Two new missions!

It must be Christmas - Stellar Forces ha two new missions! "Underground Meltdown" and "Underground Capture the Flag", suggested by Petermock and Cpt Fishmonger respectively.

Both are based on the Colonization-style missions, but the Meltdown mission has the exploding computers as seen in the original Meltdown missions, and the CTF is obviously the first player to get the flag to the opposite side of the map.
Posted by SteveSmith 155 days ago [Login to reply]

You, sir, are a legend!

With Underground Meltdown do we just need to protect the computers nearest to our starting position?
Posted by Cpt Fishmonger 155 days ago [Login to reply]

Thanks. :) In the Meltdown mission, the computers don't affect victory points (although I may change this). Their only function is to explode when shot, thus creating more chaos. I thought that might be enough to make the mission new and interesting.
Posted by SteveSmith 155 days ago [Login to reply]

Oh tasty! It should in theory make the games much shorter. I'm looking forward to the inevitable chaos...
Posted by Cpt Fishmonger 155 days ago [Login to reply]

Thanks Steve, good Xmas presents. Steve I'm with you on keeping the CPU's as exploding components only. But if in practice we need to affect the VP score, I'm not against that. We might have to have the VP idea implemented if people start blowing their own CPU's up for some kind of advantage. Hard to predict how the games will play. Testing only way. FLAG idea I'm equally excited about trying out.
Posted by petermock 155 days ago [Login to reply]

And it should shorten the games but also inject a sense of mission purpose.
Posted by petermock 155 days ago [Login to reply]

Could someone explain the missions here. They seem on the surface straight forward but if someone could clarify them please.

The term: "And avoid exploding computers" is somewhat ambiguous. I think I know what was meant by this but just need clarification before I equip/deploy.
Posted by xeno 155 days ago [Login to reply]

oooooh new Underground missions. Stellar Forces, the gift that keeps on giving......
Posted by RABID 153 days ago [Login to reply]

Happy New Year Pete, and everyone who's playing! Not too many sore heads this morning? (/afternoon)
Posted by SteveSmith 147 days ago [Login to reply]

I've just updated the Underground CTF mission so now there's a bigger gap around the edge.
Posted by SteveSmith 143 days ago [Login to reply]

I've just created a game with new gap. Looks good, testing it now.??
Posted by petermock 143 days ago [Login to reply]

I'm in like Flint!
You guys are far superior strategists than me, but I always have a blast still trying! Ahah
Posted by Socrates 143 days ago [Login to reply]

The new underground missions are really good, revitalised my interest in the game.

Pushing it, but how about an egg hunt version. Eggs in the centre, first to get three back to their starting base wins.
Posted by xeno 135 days ago [Login to reply]

Reminds me of caveman rugby at school but with medicine balls.
Posted by xeno 135 days ago [Login to reply]

It's odd, as I'm a master at infiltration tactics in the underground games. Blowing my own trumpet but I think that is well established. ;)

Yet in egg hunt, I for some reason don't, and I'm usually on the receiving end. Seem to rush in and take them, and then some sneaky git comes and steals them. Be interesting, for me at least, if I can in do it in an underground mission.
Posted by xeno 135 days ago [Login to reply]

Count me in I like the idea. EGGS!
Posted by petermock 134 days ago [Login to reply]

I reckon you could get 2 missions at least put of Xeno's egg collector idea. First Xeno's central egg location concentration. Eggcellant idea. Another arrangement could be eggs dotted about the map but in single or very small amounts forcing players to make directional choices and having to collect more than 3.
Posted by petermock 134 days ago [Login to reply]

Mission 3 Egg meltdown. Got to get eggs but also exploding CPU's in the mix.
Posted by petermock 134 days ago [Login to reply]

How about Underground Moonbase Meltdown Assassin Assault, where you have to destroy the computers in the moonbase, assassinate the other player and then collect their eggs? :):)

Seriously though, I like the sound of the "eggs spread around the map" mission, but I'll have a look at creating both of those.
Posted by SteveSmith 133 days ago [Login to reply]

Actually, although I had my tongue in my cheek with my first comment above, having a mission which combines a lot of factors (like eggs next to exploding computers as suggested by Pete) sounds pretty fun.
Posted by SteveSmith 133 days ago [Login to reply]

So we've got poached eggs, scambled eggs and fried eggs!
Posted by xeno 133 days ago [Login to reply]

Honestly, it had crossed my mind to call one of them Scrambled Eggs.
Posted by SteveSmith 133 days ago [Login to reply]

I was thinking for underground meltdown missions would a new vending machine be possible? Either smoke, nerve gas or incendiary or all 3?
Posted by petermock 127 days ago [Login to reply]

Interesting idea Pete. Maybe an option to select it when creating a game from the start for colony based missions. Not sure how much work it would take but an intriguing suggestion.
Posted by xeno 126 days ago [Login to reply]

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