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Dyson sphere surface

captz1ppcaptz1pp Member Posts: 931 Arc User
edited November 2013 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Will ground combat in the sphere include structures like the Maginot line or Normandy?
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  • mreeves7amreeves7a Member Posts: 499 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    Optional for that mission involves infiltrating a giant robotic maid and activating the self-destruct.
  • tacofangstacofangs Member Posts: 2,951 Cryptic Developer
    edited October 2013
    Sorry, but our princess is in another castle.
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  • burstdragon323burstdragon323 Member Posts: 853 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    In order to activate the self-destruct, you have to knock a darth vader knockoff into it with "magic powers".
  • beerxhyperbeerxhyper Member Posts: 676 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    i'd rather fight a aeria hunter killer and a ground tank hunter killer then rescue a princess that wouldn't give me any lol. (the aeriea HK and ground tank HK and from terminator and T2}


  • orangeitisorangeitis Member Posts: 5,222 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    I do know one thing. The devs better not give the map(s) any day/night cycles.
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  • hevachhevach Member Posts: 2,777 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    orangeitis wrote: »
    I do know one thing. The devs better not give the map(s) any day/night cycles.

    http://i.imgur.com/CJ1UKPE.jpg
    http://i.imgur.com/usUMyfk.jpg

    There's only one unfinished dyson sphere related map on tribble so far, and since it's a queue map a day/night cycle probably wouldn't apply anyway, but I feel the need to point out they didn't make any of the other mistakes that they were preemptively accused of in multiple rage threads, so I think it's safe to say day/night is covered.
  • beerxhyperbeerxhyper Member Posts: 676 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    hevach wrote: »
    http://i.imgur.com/CJ1UKPE.jpg
    http://i.imgur.com/usUMyfk.jpg

    There's only one unfinished dyson sphere related map on tribble so far, and since it's a queue map a day/night cycle probably wouldn't apply anyway, but I feel the need to point out they didn't make any of the other mistakes that they were preemptively accused of in multiple rage threads, so I think it's safe to say day/night is covered.

    that large ship is not a players is it? lol tell me thats a ship u fight against =D that be awsome


  • adjudicatorhawkadjudicatorhawk Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    beerxhyper wrote: »
    that large ship is not a players is it? lol tell me thats a ship u fight against =D that be awsome

    That is a ship you fight against. :)
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  • mcduffie369mcduffie369 Member Posts: 787 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    It looks like they have figured out how to create battles in a planets atmosphere for us.
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    edited October 2013
    burstdragon323 wrote: »
    In order to activate the self-destruct, you have to knock a darth vader knockoff into it with "magic powers".

    Hah!

    We could just fast-forward the VHS to the end and find out? :D
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  • virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    adjudicatorhawk wrote: »
    That is a ship you fight against. :)

    Naw, naw...they're playtesting the free ancient carrier from the FE there, right? ;)
  • turbomagnusturbomagnus Member Posts: 3,479 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    Has anyone else figured out what this whole Dyson Sphere boils down to if it involves the Voth?
    Fighting Voth inside the hull of the Dyson Sphere...

    We're basically fighting lizard-men deep inside the 'planet's' crust. (Never mind the fact that the 'planet' is inside out.)
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  • starkaosstarkaos Member Posts: 11,556 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    turbomagnus wrote: »
    Has anyone else figured out what this whole Dyson Sphere boils down to if it involves the Voth?
    Fighting Voth inside the hull of the Dyson Sphere...

    We're basically fighting lizard-men deep inside the 'planet's' crust. (Never mind the fact that the 'planet' is inside out.)

    Dyson Spheres are larger than a planet. They are at least bigger than a star. The most common instance of Dyson Sphere in Science Fiction is a sphere with a radius of 1 AU. Until the dev blog states the size of the sphere, then we can safely assume that it is bigger than a planet.
  • turbomagnusturbomagnus Member Posts: 3,479 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    *Rolls his eyes*

    The size of the sphere wasn't the point of the statement. The point was the appearant use of a B-grade sci-fi movie plotline...
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  • eulifdaviseulifdavis Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    hevach wrote: »
    http://i.imgur.com/usUMyfk.jpg
    Why is there a Klingon with rocket-boots in the lower-left of this? :P
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  • azurianstarazurianstar Member Posts: 6,985 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    hevach wrote: »
    http://i.imgur.com/CJ1UKPE.jpg
    http://i.imgur.com/usUMyfk.jpg


    What got my attention was the background, it's not a smooth transition for a sphere. Is this on a type of floating island? And is that Optimus Prime in the background or someone on the team a fan of Attack on Titan anime? :P


    The Second Picture with the size of the Voth city ship..........you guys no longer make excuses in not making an Enterprise-J model and saying she's "too big". :rolleyes:
  • kojirohellfirekojirohellfire Member Posts: 1,606 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    hevach wrote: »
    http://i.imgur.com/CJ1UKPE.jpg
    http://i.imgur.com/usUMyfk.jpg

    There's only one unfinished dyson sphere related map on tribble so far, and since it's a queue map a day/night cycle probably wouldn't apply anyway, but I feel the need to point out they didn't make any of the other mistakes that they were preemptively accused of in multiple rage threads, so I think it's safe to say day/night is covered.

    I think they need to fix that curvature. At the moment, the very bottom doesn't curve properly like the interior shell should like the background does. Instead it curves the other way like a regular planet would.
  • philipclaybergphilipclayberg Member Posts: 1,680
    edited October 2013
    sopwithsnipe wrote: »
    I heard that one of the missions will require you to rescue a princess from the detention level, then destroy a super beam weapon capable of blowing up planets and finally disabling the tractor beams so you can escape.

    lol...

