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FAQ: http://pastebin.com/MhAQAJiw
Dropbox with a LOT of CYOA's:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9ijwopa42ke49q1/AAA40vUS2BzstD9eHyyBLTr8a?dl=0
IRC Chat Channel:
https://client01.chat.mibbit.com/?url=irc%3A%2F%2Firc.rizon.net%2Fcyoa
Beri's OC (genie CYOA, etc)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bxbrh3Q2CTiyfjM3SjU2TWNJQ3VpZ2pWYk0xRUJ4LVZYRkgyTTlwUTQwZjZhN0FNTTJ3LUE
Liminal Phrenic's CYOAs
theouterworlds.blogspot.com
Spadesy's CYOAs
feathersnake.wordpress.com
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>>44270994
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>>44271086
Faction: Beatrice R&D (-1m Drone Prices)
Skills: All of them
Titles: The Traveler, The Whisperer
Ship: Abyss
Spinal: 0
Broad: 0
PDM: 15
Hangar: 50
Nav: 03/25
Hull: 21/25
Shield: 22/25
Crew: 3000
Rooms: 22
Energy Use 4
Energy Provided: 9
Engines: Antimatter/Nuclear Fusion
Shield: Aegis
Command Mod: BTR37
Point Defense Weaponry: 5 Flak 10 Artillery
Drones: 4x Science 6x Combat Repair 6x Shield 8x Mining Drone 2x Beacon 8x Scout
Vehicles: Dropship (Submarine, MLUV)
Ind Modues: Scanner, Tractor, Salvager, Miner + Both Lens
Rooms: 10x Officers 1x Captains Advanced Infirmary FancyMess/Tavern Observatory/Recroom Lab/Terraforming Cryosleep Oreprocessing/Factory Engibay/Cargo Comms/Digsec Teleplatform Meat Fridge Hydro/Aqua
Pilots: Lia, ERI, Wes
Engis: Amy, Props
Docs: Beth, Ignacio, Tina, Lyra
Gunners: Tavi, Viktor
Comb/Sec: Arabelle, Marcello, Scot, Ward, Pierre, Gregorz, Sophie
Cyber: 761, Slash
Science: Lauren, Curt, Emily, Sarah, Shinchi, Isaac
Prod Man: May
Service: Vito, Carolyn
Crew; 100 Researchers, 100 Explorers, 1 Controller, 5 Droids
Contracts: S&R 4, Acheron 2, This Land 4, All Aboard 4, Rogue Drones 4, Mining king Steve 4, Grows 4
ONWARD
TO SCIENCE!
>>44270994
As I said before I'm disappointed with origins. I liked the previous version of them much more.
One I don't see often enough.
1/2
reposting I guess
>>44271296
>>44271229
I like the change, it doesnt force a backstory on you anymore. What I dont like however is how imbalanced the bonuses are but they were always imbalanced.
>>44271229
whats the difference?
>>44271296
>coulda sworn i'd seen lewds of "zhara'elish"
>80 pages of smut search later and it's just a character who looks somewhat similar
Frustrating.
Does anybody have the later versions of this?
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Did the creator ever take this to the general in /co/ to see if they had any suggestions?
How are those CYOAs coming along CYOAG? Is it unique or a simple one shot?
Honestly, I was never very fond of stardust. Not my thing. I'll probably make a fetish 'prisoner' build eventually, but calculating +1s and stuff just never appealed to me.
>>44272866
I haven't really worked on my TARDIS ripoff since I last posted it. I... still have the word doc open. Does that count for anything?
What does /cyoag/ think of sites like anonkun?
>>44270994
Oh fuck!
Is this the newest version?
Did Stardust Man deliver!?
Oh boy, downloading these pics now and writing up a new build.
ohboyohboyohboy
>>44270994
Absolute Madman Build GOOOOOOOOO!
Faction: Civilian
Skills: Advanced Piloting, Nuclear, Medical, Mechanics, Computer Science, Mind Link, Cyber Security, Diplomacy, Mercantile
Titles: The Demigod, The Hellraiser
Ship: MOTHERSHIP
Spinal: 8
Broad: 25
PDM: 15
Hanger: 15
Nav: 0/25
Hull: 38/25
Shield: 26/25
Crew: 710
Rooms: 10
Engines: Fission/AM
Shield: Aegis
Command Mod: Cool Paint Job
Spinal: 2 Anti-Matter Cannons, 2 Pulse Beams, 5 Tesla Overcharges
Broadside: 20 Heavy Lasers, 5 Pulse Beams
PDW: 15x Particle Blasters
Drones: 5x Combat Repair, 10x Combat [Auto Cannon]
Ind Modules: Tractor Beam, 5x Salvage Harvester
Rooms: Officers, Advanced Infirmary, FancyMess/Tavern, Observatory/Recroom, Lab/Terraforming, Factory, Engibay, Teleport Platform, Quarters Upgrade
Pilot: Haily
Engis: Bach, Red
Doc: Parks
Gunner: Comet
Sec: Mikisuki, Shephard
Science: West
Prod: Piper
Food: Akimoto, Parsons
Crew: 50 Controllers, 50 Laborers, 100 Androids, 500 Civilians, 10 Talons
Contracts: S&R 4, This Land 3, Acheron 4, Escalation 4, All Aboard 3, Heat 4, And the Fire Grows 4
>You know what's the problem with this galaxy?
>Everyone's trying to kill us?
>EXACTLY!!!
>>44274461
>Titles: The Demigod, The Hellraiser
>Ship: MOTHERSHIP
Absolute madman! You absolute madman!
>>44271020
I think I found a typo. The Mothership lists Hammerhead Ind. as it's manufacturer but it's description implies it's Herald made.
>>44274807
It's supposed to be Heralds, same with the Dhyana which is supposed to be Triglav. There's also some formatting issues on page 5 but I fixed that. Thanks for pointing it out, I'm combing it over myself.
I particularly want feedback on costs. I'm pretty sure it's very skewed at this stage.
>>44274839
Is Soldier of the Stars still valid for the crew members?
>>44274969
Yup, I don't see why not. It's not really out of sync due to this update.
>>44272866
Arabian Nights cyoa basically done, I just need to think of another category to fill space and get to work on the oooh mysterious stuff.
