Destiny-timeline vs. Countdown/STO-timeline
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In altered form it does. The background material borrows some ideas from the relaunch (just as it does series like Titan), but isn't in any sort of continuity with it. The dates are all different for one thing - if I remember rightly, Ro ends up security chief still but several years later.
I've heard that the game itself features the Oralian Way, supposedly. Anyone got any pictures?
Basically by boarding the ship during battle killing the captain and senior staff but getting defeated by the ships crew.
^They did that every single time and thereby left millions of ships in need of captains? Isn't it simpler just to accept that it's a game and has some conceits that wouldn't make sense in anything other than a game?
Actually you're put in command of "your" ship because of the Borg assault on the Vega system.
The (crippled) Borg are targeting command officers specifically. You see they have traveled back through time in the hopes of killing you before you can take command and kick their ass in the future. Unfortunately for them by doing this they set in motion the very events they hoped to prevent.
Still, starships are much easier to build than people. And with the sheer number of enemies the Federation is fighting in that timeline, it's a surprise anyone is still left standing at all.
kkozoriz1
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But not as much fun in the construction phase....
ProtoAvatar
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It's the other way around, Captain_Amasov:
It's far easier - and cheaper - to replace a person than a starship - if for no other reason than that there are billions of humans on Earth alone. Starships, on the other hand, have to be built - an operation that consumes a lot of resources, manpower and time.
True under normal circumstances, however the situation that Stafleet, and the KDF, faces in STO is a lack of trained personnel to do the job rather than a lack of starships to command. The Borg have shifted their attention from fighting Stafleet's and the KDF's massive fleets.
The Borg have perfected their mass assimilation technique they were developing in "Voyager" and have now taken a chunk of Federation space around the Cestus system. One successful attack on Earth and those billions of humans will become billions of Borg instead. And in STO's timeline assimilation is a process you cannot return from.
ProtoAvatar
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Captain_Amasov
As long as there is a single major federation world in existence, there are literally billions of humans/other species to replace any personnel losses.
On the other hand, if you only have one world remaining and no ships, there's NO WAY you'll ever be able to replace a fleet.
Also - any enemy smart enough to get rid of the crew will be smart enough to capture or at least destroy the ship.
To put it concisely, Captain_Amasov - the situation STO presented makes no sense when analised even superficially; it's a deux ex machina.
That deos not mean you can't enjoy the game.
As long as there is a single major federation world in existence, there are literally billions of humans/other species to replace any personnel losses.
On the other hand, if you only have one world remaining and no ships, there's NO WAY you'll ever be able to replace a fleet.
Also - any enemy smart enough to get rid of the crew will be smart enough to capture or at least destroy the ship.
To put it concisely, Captain_Amasov - the situation STO presented makes no sense when analised even superficially; it's a deux ex machina.
That deos not mean you can't enjoy the game.
Thalaron weapons?
Another point about STO... the horrible ship design. Why didn't they just borrow from the books, or why didn't they simply ask the fans ( www.bcfiles.com ) to design their ships... STO ships look like cheap kitbashes of known ships.
How I miss innovation like the Aventine in that game.
How I miss innovation like the Aventine in that game.
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