Environmental weapons and major consequences

maceman

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12 years ago

Apr 12, 2012, 5:06:08 PM

Alderbranch wrote:
Well in this case one has to think they found the cure for such things as a large asteroid atleast. Like blowing it to fragments of its former self.

oh yeah? I raise you two /cloaked/ asteroids

perfect weapon. no heat signal and wrapped in layers of radar/ladar absorbing super foam [foundatyourlocalhandydandyspace7/11]

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Jun 9, 2012, 4:41:08 PM

COLL IDEA CHECK OUT MINE TOO /#/endless-space/forum/29-archives/thread/13672-some-ideas

MODNosferatiel

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Jun 9, 2012, 4:00:32 PM

This thread is the origin of all superweapons discussions.

Other threads about this have been archived:

/#/endless-space/forum/29-archives/thread/13243-suggestion-planet-killer-weapon

/#/endless-space/forum/29-archives/thread/13577-suggestion-weaponized-terraforming

/#/endless-space/forum/29-archives/thread/13327-suggestion-strategic-weapons-planet-killer

/#/endless-space/forum/29-archives/thread/13734-suggestion-attacking-enemy-star-systems-planets-populations-directly

/#/endless-space/forum/29-archives/thread/13884-weapons-with-the-destructive-capacity-to-annihilate-an-entire-planet

/#/endless-space/forum/29-archives/thread/13907-suggestion-planet-bombardment-destroying-colonies

/#/endless-space/forum/29-archives/thread/13943-redirect-asteroid-or-comet-to-strike-planet

Feel free to post here about this topic here and inform yourself about the variations the threads listed above have already discussed, but don't open new suggestion threads for anything alike.

kosch

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kosch

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12 years ago

May 4, 2012, 9:26:19 PM

Stellar Converter is a pretty good terraforming weapon hehe.

Quite like the idea of using the local asteroid belt if the system has one as a ammunition to bomb a planet into submission.

Uberbasher

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Uberbasher

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12 years ago

May 4, 2012, 7:55:35 AM

Just a qeustion about black holes wil they exist in the game?

On topic:

Terraforming weapons? Sounds like a great idea!

Boygor

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12 years ago

Apr 13, 2012, 10:54:50 PM

Ha ha - I found this picture on google of a planet... with an engine! No problem with supernovas here

MODNosferatiel

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Apr 13, 2012, 9:07:53 PM

maceman wrote:
sigh... ok... let's go attack that guy instead! :P

If you do it with a good old supernova inducing superweapon, you'll give him a reason to move his planet very fast. :P

maceman

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maceman

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12 years ago

Apr 13, 2012, 7:00:27 PM

sigh... ok... let's go attack that guy instead! :P

Alderbranch

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Alderbranch

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12 years ago

Apr 13, 2012, 6:37:36 AM

maceman wrote:
ok, check.

I attach a robot porn transponder which spews nudie ion viruses at all your feeble mine control systems!

Still doesnt work... Mines are put into minefields to make it unnecessary to guard and watch a certain area and to slow down if not downright stop advancing troops or weaponry.

maceman wrote:

I still think a mindless rock which requires no tech is an underrated wicked weapon. and remember, your mines have to overcome the cloak factor! you can shoot it but unless you get the pieces small enough to burn up in the atmosphere (which you may or may not have) it just keeps on comin!

Thats easily accommodated. First of all the mines doesnt have to overcome the cloak factor. Its the asteroid that has to get past the mines and it doesn't alter the objects physical size when being cloaked. Also its not the mines that has to find the asteroid... its not missiles... So detection is worthless to take into consideration as a feature.The mines are as said with a dyson-sphere distributed on a suitable distance as to break down any potential threat big enough to threaten the planets. The even distribution also allows for calculating the effect it will have on the object in order to destroy it sufficiently in order for it to burn in a atmosphere. So that has been taken into consideration.

maceman wrote:

(I am not sure if this is Kaspersky Chess or teenage chinese checkers strategy)

I think this is more of a russian-roulette kind of thing. There is no winners... especially not the one that has to clean up this mes... eh... wait a minute.... GAH!!!

maceman

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maceman

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12 years ago

Apr 13, 2012, 3:40:30 AM

ok, check.

