C'mon, don't die on me
>File so big I have to upload one at a time
Kill meeeee
I'm pretty bad sighted, so I wanted to share this. The blue background of the CYOA hides a few words that mold with the background, usually hidden to the side or in places you're not supposed to be paying attention
So far, they seem to imply a few things.
"I'll keep this discrete" (Over the text for the Federation Navy entry, most obvious one)
"Leave the girl: Leavy the facility. The L—-comes, a H— has been born". Over Computer Science
"Dr.Asknz
I'm not sure I'm understand you correctly. You mean to say we're supposed to give it a shot?
Alice" - Over 'The Rogue' title
"Mana consumes. Don't take it personally, little creature" Over S92-TMC
"Yes. There are angels among them" Under Yokai ship desc.
"Triglav Facility FacB2 New Personnel Manual, Pg. 67, L:35. Failure to properly log your procedures during testing will result in a complete apprehended The only exception is when experiment stability level exceeds…" Over Winston AI. Remington and Sophocles are AI's made by Triglav, and Triglav talk a lot about Herald tech.
"Dr.Askz.
Blues contacted us again, they're getting restless.
Alice" -Under Blueberry AI
"Rogue Drones? bastard children of the Aerites." -Under Basic Shielding.
"The Fire Legion is only their attack dogs. Their pets. -Over the Auto Cannon desc.
"Dr. Asknz.
There t2 reds in all, 2 in our labs, frenzied. This is looking more complex than initially hypothesized Blues are at our backs and can't keep them away longer. We might have to listen.
Protocol APC-XXVI? There's talks. Please consider it.
Alice" -Over the Scout Drone"
"We didn't anticipate that mana could mutate" - Over the Infirmary options.
"Why are the dustkeepers not affected? Did they find something we didn't?" -Under Safe Room/Upgraded Ship Security
"DrAsknz. The new red is heavy. Very Heavy. We will write it off as star flare. Though our system are fine. Rating is 5, we are okay. We are mor econcerned with labs closer to the event.
Had our meeting with the blue. She was agitated, we don't know what they are preparing, but we must continue
Alice".-Over Elijah Horton/Mark LeCruz
"Mjolnir is hell… but we have to go there" -Over Troy Hall/Mereille Fariley.
"I thought I'd never see an evil so evil it united sworn enemies" -Over Theresa herder
"but we can't hold it back much longer" -Under Fairlight Operators description.
"So this is it, isn't it?" -Over Contracts part, next to version number.
"You can call me a Herald, though that's not entirely accurate. You should know by now. Or probably not" - Under Mining King Steve description
The last ones are by the notable star systems part:
"My brothers and sisters are having a conference. We will meet again". "You'll find out eventually, if not. I'll come to you". "Dr Askz. It was born. —- Is no longer safe. but we can't do anything. There is nothing more we can do about this".
I wonder if joining the Society of Dustkeepers makes me immune.
Few unrelated notes:
I think I missed a few texts.
Form the information you can glean WITHOUT the text, a few things are still clear:
The attack on the Crown(Where And the Fire Rises is located) was made by "fleshy ships". The "Carapace" ship by the Heralds is know for being "organic-looking".
The Fairlight group looks suspiciously Herald Aligned
Also, can someone tell me where the fuck do Triglav Innovations exists? I can't find them anywhere in the map.
Pyramid shares the same image as the "Harbinger" difficulty. Its likely you're mistaking a Battleship with a space-station. This makes the encounter seem juuuuust a little easier, doesn't it?
Blackhawk Elite
Advanced Piloting, Advanced Combat Training, Diplomacy.
The Hellraiser, The Demigod.(920)
Gáe Bulg(786)
Jacob v13.0.4 . 2 Antimatter Cores(711). Aegis Shielding(691).
"Columbus" BTR37(679), x4 Vehicle and Hangar Bays(647).
Ship weapons:
Side: 4 Pulse beam Cannons(612). Point Defense: 10 Flak Cannons(590), 6 Light Laser Cannons(583).
4 Hull Repair Drones, 4 Combat Repair Drones(551)
Comm Scrambler, MITM Module(533)
Crew Quarters upgrade, Officer's Quarters(530), Advanced Infirmary(528), Advanced Evacuation(519), Standard Mess Hall, Tavern(515), Lounge, Recreational Room, Observatory(512), Cargo Space, Engineering Bay(509), Hypercomms Room, Digital Security Room(506), Advanced Arsenal(497), Teleporting Platform(492), Meat Fridge(488), Aquaculture Room, Hydroponic Garden(485), Secure Vault(483), Upgraded Ship Security(475).
"Hailey", Conrad Byrant(470) - Kelly Moss, Devon Trice(465) - "Comet", Theresa Herder(462) - Pierre Mikisugi, Gregorz Grzegrolka(458), Darrel Wallace(454), Martin Jenkins(448) - Uplink(436) - Patricia Cooper(434), Laurie Parsons(433).
