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I'm doing an Ares Ship and Species Poll. Anyone may reply to this article saying their favortite species, or favorite ship, or even both (it's up to you). I will eventually publish my results on either this web message, or a new one.
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Posted 18 June 2000 - 11:29 AM
God, how I hate that Sal carrier in level 13. Acctualy I agree with you Macintosh Man, Sals are awsome. The Ademedons are just to strong if you ask me. I personally like the Ish. and Obish.
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Posted 18 June 2000 - 06:23 PM
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God, how I hate that Sal carrier in level 13. Acctualy I agree with you Macintosh Man, Sals are awsome. The Ademedons are just to strong if you ask me. I personally like the Ish. and Obish.
God, how I hate that Sal carrier in level 13. Acctualy I agree with you Macintosh Man, Sals are awsome. The Ademedons are just to strong if you ask me. I personally like the Ish. and Obish.
So which aliens race and/or ship would you like me to put down? The Sals?
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Posted 18 June 2000 - 07:02 PM
For species my choice is Salrilian. Their ships function superbly in fleet combination and the AI plays them with deadly efficiencey.
As far as ships go, it's a tie. Neither of them are Salrilian though. The first is the ever speedy, ever confusing Aud cruiser. You can take out just about anything with that agility. The second is the Human HVD which has the best maneuverability of all human ships and quite possibley all HVD's, and it has some serious firepower.
I can't understand though, why everyone always picks a carrier. The Sal carrier to be exact. As a fleet ship they're the best you can find for a heavy assult, but as far as piloting goes, it steers like a shopping cart, and accelerates like a fat guy on a pair of rollerbladers with nothing but the power of a light breeze behind him. Perhaps it's the brute force. I preffer finesse.
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Throughout their history these "unenlightened" beings have continually opposed and fought abuses of power wrought by their own bretheren. We, as the prophets would do well to learn from these Humans.
-Final statement of the Salrilian reformist Sirthis shortly before his execution.
As far as ships go, it's a tie. Neither of them are Salrilian though. The first is the ever speedy, ever confusing Aud cruiser. You can take out just about anything with that agility. The second is the Human HVD which has the best maneuverability of all human ships and quite possibley all HVD's, and it has some serious firepower.
I can't understand though, why everyone always picks a carrier. The Sal carrier to be exact. As a fleet ship they're the best you can find for a heavy assult, but as far as piloting goes, it steers like a shopping cart, and accelerates like a fat guy on a pair of rollerbladers with nothing but the power of a light breeze behind him. Perhaps it's the brute force. I preffer finesse.
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Throughout their history these "unenlightened" beings have continually opposed and fought abuses of power wrought by their own bretheren. We, as the prophets would do well to learn from these Humans.
-Final statement of the Salrilian reformist Sirthis shortly before his execution.
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Posted 18 June 2000 - 08:18 PM
HUMANS ROCK!!!! Especially the human gunship! hehehe! I like to run around a target, and shoot my autotarget weapon, while avoiding the enemy's shots. Using that method properly, you can take out many enemies. And Humans have good shielding.
I just thought that the Humans should have a good representation here...
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Stop whining about Hera! If you keep your posts to a minimum, then the people who are working on Hera will have nothing else to do, and will work more, and it will come out faster! Stop whining!!
I just thought that the Humans should have a good representation here...
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Stop whining about Hera! If you keep your posts to a minimum, then the people who are working on Hera will have nothing else to do, and will work more, and it will come out faster! Stop whining!!
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Posted 18 June 2000 - 10:23 PM
everyone knows the audomen are the best specis....
As for the best ship, the ishiman hvd, the audoman cruisers, and the sal hvd rule
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ramble on..
As for the best ship, the ishiman hvd, the audoman cruisers, and the sal hvd rule
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ramble on..
ramble on..
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Posted 19 June 2000 - 10:33 AM
Cantharans, and their Schooners.
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I have a plan so ingenius even an idiot could devise it. We will line all our ships up and fly straight at the enemy death cannons therefore clogging them with wreckage.
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I have a plan so ingenius even an idiot could devise it. We will line all our ships up and fly straight at the enemy death cannons therefore clogging them with wreckage.
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Posted 19 June 2000 - 11:41 AM
Favorite species is definitely the Cantharan. My favorite ship. Hmm. I'd say it's a tie between the Obish Escort, the Cantharan carrier, and the Human carrier.
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Posted 19 June 2000 - 11:41 AM
Actually, while the Audemedons are superier with their 2.75 advantage, the Elejeetians rule all with their 3.00 advantage.
