by vulcan and andorian warships, the characters of axanar say as much tgemselves in the war documentary. It would be suitable to have only a handful of classes, supplemented with race-specific ships (vulcan abd andorian for the feds, perhaps nausicaan mercenaries for the klingons). Romulans should be playable ib conquest and skirmish modes.

No. According to the prelude to Aanar vid, Starfleet ships were crewed by different races so the Klingons never knew who they were up against. Your statement is invalid. The Klingons would have known exactly who they were fighting if Vulcan and andorian ships were in the mix.

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We only need to figure out tactics for different races. 

As for different races ship, the focus should be on Klingon and Federation ships and can add in Romulan later.  I will keep the game set for 8 playable races.

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Some dditionl researh, the Acharnr class is based off the constitution, less advnced sensors, no research facilities, less powerful weapons.  Same with the Bonnommee Richard clas.

Same or the D6 similarity to the D7.

The novels the Four Years War will be guide ( volumes, 2 re done).  They are free.   http://www.stephenfender.com/

And this link i ship classes, names of ships and some details o thes ships.

[Lieutenant_Q]

The Four Years War is takes place roughly 80 years after the foundation of the Federation (2241)  Any race specific ships at this time would have been relegated to reserve and militia status.  They would all be nearly a century old, and worthless on the Klingon front.

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I am reading the books, as there is better detail.  This provides linkage to James Kirk entrance to the academy and Pike getting the Enterprise.

It also provides some ships that are available, and some storyline.

I am thinking to use the books as he basis and the author has indicated they can be considered fan produced, nd the first 2 are free.  He is also got the project on Kickstarter.  I will send him a courtesy email.

[EschelonOfJudgemnt]

I am reading the books, as there is better detail.  This provides linkage to James Kirk entrance to the academy and Pike getting the Enterprise.

It also provides some ships that are available, and some storyline.

I am thinking to use the books as he basis and the author has indicated they can be considered fan produced, nd the first 2 are free.  He is also got the project on Kickstarter.  I will send him a courtesy email.

I'd guess he'd be pretty receptive, based on the fact that he has used Starfleet Command models in the composition of the covers for his novels.

I'm sure that you are fully aware that his novels are based on the FASA Star Trek supplement The Four Years War.  I bring that up simply because you may be treading into FASA Copyright territory, and I'm not sure if that involves IP hell or not...

As I said, I'd think that Stephen will be pretty receptive though.

[JanB]

Starfleet is still in its infancy during the four year war and is supplemented by vulcan and andorian warships, the characters of axanar say as much tgemselves in the war documentary. It would be suitable to have only a handful of classes, supplemented with race-specific ships (vulcan abd andorian for the feds, perhaps nausicaan mercenaries for the klingons). Romulans should be playable ib conquest and skirmish modes.

No. According to the prelude to Aanar vid, Starfleet ships were crewed by different races so the Klingons never knew who they were up against. Your statement is invalid. The Klingons would have known exactly who they were fighting if Vulcan and andorian ships were in the mix.

You're right, I remembered that completely wrong. Still, I think it's safe to assume there wouldn't be 15 different starship classes on either side, at least not without counting freighters, troop transports and minor race allied ships. Late 24th century Starfleet may have an ungodly budget and number of shipyards, personnel, etc... so they can waste resources developing a new class for every niche role, but for the early 23rd century the standard 6 or 7 classes for Starfleet and the KDF would be better.

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I'd guess he'd be pretty receptive, based on the fact that he has used Starfleet Command models in the composition of the covers for his novels.

I'm sure that you are fully aware that his novels are based on the FASA Star Trek supplement The Four Years War.  I bring that up simply because you may be treading into FASA Copyright territory, and I'm not sure if that involves IP hell or not...

As I said, I'd think that Stephen will be pretty receptive though.
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I tend to email both, but only use the idea and then story from the book.  I will email both and ask.

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Starfleet is still in its infancy during the four year war and is supplemented by vulcan and andorian warships, the characters of axanar say as much tgemselves in the war documentary. It would be suitable to have only a handful of classes, supplemented with race-specific ships (vulcan abd andorian for the feds, perhaps nausicaan mercenaries for the klingons). Romulans should be playable ib conquest and skirmish modes.

No. According to the prelude to Aanar vid, Starfleet ships were crewed by different races so the Klingons never knew who they were up against. Your statement is invalid. The Klingons would have known exactly who they were fighting if Vulcan and andorian ships were in the mix.

You're right, I remembered that completely wrong. Still, I think it's safe to assume there wouldn't be 15 different starship classes on either side, at least not without counting freighters, troop transports and minor race allied ships. Late 24th century Starfleet may have an ungodly budget and number of shipyards, personnel, etc... so they can waste resources developing a new class for every niche role, but for the early 23rd century the standard 6 or 7 classes for Starfleet and the KDF would be better.

A small number of models is a good idea.

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What alwys gor me was DS 9.  The way it ended was stupid.  What now,  The federation did not stop. 

Based on episodes the founders hd been infiltrating for decades, now hat?

[knightstorm]

Based on episodes the founders hd been infiltrating for decades, now hat?

No they weren't.  The founders only found out about the existence of the federation after the wormhole was discovered seven years earlier.  They couldn't have been infiltrating for decades.  One thing I do think they dropped the ball on was what they could have done with Sisko's ending.  He told Cassidy that his life was non-linear, and that he could show up again at any time past, present, or future. That would have been the perfect setup for a guest appearance on Enterprise.

[Captain Adam]

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