X1500 Androids(361), X500 Blackhawk elites(347), X200 Engineers(343), X100 Medics(341).
Contracts: Search & Rescue 4(369), The Twin Fangs 4(395), And the Fire Grows 4(413).
Cargo bay status: 58 hangar left, 8 of them vehicle only. LETS START STATING UP THAT CARGO BAY.
Fighter: Knight(404). (46 hangar)
Jacob v13.0.4. 2 Power Capacitors, Solar Panels(384). Advanced Shielding(372).
MI520 "Visage". 2 overdrive afterburners(366) Side-Weapons: 4 Telsa Overchargers(336) Spinal: 4 Missile Launchers(311) Point-Defense: 4 Light Laser Cannons(306).
Pilot Archetype: Ace(303)
Another Knight(294). (42 hangar)
Remington v3.0.1 . 2 Power Capacitors, Solar Panels(274). Advanced Shielding(262).
X38 "Tribe" TDNK(259). Active Cloaking(253). 4 Overdrive Afterburners(241) 2 Spinal Weapon Mounts(235)
Spinal: 6 Rail Guns(207). Side: 4 Heavy Particle Blasters(192). Point Defense: 4 Light Particle Blasters(187).
Pilot: Ace(184)
Knight Fighter(175)(36 Hangar Left)
Lai'na v15.3.2 . 2 Power Capacitors, Solar Panels(155). Advanced Shielding(143).
X38 "Tribe" TDNK(140), X3 Overdrive Afterburner(131), Active Cloaking(125).
Spinal: 4 Missile Launchers(105). Side: 4 Heavy Laser Cannons(81). Point Defense: 4 Light Laser Cannons(86)
Pilot: Ace(83)
Aaaaand… Ace 4(117), Escalation 3(147), Rogue Drones 3(165). Lets finally top that hangar bay…
I wanted some more skills to fight down there, and my options were for ship security. Pardon me…
I'm taking Locust, Plague, Archangel and Styx.(101)
If we count the extra hangar the fighters give me, I have about 42 hangar, but lets not make things too crowded. 36 Hangar.
x5 Drop Ships (71)(16 Hangar, but each dropship has about 3 hangar, and I have no problem with putting things inside a dropship hangar…)
Weapons: Light Laser Cannons.
x5 Spider Tanks (26) (Hangar covered by Drop Ships)
Weapons: x5 Missile Launchers, x15 Light Particle Blasters(11)
That leaves me with 11m left, and I don't really want to spend it. I might take Heat 3 so I finish up with 43m, I have enough combat crew after all.
Once I'm done with my missions(And thus gotten a smaaaall amount of friendship with the Talons, and some with Beatrice R&D, so they won't sharpshoot for me due to Space Cowboy), I'll go back to Blackhawk and join missions with them on ground or air missions or somewhere I have friends nearby so the Nemesis doesn't catch me by surprise.
I'm actually starting to wonder if The Leader can actually infiltrate me if most of my crew is the Androids, other crew members being mainly specialists(Medics, Engineers, Ace Pilots, and named crewmembers). If they can then, well, not sure how the security crew members will handle that.
I expect being on the lower part of the map will increase Fire Legion attacks, but decrease Federation attacks form The Demigod title. Even if it doesn't, I've taken a extra gunner just in case mine gets stolen, because hey oh well.
On a rating of 1 to 10 points how good is my build?
>federation navy
>standard+adv piloting
>ship gunnery + specialisation in energy
>standard + adv combat training
>the fatebreaker (+400)
>the sorcerer (+240)
>total 740 (100+400+240)
>skinwalker (-6 because federation, so 688)
>Lai'na
>antimatter+fusion (-80)
>608
>stalwart shields (-50)
>558
>FDN control
>spinal weapon mount
>nano armour coating
>548
>x2 pulse beam cannon (21)
>ragefire railgun (16)
> x12 heavy laser cannon (52)
>torpedo silo x2 (21)
>missile launcher x5 (30)
>flak guns x4 (10)
>total 150
>398
>combat repair drone x14 (56)
>drop ship (6) 62
>336
>tractor beam (3)
>comp scanner (4)
>329
>honey pot module
>320
>crew quarters upgrade (1)
>officer quarters (2)
>captain's quarters (5)
>adv infirmary (12)
>evacuation room (1)
>standard mess hall (2)
>tavern (2)
>lounge
>engineering bay (3)
>adv arsenal (9)
>training room (3)
>teleport platform (5)
>holding cells (1)
>meat fridge (4)
>upgraded security (8)
>cargo space
>safe room (3)
>260
>Eri (5)
>Tyler (3)
>amy (4)
>mereielle (4)
>Tina (4)
>comet free from the sorcerer title
>ward (3)
>dani (3)
>darrell (4)
>perry (2)
>jorgen (1)
>carolyn (2)
>commander (7)
>navy soldiers (46)
>172
>escalation T4 (+44)
and i'll take dani as my love interest because every captain needs a girlfriend, right?