To be honest, I love that Grolk light cruiser. It has a weapon that does 200 damage (as much as a fullerene pulse), has a decent rate of fire, has range comparable to that of a missile, and comes in large amounts (of ammo). Also it's shields are capable of absorbing quite a bit of damge. The only problem I have with it, however, is it's lack of Super-light boosters leaves it dragging it's tail in space.
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World War 1 was fought with Machine Guns and Cannons.
World War 2 was fought with bombs and missiles.
I don't know what World War 3 will be fought with, but it will be so terrible that
World War 4 will be fought with stone clubs.
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To be honest, I love that Grolk light cruiser. It has a weapon that does 200 damage (as much as a fullerene pulse), has a decent rate of fire, has range comparable to that of a missile, and comes in large amounts (of ammo). Also it's shields are capable of absorbing quite a bit of damge. The only problem I have with it, however, is it's lack of Super-light boosters leaves it dragging it's tail in space.
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World War 1 was fought with Machine Guns and Cannons.
World War 2 was fought with bombs and missiles.
I don't know what World War 3 will be fought with, but it will be so terrible that
World War 4 will be fought with stone clubs.
Steven Hawkings,
-A Brief History of Time
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Posted 19 June 2000 - 11:43 AM
Favorite species is definitely the Cantharan. My favorite ship. Hmm. I'd say it's a tie between the Obish Escort, a wonderful Patrol and Fast Attack Craft, the Cantharan carrier, and the Human carrier. Both carriers are death at close range. The Cluster Cell Array is my favorite weapon.
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Posted 19 June 2000 - 05:45 PM
The Human carrier? It really isn't much more than a bogged down gunship that takes a lot more resources and carries a compliment of underpowered fighters.
Oh wait… we've gone through this before haven't we? Oh well. I only say that because I have had little luck with them, and have been able to take them out easily.
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Throughout their history these "unenlightened" beings have continually opposed and fought abuses of power wrought by their own bretheren. We, as the prophets would do well to learn from these Humans.
-Final statement of the Salrilian reformist Sirthis shortly before his execution.
Oh wait… we've gone through this before haven't we? Oh well. I only say that because I have had little luck with them, and have been able to take them out easily.
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Throughout their history these "unenlightened" beings have continually opposed and fought abuses of power wrought by their own bretheren. We, as the prophets would do well to learn from these Humans.
-Final statement of the Salrilian reformist Sirthis shortly before his execution.
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Posted 20 June 2000 - 07:27 PM
Sargatanus, the Sal carrier is not slow, nor does it accelerate slowly. If you look at the specs you can see that it has about the preformance of an Ishiman or Cantharan gunship.
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Posted 20 June 2000 - 07:38 PM
Yeah, well I'm not a fan of Ishiman or Cantharan gunship performance either. I just have this thing against piloting carriers.
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Throughout their history these "unenlightened" beings have continually opposed and fought abuses of power wrought by their own bretheren. We, as the prophets would do well to learn from these Humans.
-Final statement of the Salrilian reformist Sirthis shortly before his execution.
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Throughout their history these "unenlightened" beings have continually opposed and fought abuses of power wrought by their own bretheren. We, as the prophets would do well to learn from these Humans.
-Final statement of the Salrilian reformist Sirthis shortly before his execution.
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Posted 21 June 2000 - 10:48 PM
As I've said many times, humans are my favourite race. I've always liked the underdogs, and humans are underdogs with attitude (those gunships are lethal!). Favourite ship? The human gunship. Manueverable, potent when attacked from on front and capable of fighting effectively while on the run from fire.
I must admit, Sals are a superior race. Well, just compare those advantages. And second to humans, I do like Sals. But I agree with Sargantanus. Carriers are support vessels, not something for a hotshot fighter ace to fly. Though if I am forced into a Carrier, a Sal one is manueverable enough for me to actually enjoy it.
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I must admit, Sals are a superior race. Well, just compare those advantages. And second to humans, I do like Sals. But I agree with Sargantanus. Carriers are support vessels, not something for a hotshot fighter ace to fly. Though if I am forced into a Carrier, a Sal one is manueverable enough for me to actually enjoy it.
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Posted 22 June 2000 - 08:44 PM
I like the human destroyer.
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World War 1 was fought with Machine Guns and Cannons.
World War 2 was fought with bombs and missiles.
I don't know what World War 3 will be fought with, but it will be so terrible that
World War 4 will be fought with stone clubs.
Steven Hawkings,
-A Brief History of Time
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World War 1 was fought with Machine Guns and Cannons.
