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https://bb.oolite.space/
D'oh! I did a find inside FF for "ECM" - and it didn't display that line (it was off the bottom of the page) - my bad!CheeseRedux wrote:My point was that if we had found the information in the Frontier manual, we would have known where it came from.
Anyway, found it:
THARGOID INVASION SHIPS
Though most of the Thargoid Space Fleet is currently engaged by the Galactic Navy in Intergalactic Space, a few of the smaller battle ships make occasional sorties into Human Space. These ships are extremely fast for their size and invariably have ECM Systems (this was originally a Thargoid invention to counter Navy missiles, subsequently copied by the Navy from captured Thargoid ships). Additionally, most Thargoid battle ships carry a few small remote- controlled ships, each equipped with a single pulse laser. It is rumored that the Galactic Navy are designing their own remote-controlled fighter, and will pay well for Thargoid ones to study.
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Source: http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/manual.htm - about 90% down on the page.
The ECM was developed by Bell and Braben on riedquat 359 and is believed to have been inspired by Thargoid technology captured by the Navy, who ordered it's development.
Reading the two sections next to each other, they do seem to be more than just a bit contradictory.Smivs wrote:It doesn't quite square with the bit higher up but I suppose if B&B were Navy sub-contractors (which is quite possible) we have our answer.
Sounds like a good idea for an oxp, at first I thought it might be a reference to the Constrictor, but that's a manned craft, would love to see Behemoths launching military drones.CheeseRedux wrote:...It is rumoured that the Galactic Navy are designing their own remote-controlled fighter...
So basically Captured Thargons as in the Armoury OXP, but with new models. Or the guardian drones in Aquatics?ADCK wrote:Sounds like a good idea for an oxp, at first I thought it might be a reference to the Constrictor, but that's a manned craft, would love to see Behemoths launching military drones.CheeseRedux wrote:...It is rumoured that the Galactic Navy are designing their own remote-controlled fighter...
Basically yeah, but in use by the military NPC'sThargoid wrote:So basically Captured Thargons as in the Armoury OXP, but with new models.
Smivs wrote:Before this thread gets too derailed can I just ask once more if anyone has any objections to my proposed update to the Wiki regarding the ECM?
Welcome back and love that idea! Oxp would connect things and add great continuity.ADCK wrote:Sounds like a good idea for an oxp, at first I thought it might be a reference to the Constrictor, but that's a manned craft, would love to see Behemoths launching military drones.CheeseRedux wrote:...It is rumoured that the Galactic Navy are designing their own remote-controlled fighter...