Also working on a non little girl slice of life highschool cyoa with developed characters and too many little stories to count, writing is 60% complete.
>>44270994
all hail SDA
>>44274839
I got a question on dreadnaughts. Can we increase hull armor or is it set to its 30s
>>44274839
Motherships are so expensive that you can't feasibly outfit or crew them.
>>44275038
You can't get hull mods on dreads (apart from command mods), so no, all the stats are as is.
>>44275045
They're meant to be hard to fit, but I'm gonna try experimenting a few more builds with it to see where it lies.
>>44275075
oh shit I didn't see that part
>>44274988
I'd rather hail that girl on the leftwith my penis.
>>44274839
The drones seem really pricey since unlike turrets you don't get half-off after the first, they can get shot down and I doubt they would scale in power like the weapons affixed to your ships do. Are there any advantages to drones over turrets?
>>44275134
Main one is damage projection; your carrier can sit in safety while your drones go do the deed. Same reason why carriers are so prevalent today.
I do agree on the drone price, they used to be much cheaper. I'll see about adjusting it.
>>44275075
so is all the stuff in an arsenal in the advance arsenal?
>>44275561
No, it's all the advanced stuff. It's why they're separate.
>>44275584
Then should you also buy the basic and standard infirmaries if you get the advanced one? And what about the Evacuation Room and the Advanced Evacuation?
>>44275075
I understand that balance choice but it makes being able to complete certain contracts very difficult since some require Vehicle Bay mods (though I think the one for Rogue Drones is supposed to be Hanger Bay) because finding space in your budget for a whole second ship just to meet odd requirements like that is hard if you are running a dreadnought.
>>44275584
Can you teleport into fighters?
>>44275805
Good point.
I think we should allow dreads to complete those kinds of contracts without needing to purchase hangar/vehicle bays. I mean they're definitely large enough to fufill those requirements without needing them. What do you think?
>>44275949
The idea behind fighters is that there's nowhere to teleport into. You should be safe without one in a fighter though.
>>44275709
Actually I agree, advanced arsenal should combine with a normal arsenal.
Both the standard and evac rooms are separate, mainly because you don't really have a need to have them in the same room. Same with the infirmaries. Both the infirmaries and the evac rooms have their lower-tier capabilities.
That said, you can have multiple evac rooms/infirmaries if you feel you need more of them in your ship.
>>44276084
>>44276029
That could do it, but I'm not sure why it would specifically needs those mods to begin with. I mean all ships but fighters and the Viper have that much hanger space any way. What would make more sense to me is having hanger space not already occupied by something else like the Twin Fangs requirement.
>>44276114
>>44276194
>>44276083
I think a good way to balance drones is to make their weapons free
>>44276132
I'm gonna go with that, good idea.
Code Name: Lovely Sweet Dream
Origin: Magical (Boss: Mr. Fuck)
Appearance: Inhuman (A chinchilla dressed in a bumblebee costume)
Faction: AI
Abilities:
Fly 1 (bumblebee wings) (1)
Mind Control 3 (4)
Uplink 3 (Free, thanks Glorious Benevolent AI Overlord!) (4)
Mind Read 3 (7)
Stealth 3 (10)
Familiar 3 ("The Luggage" a magical treasure chest with a disturbing number of tiny feet, swallows people whole with no sign of the remains when re-opened) (13)
Focus 3 (16)
Agility 3 (19)
Enhanced Senses 3 (22)
Elementalism 3 (Air) (25)
Perks:
Safehouse: Gingerbread mansion in the middle of the city park (nobody seems to notice or care about its existence)
Expert
Unique Weapon: Hallucinegenic dart gun (never actually uses this on others, just breaks open the darts and ingests the contents frequently)
Drawback: memory loss (not bothering to use the points, it just works with the character)
Allies:
Alex Keller (Heard you wanted to become a chinchilla wearing a bumblebee costume when you were blackout drunk at a ski lodge in Aspen. Finding the idea fucking hilarious, he knocks you unconscious with unlimited high proof shots and deposits you at the super soldier facility)
Satan
Foes:
The Prototype (no additional perks, just doesn't feel right not having someone out to kill me)
>>44276083
Pft you don't need THAT many life boats. Just ask the builders of The Titanic.
On a more serious note it wasn't made clear that the Advanced Armory wouldn't just have the lower-tier folded into like the other rooms I pointed out. So it kind of broke a pattern but didn't point that out.
>Getting trashed like an old tampon at hella chill ski bar in Aspen
>My words are wandering even more aimlessly than my legs
>Leads to describing my idea for the shittiest super hero ever: a chinchilla in a bumblebee costume who can fuck with peoples heads to the currently anonymous Alex Keller
>Alex's sides are in orbit listening to my barely coherent rambings
>Alex feeds my bottom shelf liquor based verbal train wreck with whimsically named shots that deliver piledrivers to my liver and brain in equal measures
>Wake up at the institue to "The Greeting Speech"
>Fuck.
>Can barely remember my name already but whatever, that name sucked
>My past was as dull and shitty as the name so I put zero effort into remembering who I was
>Who I am now is a chinchilla with functioning bumblebee wings and a matching adorable costume.
>Least I think I am.
>I can literallymake myself look like anything thanks to my mind control working on myself as well as others.
>I have zero grasp of reality.
>Make beehives look like tophats and give them to strangers wear about town, dapper as fuck.
>Make brick walls look like a tunnel for motorists.
>>44276355
>Constantly fed ideas by 3 different voices which now occupy my head.
>"Satan" gives technical advice and tries to disguise his voice as my own thoughts but I'm on to him.
>There's some vast AI constantly blathering on about saving humanity.
>AI occasionally suggests disguising myself in a suit made of the still dripping remains of an "enemy".
>Pretty sure the thing was written by second rate hacks, mad men, or just lazy sacks of crap
>Then there's Mr Fuck.
>Mr. Fuck gives orders which grate against even the tattered remains of my humanity.
>Tried rebelling and he cut the last thread holding me to this reality.
>Lost all sense of time, my imagination was reality and I could not shut it off.
>Felt like centuries lost in my own bizarre thoughts, dreams, and nightmares.
