[SCRIPT] Board Station v1.05 :: updated 26-06-2009

[uberex]

Description

This script allows player to use marines to board friendly and hostile stations. Team leader will provide voice report during combat stages, while hacker in-charge will provide report during pre-docking (if necessary) and computer core stages.

If target station is hostile 2 top hackers on-board will attempt to override target’s docking controls. Once docking is allowed, marine carrier will dock with the station and boarding will begin. During combat phase marines will cause collateral damage to the goods currently stored on station. Amount of destroyed goods depends on marines' individual Engineering skill. Marines will have to go through several decks to get to the station's computer core. Once core is reached surviving 2 top hackers will attempt to transfer ownership to you.

If boarding failed during docking controls hacking stage, in addition to feedback from hacking crew your internal computer will inform you that docking is denied.

If boarding team is eliminated during deck to deck combat, your internal computer will inform you of boarding operation failure. Troops carrier will be forced to undock and will wait further instructions.

If boarding failed during computer hacking stage, the surviving marines will gain combat experience and return to the original boarding ship if it is still docked, otherwise the troops become no longer available. Troops carrier will be forced to undock and will wait further instructions.

If boarding is successful, the surviving marines will gain combat experience and return to the original boarding ship if it is still docked, otherwise the troops become no longer available. Troops carrier will remain docked until further instructions.

Requirements

:: TP, TM, TL, M1, M2, M6 or M7 class ship.

:: Docking Computer is required for the menu option to appear in Piracy menu.

:: At least one marine on-board is required for the command to become available.

:: System Software Override is required to override docking controls of hostile stations.

Download

:: RAR


:: SPK

[uberex]

Known Limitations

:: Station boarding is not possible from a player-piloted ship. Script is being terminated upon docking.

To Do

:: Implement boarding of Orbital Weapons Platforms.

:: Allow for simultaneous multiple teams boarding to aid during combat phase.

:: Que in combat sounds for the added atmosphere.

:: Fix any discovered bugs.

Changelog

:: 1.05

(+) Hacking / Fighting difficulty now varies based on notoriety required to purchase products available at the station.

(+) Reputation loss is also now based on notoriety required to purchase products available at the station.

(+) Boarding stations in core sectors is easier due to relaxed security and reliance on sector military presence, however, reputation loss is doubled for core sectors.

:: 1.04

(+) Station security alerts local Police and Military patrols once on-deck fight breaks out.

:: 1.03

(+) Number of decks now determined by station type.

(*) Bug fix: Station boarding is no longer possible from a player-piloted ship (until further notice).

:: 1.02

(+) Marines cause collateral damage to the goods in stock during combat phase.

:: 1.01

(*) Bug fix: Hostile station after successful dock-hack would no longer belong to the original owner race if team wiped out during combat phase.

(*) Exploit fix: Removed tunings as a product from captured stations.

(*) Bug fix: Player can no longer board shipyards.

:: 1.00

(+) Initial release.

[arcana75]

Wow... this means I can start taking over pirate and yaki stations!

[uberex]

Or you can now become a true pirate since, as long as you have marines supply and place to train them, you no longer have to rely on reputation with commonwealth to purchase said stations

[rtwesen]

wow this is awesome, I will try soon


Have you considered an option to ransom it back to the owners

i can finally become a true criminal

[arcana75]

[uberex]

[xiriod]

This is one of the better script ideas to be launched in a long time, and well thought up. This, combined with the Station Re-packer, is excellent if you play a pirate. Which I incidentally do

Personally though, I will edit it to allow me to only use TP class ships. To make it harder on myself a little bit, but also because TP class is almost never used except maybe for the first one or two times you capture something in the beginning.

One thing, would it be possible for you to make something like this to capture Orbital Weapons Platforms as well? Or integrate it? I know you can't dock, but I have a wild guess some of the procedures you use could be used none-the-less. Just a humble request though

Great work! Will test, and report if I find any bugs.

[Alan Phipps]

This script will require great self-control from the player if it allows capping of Pirate Stations, Outposts, Equipment Docks, etc that sell ship tunings and extensions as that would be a game-breaker. Soon the player fleet could be far faster and more agile than ever intended for balance. Even if the script destroys held stocks on capture, players can replenish them from capped ship hulks.

[xiriod]

[Alan Phipps]

Unless it has changed dramatically since X3R, these stations stored up to 2000 tunings (so they never appeared to run out in-game) and the player with the station cap mod was able to overtune docked ships as many times as they wanted from that stock (for free!), and replenish from other hulks.

My point was that a player might just want a mod to help get technology that GOD had removed and then suddenly finds the unforeseen capability to overclock his fleet to be irresistable. I know that a modder can do anything, I am on about the player using a mod.

[uberex]

[xiriod]

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[xiriod]