When going into combat, you have three options - run away (which is sometimes gone), deploy ships, and open commlink. I feel people don't understand that this commlink option exists, and the fact that you can get randomised, amusing flavour text from different mod factions depending on your relationship with them. Blackrock has some good ones when you're friendly with them, like one asking what colour their ships are, and why their faction colours don't match. In vanilla the pirates have one where they are hostile to you, and on combat they're confused that you actually picked up the commlink and spoke with them. You can also bribe Luddic Path fleets into not killing you through this dialogue option.I love the quotes from the Starlight Cabal. My favorite bit of flavor text used to be from the Interstellar Federation's ship descriptions.
Not sure if it’s still in the game, but the flavor text for the talon fighters “the average combat lifespan of a talon pilot is measured at 4 minutes and X seconds.”
X stands for I can’t remember the exact value.
Not sure if it’s still in the game, but the flavor text for the talon fighters “the average combat lifespan of a talon pilot is measured at 4 minutes and X seconds.”
X stands for I can’t remember the exact value.
Sadly I don't think it's in the game anymore (ever since fighters got redone in 0.8 ), but I'm fairly sure it was 4 minutes and 20 seconds. ;) And I'm very inclined to agree.
Today, I want Talons to die as quickly as possible so that the next replacement fires two Swarmers instead of the living one firing only one. Since Talons can replace so fast, Talons dying and replacing faster than rate can drop is more useful than preserving them.
*logistical rambling*
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There is a random name for ships "Don't stop until C"
Interesting enough name, but what i love about it is it is accidentally (or maybe purposely) a pun about the controls. The C key brings your ship to a halt, but is also the speed of light.
(or maybe purposely)(Alas, not purposely.)
(or maybe purposely)(Alas, not purposely.)
Ahh. well if you'd left it mysterious i was willing to believe it was a stealth pun. At any rate it's a happy accidental pun.
I love the quotes from the Starlight Cabal.Some of those are brilliant. I got ambushed by a captain who was wearing nothing but a massive gold chain on his neck. And he had 4 Starlight Auroras.
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that one gets me every time