Oolite Bulletins

As work is nearly "finished" on my Taxi Galactica OXP (which hopefully will be released as a 1.0 release tonight!), I've begun preliminary work on a mission OXP set in Galaxy 8, as nothing much is going on there at the moment. It's going to be called Galactic Traitor, and will deal with the fallout of working for an organisation that does not have the Galactic Co-Operative's best interests at heart...

However, I'm looking for a few ideas to go into this project as I have a basic plot and a few features planned out but I would be eager to hear other people's thoughts and ideas on the matter. So far I have the following (which for the sake of spoliers is written in rot13):

• Gur BKC fgnegf bss jvgu n pbzchgre tyvgpu jvgu lbhe Tnynpgvp Ulcreqevir, znxvat vg oebxra naq haercnvenoyr, naq genccvat lbh va Tnynkl 8.
• Nsgre n srj whzcf, lbh ner n bssrerq n srj engure eha-bs-gur-zvyy zvffvbaf vaibyivat genafcbegvat fbzr pnetb naq cnffratref gb inevbhf cynprf sbe n fznyy betnavfngvba, jub jvyy cnl n fznyy ohg snve nzbhag sbe gur jbex qbar
• Jura gurfr zvffvba unir orra pbzcyrgrq, lbh fgneg gb erprvir arjf ercbegf bs cbyvpr naq aniny sbeprf nsgre n cvybg, sylvat n fuvc zngpuvat lbhef gung unf orra nvqvat naq norggvat xabja greebevfgf.
• Nsgre frireny whzcf, lbh jvyy or pbasebagrq jura qbpxvat ng n znva fgngvba ol cbyvpr, fgngvat lbh unir qrfvtangrq n Genvgbe gb gur Pb-Bcrengvir, naq abj unir n svkrq obhagl bs n irel ynetr ahzore hcba lbh. Lbh pna gel naq oevor gur cbyvpr gb yrg lbh pbzr nobneq gur fgngvba, be lbh pna znxr n eha sbe vg!
• Lbh gura or uhagrq qbja ol nyy cbyvpr sbeprf, obhagl uhagref naq aniny sbeprf, nf jryy nf bgure urnquhagref, nf lbh orpbzr gur Tnynkl'f Zbfg Jnagrq pevzvany, juvyfg gelvat gb svaq crbcyr jub pna uryc pyrne lbhe anzr naq gnxr eriratr ba gubfr jub tbg lbh vagb guvf zrff va gur svefg cynpr!

Obviously there will be more involved, including the 'Orbital Turret' model kindly donated by Shipbuilder, and probably a guest appearence or two of the Thargoids. But I'm interested if there are any particular types of missions people would like to see in this OXP? Or perhaps anyone has some good ideas to be incorporated into this?

You might want to check out Ramirez' Iron Raven which is a sprawling mission set in G8. Not a reason for you not to do this, but to avoid any overlap etc.

Smivs wrote:

You might want to check out Ramirez' Iron Raven which is a sprawling mission set in G8. Not a reason for you not to do this, but to avoid any overlap etc.

Thanks Smivs, I was already aware of this mission having flown it before. But I don't intend to let this mission interfere with Iron Raven, in fact I will probably put into the script that if Iron Raven is installed that mission will have to be completed before Galactic Traitor starts up.

But one of the reasons I wanted to kind of 'announce' I was doing an OXP in Galaxy 8 was to make sure it won't interfere or overlap with any current/work in progress OXPs in Galaxy 8. I did toy with the idea of sprawling out into other Galaxies in this OXP, but I didn't want it to feel like it was copying Xeptatl's Sword in any way.

Pleb wrote:

Smivs wrote:

I did toy with the idea of sprawling out into other Galaxies in this OXP, but I didn't want it to feel like it was copying Xeptatl's Sword in any way.

I think there are a couple of other OXPs which span more than one galaxy although not on the scale that Xeptatl's Sword does. Don't let that put you off...do whatever is going to produce a good OXP

Edit:- Having just rot13'd your first post....I like the idea.

Thanks Smivs, I didn't want anyone to think I was treading on people's toes, but after playing a lot of the mission OXPs out there I feel that I've gotten a lot of ideas from playing them and ideas that maybe haven't come up before. Obviously there are ones that have given me inspiration, but I want to try to do something that will hopefully stand out slightly and not be a complete rehash of old ideas.

New Mission Sounds Goooooood!

onno256 wrote:

New Mission Sounds Goooooood!

Yeah, but... do you have any ideas?

onno256 wrote:

New Mission Sounds Goooooood!

Thank you, its coming along slowly, real life is taking more of a priority these days what with me getting married on 6th October and having a baby around 23rd November (well thats the due date anyway lol!) so its all very busy busy busy...

Fatleaf wrote:

Yeah, but... do you have any ideas?

Oh I've had loads more since posting this up, I would imagine the Test Guild will be the first to see them.

Pleb wrote:

...real life is taking more of a priority these days what with me getting married on 6th October and having a baby around 23rd November... I would imagine the Test Guild will be the first to see them.

Congratulations on the new (future) wife and baby

And more importantly: Good to see the Guild being put to good use

Pleb wrote:

..what with me getting married on 6th October and having a baby around 23rd November

Man, you ain't gonna know what hit you!
Many congratulations

Thanks Fatleaf and Smivs. And yes, what you said Smivs seems to be the general response I get from most people... Lol!

I will try and get on with working on this tonight if time permits, but if not I will get a few screenshots ready by the weekend of some of the stuff I've been working on.

*Tries not to mention great big weapon of doom and massive fleet of ships escorting it to destination...*