>Had zero control over the whole show.
>I'm beyond fucking terrified to cross him again.
>Thankfully his ghoulish requests are few and far between.
>Mostly just float about tricking rival factions into assassinating their fellow members or into sticking their pork spears in dead pigs they believe to be coked out strippers.
>Occasionally someone manages to see through my sickly haze of madness (kinda jealous!)
>That's when they notice my companion, The Luggage
>30 inches tall but weighing more than the largest scooter bound denizen of wal-mart.
>It devours anybody I command, swallowing them into the depts of the chest and showing no remains when it pops back open.
>Occasionally will belch out bleached bones or pile of toes.
>Not sure if that's related to the people it eats.
>>44276355
>>44276380
I think you came to the wrong thread.
>>44274839
>>44271020
I don't think it makes any sense that the Vehicle Bay and Hangar Bay increase in price with ship class. It makes sense for the other hull mods, but shouldn't it actually be cheaper to add more hangar room on bigger ships? It just doesn't seem right, I can't think of any rational way it would cost more because you're using a bigger ship.
>>44276706
I'd assume the cost is for the equipment used to maintain the vehicles. Also game balance yo, can't get stats for free.
>>44276637
Just trying to keep LDS's story interesting.
Out of curiosity though, what thread would you think it belonged?
Barring that, what would have been a better way to tie it in to my characters stat post?
>>44276780
The game balance sense would only work if you got commesurately more hangar space for each purpose. As it is it just makes no sense that a little tiny frigate with barely enough room for 12 crew members can lug around a bunch of heavy tanks cheaper than a battleship with a massive amount of space and thousands of crew members.
In fact, the balance is off kilter too like this. Why would it make sense for a carrier to lug around frigates to up its hangar capacity instead of having more hangars in itself? Because the mechanics support this method at the moment.
No, I think it's just an oversight by SDA. That's why I'm pointing it out.
>>44276833
Yeah, I misread your post. It's late, I'm tired. Mistakes were made.
>>44274461
>Crew: 722/6000
>Destroyers or larger must have at least half of their ship full
Oops.
Also, SDA, is there any benefit/requirement to go past 7 energy, ever?
>>44276873
free volunteers, whatevs
>>44275075
Do the mod multipliers just apply to Command/Hull mods, or also to industrial/ewar mods?
>>44276327
Eh... I think it's logical to just have the advanced arsenal a straight upgrade from the regular arsenal. It accommodates all of what the regular arsenal offers like the infirmary and evac rooms.
>>44276706
Originally I had the vehicle/hangar bays as rooms, and I thought they were more fitting to be classified as mods instead. I would assume that the cost comes from the refurnishing of the insides of the ship.
In terms of the cyoa mechanics, I found it fitting because all the other stats require scaling costs, so I included it there.
>>44276833
Yeah, I didn't think of that. Expect some changes to this...
As for the balancing between realtime spaces/metrics, it's always been off skew like this. A 1km long battleship should be able to accommodate dozens of more weapons but for balancing purposes it's going to keep as is.
>>44274839
So, how exactly do you determine the price of the ships? Because the price ramps on the smaller ship classes seem rather sever compared to their stat differences.
On another note, does the cost reduction for multiple ships now only effect hull costs?
>>44276913
Only command/hull mods. Anything under the "Mods" title divider. I should make this more clear.
>>44276931
I think that anything that carves up space inside the ship should count as rooms; mods should be things that provide buffs/capabilities that do not impact the space available.
>>44270994
First of all I'm very happy to finally get to play this updated CYOA. I've read through most of it and I'm overall very happy with the update.
I've always wondered how 0G Mobile Suits compare with Fighters. Can they compete combat-wise with them? Ever consider a 4-hanger space "fighter version" of a mobile suit?
Are Pilot Archetypes single purchase nameless NPC pilots (the NPC page doesn't say)? I'm assuming there for if I need many pilots but don't want to buy named pilots.
>>44271020
One thing that I've always really disliked about SD is the energy subsystems. I'm really disappointed they didn't change.
>>44276942
Only hull costs.
One thing you have to remember is that the ship costs aren't supposed to reflect their stats; there isn't something like 1 point in hull armour = 0.5m. Price ramps up high on more elite models, giving diminished returns on your investment but an overall improvement over lesser models. Same thing with real life products; better stuff costs a lot more than it's supposed to be worth, but we buy them anyways because they're better.
I'm not denying there's issues with this, though. I'm going to continually look at price balancing, since I've introduced a new way money is managed here. I'm definitely thinking of cutting a little from the rewards of the top 3 Titles (Demigod, Fatebreaker, Demigod). I dunno how starting with 900m cash before contracts is inherently a good thing, even if these Titles are pretty tough to face. Maybe I should balance this out with how you can spend that money.
>>44277032
I thought about this but ended up putting the bays in the mods section because these give you stats. It's more of a "increase your stats" section than anything else logical; hence the removal of the subsystem approach. I wanted to make up for removing them by adding a section dedicated to modifying your ship further.
>>44277048
I'm sorry to say that at this point in the SD universe, mobile suits haven't developed well. Those 0G mobile suits can't really go toe-to-toe with standard fighters. I was thinking that they're more like anti-drone platforms. I have considered additional vehicles in that section, so maybe there's a chance I'll add them in.
It seems I left out the pilot archetype description. Yeah, they're just nameless pilots you can make pilot ships in place of the named ones. I have them there because I assume carrier builds are gonna like massing up on fighters.
>>44277143
What do you want to see?
>>44276873
There's no benefit to go over 7 energy, really. Fluff wise, I guess it just means more energy in your reserves which means less trips needed for refueling.
>>44274839
Yeah the costs for a lot of stuff seems really expensive.
The cost of some of the shielding and the antimatter core seem to a bit high.
1/2
>>44277219
I'll try to explain I guess, I don't know how much sense I'll make.
The problem with the energy subsystems to me is that there's 7 pips of energy possible but the subsystems just don't fit well into that number. Getting fusion twice is inefficient, while the only good way to get exactly 7 is if you add one fission into it, which I really don't like because it's fission, and I don't like the idea of mixing different ones anyway, it just seems like something that wouldn't be done outside the mechanical constraints of the CYOA itself. Now, this much might just seem like my own autism speaking, but if you look at the anti-matter core and the mana core the problem is compounded. You can't cleanly get to 7 pips of energy with those because you need exactly 2, and nothing gives you only 2.
