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Agents of Yesterday and The Foundry

psycoticvulcanpsycoticvulcan Member Posts: 4,160 Arc User
in The Foundry for Star Trek Online - Discussion & Feedback
What can we expect to see in the Foundry as far as Agents of Yesterday? New assets and maps are probably a given, but it would be awesome to be able to create missions for TOS characters.
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  • castsbugccastsbugc Member Posts: 830 Arc User
    ruinthefun wrote: »
    I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that what we can expect is "Extended Downtime".

    By limb I think you mean tree trunk :1
  • djxprimedjxprime Member Posts: 522 Arc User
    castsbugc wrote: »
    ruinthefun wrote: »
    I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that what we can expect is "Extended Downtime".

    By limb I think you mean tree trunk :1

    Trunk? Don't you mean the whole fraggin' forest? :D

    The one thing I hope for is something I've been looking forward to for a long time in the grand tradition of Star Trek: A map made in homage to Vasquez Rocks! B)
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  • castsbugccastsbugc Member Posts: 830 Arc User
    djxprime wrote: »
    castsbugc wrote: »
    ruinthefun wrote: »
    I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that what we can expect is "Extended Downtime".

    By limb I think you mean tree trunk :1

    Trunk? Don't you mean the whole fraggin' forest? :D

    The one thing I hope for is something I've been looking forward to for a long time in the grand tradition of Star Trek: A map made in homage to Vasquez Rocks! B)
    I still think we need more quarrys.....just cuz then I can make low budget british star trek missions ;)


  • duncanidaho11duncanidaho11 Member Posts: 7,980 Arc User
    edited May 2016
    castsbugc wrote: »
    I still think we need more quarrys.....just cuz then I can make low budget british star trek missions ;)

    Also miscellaneous alien planet sets. Doing absolutely nothing besides moving the trees and changing the lighting would pretty much be required for use. :tongue:
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  • drogyn1701drogyn1701 Member Posts: 3,606 Media Corps
    edited May 2016
    castsbugc wrote: »
    I still think we need more quarrys.....just cuz then I can make low budget british star trek missions ;)

    No, more forests. Because everyone knows that every sci-fi planet looks like Vancouver.

    But seriously, we all know that the Foundry is a low priority. Knowing what Cryptic has said about their work scheduling in the past, they're going to be pulling all nighters right up until launch day. Not a lot of free time for adding assets to the Foundry, so honestly I don't expect much of anything right away. Maybe the ships, because new player ships get added fairly consistently. But detail objects or maps? I really don't expect anything.
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  • thay8472thay8472 Member Posts: 6,164 Arc User
    @drogyn1701

    Yeah, your probably right ... still I can dream of Elachi walkers crushing the Player character! AHAHAHAHAHA ... I'm British.



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  • drogyn1701drogyn1701 Member Posts: 3,606 Media Corps
    thay8472 wrote: »
    I'm British.

    You keep saying that but what you really mean is you're weird. That's cool though, so are the rest of us :smiley: Weirdness transcends nationality.

    But let's turn this around. Let's ask, "What do we already have that can be useful in building TOS-era missions?" And the answer is "quite a lot actually"

    Maps: TOS Constitution interior and bridge, TOS Klingon ship interior (Worvig, from 2270), Drozana TOS interior

    Detail objects: TOS fed consoles, tables, chairs and other misc stuff from the Connie interior, K-7 space asset

    NPCs: TOS Fed and Klingon combat mobs and NPC contacts.

    Costumes: TOS Fed, KDF and Romulan costumes

    Ships: TOS Connie, Romulan BoP, Klingon D-7

    Plus plenty of other existing stuff that can be repurposed like civilian clothes, generic ships, etc.
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  • thay8472thay8472 Member Posts: 6,164 Arc User
    Is that ... a insult? :open_mouth:@artan42 I need you and a team of scientists to analyse what he said.

