Mothership -> Space Fleet

[Taure]

So lots of suggestions in the past have been about making it so you have fleets of motherships rather than just one. After all, any awesome space empire should have more than one ship, right?

However, any such suggestion would require a massive game overhaul, so isn't going to happen.

However, there is a simple way for us to get fleets of ships without much work on admin's part: simply make cosmetic changes to the Mothership system to make it a bit cooler.

So, for example:

"Outfit Mothership X" would instead read "Outfit Space Fleet X".

And this stuff could be changed from:

MotherShip Details
Nano Volley Offense Weapons 138,000
Maximum Volley Capacity 138,000
Matter-Phasic Shields Generators 92,000
Maximum Shield Capacity 92,000
Nano-AI Cruiser Squadran 17,250
Maximum Fleet Capacity 17,250

To:

Space Fleet Details
AI Attack Dreadnought 138,000
Maximum AI Attack Dreadnoughts 138,000
AI Defensive Cruisers 92,000
Maximum AI Defensive Cruisers 92,000
Nano-AI Fighter 17,250
Maximum Fighter Capacity 17,250

And so on. Obviously I just came up with simple names there but admin could get imaginative.

Basically all I'm saying is that that by simply renaming the elements of the MS we can have our space fleets, with minimal effort

[minisaiyan]

any reason? does it benifit the game in anyway?

[Sarevok]

Could be interesting. Though i don't know how willing people are to give up their shields/weapons lol

[Taure]

any reason? does it benifit the game in anyway?

It doesn't change the game dynamics, if that's what you're asking. It just makes it a bit more fun. Just like when the command centre graphics got upgraded. Didn't change the game, but made it nicer to play.

[Taure]

Nicer for those of us who think it's ridiculous that a space empire is armed with a single ship.

Name one sci-fi show where a space faring civilisation has only had one ship (and was content to stay that way).

[minisaiyan]

maybe give everyone the option of what their slots are called. then you just lose every element of stargate in the game... just coz the owners wont let us have some things, doesnt mean the whole concept and meanig to the game should be lost.

[Taure]

It's making the game more like SG that makes me want this... all the races in Stargate had multiple ships. Even Earth, once we stole the tech.

[Bullseye]

you don't need multiple ships, just one awesome one

Haha indeed

[schuesseled]

Nicer for those of us who think it's ridiculous that a space empire is armed with a single ship.

Name one sci-fi show where a space faring civilisation has only had one ship (and was content to stay that way).

Stargate Universe

[Taure]

3 episodes so far It's likely that there will be more before the end :p

[Sarevok]

I believe the name was more for the role-playing which tends to accompany wars these days...
Rather then saying it was just a ship, farther fleets going at

it.

you don't need multiple ships, just one awesome one

Good Luck defending 2 worlds with 1 "awesome" ship from someone with 2 weaker MS

[schuesseled]

you don't need multiple ships, just one awesome one

Good Luck defending 2 worlds with 1 "awesome" ship from someone with 2 weaker MS

depends...

what if the ship was the size of a galaxy, galaxy class ship, its maximum speed is orbit, hahaha.

[Sarevok]

you don't need multiple ships, just one awesome one

Good Luck defending 2 worlds with 1 "awesome" ship from someone with 2 weaker MS

depends...

what if the ship was the size of a galaxy, galaxy class ship, its maximum speed is orbit, hahaha.

Yes, because an object that massive would collapse the galaxy in on itself, good idea...

[CABAL]

it.

you don't need multiple ships, just one awesome one

Good Luck defending 2 worlds with 1 "awesome" ship from someone with 2 weaker MS

you do not have more than one realm to protect...

Unless you multi

[Sarevok]

it.

you don't need multiple ships, just one awesome one

Good Luck defending 2 worlds with 1 "awesome" ship from someone with 2 weaker MS

you do not have more than one realm to protect...

Which funnily enough, can have a maximum of 12 planets (including home world). And since i said you can't protect 2 planets (not to realms) with 1 MS... GL defending 11-12
It doesn't matter how fast you are. To try to stave off 12 attacks which occur at the same time, no matter the ships power, would be a sight to see