The solar panels could work if they didn't have a pathetic charge duration that makes them useless in any situation where you really need that seventh pip of energy, and pointless when you don't.
Solutions that I can think of would be:
>make energy an 8 pip scale instead of 7
>make it possible to get more expensive versions of the same type of reactor, this is already sort of the case with some of them, but I think the situation would be much better if you could choose between a standard mana core and a more expensive mana core for example
>make fuel cells available on any ship: I mean, it would make sense, large scale power capacitors are a thing you know
>>44277332
2/2 Final update.
>>44272295
I tried once. Turns out it's too big to post as one image so I had to split it and post three separate images. Everyone ignored it, they were too busy discussing their waifus.
>>44277358
>>44277219
Also, mana + fission or antimatter + fission seems even worse in the fluff department. Outside the CYOA system I'm having real trouble imagining what could force someone to use such a mix.
>>44277358
>>44277219
Also, in case you like the Fuel Cell on any ship solution, you could make a note that their price increases with ship cost unlike the other reactors. That would keep it balanced.
>>44277417
ship class I mean
>>44277358
Good observations and I do agree with most of them. I share your autism. The energy subsystem part really hasn't changed since I first released this thing, so I agree that it's probably due for a slight tweak.
I think changing the scale to 8 is the best way to go about this. I'm iffy on universal fuel cells because I think having such capacitors on a self-sustaining ship meant to spend a long time in space kind of defeats their purpose. They would be powered by the main power source, so I don't think that really improves power output unless we get really mathematical (capacitors store excess energy that can be outputted later when needed). We'd have to factor in time and usage.
Though we can forgo the science and just say that fuel cells can be coupled with another energy source to add 2 or 3 extra power output.
Except, I kinda like the idea of having two reactors in a ship. I think I'm going to go with a scaling system of 8... even if this still kind of leaves anti-matter and mana cores still in a weird place. Hell, what if I do both?
Thanks anon for the insight, I'm going to dwell on this.
>>44277543
The thing that bothers me the most, honestly, is that you HAVE to take a fission reactor along with one of the bigger ones to get max energy on a ship bigger than a frigate. Whenever I got to the energy subsystems part hat fission reactor would just keep popping up like an unwelcome cancer.
>Except, I kinda like the idea of having two reactors in a ship.
I also like the idea of two reactors on a ship, I just really dislike the though of combining something like fission reactors with super high tech ones which logically seem like they should be able to do hundreds of times the work of any fission reactor.
>I think I'm going to go with a scaling system of 8... even if this still kind of leaves anti-matter and mana cores still in a weird place. Hell, what if I do both?
You could also make every power reactor variable in output for extra cost. Or maybe just the two high tier ones. Something like
>you can get a standard antimatter core that gives you 5 points of energy for 50m, or a larger 7 energy point one that counts as two reactors for 90m
>>44277193
> I'm definitely thinking of cutting a little from the rewards of the top 3 Titles (Demigod, Fatebreaker, Demigod). I dunno how starting with 900m cash before contracts is inherently a good thing
Ok, though that would leave fitting Dreadnaughts a rather tight thing even if you only had that one ship.
>Only hull costs.
>I assume carrier builds are gonna like massing up on fighters.
Not sure that's really feasible any more unless you are going for dirt cheap fighter builds. Filling an Asmodia (smallest capacity carrier) with the cheapest fighter build will be over 200 mil.
>>44277193
Cutting rewards? I already can't create a perfect battleship and I didn't even use any of the weapon slot expansion mods.
>>44277543
>>44277611
Another option is cost reduction on a 2nd reactor of the same type as the first.
>>44277727
Yeah, that too. I'm ashamed I didn't think of saying that since I was already houseruling that for myself in previous versions.
>>44277612
>>44277626
Okay, I guess I won't reduce awards for now. For some reason I was under the impression that you get too much to start with, but looking at it, it's only if you go for the most expensive titles. Maybe I should make them harder instead?
That said, I'm doing price reductions on hulls all around, mostly for the smaller ships. I tried to stay faithful with the prices on the old subsystem method, they should be relatively similar.
>>44277727
Sounds like a good idea. I think I'm gonna go with this too.
>>44277611
Since we're going with a lot of changes to energy, I think I'm just going to hold off on the "upgradeable" energy system thing.
Right now I'm changing the energy scale to 8 (which means I gotta replace all energy stat bars...) and am making fuel cells (now called power capacitors) universal. If you get fuel cells on a larger ship coupled with another energy source, you don't have to recharge them, they just give a boost of 3 energy. Though, to compensate for this, I'm increasing the price of power caps a little. I'm thinking 10m or 14m, since there'd pretty much be no reason to get fission.
>>44271086
I don't like the new Uplink image desu
Doesn't look like an android anymore, looks like a kryptonian from man of steel or something
How does alignment work anyway? I assume that federation members are going to desert if you go full pirate, but is having a pirate engineer and a federation doctor or something like that at the same time catastrophic? Or is it just awkward until they get used to it?
>>44277981
That's just her with Realistic-flesh Waifu upgrade kit.
>>44278020
It actually determines who you can hire base on your starting alignment. The diplomacy skill specifically deals with hiring some opposite aligned crew members relative to you. Other wise I'd assume if you are neutral and hire crew of opposing alignments it's just awkward. Atleast on smaller ships where they can't avoid each other.
>>44278068
Oh. I never considered that because I always took a neutral start.
>>44277981
same here pls change it SDA
>>44276084
This is TTGL and/or DBZ, and I'm Kamina and/or Goku now.
Origin:
>Innate
Appearance:
>Average/Athletic
A slim but rather cut build, y'know.
Faction:
>Terrorists (+1 Ally)
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann!
POWERS:
>Agility 1
>Endurance 1
>Durability 2
>Reflexes 2
>Stylish 3
>Weapon Mastery 1 (Giant mech, Gurren Lagann)
>Focus 3
>Directed Energy Attack 3
>Training 3
>Overcharge 3
>Inheritable 3
>Passion 3
Perks:
>Unique Weapon/Transport/Armor/Signing Bonus (spent): GIANT MECH: GURREN LAGANN
I'm gonna say that spending 4 perks is enough to qualify this.
