Ns_veil back story

KungFuSquirrel

<div class="IPBDescription">Yay for stories!</div><a href="http://www.planethalflife.com/awmaps/ns_veil_story.txt" target="_blank">http://www.planethalflife.com/awmaps/ns_veil_story.txt</a>

I'm sure a few terms are wrong, a few details misaligned, etc... And I don't even know if Relic25 will agree to my use of the Bast in the story... but I just started writing and this is what I ended up with. Lemme know if you think I should change/correct anything, and I'll remove all references to Bast if it doesn't fit in at all. Which it probably doesn't.

(this is also posted on NS World now, for the record)

MonsieurEvil

Heh. Only a mapper would say that a few details are misaligned <!--emo&;)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'><!--endemo-->

Great story!

ChromeAngel

I read, I liked.  Makes me wish I had time to finish writing 'blockade buster' * sigh * .

You're description of the establishment of the colony makes it sound small, yet when the aliens arrive they've got over 40 militia to send after them, that strikes me as a little odd.

For some reason I didn't imagine Bast being the type of ship that ever lands.  However I did like the way you wrote it in.  I can imagine backstories like this describing the progression of the infestation through human space, one map after another.

Can't wait to see this map.

KungFuSquirrel

hrmm, good point... that IS a damn big ship... Maybe it's just a supply shuttle, heh... I'll worry about that if I end up leaving that part in. <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo--> I'm assuming at this point that part of the story won't hold up with Relic's.

Also, as far as the numbers... I'm going with a total of somewhere around 200-300 personnel (mining crews, security force, command station, then take into account the food processing facility). You need a lot of people to run frontier outposts! <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo--> Again, this is just an early run through of the story, it'll probably be tidied up before the map is done.

Hida_Tsuzua

But a 6:46 loss ratio?  That's a little to large consider it's just Bobs.  Otherwise, I like it!

MonsieurEvil

How well do you think you would do against a pack of Level 1's?

KungFuSquirrel

That was mentioned before -- These are not fully trained Frontiersmen guarding the base either. They don't even know what they're up against. They're more of a security force than a full military presence. I'll try to clear this up in a revised version.

KungFuSquirrel

Also on the topic of ns_veil... have some concept art! <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->

here's a full layout diagram... I'll link to it since it's 1280x1024...

<a href="http://www.planethalflife.com/awmaps/pics/ns_veil_full_layout2.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.planethalflife.com/awmaps/pics/ns_veil_full_layout2.jpg</a>

And here's a top-down view of the WC grid, so you can compare how lined up the sketch and the current map are. There will be changes, of course, but for now this will do.

<img src="http://www.planethalflife.com/awmaps/pics/veil_topdown2.jpg" border="0">

Enjoy. <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->

pielemuis

really liked the story, i did like the part with the bast, but i have to agree it's a big ship, maybe just make it a shuttle that the bast launched while in orbit?

Unknown

lets see the real 3D map, the layout looks great tho.

KungFuSquirrel

<a href="http://www.natural-selection.org/cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=4;t=358" target="_blank">http://www.natural-selection.org/cgi-bin....4;t=358</a> -- you've seen it in 3D already. <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo--> The drawing points out the location I've been taking screens of so far. I'll try to get a lot more done this weekend, too.

realityisdead

Great looking layout, Andrew! <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo--> Looks like maybe it might be a bit easier for the marines to get to hive 1 than the rest, but other than that it looks great! Very creative and original. I truly am looking forward to playing this map.