John Mason-Stuart is a very rich man. Not just "a few million creds in the bank" but a few BILLION at any one time, amassed by the consortium his family owned spread across the sector. But since a youth, he always wanted his very own ship. But just any ship… but before any of this, he could pay his way through a private naval academy.
>affiliation: CYOA
>adv. piloting
>ship gunnery
>mechanics
>standard combat training
Fresh out of the academy some years later, a thought struck him. "just what complications could lie in my way…" he mused to himself
>the demigod
>the hellraiser
a quick look at his bank balance confirmed he had set aside 920 million credits to spend on this grand venture. and a few contacts at Triglav would help immensly…
the manager raised an eyebrow "I've had many offers for the mothership, but none quite like this" John leaned across the meeting table emphatically "330 million, director. how does that sound?" the man had practically been salivating as they shook hands.
>dhyana dreadnought
"they even installed a military AI for free, how nice of them"
>Cedrick
"anything else you want done, sir?"
"just put my family's colours on it and I've expedited the import of a weapon system from the Luos, if you wouldn't mind fitting it"
>CBL2 Banshee
>fancy paint
"we'll need not one but two fusion cores to feed a beast like this! don't worry, i'll foot the bill and deal with the personnel requirements"
>x2 fusion reactor
with 526 million left, now came the time to arm this ship. "can't have my pride and joy be defenseless now, can we?" the shipyard manager nodded in agreement.
>spinal
>ragefire gun x2
> x3 pulse beam cannons
>torpedo silo
>broadside
> x20 mana blaster
> x18 heavy laser cannons
>point defense
>x10 flak cannon
>x4 light particle blaster
it took a while to fit the battery of guns ordered but the manager had credit signs in his eyes, and was more than happy to see it done.
"and drones, of ocurse. how could we forget them?"
>x10 brawler drones
>x2 particle blaster
>x10 hull repair drone
"now naturally you're going to need advise the layout of the ship"
"I was getting to that…"
>tractor besm
>comp scanner
>honey pot module
>quaters upgrade
>officer quaters
>captain's quaters
>adv. infirmary
>evac room
>fancy mess hall
>tavern
>lounge
>rec room
>cargo space
>engineering bay
>DigiSec room
>adv. arsenal
>training room
>teleport platform
>meat fridge
>safe room
>upgraded security
>holding cells
>secure vault
"that's the overall layout done, now it's time to hire some people. pass me those dossiers, would you?"
"well that whole escapade with the sorcerer and the guardian gives you a free gunner and pilot"
>Trisha Lim
>adan cervantes
>bethany parks
>gregorz
>ley'ra
>Damian galt
>patricia
>carolyn
>captain
"now let's work up a crew manifest, this shouldn't take too long"
>500 engineers
>100 medics
>4000 merenaries
>1000 outer ring mercs
"wait" asked the manager "why outer ring mercs mixed in with the normal ones?"
"to keep myself and my inner circle doubly safe. there's a bounty on my head and many want me dead, so I no expense spared."
"but wait, this goes over the budget you set down originally, right?"
"not so, my man. if you notice, I took up a contract to liberate an asteroid mine as well as other things"
>escalation tier 4
>heat tier 3
"very well then, Mr. Stuart, good luck out there!"
In orbit, aboard the hsip, a particularly noticeable ring merc officer by the name of Maren Krause caught his eye, "perhaps I should say hello…" he thought.
Let's make a piratey stealth raider build
>talons, for that 6 off
>standard piloting
>weapon specialisation
>adv. combat training
>hellraiser and traveller
>er'el -6, so 49
>blueberry
>nuclear fusion
>advanced shielding -12 from nuclear
>cool paint job
>Columbus BTR 37
>active cloaking
>teleport jammer
>nano armour coating
>hull extension
Spinal battery
>x3 heavy particle blaster
>x2 torpedo silo
Broadside battery
>x10 light particle blaster
>x10 missile pod
>x2 artillery cannons
Point defences
>x4 flak cannons
>x2 light laser cannon
>lamprey boarding ship
>lasso drone
>lamprey carries 2 combat repair drones
>poisoning module
>warp jammer
>comm scrambler
>penetration module
>MITM module
>honeypot module
>composition scanner
>crew quarters upgrade
>officer quarters
>captain's quarters
>standard infirmary
>evacuation room
>standard mess hall
>cargo space
>DigiSec room
>adv arsenal
>teleport platform
>holding cells
>meat fridge
>tavern
>secure vault
>lounge
>Lux
>David sharp
>Gregor hunter
>plague
>Lupe
>Tavia Tsun
>Erik Burke
>Scot Shepard
>Marcelo Lee
>Roxanne Gilliam
>Uplink
>Jorgen Masterson
>Carolyn Brooks
>Lt. commander
>250 talons
>20 engineers
>10 medics
>10 androids
Basically, we find vulnerable ships, be they transports, lone patrols and civilians, hack them, scramble them and board them with shock and awe assaults. No sooner have they seen us than are there multiple boarding parties lead by some scary motherfuckers to deal with.