>Squad
>Celebrity
>Expert (to better train others)
>Charisma (+1 Ally)
"B-but, how did you get so many perks!?" Don't worry, anon, just wait 'till you meet my enemies.
Drawback:
>Traitor (+3 Ability Points)
Allies:
>Hannah Caldwell
Simon/Gohan, but as a girl.
>Olivia Blake
Yoko
>Max
Good dog!
>Yuito
Leeron/Bulma
Enemies:
>Ryan Elmore (Traitor)
>The Prototype
My Vegeta/Viral, hopefully. If not, then they're gonna have to go.
>Ghost
You can try possessing any of us, hopefully we're all trained up and immune by then.
>Corrine
My giant robot can probably handle a cult.
>Bubbles
Beastmen, psh
>Isabelle
You can't bend my will!
>Immortal
Throw into the sun, hopefully won't have to deal with later.
>>44278038
>>44278082
Do you want the old Uplink image back?
>>44278020
Alignment is mostly fluff; you'd have to read character profiles to determine whether crew members can get along or not. Not all Feds hate all pirates and vise versa, it's just a political thing. It's up to you in your headcanon.
>>44278137
Yeah it made her more fistable
>>44278137
I definitely preferred the old one to the new one.
>>44278175
>>44278178
But that's dangerous.I'll do it.
>>44272295
I quoted the CYOA over there and it was completely ignored
>>44276084
>Origin: Magical
>Body: Athletic
>Faction: The Agency
>Abilities:-
Focus 3 [1-2 Free]
Mental 3
Mind Reading 3
Mind Control 3
Social Enhancer 3
Analysis 3
Unarmed Mastery 3
Durability 1
Strength 1
Agility 2
Reflexes 2
>Perks:-
Identity [Free]
Safehouse
Expert
Authority [Foe]
Prime Subject [Foe]
>Allies:-
Hannah Caldwell, Lindsey Reyes
>Foes:-
John York, Unknown
I went to sleep one night, and didn't wake up.
Not technically true, but i wasn't me when i woke up. From where i lived, i woke up in America, with the Men in Black from the CIA to thank for it.
Now i'm the guy people go to when shit gets weird, i have the skills and abilities to get to the bottom of a problem, get the truth out of people, and all while being the legal guardian of Hannah. She will one day become the greatest combatant/fighter/shooter in the world, but for now she has to eat her vegetable and go to bed at 9pm.
I know that there is someone that wishes me dead, yet i do not know who, and then there is John York, who for all intents and purposes should be dead.
>X-Files 2: Magic Boogaloo
>>44278137
I'm fine with it either way. I was just making a bit of a joke.
>>44278175
>>44277332
Oh wow. You actually removed the udderly disgusting girls. Thank you, I finally get to do it.
>>44278219
Huh. I just realised that Paul Merrick's character portrait is female.I'm okay with this.
>>44278324
...How can you tell?
>>44278358
Hips. I also found the original image and looked up the source to find out.
Any of these images not working for anyone else?
>>44278219
Why would I ever not take the free Kitsune?
Would you guys say it's fair that drones purchased for carriers are 50% off?
And how would you guys feel if I banned frigates from being able to equip hangar bay mods? Because the issue highlighted here >>44276833 is a big problem where a carrier can store frigates for more hangar spaces (bag of holding paradox).
>>44278406
I knew you were going to say hips. Thank god, I'm not gay.
>>44278416
They're working for me.
>>44278443
Anon, don't trust the kitsune.
Never trust the kitsune.
>>44278454
maybe have the multiplier also affect the hangar space, and have the multipliers go down but have prices increase?
>>44278454
Banning hanger mods for frigates seems fair.
As for the drone thing that really helps carriers which do need some love but what about the dreadnoughts? Those have some big... hangers as well. Especially the mother ship.
>>44278473
But fluffy tails?
What's the worst thing that could happen, huh? That I need a newdick?
>>44278549
Even if the worst happened we could rebuild it. We have the technology.
>>44278454
Hips and thighs show through any disguise.
>>44278450
I'm sure I saw the author of these working on a new one in some thread but didn't save it cuz I was waiting for the finished version...
Is this dead forever? I love Island cyoas.
>>44271296
Olav and Gao, rolling for BBEG
>>44278454
I think the frigate's should be limited to one extra hangar space.
I also think hangar space in general should not scale in price as the other mods do, it just doesn't make sense.
>>44278575
Yup, I'm fucked.
>>44271086>only 1(one) buyablesmelly NEET pussy
SDA, i think you should add moresmelly NEET pussy
>>44278544
I might apply the discount for dreads as well, but I feel like that would be giving them too much. I don't really want everyone to be picking dreadnaughts now.
>>44278581
Alright, I'll make the drone/vehicle bays cost a static price.
>>44278605
Why hire them when you can BE them? Although a crew completely made out of cute loveless and awkward girls would be interesting.
>>44270994
"Rules of Nature" Fighter Build coming in.
Credits
>81m
Background
>CYOA
Skills
>Basic Piloting, Standard Piloting, Advanced Piloting, Diplomacy, Ship Gunnery, Ship Gunnery Specialization (Kin), Standard Combat Training, Advanced Combat Training, Medical, Mechanics, Nuclear, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Mercantile, Mindlink
Titles
>The Berserk, The Demigod
Ship: Scab
>Spinal Weapon Mounts: 6
>Broadside Turret Mounts: 12
>Point Defense Mounts: 8
>Hanger Space: 2
>Navigation: 25/25
>Hull Armor: 7/25
>Shield Strength: 20/25
>Mana Core
>Heraldic Shielding
>Command Mod: Pyramid
Hull Mods
>Spinal Weapons Mount 2x
>Broadside Upgrade 3x
>Point Defense Upgrade 3x
>Overdrive Afterburner x3
>Nano Armour Coating
>Active Cloaking
>Shield Extender
>Teleport Jammer
>Crew Quarters Upgrade
Ship Weapons
>Spinal Weapon Mounts: Railgun x6 (Multi-Barrel Rotary Railgun)
>Broadside Turret Mounts: Mana Blaster 4x Missile Launcher 8x
>Point Defense Mounts: Autocannon 8x
Hanger
>Combat Drones x2 armed with Mana Blasters
...Now take all that, and make a second one and it’s piloted by Zetta
So that leaves Comet and Hailey with space to tag along I guess. Some spending money to get us off the ground as high-rolling private investigators/stellar hitmen. Guess I'm saving it for the equipment expansion when it comes out.