World War 2 was fought with bombs and missiles.
I don't know what World War 3 will be fought with, but it will be so terrible that
World War 4 will be fought with stone clubs.
Steven Hawkings,
-A Brief History of Time
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Posted 22 June 2000 - 09:25 PM
Put me down for humans as favorate. Second would be Obiards. 3rd, probably canths.
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We woke up one morning and fell a little further down, for sure this is the valley of death.
I open up my wallet, and it is full of blood.
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So I don't feel alone, or the weight of the stone,
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Now that I've found somewhere safe To bury my bones.
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A shelter from pigs on the wing.
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Posted 24 June 2000 - 01:47 PM
Captain Carnotaur, sorry I didn't reply, I haven't been to this bord much lately. I like the Obish and Ish. the best. My favorite ship is the Eleetjetian (I know I probobly spelled it wrong so shut up) cruiser, they're fast and well armed.
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Why is it that the more civilized the civilization, the more people they kill?
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The space ships hung in the air much in the same way bricks don't.
HHGTTG
Why is it that the more civilized the civilization, the more people they kill?
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Posted 24 June 2000 - 01:58 PM
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Captain Carnotaur, sorry I didn't reply, I haven't been to this bord much lately. I like the Obish and Ish. the best. My favorite ship is the Eleetjetian (I know I probobly spelled it wrong so shut up) cruiser, they're fast and well armed.
Captain Carnotaur, sorry I didn't reply, I haven't been to this bord much lately. I like the Obish and Ish. the best. My favorite ship is the Eleetjetian (I know I probobly spelled it wrong so shut up) cruiser, they're fast and well armed.
Thanks. I'm still not exactly sure when I'm going to publish the results.
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Posted 24 June 2000 - 03:13 PM
ilove the Salrilian gunship because it's main weapon does 200 damage, has range comparable to a missile, and restocks almost as quickly as you can fire it. If that wasn't enough, it is equipped with a Low Resonance Photo Kinetic Laser and has a cloaking device along with it.
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World War 1 was fought with Machine Guns and Cannons.
World War 2 was fought with bombs and missiles.
I don't know what World War 3 will be fought with, but it will be so terrible that
World War 4 will be fought with stone clubs.
Steven Hawkings,
-A Brief History of Time
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World War 1 was fought with Machine Guns and Cannons.
World War 2 was fought with bombs and missiles.
I don't know what World War 3 will be fought with, but it will be so terrible that
World War 4 will be fought with stone clubs.
Steven Hawkings,
-A Brief History of Time
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Posted 24 June 2000 - 07:11 PM
favorite ship: Salrilian carrier. Huge and elegant (instead of huge and ugly like the Cantharan carrier). Powerful (as opposed to the helpless Gaitori carrier)
favorite species: the race that builds my favorite ship
favorite species: the race that builds my favorite ship
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Posted 25 June 2000 - 01:25 AM
Cotton Moose, the Sal gunship's weapon has a damage of only 100, and the and a range of 520. Not quite the range or damage of a missle, but an excellent weapon nonetheless. Also, it takes VERY little energy to restock it.
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Posted 25 June 2000 - 09:47 AM
The Cantharan carrier isn't huge. I think it's the smallest carrier there is. And it is very beutifully designed, too, like all Cantharan ships. Plenty of maneuverability.
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Posted 25 June 2000 - 02:40 PM
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The Cantharan carrier isn't huge. I think it's the smallest carrier there is. And it is very beutifully designed, too, like all Cantharan ships. Plenty of maneuverability.
The Cantharan carrier isn't huge. I think it's the smallest carrier there is. And it is very beutifully designed, too, like all Cantharan ships. Plenty of maneuverability.
I apologize if my remark offended anyone. (Now we all know the real reason behind the Cantharan invasion of Earth: A Human insulted the design of the Cantharan carrier.)
You're correct in that the Cantharan carrier is the smallest carrier (Do I need new glasses again?) although I was thinking about carriers in general vs. gunboats. Since you are comparing carriers to carriers, the Cantharan carrier is the most maneuverable of them all.
As for your statement about the beauty of Cantharan ships in general, all I can say is that the Greeks have a saying: Personal tastes are not subject to debate. I guess we'll just have to disagree on this one.
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Posted 26 June 2000 - 02:24 PM
My favorate race is the Humans i mean come on they got invaded and conqured but still managed to beat an interstellar civilization thousands of years older than them. favorate ship the human gunboat manuverable powerful and if pioloted with finesse and patience can beat any ship in the game.
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