Registered: Feb 2001
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I whant to know what the Orion class destroyer has for armaments in
Freespace1 (does not have this game)
Freespace2 (i have it i promise)

how many turrets it has how many missile launchers beams and flak cannons

thanks all help appreciated

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you wont be smiling when my Grendel missile frigate fires all 8 missile banks at your scrumpy fighter

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Registered: Feb 2001
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not sure how many turrets it had total but it had no beam cannons and no flak turrets at all it stuck to firely slow glowing balls that are eay to dodge - my main complaint about freespace was the ships did inspire fear that you might get blown out of space as you closed with them

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Registered: Oct 2000
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Why not just look at the tbl file?

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Registered: Feb 2001
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ok i just went and had a look turrets 1 - 5 have 3 huge terran turrets in them and turrets 6 - 16 are just normal terran turrets - no missiles, beams or flak cannons

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In FS1 that's the case. In FS2, it is armed with BGreen beams, TerSlashes, a couple AAAf's, and some Teran Turets. Oh right. And some Terran Huge Turrets.

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Registered: Aug 2000
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In FS2 it's fairly formidable. Not so much in comparison to the Hecate though.

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Registered: Jul 2000
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In a straight up fight (read: no fighter complement) I think an Orion would be more than a match for a Hecate. The Orion has much heavier cap ship to cap ship weaponry. However, with fighters involved, the Hecate would win because of the larger complement and the heavier anti-fighter defenses.

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Registered: Oct 2000
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You need to script in a "Beam-Free-All" event.

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Registered: Aug 2000
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Yes, you're a newbie. But that'll change with practice.

Another thing - in FreeSpace, it's significantly harder to make a trash mission - but there are ways to do it if you don't watch yourself/try hard enough.

On the other hand, in the Descent series, it's dead easy. :P

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Registered: Jul 2000
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Read the table file for the GTD Bastion (Orion entry number 2). Thats the old armaments.

The FS2 Orion has 3 BGreens, 2 TerSlash (if memory serves) and a mix of Terran Turrets, Terran Huge Turrets, and AAAf's.

The old one only had Terran Turrets and Terran Huge Turrets.

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Registered: Nov 2000
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It's been an argument between the 3 BGreen and 3 TerSlash (that most people seem to have) and the 1 BGreen and 2 TerSlash (that some [1 so far] people seem to have) armaments.

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Registered: Feb 2001
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Another question regarding the Orion... mihihih me so nowbie

I made a map with an orion some shivan forces but the problem is the orion refuses to use its beam weapons...

is there soem tutorial about this and also a tutorial to make the Orion have missile turrets?

Either Im nowbie or lazy id bet im both

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you wont be smiling when my Grendel missile frigate fires all 8 missile banks at your scrumpy fighter

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Registered: Feb 2001
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well I Downloaded some program that allowed you to change the gun turrets into missile turrets... my luck I didnt even manage to install the program...

so you say its fun to be mentally hindered I cant argue you with that...

Btw a Orion missile destroyer would wipe out all competition...

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you wont be smiling when my Grendel missile frigate fires all 8 missile banks at your scrumpy fighter

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Registered: Nov 2000
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Missiles aren't all that powerful. Fishies are cool, though

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Registered: Oct 2000
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Who cares if they're powerful? Just put Helios torpedoes on every turret! >:-D

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you got the ship jumping in not there when the mission starts? if so the you have to set the SEXP event so that its when orion arrives beam free all orion - if that doesn't make sence email me i'll explain in more detail

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Registered: Jul 2000
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Jabu, why would there be debate.

$Subsystem: Turret01a, 1.875, 3.0
$Default PBanks: ( "BGreen" )
$Subsystem: Turret02a, 1.875, 3.0
$Default PBanks: ( "Terran Huge Turret" "Terran Huge Turret" "Terran Huge Turret" )
$Subsystem: Turret03a, 1.875, 3.0
$Default PBanks: ( "Terran Huge Turret" "Terran Huge Turret" "Terran Huge Turret" )
$Subsystem: Turret04a, 1.875, 3.0
$Default PBanks: ( "Terran Huge Turret" "Terran Huge Turret" "Terran Huge Turret" )
$Subsystem: Turret05a, 1.875, 3.0
$Default PBanks: ( "Terran Huge Turret" "Terran Huge Turret" "Terran Huge Turret" )
$Subsystem: Turret06, 0.625, 2.0
$Default PBanks: ( "TerSlash" )
$Subsystem: Turret07, 0.625, 2.0
$Default PBanks: ( "TerSlash" )
$Subsystem: Turret08, 0.625, 2.0
$Default PBanks: ( "AAAf" )
$Subsystem: Turret09, 0.625, 2.0
$Default PBanks: ( "Bgreen" )
$Subsystem: Turret10, 0.625, 2.0
$Default PBanks: ( "AAAf" )
$Subsystem: Turret11, 0.625, 2.0
$Default PBanks: ( "BGreen" )
$Subsystem: Turret12, 0.625, 2.0
$Default PBanks: ( "Terran Turret" )
$Subsystem: Turret13, 0.625, 2.0
$Default PBanks: ( "Terran Turret" )
$Subsystem: Turret14, 0.625, 2.0
$Default PBanks: ( "TerSlash" )
$Subsystem: Turret15, 0.625, 2.0
$Default PBanks: ( "Terran Turret" )
$Subsystem: Turret16, 0.625, 2.0
$Default PBanks: ( "AAAf" )

Its exactly what I thought it was.

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Registered: Oct 2000
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WTF?

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Registered: Nov 2000
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I know. I have that, everyone else has that. I just met one person who insisted that there was only 1 BGreen and 2 TerSlash beams.

I guess that's all corrected.

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Registered: Oct 2000
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Yeah, some people can't be wrong...

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