FINE I'LL DO IT! But it looks complicated as shit and I'm tired as fuck, so I'm not gonna concern myself with making sure it's a legal build.
>origins
Federation citizen because that sounds right around my luck. Plus the money looks good.
>skills
basic piloting
Basic gunnery
standard combat training
computer science
medical
mechanic
diplomacy
>Titles
Traveler. Getting lost is a bonus in my case!
>Ship hull
PI Vb4, because terra-forming
>AI
Luke looks like the most useful in my case
>powwa
Mana core + solar panels
>Shield
Mana shield
>command mods
Pl control v6
>hull mods
teleport jammer and hull extension
>Guns
Just gimme like 5 light laser guns.
>Drones
2 scout drones
4 brawler drones
1 mining drone
1 hull repair drone
>vehicles
1 AT dune buggy
1 gundum
>industrial equipment
mining harvester + the lenses
tractor beam
>Rooms
FINALLY THE GOOD PART!
>crew quarter upgrade
So they can have some privacy
>officer quarters
So they can have some privacy
>capatin's quarters
So I can have some privacy
>advanced infirmary
Just in case
>evacuation room
Also just in case
>Standard mess hall
Duh
>Lounge+recreational room.
for time off,
>Lab
I dunno, science and shit
>Terraforming Bay
YES, I WANT TO START MY OWN PLANET PLEASE!
>Cryosleep
It's gonna take a while
>Ore processing + factory
So I can make shit.
>cargo
cause free
>engineering bay
combine with cargo and so I can fix stuff.
>teleporting room
duh
>holding cell
for bad crewmen
>meat fridge
mmmmm. meat
>aquaponics
because food.
>crew, co pilots
Anne tse, young but eager
E.R.I. a pilot that doesnt need to sleep? yes please!
>Engineer
troy because experience and metal arm
>Doctor
ME! but Bethany Parks can assist.
>gunners
Theresa Herder, more experience than John Pope, just as cheep.
>Combat and security
Vikram solar and ricce cover most bases
>cyber security
Veslev, because I don't want my life support shut off!
>scientists
Emily newton, because terra-forming
>production managers
Wesley seems capable enough
>Chef
Mikka
>other crew
1000 civilians
100 industry
100 researcher
50 explorers
50 medics
50 engineers
500 androids
>contracts
Twin fangs tier 3
After dropping them off I go away, far away, far far FAR away. Into the most unknown sector or the galaxy, so far away no one will come for millions of years. Then I terra-form a planet, and live their forever.
>Waifu
E.R.I., Uplink, or Anna Tse, I can't decide.
>
I posted this in all the related threads so people could see, and so that all the related threads would be bumped to the top together in a close bunch for neatness and to avoid some from 404'ing
THESE NEED TO BE COMBINED, OR AT LEAST ALWAYS POSTED TOGETHER IN ONE THREAD
the stardust cyoa needs character creation with best inspired ideas from other lewd and body customization cyoa. derelict station does a cool job with some upgradey feels, but no self customization or lewd.
this is how I think the story would go if I were to explain the evens in all the CYOA in order.
these would happen first together like this:
spess refugee (stardust shown here with big easy to read image)
https://8ch.net/cyoa/res/211.html
stardust cyoa (updated versions lower down, but poor image quality and small images/text)
https://8ch.net/cyoa/res/1760.html
solar inheritance cyoa
https://8ch.net/cyoa/res/1685.html
Basically:
dlc of jobs from the stardust cyoa (green one) would happen first, then you would wake up in the derelict space station as your first real mission thing that happens by accident, and to get out and get your money and rewards someone gifted you, you need to escape or resolve the situation or something and then it goes into the rest of the cyoa.
there is no expiration date on your money or rewards or anything, you realize that you don't rememeber how you got there but remember everything else and realize that the station is part of the thing you're experiencing and the people giving you the money reward are the same ones who put you in the station. you just wake up and read the information data they leave behind for you and realize that you're basically in an engineered maze game now of sorts, and getting out means you win and then get to go on to complete the events that take place in the rest of the startdust CYOA and other related ones.
so this happens
derelict station cyoa
https://8ch.net/cyoa/res/3170.html
and as a part of character creation you can upgrade your armor in addition to all the things they already give you in derelict station when you choose your suit that you find lying around.
power armor cyoa
https://8ch.net/cyoa/res/235.html
maybe you also realize that you just happen to have force powers during character creation? maybe this can be changed so it's FOSS and no longer copyright (fanfiction) on starwars. maybe someone renames the powers and the cyoa to "the UNF" or the "HNNNNG"
starwars cyoa
https://8ch.net/cyoa/res/2848.html
you meet many AI qt3.14's and some even help you with your ship stuff.
would you a ship cyoa
https://8ch.net/cyoa/res/2128.html
stardust CYOA needs to have bigger text because it gives me a huge headache. alot of the images are very nice but are reduced down to tiny pictures that don't do their beauty justice. I wouldn't mind the cyoa being triple or octoople bazoople the amount of pages it is now if the text was bigger with better images that aren't shrunk down. (there's even a version that's larger, I don't know why the nice and easy to read clear style was downgraded…) it's better to post 20+ images of a great cyoa then 5 severely reduced quality images. turns down the enjoyment factor alot.
