Map Idea: Ariadne Phase Gate Station
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<div class="IPBDescription">Please help me flesh this out.</div> ALL OUTDOORS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . just kidding.
Okay, I want to present this scenario to be certain that it coincides correctly with the Natural Selection universe. Also I'm checking to see that this idea hasn't already been taken; and making sure it doesn't get taken while I'm in the midst of creating my map.
The map will take place aboard the phase gate into the Ariadne Arm. A good majority of the map will be maintenance tunnels and shafts, with some open control stations, cores and whatnot. That's how I see it panning out at the moment. I'm having mapper's block tryin' to figure out some spiffy areas to include.
Now, to explain why there is a Kharaa presence on the station. A cruiser (of some sort, perhaps inter-system traffic control) has crash landed in the docking bay with an alien infestation aboard and... well... you know what happened then.
Here are the hive locations (titles are tentative):
1. ISTC Cargo ? - The cruiser will be fairly good-sized and include multiple rooms that must be cleared before accessing the cargo bay on the underbelly. The ship won't be a small shuttle by any means. The entire cruiser will be infested, some of the infestation spilling out into the docking hangar. Since it DID crashland in the docking bay I could make the cruiser resting on upside down just to mess with the players. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
2. Phase Gate Array (PGA) ? - Should be a visually cool-looking room, but a difficult one to craft as well. The ceiling and floor would be endless because they technically wrap all the way around the station and form a ring. There's lots of potential to put the particle system into action here. The exterior walls would equal death upon touch, and a fall into the endless pit would obviously be deadly. The problem is, things would get rather nasty in there should anyone ever warp in or out of the system so... I'm not sure how the aliens would have survived. I may just move them off to the side into a Phase Array Control room ("PGA Control").
3. ... I dunno where the third hive should be located. Power relay? Maintenance control? Life support? I need suggestions!
The Frontiersmen will spawn in the "greeting room" of the station which is by far the most comfortable, well-lit part of the ship. A large, flickering screen on one wall will proudly display, "Welcome to the Ariadne system. Enjoy your stay." or something similar. This area might become the ready room, in which case the marine spawn would beeeee... no clue.
Any inconsistencies so far? Any suggestions? Give me all your good ideas now! You can keep the crappy ones.
Also, is the inter-system phase gate supposed to be in the shape of a huge ring? Or does it not really matter? <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
Oh... one final thing: a map title. Help me with a name. So far all I have is ns_ariadne, ns_conduit, ns_illapse, ns_keyhole, ns_fontanel, ns_lattice, ns_gullet, ns_ajar, ns_cairn, ns_shoulder, ns_influx, ns_prelude, ns_clutch, ns_reprise, ns_rhapsody, ns_purgatory, ns_requiem, and ns_limbo. <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='wow.gif'><!--endemo--> Okay, so I just started using nearly random words and SURE, most of them don't make sense as far as lining up with the map idea. But... who's to say? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
Okay, I want to present this scenario to be certain that it coincides correctly with the Natural Selection universe. Also I'm checking to see that this idea hasn't already been taken; and making sure it doesn't get taken while I'm in the midst of creating my map.
The map will take place aboard the phase gate into the Ariadne Arm. A good majority of the map will be maintenance tunnels and shafts, with some open control stations, cores and whatnot. That's how I see it panning out at the moment. I'm having mapper's block tryin' to figure out some spiffy areas to include.
Now, to explain why there is a Kharaa presence on the station. A cruiser (of some sort, perhaps inter-system traffic control) has crash landed in the docking bay with an alien infestation aboard and... well... you know what happened then.
Here are the hive locations (titles are tentative):
1. ISTC Cargo ? - The cruiser will be fairly good-sized and include multiple rooms that must be cleared before accessing the cargo bay on the underbelly. The ship won't be a small shuttle by any means. The entire cruiser will be infested, some of the infestation spilling out into the docking hangar. Since it DID crashland in the docking bay I could make the cruiser resting on upside down just to mess with the players. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
2. Phase Gate Array (PGA) ? - Should be a visually cool-looking room, but a difficult one to craft as well. The ceiling and floor would be endless because they technically wrap all the way around the station and form a ring. There's lots of potential to put the particle system into action here. The exterior walls would equal death upon touch, and a fall into the endless pit would obviously be deadly. The problem is, things would get rather nasty in there should anyone ever warp in or out of the system so... I'm not sure how the aliens would have survived. I may just move them off to the side into a Phase Array Control room ("PGA Control").
3. ... I dunno where the third hive should be located. Power relay? Maintenance control? Life support? I need suggestions!
The Frontiersmen will spawn in the "greeting room" of the station which is by far the most comfortable, well-lit part of the ship. A large, flickering screen on one wall will proudly display, "Welcome to the Ariadne system. Enjoy your stay." or something similar. This area might become the ready room, in which case the marine spawn would beeeee... no clue.
Any inconsistencies so far? Any suggestions? Give me all your good ideas now! You can keep the crappy ones.
Also, is the inter-system phase gate supposed to be in the shape of a huge ring? Or does it not really matter? <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
Oh... one final thing: a map title. Help me with a name. So far all I have is ns_ariadne, ns_conduit, ns_illapse, ns_keyhole, ns_fontanel, ns_lattice, ns_gullet, ns_ajar, ns_cairn, ns_shoulder, ns_influx, ns_prelude, ns_clutch, ns_reprise, ns_rhapsody, ns_purgatory, ns_requiem, and ns_limbo. <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='wow.gif'><!--endemo--> Okay, so I just started using nearly random words and SURE, most of them don't make sense as far as lining up with the map idea. But... who's to say? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
Comments
I recall seeing some early screenshots of NS that included a pretty PGA, but I don't think it's in any of the official maps. What ever happened to that phase gate map? Could it have been one of the maps that got cut due to Commander Mode not working properly...?
but it has to be done by somebody <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
I recall seeing some early screenshots of NS that included a pretty PGA, but I don't think it's in any of the official maps. What ever happened to that phase gate map? Could it have been one of the maps that got cut due to Commander Mode not working properly...?<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
You and your logic are gonna be on teh wrong side of an old-fashioned beating one of these days, probably orchestrated by some dumb*** you outsmarted. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
Well, the phase gate wouldn't have to be inoperable so take THAT! Hm...