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  • tacofangstacofangs Member Posts: 2,951 Cryptic Developer
    edited October 2013
    orangeitis wrote: »
    I do know one thing. The devs better not give the map(s) any day/night cycles.

    Why not? Dyson spheres potentially have some system to create night.

    turbomagnus wrote: »
    Has anyone else figured out what this whole Dyson Sphere boils down to if it involves the Voth?
    Fighting Voth inside the hull of the Dyson Sphere...

    We're basically fighting lizard-men deep inside the 'planet's' crust. (Never mind the fact that the 'planet' is inside out.)

    Shhhhhh! Don't tell them it's all actually Journey to the Center of the Earth!

    azurianstar wrote: »
    What got my attention was the background, it's not a smooth transition for a sphere. Is this on a type of floating island? And is that Optimus Prime in the background or someone on the team a fan of Attack on Titan anime? :P

    Actually just started watching Attack on Titan, but that's just another one of the horseshoe spires in the distance. Remember, this is all a work in progress still.

    azurianstar wrote: »
    The Second Picture with the size of the Voth city ship..........you guys no longer make excuses in not making an Enterprise-J model and saying she's "too big". :rolleyes:

    You have no idea. . .

    kojirohellfire wrote: »
    I think they need to fix that curvature. At the moment, the very bottom doesn't curve properly like the interior shell should like the background does. Instead it curves the other way like a regular planet would.


    Uh, what? Nothing in there is convex. . .
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  • hevachhevach Member Posts: 2,777 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    The curve at the terminator looks a bit awkward, though. To me it looks like it's coming down almost perpedicular, or curing towards the camera but not quickly enough, like it should continue behind the ground instead of connecting.

    I admit it might be an illusion caused by the stripes running through it, the terrain itself doesn't give much sense of angle. What are those supposed to be, anyway?
  • kojirohellfirekojirohellfire Member Posts: 1,606 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    tacofangs wrote: »
    Uh, what? Nothing in there is convex. . .

    Really? Because it looks like the bottom is, because the haze of the atmosphere looks like it's arching over rather than curving with the concave nature one expects from the interior of the shell.

    See here: http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/yy70/KojiroJames/Itsconvex_zpsbc84e432.jpg

    The red line drawn straight across reveals that the top of the atmosphere bulges up, as the edges do not touch it. The other lines highlight how the atmosphere is actually curving. It's convex, not concave.
  • kintishokintisho Member Posts: 1,040 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine MINE.


    AHHHHHHHhhhhhh, at last you bring me precious prey... SOmething even bigger than the borg!!!


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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    kojirohellfire wrote: »
    Really? Because it looks like the bottom is, because the haze of the atmosphere looks like it's arching over rather than curving with the concave nature one expects from the interior of the shell.

    See here: http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/yy70/KojiroJames/Itsconvex_zpsbc84e432.jpg

    The red line drawn straight across reveals that the top of the atmosphere bulges up, as the edges do not touch it. The other lines highlight how the atmosphere is actually curving. It's convex, not concave.
    I don't see it...
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  • kojirohellfirekojirohellfire Member Posts: 1,606 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    markhawkman wrote: »
    I don't see it...

    Really? Because it's there as plain as day.
  • orangeitisorangeitis Member Posts: 5,222 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    tacofangs wrote: »
    Why not? Dyson spheres potentially have some system to create night.
    Huh. True.

    Though I'd at least like some sort of tech somewhere on the sphere's surface glowing/moving when 'night' is activated and/or perhaps in-universe technobable explaining how it works. But yeah, it's plausible. We're already granting a Dyson sphere exists in the game, why not? :p
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  • azurianstarazurianstar Member Posts: 6,985 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    tacofangs wrote: »
    You have no idea. . .

    And why you say that? :rolleyes:

    I mean the Voth City ship is ohhhhh 11km long and Doug Drexler said the Enterprise-J is said to be 2 miles long (3.2km long). Don't tell me you want to blow her up.........in size bigger than that? :P
    orangeitis wrote: »
    Huh. True.

    Though I'd at least like some sort of tech somewhere on the sphere's surface glowing/moving when 'night' is activated and/or perhaps in-universe technobable explaining how it works. But yeah, it's plausible. We're already granting a Dyson sphere exists in the game, why not? :p

    They create nighttime by having orbital platforms that block the sunlight.
  • khayuungkhayuung Member Posts: 1,876 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    *spittakes*

    Tacofang watches Shingeki no Kyojin?!?!?! I thot our randomly violent stuff never makes it across the Pacific. :P

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    edited October 2013
    khayuung wrote: »
    *spittakes*

    Tacofang watches Shingeki no Kyojin?!?!?! I thot our randomly violent stuff never makes it across the Pacific. :P

    Oh, it does. It just has to be hunted down in video stores and the Internet.
  • starkaosstarkaos Member Posts: 11,556 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    orangeitis wrote: »
    Huh. True.

    Though I'd at least like some sort of tech somewhere on the sphere's surface glowing/moving when 'night' is activated and/or perhaps in-universe technobable explaining how it works. But yeah, it's plausible. We're already granting a Dyson sphere exists in the game, why not? :p

    It is really doubtful that the entire Dyson Sphere is filled with air. Chances are that there is a barrier 1 to 20 km above the surface that holds in the air. This barrier could be modified to generate a night display. Having a huge piece of metal to create a night sky is too much effort to deal with and can cause immense damage if it fails.
  • turbomagnusturbomagnus Member Posts: 3,479 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    sopwithsnipe wrote: »
    Uhm, B-grade sci-fi movie plotlines pretty much sums up the essence of the Star Trek IP.

    I know... they're just usually not so obvious about it. Someone in the Sinister Coverup Department is slipping...
    tacofangs wrote: »
    Shhhhhh! Don't tell them it's all actually Journey to the Center of the Earth!

    Book or movie?
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