Taking Xeno Ships

[darkeliment217]

Alien hunting can  be a very rewarding experience, with you making millions from capturing just a few Xeno space craft. However, it is a little disappointing when the best ships in the game are off limits to me, considering the fact that they almost always have a glaring weakness. I was just thinking that, maybe, when you get the Templar Commander and the Mechanic in conjunction in ST 2 (or whatever their equivalent officers will be), you should be able to take some of the lesser Xenos craft - not necessarily a flagship-level craft, as that would be WAY too complex for humans to understand and be able to operate without extensive study and research, but maybe a fighter or other small craft.

I understand why the Xenos Void Ships are off-limits (many of them are OP as balls), but, considering the amount of time that Templars spend battling aliens on their own ships (and it would only be logical for them to study xenos craft as well, in order to discern subtle weaknesses and strengths), as well as the skill and experience of a starship mechanic with a solid reputation, it would make sense for a brave Star Trader and his crew to be capable of utilizing Xenos tech.

Also, I understand that an alien ship would likely be shot on sight, but I'm fairly certain that a starfaring civilization would be more than capable of utilizing Identify Friend/Foe (IFF) transponders. Considering the fact that Warships, Pirates, and Bounty Hunters know who you are despite the fact that there would be at least dozens of other Star Traders using the same model of starship, I'd say that there is some kind of device on your ship that tells people who you are, not to mention the fact that a simple scan of the craft would reveal the fact that it was piloted by humans.

[hissrad]

Just get a can of paint and write"Don't Shoot"?

[fallen]

darkeliment217 - I know it's a common trope that humans can walk into alien tech and figure out how to use it (Will Smith flies that ship in Independence Day in like 2 minutes flat) but it isn't something that fits into the Star Traders world. Xeno are the Other.

You'll find this thread runs through all of the Star Traders universe, lore and games. Humans devise all sorts of uses from xeno artifacts and tech - that's why artifacts of all sorts are so valuable. Xeno cults often grind up the piece of alien matter they can find and create hallucinogenic drinks. They are studied, reveled, worshiped, misused, cause disasters, and more ... but figure it out and master it? Unlikely.

[darkeliment217]

Aug 4, 2015 21:48:27 GMT -5 fallen said:

darkeliment217 - I know it's a common trope that humans can walk into alien tech and figure out how to use it (Will Smith flies that ship in Independence Day in like 2 minutes flat) but it isn't something that fits into the Star Traders world. Xeno are the Other.

You'll find this thread runs through all of the Star Traders universe, lore and games. Humans devise all sorts of uses from xeno artifacts and tech - that's why artifacts of all sorts are so valuable. Xeno cults often grind up the piece of alien matter they can find and create hallucinogenic drinks. They are studied, reveled, worshiped, misused, cause disasters, and more ... but figure it out and master it? Unlikely.

Would it not make sense to study the foe to determine weaknesses? This seems like common sense.

[fallen]

Determining weakness is very different than flying their spacecraft

[hissrad]

Aug 4, 2015 22:17:15 GMT -5 fallen said:

Determining weakness is very different than flying their spacecraft

All we need are some clones of Will Smith!
The Xenos shall flee in terror from the Fresh Princes of Bel-Air!!!!

[Brutus Aurelius]

If isn't really elaborated on in Star Traders, but the Xeno ships are at least partially alive...

[darkeliment217]

Aug 5, 2015 7:13:12 GMT -5 Brutus Aurelius said:

If isn't really elaborated on in Star Traders, but the Xeno ships are at least partially alive...

Now that is badass. Sort of like the Eldar from 40k (there seems to be a lot of 40k-influenced things in ST).

[dayan]

This conversation reminds me of this scene from one of my favorite movies.

[CdrPlatypus]

dayan I love that movie

[dayan]

Saw it in theater back in the day- coincidentally at a submarine base.

[CdrPlatypus]

How do you convince a crew to want to get off a submarine...how do you make a crew want to get off a nuclear submarine...."OH SH*T

[ntsheep]

Now, understand, Commander, that torpedo did not self-destruct. You heard it hit the hull. And I... was never here.

[dayan]

Aug 7, 2015 22:46:38 GMT -5 ntsheep said:

Now, understand, Commander, that torpedo did not self-destruct. You heard it hit the hull. And I... was never here.

C'mon Sheep It's James Earl Jones...



Now, understand, Commander, that torpedo did not self-destruct. You heard it hit the hull. And I... was never here.

[ntsheep]

That scene is my favorite in the whole movie. No one else could have have pulled that off. He said it so calmly and almost friendly yet you know how much of an ass woopin you're in for if you don't listen.