I attach a robot porn transponder which spews nudie ion viruses at all your feeble mine control systems!

I still think a mindless rock which requires no tech is an underrated wicked weapon. and remember, your mines have to overcome the cloak factor! you can shoot it but unless you get the pieces small enough to burn up in the atmosphere (which you may or may not have) it just keeps on comin!

(I am not sure if this is Kaspersky Chess or teenage chinese checkers strategy)

Alderbranch

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Alderbranch

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12 years ago

Apr 12, 2012, 10:43:55 PM

maceman wrote:
ah... hmm...

I distract the operators with cookies?

Operators of what? The spacemines? This isnt Horatio-suicide-spacemines that has to be filled with beautiful live DNA when it explodes...

maceman

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maceman

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12 years ago

Apr 12, 2012, 10:29:52 PM

ah... hmm...

I distract the operators with cookies?

Alderbranch

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Alderbranch

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12 years ago

Apr 12, 2012, 10:03:01 PM

maceman wrote:
oh yeah? I raise you two /cloaked/ asteroids

perfect weapon. no heat signal and wrapped in layers of radar/ladar absorbing super foam [foundatyourlocalhandydandyspace7/11]

I raise you a really big ball of yarn and a super large net much like a dyson-sphere with space-mines... around each planet (with safe distance though yet awesome special effects for the ppl)

Boygor

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Boygor

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12 years ago

Apr 10, 2012, 7:13:28 PM

Hi all,

I was wondering if there were going to be any environmental weapons in the game?

What I mean by this would be directing asteroids towards planets, using black holes to obliterate entire star systems or even nuclear fallout from a planetary bombardment?

Would anyone else be interested in seeing major ramifications for the use of certain weapons? I'm thinking of the shifting of gravity wells affecting traffic/ combat or the creation of odd evolutionary traits amoung your populace (perk or otherwise).

Regards

Boygor

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Boygor

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12 years ago

Apr 11, 2012, 10:38:16 AM

Alderbranch wrote:
I think it is taking it a bit to far to be honest. It adds to much micromanagement but adds yet another layer of optimising a system. The next step would have been planet-relocation. Moving a planet from system to another and that seems a bit too extreme aswell.

I agree that moving planets between systesm would have the potential to be very silly indeed especially in multi-player although asteroids would be a different matter...

I'm not sure that the disruption to a planets orbit should be counted out completely though. It'd wreak potentially tremendous havoc to the ecosystem which would be nice

Alderbranch

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Alderbranch

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12 years ago

Apr 11, 2012, 10:10:36 AM

Well in this case one has to think they found the cure for such things as a large asteroid atleast.

Like blowing it to fragments of its former self.

maceman

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maceman

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12 years ago

Apr 11, 2012, 9:57:06 AM

Well considering a well placed asteroid can reverse poles and bring entire ecosystems to extstinction... It wouldn't take much, what?

Alderbranch

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Alderbranch

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12 years ago

Apr 11, 2012, 7:31:31 AM

I think it is taking it a bit to far to be honest. It adds to much micromanagement but adds yet another layer of optimising a system. The next step would have been planet-relocation. Moving a planet from system to another and that seems a bit too extreme aswell.

Boygor

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Boygor

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12 years ago

Apr 11, 2012, 7:25:52 AM

Alderbranch wrote:
Delay or perhaps even redirecting "weapons" sounds fun

But we were going to that system! Why are we at the neighbouringsystem?

It's a trap!

Going back to your terraforming weapons, what about destabilising a planets orbit? Given a few turns it could soon inhabit the 'sweet spot' suited to your race and at the same time cause all sorts of trouble for a defending ground force.

Let the process culminate and you could eject a planet from the solar system or drop it into a star (if you felt so inclined)...

Alderbranch

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