Contracts
>The Fire Grows 4, Ace 4 (pssh, like I need another fighter), Escalation 2
I could theoretically take a Hellraiser instead of Berserk and get a third ship piloted by Lux. But I really like the Berserk title and I didn’t feel like pushing it that far.
>>44270994
Thank you, our Lord and Savior SDA, for your blessing.
>>44277332
NEXT: Forfex
Raven: Amleth Guilder
>Faction
SYSTEM
>Armored Core
Custom
Power- 7
Recovery- 5
Endurance- 5
Speed- 5
Strength- 7
>Operator
Victoria Leonhardt
>Features
System Shock
>Body Type
Biped
>Controls
Manual
>Weapons
2x Plasma Rifle
>Partners
Aniea Smith
Lae Hun
>>44270994
Is it possible to double up on energy systems? Could a ship buy 2 fission reactors for double the power?
>>44270994
I made a bookmarked pdf. 24Mb file size.
https://mega.nz/#!YpFVASwL!7wWXrd8jaBeWVI20PNFFoinAqqiIfKUAuCHfW7Q273Y
>>44278898
Yes. You'll also notice that this thread has a discussion about energy systems and that they'll be changed in the future.
>>44270994
>>44271020
>>44271060
>>44271086
>>44271110
Origin:
>Federation Civilian
Skills:
>Basic Piloting / Standard Piloting / Advanced Piloting
>Ship Gunnery / Ship Weapon Specialization
>Medical / Mechanics / Nuclear / Mind-Link
>Computer Science / Cyber Security
Titles:
>The Demigod / The Traveller
Ship #1:
>Frigate: "Grin"
>Energy Subsystems: Mana Core
>Shield Subsystems: Heraldic Shielding
>Command Mod: Herald "Pyramid"
>Hull Mods: Spinal Weapon / Overdrive Afterburner x5 / Hangar Bay x4 / Active Cloaking / Teleport Jammer / Nano Armour Coating / Hull Reduction x2
>Spinal Weapons: Rail Gun x4
>Broadside Weapons: Rail Gun x4 / Flak Cannon x4
>Point Defense Weapons: Flak Cannon x2
>E-War Modules: Honey Pot Module / MITM Module
>Rooms: Crew Quarters Upgrade / Advanced Infirmary / Advanced Evacuation / Cryosleep / Cargo Space / Engineering Bay / Hypercomms Room / Digital Security Room
Ships #2-4:
>Fighter: "Scab"
>Energy Subsystems: Fuel Cells x2
>Shield Subsystems: Advanced Shielding
>Hull Mods: Overdrive Afterburner x3
>Spinal Weapons: Rail Gun x3
>Broadside Weapons: Flak Cannon x2
>Point Defence Weapons: Flak Cannon x2
>Drones: Hull Repair Drone / Combat Repair Drone
Crew:
>Co-Pilot: "Hailey"
>Gunner: "Comet" / Tavia "Echo" Tsun
>Cyber: "Uplink"
Contracts:
>Tier 4: Search & Rescue
>Tier 3: The Twin Fangs
>>44278454
>how would you guys feel if I banned frigates from being able to equip hangar bay mods?
Please don't.
>>44278454
You could just change it so that it's only possible to take more hangar spaces for frigates if it's your primary ship or if you don't have any bigger ships.
>>44272295
Do Yang's gloves count as melee weapon + dust mod, or is it a variable weapon (melee + shotgun) ?
>Outlaw 10
Parents could barely feed me, had to steal to get enough food. NotCinder helped me become a better thief and eventually got me to abandon my parents to join her cause.
>17 years
>Girl
>Human
Mainly because then team RAPE has a male human, male fauna, female human and female fauna. Nice synergy.
>Name: Peach Melba
It's really hard to find names that relate to colors, okay?
>Beacon
>Force of nature: Gravity
>Ferocity 20
>Guile 40
>Tactics 60
>Energy 80
>Agility 100
It was a tossup between agility or strength. I figure with the power of gravity on my side I can use that to make my punches harder.
>Variable weapon: Assault rifle + spear 400
>Melee + dust mod: Power gloves 550
>Scoll 550
>Grappling hook 700
>Armour 800
> 2x Dust charges 900
So, the question is: Will you tell people you're not actually from Remnant?
>>44279286
Or make frigates take up twice as many hangar spaces as they themselves have hangar spaces. There are plenty of options that don't include gimping the shit out of frigates.
What would you guys go for? For me it'd be
>Intelligence 4: 2 years' college education in metalworking
>Perception 1
>Agility 2: 6 months' training in pugilism.
Strength and endurance are tempting but I would have trouble shoveling >10k calories down my face every day. Everything I would want out of them I can now achieve with my will of steel.
I can fall back on metalworking if I ever get hard times. I can now in theory perform !!SCIENCE!! and become the next Tesla. Perception will fix my eyes and budding tinnitus, and agility will improve my general maneuverability and reaction times. Brawling is the base from which you build a defensive technique, leave the high flying karate bullshit in the dojo.
>>44277332
Woah you added a bunch of ugly flat chested loli types instead of the cool busty girls. PASS.
>>44279339
>Charisma 4
To get the girls also good for many kinds of high paying jobs
>Intellegence 2
For willpower, it's a greatast of mundane superpowers. Also being a genius won't hurt too
>Perception 1
To not need glasses anymore, though Agility 1 for martial arts training is tempting too, but this one is something that can't be achived by simple training.
>>44277332
I think there should be some balance in work, like how medium frames only get 12 points total but light and heavy gets 13, how quadruped has +4 stats while everything else has +3 or +2, and extra arms gives you ridiculous stat boosts since weapons give so much stats, and Overed Weapons, despite taking up all your arms, only giving out +4 stats in a single category, when a normal weapon like the sniper rifle gives +6 stats. But it's looking much better than how it was before, good work anon.