    Do TOS Klingon groups spawn targs? If not then ... then Romulans of that era used the same weapons as the KDF ... so with a simple reskin you have some Romulan TOS stuff.
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  • drogyn1701drogyn1701 Member Posts: 3,606 Media Corps
    edited May 2016
    Edit: so the TOS Klingon combat group actually doesn't use TOS weapons. They don't appear to spawn Targs, but they do also come at you with batleths and dktags, so probably not suitable for reskinning as TOS romulans.
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  • artan42artan42 Member Posts: 10,450 Bug Hunter
    thay8472 wrote: »
    Is that ... a insult? :open_mouth:@artan42 I need you and a team of scientists to analyse what he said.

    Science team's analysis is back...

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    I'm airlocking the lot of 'em.​​
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  • thay8472thay8472 Member Posts: 6,164 Arc User
    @artan42 your duty has impressed the Emperor himself.

    I hereby reward you the title of 'NotsoawesomeasSutherlandbutstillawesomenonetheless' ... you must feel so proud.
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  • artan42artan42 Member Posts: 10,450 Bug Hunter
    thay8472 wrote: »
    @artan42 your duty has impressed the Emperor himself.

    I hereby reward you the title of 'NotsoawesomeasSutherlandbutstillawesomenonetheless' ... you must feel so proud.

    Sorry, I'm English. We don't have emotion. I will however keep a stiff upper lip from the accolade.​​
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    Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though.
    JJ Trek The Kelvin Timeline is just Trek and it's fully canon... get over it. But I still prefer TAR.
    #TASforSTO


    '...I can tell you that we're not in the military and that we intend no harm to the whales.' Kirk: The Voyage Home
    'Starfleet is not a military organisation. Its purpose is exploration.' Picard: Peak Performance
    'This is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? Because I thought we were explorers!' Scotty: Into Darkness
    '...The Federation. Starfleet. We're not a military agency.' Scotty: Beyond
    'I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm an engineer.' Miles O'Brien: Empok Nor
    '...Starfleet could use you... It's a peacekeeping and humanitarian armada...' Admiral Pike: Star Trek

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  • duncanidaho11duncanidaho11 Member Posts: 7,980 Arc User
    If we get a certain desert map I'm totally making a parody SSF mission.

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  • djxprimedjxprime Member Posts: 522 Arc User
    duncanidaho11 wrote: »
    If we get a certain desert map I'm totally making a parody SSF mission.

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    You've been peeking into my project files, haven't you! lol :wink:
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited May 2016
    djxprime wrote: »
    duncanidaho11 wrote: »
    If we get a certain desert map I'm totally making a parody SSF mission.
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    You've been peeking into my project files, haven't you! lol :wink:
    Shh... if you say that too loud Astronema might hear you....
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  • galattgalatt Member Posts: 708 Arc User
    edited May 2016
    thay8472 wrote: »
    @drogyn1701

    Yeah, your probably right ... still I can dream of Elachi walkers crushing the Player character! AHAHAHAHAHA ... I'm British.


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  • thay8472thay8472 Member Posts: 6,164 Arc User
    @galatt

    Oh spiffy show. I say Ol' chum ... when Sutherland (whichever one) makes another appearance next in your oh so awesome slides.. would you care to give then a good old English accent.

    Now ... I present @artan42 with his bridge officers.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McFj_vq3cwk
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  • artan42artan42 Member Posts: 10,450 Bug Hunter
    thay8472 wrote: »
    Now ... I present @artan42 with his bridge officers.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McFj_vq3cwk

    Completely and utterly accurate save for one tiny detail...

    ...they're GERMAN! Look at those silly hats, my hat's aren't half as silly. They certainly don't have a point on top anyway.​​
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    Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though.
    JJ Trek The Kelvin Timeline is just Trek and it's fully canon... get over it. But I still prefer TAR.
    #TASforSTO


    '...I can tell you that we're not in the military and that we intend no harm to the whales.' Kirk: The Voyage Home
    'Starfleet is not a military organisation. Its purpose is exploration.' Picard: Peak Performance
    'This is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? Because I thought we were explorers!' Scotty: Into Darkness
    '...The Federation. Starfleet. We're not a military agency.' Scotty: Beyond
    'I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm an engineer.' Miles O'Brien: Empok Nor
    '...Starfleet could use you... It's a peacekeeping and humanitarian armada...' Admiral Pike: Star Trek

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