I know that combining these into one TURBO cyoa would benefit the cyoa community. maybe they can just be posted together in one thread, or they can be made more modular so that all the different character creations sections fit together, or are just introduced in different stages depending on how far you are. I notice wonderful potential here. to make it easy, there doesn't need to be that big of an emphasis on point systems. that will drive most people crazy to even think of balancing. maybe it's better to just let everyone's imaginations run wild so everyone can just choose whatever setup and story they want
>Origins: Federation Civilian Skills: Basic Piloting, Standart Piloting, Adv Piloting, Medical, Mechanics, Nuclear, Mind-Link, Computer Science, Cyber Security, Ship Gunnery.(122) Titles: The Guardian, The Whisperer(492) Hulls: Pyramid(352), Scab x 5(247) AI: Winston Energy: Solar Panels, Mana Core(205) Shield: Mana(170) (For Scabs: Solar Panels x 5, Basic x 5)(155) Comm Mods: Blink. Scabs: X38, BH Command, Visage, PI Control, Banshee(117) Hull mods: Active Cloaking(99), Scabs: Extender x 5(79) Weapons: Mana Blaster x 10(57) Scabs: Missile Pod x 4 For all(54) Industrial Equipment: Scabs: Mining Harvest x 5, Mk3 x 5(39) E-War: Comm(34) Rooms: Officer, Standart Infirm(30), Crew Upgrade, Ore Processing, Hydro(25) CoPilot: Jacqueline Scab Pilots: Anna, Pepper, Horace, Gregor, Kay(15) Gunner: Eliza, Alton, Brian(10) Doc: Kelly Engie: Derek(8) 100 Engies, 100 medics, 100 Labourers, 100 civ workers, rest in volunteers. Missions: Search & Rescue Tier 4, Escalation Tier 2, All Aboard Tier 1, Twin Fangs T1, Rogue Drones T1, Heat T2, Mining King T3, Don't get lost T1, The Sound T1, The Fire GRows T4,
My god, my head still hurts. One big, tanky ship + 5 smoll fighter ships. The small ships all have AoE buff mods, and they can all mine a shitton, so money won't be issue, and the boosts should be enough to turn the tide of most battles. Their missiles can be shot down, sure, but good luck shooting down all of them when I have flying from all directions. They're solar powered only tho, so I'd probably keep the ships inside my bigger ship until it's time to battle. Invisibility mod on the big one for the surprise strats, "oh shit only 5 expensive fighters this will be some easy cash". Good pilots(fuck archetypes lmao) for all of them of course, and a good co-pilot to help me.
Also, the big deal with the main ship is that the AI is sentient and has to be reasoned with, but I'm mind linked to the ship, and my other drawback would get the person I saved also mindlinked to the ship. The person would probably always side with me, so I'm at 2 against 1 with the AI, so she can probably get fucked but I'll try to be friends still anyways(Winston seems chill enough anyways)
Going into it:
>Hell yeah I wanna just be a master pilot and defend some R&D team before getting whisked off into a corner of the universe and needing to fend for myself.
Halfway in:
>I guess I'm so legendary that I can pilot a super ship made of legendary tech and powered by magic.
Finishing up:
>I guess I'm just gonna hire all the masters of the universe.
Postgame:
>I have 50 million points left over so I guess me and everyone I know is a controller now.
The points overload in this killed the fun for me.
I wanna be the legendary pilot. I don't wanna hire 3 or 4 other legendary pilots, and especially not because "well I guess I can afford it".
DLC
>Sponsor: Cerberus Legion
>Skills: Weaponsmith x 6, Long Ranged Both
>Armor: Phorcys(-1.2m)
>Weapons: Forcify MK VII(1.3m), Atrophy(2.3), H12(2.8m) Grenade: EMP(3.1), Energy Sword(4m)
>Crew: Kristina(5m)
Expert at dealing with robots and creating weapons, laser sniper rifle has been modified to be a long ranged ion rifle. Esword to get around the steel wasteland. Kristina seems like a decent enough shot to help too, she'd get some weapon mods for free for helping me out.
This came out weirdly like a SS13 gateway mission.
The Quest: Bring about galactic socialism.
