Topic: Updated Ftrs&PFsOP

[Desty_Nova]

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2. MORE andro specs (if possible) they are powerful but there's not much diversity so far. Cloak = DisDeV, TRBL, TRBH, [non-regenerative?] Shields (few labs) and armor for PA Panels.... Could Andros have been forced to cannibalize weapons from enemy ships if they were trapped in enemy territory and cut off from their support? E. g., An Imposer with a Lyran ESG is that even possible? I dunno since I never played SFB...


KF  

It's doubtful that the Andros could have made use of galactic weapon systems. One of their greatest failings was their lack of adaptability. While other races were developing new and better technologies like X-Tech, the Andros remained pretty static(not completely though). Not to mention they were never particularly well-suited to handling certain aspects of fighting galactic races anyway, like getting swarmed. Anyway, one odd thing to note is that the Andros did adopt mauler technology after they arrived in our galaxy. It is unknown if they somehow got this from the Romulans, or if it's a weapon that is merely functionally similar to one that they already had(this is a similar case with their 'phasers'; they are not technically phasers but they are similar enough in operation to be approximated by them).    


By the way Rod, are you gonna be adding MWPs to your mod when you do the Andros?  

[Rod O'neal]

I think that originally ADB said that the Andros copied Rom tech with the mauler. As things progressed I think they decided to keep Andro and Galactic tech totally seperate and incompatible. Mixing it would have created impossible balancing issues. That's when they said that they didn't know if it was acquired technology or possibly the Andros developed it on their own. Without pulling out the "Andromedan Order of Battle", if memory serves me correctly, Dominators arrive in this galaxy with Terminators already as part of their standard SatShip complement. They also have an incredibly low allowed build rate for Terminators. They're allowed to convert Cobras to Terminators only to replace destroyed ones and then only at a rate of one a year, or something along those lines.

MWPs(mobile weapons platforms) are fighters with real internal systems like a ship (batteries, warp, PA panels, etc...). Well that will have to be a real approximation. SFC doesn't give you internal systems for ftrs and that's the only hull type that could be used. The only thing that I can think of is Ph2 armed fighters that are speed 31 with lots of damage pts. I'm sure that something could be made that would give some resemblance of MWPs, at least tactically, to add to the racial flavor factor. Nothing else works exactly the same in SFC as SFB. So, why not? Everything in an Andro mod would have to be done like that anyway.