Whos gona man the Space staitions

[Stomper]

So if you man a space station do they give you a Defiant class ship so you get some flight time ????

[IanCrawford]

good question, perhaps once you reach rank of admiral you can take command of a base :) order other ships around.. lol

[Kinjiru]

You start out in command of your own ship. If a station that you happen to be on comes under attack, you'd defend it in your own vessel. Its unknown at this time that if you are aboard a station that is being attacked, whether you could use some of the station's defenses.

It's a thought, but personally, I think I'd rather be in my ship. :)

[NightWatcher]

Interesting. I think you should be in your own ship but the station will assist with their defenses.

[Silverspar]

I think space stations and stabases will be akin to a house in other MMOs; basically it will be jsut there, and you can go to it to store items and such. I am hoping for a wide array of things we can do in our own personal starbases though, cause it sounds interesting to hold social gatherings for the server.

[Valenthalas]

What about player owned spacestations, starbases, mining facilities, etc?... It's been announced that we can get all of those with prestige.. so.. what happens if someone attacks it?.. I guess it would defend itself.. but probably not well against a fleet of starships.

[Silverspar]

What about player owned spacestations, starbases, mining facilities, etc?... It's been announced that we can get all of those with prestige.. so.. what happens if someone attacks it?.. I guess it would defend itself.. but probably not well against a fleet of starships.

I think there would be an alert message warning you, if such a thing were to happen, that your Fleet's starbase is under attack. However, we do not know how the starbase system will work. The only starbases I would think that could be attacked and require constant defense and vigil for would be in PvP zones.

Otherwise, only NPC controlled starbases I would suspect would ever come under constant attack that would require a Fleet's intervention. Player starbases, i suspect will not be in such dire straights.

[TheMasterpiece]

What about player owned spacestations, starbases, mining facilities, etc?... It's been announced that we can get all of those with prestige.. so.. what happens if someone attacks it?.. I guess it would defend itself.. but probably not well against a fleet of starships.



Certainly starbases are going to have AI defenses, plus the fleet will probably have a lot of ships around it to defend as well. I thikn most starbases are going to be social hubs just for players to relax and enjoy the time.

[Vicelance]

The starbases will probably be crewed by NPC's much like your ship will be. My guess is the larger starbases like starbase 001 won't be coming under attack due to the fact they are deep in faction space. Now maybe outposts along the neutral zone will come under attack periodically.

Though what if all of your fleet is off line or those who are on line are too far away or not strong enough to defend your base will you lose it if it comes under attack and can't defend itself?

[TheMasterpiece]

The starbases will probably be crewed by NPC's much like your ship will be. My guess is the larger starbases like starbase 001 won't be coming under attack due to the fact they are deep in faction space. Now maybe outposts along the neutral zone will come under attack periodically.

Though what if all of your fleet is off line or those who are on line are too far away or not strong enough to defend your base will you lose it if it comes under attack and can't defend itself?



thats a real possiblitiy. itd have to be a strong organized attack though, and the fleet would surely respond with overwhelming force as soon as it could. sounds like if your gonna mess with a starbase you should be prepared for anything to happen later.

[skrasis]

Maybe like your ship the starbase can be upgraded with weapnos add weapons platforms around it etc maybe get smaller NPC ships to patrol around, and If your around during a battle you can order the base to attact a specific ship etc

skrasis

[TheMasterpiece]

Yea theres definately going to be a good defense system for starbases. theyre heavily defended in all games theyre in and im sure STO is going to be real to the starbase canon. Plus, starbases have ships and shuttles docked all the time that can be used to defend them

[ParkerHayden]

NPCs. The end.

[CptKirk]

I'm sure there would be lots of stuff do to in a station but in a battle I guess the station would have the upper hand unless a fleet takes it on. Now what kind of order would a station commander give aside from ''fire all weapons'' or ''raise shields''? It cant move... ''enhance rotation!!''? lol :D

[Vicelance]

I'm sure there would be lots of stuff do to in a station but in a battle I guess the station would have the upper hand unless a fleet takes it on. Now what kind of order would a station commander give aside from ''fire all weapons'' or ''raise shields''? It cant move... ''enhance rotation!!''? lol :D

My guess is they would give an order to call all friendly ships in the area if the threat was large enough. Maybe also command the fleet that is protecting the stations.

Maybe ordering the engineers to get all the ships inside the station operational in order to fight.

[Trekkie]

Because exploration is such a vital aspect of the game, I doubt that players will be able to command space stations with the possible exception of a few situations.

[Saladin_Class]

So if you man a space station do they give you a Defiant class ship so you get some flight time ????


all 3 Defiants were destroyed. You will get a custom run-a-bout, like everyone else

[Kinjiru]

all 3 Defiants were destroyed. You will get a custom run-a-bout, like everyone else

Now come on, you know that Defiant class is going to be ingame, why flamebait? And I wouldn't be so certain about being in runabouts either. There hasn't been any statement form the Devs about which ships we are going to get.

If I were to guess, we'll start off with ships larger than a runabout, which is really just a long range shuttle.

[ParkerHayden]

Now come on, you know that Defiant class is going to be ingame, why flamebait? And I wouldn't be so certain about being in runabouts either. There hasn't been any statement form the Devs about which ships we are going to get.

If I were to guess, we'll start off with ships larger than a runabout, which is really just a long range shuttle.

Yeah, I've been imagining we start out in a Saber/Defiant-sized ship.

[Jaxston]

I would imagine that if your fleet were to have a space station they just finished constructing and took control of a region of space with got attacked your fleet would get a system message and that you and your fleet buddies had better get there quickly.

I would hope that your station would have its own defences and that you would then help defend it in your ship. If you happen to be onboard when it get attacked I would say "MAN YOUR SHIPS".

:cool:

[RockyM]

Although I do think it will be NPC driven, some of the above idea's are pretty damn cool,
if your in the vicinity of the space station and enemy's approach, I hope it sends out a beacon of what's coming and where from, that would be neat.
I don't think it would be wise for a human player to be in control of these things...
"Why is that space station heading towards the sun?"

[noblee]

Starbases will probably be more like cities. I highly doubt you will be able to do much with them, other than maybe raid them in warzones.

[Vicelance]

Starbases will probably be more like cities. I highly doubt you will be able to do much with them, other than maybe raid them in warzones.

I'm sure ones like starbase 001 and other main facilities such as shipyards will be un attackable since that could effect the game in a greater way assuming thats where Federation players will be starting out. But what about player created starbases? Now if a starbase is just going to act as that fleets home or guild then I can see it not being destroyed, but what if the starbase was to allow the fleet to control resources and sectors for their faction. Another factions fleet couldn't take them over without destroying the base or capturing it.

[Phunix]

I'm all for the ability to order the station 'around' (if you have the rank) from the captain's seat of your own ship, to a point, if conditions allow (you're the most senior rank, mission determined...).
Perhaps technically a very high rank could earn yourself the right to commandeer a space station, but you'd think at that high rank you'd have something respectable of your own.