Origins
>Choose Your Own Adventure
Those disillusioned and sick of the corruption of contemporary society are those who get away from it by adventuring in deep space. They will be unified to fund and create a socialist vanguard. Because of the nature of our ideology, no government will support us but it is not the governments we seek support from…
Skills
>Basic Piloting
>Standard Piloting
>Advanced Piloting
If one is to effectively employ guerilla tactics in space, one must be able to pilot with utmost skill. Dodging the navy may not be an easy feat.
>Mechanics
It is inevitable that machines break, the longer one keeps them alive, the less they must expose themselves looking for help.
>Standard Combat Training
A guerilla unable to fight is no guerilla at all!
>Industry
We cannot rely on bourgeois industry for all we need, we must learn to cut out the middle man and get our materials directly from the source. The ability to independently fabricate ships is a great boon.
>Diplomacy
We may lack manpower but we might fill our ranks with deserters.
Titles
>The Space Cowboy
As the figurehead of a revolutionary organization, there are bound to be rich opponents looking for my head (and those who would get their hands dirty getting it).
>The Guardian
It seems the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Ship Hull
>Viper
If it's good enough for the navy, it's good enough for us. Chuck in a S92-TMC and we got ourselves a mobile little base. Those who wish to join our cause might need to bring their own ships.
Ship AI
>Blueberry v7.3.2
The obvious choice for any self respecting guerilla. Uploaded to the Viper and the S92.
Energy
>Anti Matter
More than enough energy for a long time and no special requirements. Perfect.
Shields
Stalwart shielding provides what is effectively fucktonnes of armor but with less rearing and therefore less materials wasted in battle.
Mods (equipped both to the viper and the S92)
>Cool Paint Job
The Hammer and Sickle painted on the side of our ship will signal to all that liberation is at hand.
>CVL "Banshee"
Why fight someone at their full strength when we could break their knees?
>Blink
Running away is difficult when everyone is shooting at you. So why not teleport to safety?
>Afterburner
Moving faster = less being shot.
>Vehicle bay
We operate not only in space but planetside as well. We cannot stock up soely on spacecraft.
>Nano Armour
When we are hit, I'd rather like to not die.
Weapons
>The S92
A railgun spinally mounted.
2 Autocannons spinally mounted
2 Missile Pods mounted broadside
4 Flak cannons as point defense
>The Viper
1 Railgun spinally mounted
2 Heavy Particle Blasters spinally mounted
10 Missile launchers mounted broadside
5 flak as point defense
Vehicles and Mechs
>APC
When moving around planetside, we cannot afford to be unprotected. Armed with an autocannon and a missile pod.
>Terrain Tank
There will be a time where planetside assaults are necessary. This tank can provide us with the ability to do so even in hostile terrain. Armed with an artillery cannon, a machine gun and a rocket pod.
>Drop ship
The drop ship will ferry our forces planetside. Armed with two machineguns.
Industrial Equipment
>Composition scanner
Intel is key.
>Mining laser + Mk3 Frequency Lens
We will mine our own resources. Cut out the middlemen.
E-War Equipment
>Efficiency Module
Less radiation emitting from our ships means less ability to see us.
>Incident Module
We can't be defenseless now can we?
>Overflow module
The less guns they have the less we get damaged.
Rooms
>Crew quarters
All must have basic comfort and privacy. We're commies after all!
>Advanced Infirmary
We're bound to sustain damage and people may come to us in need. With such advanced medical equipment, dealing with both will be a breeze.
<No evac.
NOT A STEP BACK!
>Standard Mess Hall
We won't have access to the most exotic ingredients will we? The standard mess hall will suffice.
>Lounge
>Rec Room
>Observatory
Boredom, the biggest challenge facing anyone.
>Ore Processing
>Factory
Self sufficiency ftw.
>Cargo space
>Engineering bay
Storage for whatever we may find and the facilities to make them into something new.
>Advanced arsenal
A soldier's dream. With the advanced weaponry, few will be brave enough to board us.
>Meat Fridge
>Aquaculture Room
>Hydroponic Garden
Food for all! None shall go hungry on our ship!
Crew Members
>Viper Co-Pilot
Hailey. A Comrade liberated from the federation.
>Fighter Pilot
Lia Stitt. Being in a revolutionary organization will provide plenty of adventure.
>Reactor Engineer
Roxanne Gillam. A Talons turncoat, an expert in antimatter.
>Chief Engineer
Arthur Foster. He seeks a challenge so we will give him one. Not only will he be tasked with the upkeep of a ship that's almost always in combat with a stronger force, but he must train an apprentice.
>Apprentice engineer
Alena Bach. A prodigy to be trained under Arthur Foster.
>Doctor
Lyra Miralda. Only the best.
>Gunner
Lt. Bill Smith. A Federation turncoat. Someone with knowledge of federation starships will be a great help if we are to be up against them.
>Soldiers
Scot Shepard. A disillusioned SWAT officer now fighting against those he once served, the elite.