(MAL is now a prime waifu material, top notch stuff right there.)
>>44279339
>2k kcal diet
You don't exercise a lot, do you? Or are you a sedentary, short woman?
But since I don't want to spend even more time eating, I'll have to take a pass on strength and endurance.
>Perception 1
Nothing more is needed. Change eye colour to dark blue.
>Charisma 2
Any higher and the schizophrenia becomes too high. Remove cowlicks.
>Intelligence 1
>Agility 1
I don't fancy dying from having no fat left on my body.
>Luck 2
Best level. I don't want people to notice my luck.
Under agility 1, "your body fat is immediately halved"... that's pretty shitty. If a non-fat woman picked that, she'd lose her menstruation (or possibly die).
And "your bodyfat is almost gone".... do you know any biology? Like, at all? Do you want to kill people who do your CYOA?
>>44270994
Origin:
>Beatrice (R&D)
Skills:
>Basic Piloting
>Computer Science
>Mechanics
>Industry
>Diplomacy
>Mercantile
>Nuclear (98)
Titles:
>The Demigod (518)
>The Traveller (738)
Ship Hulls:
>"Mothership" Dreadnaught (198)
Energy Subsystems:
>Mana core X2 (118)
Shield subsystem:
>Heraldic shielding (78)
Command mods:
>"Columbus" BTR37 (76)
Drone Hulls:
>Hull repair drone (68)
Rooms:
>Crew quarters upgrade (67)
>Advanced Infirmary (55)
>Tavern (53)
>lounge
>Observatory (51)
>laboratory (48)
>Terraformign bay (32)
>Ore processing facility (28)
>factory wing (24)
>cargo space
>Engineering bay (21)
>meat fridge (17)
>aquaculture room (15)
>hydroponic garden (16)
Crew members:
>"Hailey"
>Bethany Parks (13)
>"Comet"
>Lauren L. Lazuli
>May Padilla (9)
>Mikka Akimoto (7)
>Volunteers X2500
Contract:
>The twin fangs tier 4 (37)
Industrial modules:
>Mining harvester X8 (29)
>Mk3 frequency lense X8 (5)
>Mining drone X2 (1)
Contracts:
>Mining king steve (35)
Ship Hulls:
>S47-LTM (19)
Energy subsystems:
>Solar panels (17)
Hull mods:
>vehicle bay (16)
Drone Hulls:
>Scout drone X16 (0)
Contract:
>This land tier 5 (36)
Drone hulls:
Combat Drone X12 (0) (all with missile pods)
I hope I can finish off the contracts and use the reward money before the title stuff happens.
>>44279339
Strength 2, Int 2, Agility 2, Charisma 1.
As for feedback? It'd be nice if things in Charisma just said "people" instead of "women". What, I can't charm the pants off of guys if I wanted to?
>>44279607
I'd prefer if it made twice as easy, and then 100% under your power to control your body fat levels, and have them not intrude on your level of agility. That way you're not any more or less fat than you wish to be.
>>44279339
STR 2, INT 5. Now I can use my telekinesis on 1 ton stuff.
Also,
>CHA 1
Do you realize that not all people here are fat insecure neckbeards? It basically gives people who are already good at public speeches nothing. At least remove the neckbeard part and rephrase it as all other stat 1 bonuses. "...you also become more charismatic" woud be enough.
>>44279339
Pretty sure this is an old as fuck repost. Not that I'm complaining about that, but hey, if it is new and I'm crazy, then I do have legitimate complaints.
Some of these descriptions need to be changed for people who already have what a given rank provides. As another anon mentioned, CHA-1 is an obvious one, but also, PER-2 "You can also wiggle your ears, but this is for effect." How is something everyone can do a bonus? If you think you can't, you're probably just not paying attention. Go do something that makes you happy, if it gets you to a giddy type happy, that's better. Then just relax your head completely, go for a sleep-face. You'll feel your ears drop to a normal position, as you've raised them in your gleeful expression. Focus on how that feels and you'll know how to actually wiggle them normally too.
>Heraldic sheilds
Heraldic is more "heraldry" than "heralds", and painting a coat fo arms on your ship seems to fall under fancy paint job, so maybe rename this to mana shields or herald sheild system?
>>44279721
Actually it gives you an appearance change.
>>44279949
I always thought that too.
>>44277219
>Not having enough energy to Delta Strike always
How much is the bonus with weapon specialization under skills? Just says they're more effective.
>>44272866
how's yours coming along?
>>44279339
Int4 8 Years of Computer Design or something
Luck 2
Agi 1
Lemme just invent Skynet. I mean, The World
>>44279827
it's old as fuck.
>>44278266
Gunslinger
Greatsmith
Seeker of Wisdom
Medicus
Scourge of the Cosmic Seas
Armor [Disguised + blind spirit
Holy shit this is awesome. Sail the multiverse with my badass pirate crew of uplifted mortals (Medicus enhancements + knowledge I've gained through my Seeker accelerated learning / transfer gifts) and automatons I've crafted myself via Greatsmith, who are also equipped with my Greatsmith gift armor/weapons. Never be disarmed because I can instantly summon any ranged weapon I've ever used, fully loaded (which means I can also constantly upgrade) while also having enhanced reflexes and Bullseye/Hawkeye-tier accuracy. While wearing my transforming armor with a familiar/bound spirit who gives me situational awareness and blocks projectiles for me. Plus stylish AF, cool hat, and a magic treasure compass.
Could be a pirate, go seek knowledge, or treasure or just ride around having adventures with my bros forever
>>44272866
Nigga the princess ward CYOA better have a good selection, not just copy paste anime either.
>>44277391
>>44278225
>Everyone ignored it, they were too busy discussing their waifus
Yep, that's /co/ alright
>>44277332
>Class: Light
>Faction: Mother Nest
>Operator: MAL
>Feature: Deep Sea
>Body Type: Biped
>System: Manual
>Weapons: Rocket Pods (Torpedo), Plasma Sniper Rifle
AC Name: Siren
Pilot: Neptune
Spec:
-Power: 5
-Recovery: 6
-Endurance: 6
-Speed: 5
-Strength: 8
I like amphibious mechs, but I don't remember a lot of ports and ships on Armored Core, only a few things on 4.
