Add missions from other old versions of Elite

[Zireael]

I saw on the Wiki that different versions of Elite had different missions. Thargoid Documents or some such etc etc. Maybe you could add them into Oolite?

[Disembodied]

All the original Elite missions are already in Oolite, including "Thargoid Plans". The one exception is the Elite Plus mission where apparently you could get a new rank of "Archangel" after reaching Elite.

[Mauiby de Fug]

Other versions of Elite had different missions, though.

The version of Elite I was used to was on my Dad's old Acorn Archimedes, and that had 4 missions, none of which (as far as I'm aware) are in Oolite.

The first was delivering and deploying the Genesis capsule for GalFam.
The second was to eliminate down a traitor called Zartid.
The third one involved you being hunted down by a pirate called Pino (I think?) for killing his father.
And the fourth involved traipsing all around one of the galaxies picking up various components to make a vaccination for some sort of deadly disease.

...

I've now been searching t'internet, and my memory was correct. More details (spoilers!) can be found here.

[Zireael]

Other versions of Elite had different missions, though.

The version of Elite I was used to was on my Dad's old Acorn Archimedes, and that had 4 missions, none of which (as far as I'm aware) are in Oolite.

The first was delivering and deploying the Genesis capsule for GalFam.
The second was to eliminate down a traitor called Zartid.
The third one involved you being hunted down by a pirate called Pino (I think?) for killing his father.
And the fourth involved traipsing all around one of the galaxies picking up various components to make a vaccination for some sort of deadly disease.

There were some more differences, I think (after looking at Wiki and Ian Bell's pages). Those mentioned by Mauiby and something about a Police Viper... and another one with Thargoids. And a Cougar mission similar to the Constrictor one from Oolite.

So maybe those alternate missions could be:
a) implemented into Oolite
b) made into an OXP

[Switeck]

And a Cougar mission similar to the Constrictor one from Oolite.

Incidentally, the Cougar attacks the player on the C-64 Elite...I saw that 2-3 times.

[Griff]

I picked through the PC Elite+ game here with a hex editor looking for the mission text,
https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.ph ... 9&start=62

i'm not sure if i pieced it all together properly in the end, bits of text were were stored all over the place in the code!
I think Thargoid's stealth.oxp recreates the C64 cougar attack, not sure if it uses the cougar ship, although i do remember someone...
edit: it was frame in the same thread i linked to above https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?t= ... r&start=35
... had dug through the elite source code and extracted the model *searches forum*

[DaddyHoggy]

And a video from the BBC Master version I posted shows the cougar very briefly...

[Killer Wolf]

"The one exception is the Elite Plus mission where apparently you could get a new rank of "Archangel" after reaching Elite"

good, that just sounds a stupid addition. doesn't even tie in w/ the other list of ranks, IMO.

[DaddyHoggy]

I thought Archangel was an additional "title" based on completion of the Refugee mission and wasn't linked to your Elite Status...

[Kaks]

According to El Viejo's screenshots, you're still Elite, and Archangel is just a title. I must say I do find it difficult to explain it as a title: I keep thinking of feathery wings and haloes!

[Cody]

According to El Viejo's screenshots, you're still Elite, and Archangel is just a title. I must say I do find it difficult to explain it as a title: I keep thinking of feathery wings and haloes!

I didn't like it when it was awarded to me... I prefer plain old 'commander', which is what it replaced.

[DaddyHoggy]

According to El Viejo's screenshots, you're still Elite, and Archangel is just a title. I must say I do find it difficult to explain it as a title: I keep thinking of feathery wings and haloes!

Mine slipped....