Marcelo Lee. A Talons turncoat. An expert in guerilla warfare fighting for the liberation of the people.
>Cyber Security Officer
Slash Singer. His decryption programs will be useful when gaining intel on/from the enemy.
>Production managers
May Padilla. If the machines break down she would probably just do everything herself.
>Chef
Jorgen Masterson. When in short supply, we will be with the knowledge that this man can cook anything.
138,000,000 M leftover (if I have calculated correctly)
Contract time!
Search & Rescue T4
We are communists! Our goal is to aid the people and so we shall respond with all haste to help the poor souls of the Beatrice R&D station.
Reward: 28m
All Aboard T1
This nobleman must not know who we are.
After some careful consideration by the crew, we kidnap the noble and ransom him for 8m.
The Twin Fangs T3
We could use the cash reward…
And the Talons might just overlook some of our transgressions.
It's a win win!
Reward: 18m
Don't Get Lost T4
These people seem like they're in need and so we shall help them.
Through our efforts we may be seen favourably by the local populance and might gain recruits and funding for our movement.
Reward: 26m
The Sound T1
Some bourgeois lookin guy from Pulsar Inc. has approached us, he probably thinks we're mercenaries. Lets mug him and dump the bastard on a pirate station.
Stolen cash: 2m
And the Fire Grows T4
Thank god for the pilot training.
Reward: 14m
Total reward: 96m
New total: 234m
>Dustkeepers
Joined them becuse I was lost and depressed and seeking death or glory. The ship we fly was salvaged from a wreck we found while searching throught ruins of Faraday
>Basic Piloting
>Standard Piloting
I am captain of this ship after all.
>Diplomacy
>Standard Combat Training
>Mechanics
>Industry
>Mercantile -2m
Usefull when you are salvaging shit and looking for artifacts.
>The Old Timer
This rustbucket was salvaged from scrap after all. It is really wonder this shit flies so good. I guess me and my people did a good job when fixing it.
>S47-LTM Frigate " Holy Cow" -18m
>Luke
>Solar Panels-2m
>Power Capacitors-10m
>Advanced Shielding-10m
>SH ExmT-4m
>Overdrive Afterburner-3m
>Hull Extansion-1m
>Active Cloaking-6m
I choose Luke as AI because i will need someone that will keep track of all resources we mine/steal/scavange and he is perfect for this. This is probably the largest ship when you can seriously consider going without nuclear power. Its bullshit you cannot just take cool paintjob if you take module.
>Torpedo Silo-5m (spinal)
>2xMissile Launcher-5m (s)
>6xArtillery Cannon-5,5. (broadside)
>2xFlak Cannon-3m (pd)
>Mining Harvester+all lenses-4m (pd)
>Salvage Harvester-3m
>Tractor Beam-3m
>Composition Scanner-4m
Missiles mounted on front because they are homing either way so you wouldnt get much for mounting them on turrets. Thanks to abuse of dustkeeper bonus i managed to save more money then it would be possible with any other option.
>APC with Autocannon-2m
>MLUV with Autocannon-1m
>Scout Drone-0,5m
>Science Probe-2m
For moving shit when on planets, and drones for situations where scanning with my ship would be too risky. I can actually move my whole crew in these vehicles
(cont.)
>Crew Quarters Upgrade-1m
>Officers Quarters-2m
>Standard Infirmary-2m
>Lounge+Recreational Room+Observatory-3m
>Laboratory+Terraforming Bay-10m
>Ore Processing Facility+Factory Wing-6m
>Cargo Space+Engineering bay-3m
>Another Cargo Space, fuck i will need it
>Aquaculture Room+Hydroponic Garden-2m
>Arsenal-4m
>Secure Vault-2m
Hopefully this is enough cargo space to hold everything thats not bolted down from here to Orion. I dont actually know why i took terraforming. I guess i willl try to make a part of that system with rich ore near rebels habitable. Food is eaten in loungue or wherever it is convenient.
>Lia Stitt-5m
Pilot best suiting Dustkeepers and our mission of traveling everywhere and stealing shit. Also a qt.
>Enrico Jourdan-1m
He is here to help my better mechanics. He is their apprantice now, no matter if he likes it or not.
>Troy Hall-3m
Master mechanic with robot arm. He and his mechanical arm will be needed to reconstruct shipwrecks and shit like that.
>Arthur Foster-5m
The best mechanic in the galaxy now joined dustkeepers to search for rare forgotten tech. I will ask him to make me power armor.
nuclear is for glow in the dark niggers
>Kelly Moss-FREE
She is FREE. you know how cheap FREE is? Dustkeepers are all about volunteers. Worth her price.
>Bethany Parks-1m
As the plan is to steal shit and not fighting everyone in galaxy we dont need best doctors in supercluster. No cats allowed on board tho.
>Viktor-5m
He has a mask, that means he is dustkeeper.
