kernel: that's a good idea(!), but we should also have some broken down stations as well. I think that this might also be a golden opportunity to put a few still-functional stationary guns on these stations, that when disabled, people could come back and be a space-nurse for the turrets and fix 'em up to be usable again. This could apply to both the Leviathan and the Stations.

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C'mon! Huge (hollow-ish) derelicts would be awesome!

why in the 'vers would you wnt to fly throug something big enough to be "dungen" to our star fighters?

i mean it may be cool, but just think how huge it would have to be.

this is probably less ferasable than landing on planets, and that is on the long term plan, don't expect to see this any time remotely soon.

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I'm not saying we need something absolutely gigantic. I'm saying a few derelict stations around the universe in prominent places would be sweet. These derelicts would preferably be large, and have enclosed areas and such.

Edit: yes I did leber. :P

Seldon! You didn't ™ your "look!" [EDIT] Oh, nevermind. Phew! Good thing I don't look FOOLISH![/EDIT]

But I'd like to see these, preferably with destructible (-albe?) environments.

Blow thru the wall to surprise your opponent. Escape by shooting through two decks, fire in on people from the outside. Kickass.

Edited to make Leber look foolish. :P

I'm not so worried about these environments being destructible (as cool as that would be) as I am about just being able to blast your way through a precarious environment, and really pull off some crazy flying. Dodging is one thing. Combat amongst walls and debris is another.

/me yearns for the days of yore when Descent was king and fusion missles owned all foolish enough to be in the same room as one.

But seriously, Lord Q, LESS FEASIBLE than PLANETS?! Ok, well if planets were just some navpoint that you would 'dock' to and get a station menu, sure.

But: Design some hollow stations vs. write a terrain engine

Hmm, methinks huge derelict stations would be easier, no?

We actually had this asteroid back in alpha that wasn't particularly huge, but it had this network of cracks inside which it was so dark it was nearly impossible to see, and if you managed to worm your way through the right ones you would find a hidden station on the inside...

That comes pretty close to a dungeon in my mind.

dungeons?? no... please no.

all we really need are some really big fractured roids with narrow cracks, clefts and tunnels...

EDIT: and if you *really* feel the need to fly through stations, maybe just make some stations that have longer and more enclosed approaches (inside roids, or with interrior docking bays that you have to fly into a depressurized area of the station to access... but no dungeons.

Cunjo, that's exactly what we've been asking for. This thread started it, and there are lots of other mentions in threads that were around at the time. :)