>Lauren L. Lazuli-FREE
Again, she is FREE. probably libre too.I guess she joined to use terraforming bay in her experiments, its rare equipment.
>Wilhelm von Welch-5m
He wants alien artifacts? we will give him alien artifacts. And everything else we wont know how to use
>Wesley Chalmers-2m
The boss and only dedicated worker of the factory. If need be he can get other crewmembers to work with him. In fact thats the reason why i got Enrico.
>Rooks King-5m
My second in command. Great bro. We will estabilish Dust-Gazers Commonwealth together.
>Robby Delgarv-2m
Fellow dustkeeper. Always happy to explore ruins.
>Faulka LaCroix-3m
Fellow dustkeeper and waifu material.
>Connell Xuan-6m
Dustkeeper veteran and a real warrior.
This puts me at the cost of 167m credits and my whole crew as named characters. Sadly there is no more space on this spacecraft.
As for starting contracts:
>Search and Rescue tier 4
when my shields get knocked down i will just use module that regenerates them instantly.
>This Land tier 4
if there is not enough space in the dock just dump some vehicles, I am able to create them from scratch either way. I guess i will take some relativly flat area, and except for landing platform and few magazines i dont need anything built, I can do it myself.
these are only for a good start, i want to explore galaxy looking for ancient alien artifacts. Not to get rich but to be on the move and do cool shit.
There really should be a game like stalker set in space
>origins
federation navy
>skills
basic+standard+adv piloting
standard combat training
nuclear
mechanics
>titles
guardian, sorcerer (hailey and comet free)
>hull
skinwalker
>AI
lai'na
>energy
antimatter core
nuclear fission
>shield
stalwart
>mods
FDN
nano coating
vehicle bay
X38
>weapons
spinal: ragefire x2
broadside: heavy laser x14. railguns x12. torpedo silo x2
point defence: flak cannon x6
drones: combat repair x8 brawler drone x5 (mana blaster, flak cannon)
>vehicles
heavy tank (mana blaster, missile pod x2, flak cannon x2)
>industrial
tractor beam
composition scanner
>E-war
honeypot, incident module, efficiency module, comm scrambler. penetration, overflow, presence, poisoning, MITM.
>rooms
crew quarters upgrade
officer's quarters
captain's quarters
adv infirmary
adv evacuation
standard mess hall
tavern
lounge
cargo space
engineering
hypercomms
digital security
adv arsenal
training room
teleport platform
holding cells
meat fridge
safe room
upgraded security
stasis cell
gravity control
>co-pilot/XO
Tera en Casteaux
Hailey
>engineers
Amy mcCartney (nuclear)
Mereielle Fairley (Mechanical)
>doctor
Tina Wey
Ignacio Lopez
>gunner
Comet
Bill Smith
>combat/security
Pierre and Gregor
Archangel
Ricce
>cybersecurity
Veslav Smertodov
Uplink
>scientists
none
>production managers
none
>chefs/bartenders
Jorger Masterson
Lauri Parsons
>pilot archetypes
none
>crew archetypes
navy soldiers x1700
medics x100
engineers x200
navy operators x200
>contracts
search and rescue 3
escalation 4
It's been a fuckin minute since I've done a build here, but here's to old times.
>origins
Federation navy
>skills
Ship gunnery
Weapon specialisation (energy)
Standard combat training
Advanced combat training
Mechanics
Basic piloting.
>titles
The demigod
The fate breaker
>ship hull
Dhyāna
>AI
Laina
>energy
Fusion x2
>shields
Aegis
>mods
Paint job
CBL2 Banshee
SLT control room
FDN control
>weapons
Spinal:
Anti matter cannon x2
Rage fire x2
Broadside:
Heavy laser cannon x21
Tachyon laser cannon x21
Point defence:
Flak cannon x10
Autocannon x4
>drones
Hull repair x10
Combat repair x10
>equipment
Tractor beam
Composition scanner
>E war
Honey pot
Efficiency
Incident
Comms scrambler
MITM module
Penetration module
Bridge module
Presence module
Overflow module
>rooms
Crew quarters upgrade
Officers quarters
Advanced infirmary
Evacuation
Standard mess
Tavern
Lounge
Rec room
Engineering bay
Comms room
Digital security room
Arsenal
Training room
Teleport platform
Holding cells
Stasis cell
Meat fridge
Secure vault
safe room
Cargo space
Ship security
Laboratory
>Crew
Pilot: Hailey
XO: Tyler
Mechanical: Fairley
Nuclear: Amy
Doctors: Bethany, Lyra
Gunner: comet
Security: Pierre, Gregor, Ward, Darrell
Boarding: locust, plague, archangel.
Cyber security: Veslav, slash singer.
Scientist: wilhelm
Chef: Jorgen
Bartender: Laurie
General crew: 4,000 navy soldiers, 500 engineers, 600 medics, 500 navy operators.
>Contracts
Search and rescue tier 4
Escalation tier 4