>>44271296
rollan
>>44270994
Got problems? Got cash? Revelations Security will relieve you of both, with less collateral than an AMC blast!* Discretion not guaranteed. Wheter it's VIP retrieval, "mandatory" VIP retrieval, delivering an offer they can't refuse, pest control, block busting, VIP transport/escort/disassembly, or whatever. Give us a call, don't worry too much abotu who the cpatain is, and watch your worries go past your event horizon (as long as your wallet follows).
*probably
Captain: John "Wraith" Doe
Civilian, Ghost, Harbinger
Advanced combat, advanced piloting, dimplomacy, mercantile
The ship: Nazgul
Carapace class destroyer
Mana core, herald shields, columbus comm module, nano armor, active cloaking, extra hangar space
For a total of 16 navigation, 16 hull and 22 shields.
CIWS: 4 flak guns
Spinal: 4 heavy laser cannons
Broadside: 14 mana blasters
Tractor beam, warp jammer, comm scrambler, MITM module
Hull repair drone
Combat repair drone
Twin Fangs Fighters
And the improtant part, the crew:
Locust
Plague
Archangel
Styx
We don't need no teleport jammer.
Lia Stitt flies the damn thing, Viktor shoots, Brian Richardson helps him out/backup gunner, Trish "Props" Lim fixes broken stuff, Lyra Miralda fixes broken people, Slash Singerfor digisec, Mikka Akimoto cooks, Hal for booze and biochemical warfare, and Lauren L. Lazuli does things in the lab. We don't ask. Plus 20 operators.
Captain's quarters
Officer's quarters
Crew quarters
Hypecomm&digisec room
Engineeering bay&cargo
Laboratory
Advamnced informary
Lounge&recreational&observatory
Fancy mess&tavern
Teleporter
Advanced arsenal
Trainign room
Holding cells
And to pay for it all:
Search&rescue 4, Acheron 3, This Land 2, Twin Fangs 4, The Fire Grows 4, Heat 3, All Aboard 3, and most importantly...
Sweet, Asunder 4
The plan is for the power armoured bunch to telpeort in, wreck shit with the twin fangs flying CAS, and we fuck off to collect payment.
>>44280548
Wonder if we'll get a FSS CYOA one day.
>>44272866
First page should be done before christmas.
Next year on with the actual meat of the CYOA. I expect that to take a lot longer.
>>44270994
>feathersnake.wordpress.com
Damn, I've only just realised these are all the work of one guy. Spadesy is probably the only namefag creator I whose work I unaminously admire. Aztec is his crown jewel.
>>44280781
Keep up the good work!
>>44279339
>Charisma 2, making a few minor changes to my appearance to improve attractiveness.
>Intelligence 5, with two years education in the field of artificial intelligence.
I am already a super-intelligence relative to normal humans by this stage. I'll use my intellect, charm, and education to get into a major artificial intelligence group such as MIRI (maybe more than one, if I have the time), acquire additional information on AI production and robotics from the other scientists working in this field via telepathy, convert my brain to an artificial equivalent so I can benefit from iterative improvements, and ascend to godhood. gg reality
>>44278572
It certainly seems like it's been a while. I'm thinking of emailing the address, and if I get positive or no response, working on a next version.
Because this one has a lot of interesting stuff, but holy hell does it need editing. So painful to read.
>>44279339
Intelligence 3 Photographic memory
Charisma 2
Luck 2
This should set me up pretty well i believe.
>>44270994
Is there more detailed lore for this CYOA? Like is the Federation Navy sponsoring privateers or everyone from this origin is a commanding officer within it? Who or what are the Heralds?
Speaking of which, is diplomacy a possibility against the Heralds from The Harbinger title or is it a kill or get killed situation?
>>44282261
look at the wiki
>https://1d4chan.org/wiki/StarDustCYOA
Its pretty much your imagination from the titles and how you equip yourself i guess.
>>44282493
I really need to finish this.
>>44279186
I really see no other solution to the frigate-in-carrier problem. I think Instead, I'm just going to limit frigate hangar spaces to a maximum of 8, it can't go higher than that.
>>44282261
My rule of thumb is that whatever's not directly in the CYOA isn't exactly canon but isn't entirely wrong, either. I encourage people to build their own lore with what's on the CYOA.
That doesn't mean I don't have my own ideas on the lore or how these things are solved, though. Even so, if I were to tell you here, I don't really want to force what I think versus what you think, since I like the whole different interpretation thing.
>>44279654
Not in a Christian CYOA on a Christian imageboard.
>>44279607
>>44279654
>>44279721
>>44279827
Calmd down, guys, this is an old CYOA, not OC.
>>44282534
>I really see no other solution to the frigate-in-carrier problem.
>>44279286
>>44279310
>>44270994
Wait, what does the power draw on weapons mean?
If I have a fighter with a mana core, can it only use three machine guns at once? It's.l not explained in the CYOA.
>>44271296
It might get posted more if it actually told you how to use it.
>>44282780
It does.
>>44282534
>frigate-in-carrier problem
How about scaling the extra hangar space? A frigate with Hangar Bay mod receives 1 more hangar space, while a Carrier gets 5.
On a side note, does Command Mods stacks? As in 3 Destroyers with BH Command VR activating it at the same time.
>>44282644
Yes
>>44270994
>Credits
260m
>Origins
Hammerhead Industries
>Skills
Basic, Standard, and Advanced Piloting
Industry
Diplomacy
Mercantile
>Title
The Old Timer
>Ship
G8-BS (54m)
>Energy Subsystems
2x Nuclear Fission (40m)
>Shields
Advanced Shielding (14m)
>Command Mods
V77-SLT Control Room (1m)
>Hull Mods
Shield Extender (6m)
>Weapons
Broadside Artillery Cannons x6 (21m)
Point Defense Missile Pod x3 (8m)
Point Defense Light Laser Cannons x2 (3m)
>Drone Hulls
Flak Cannon Combat Drone (4m)
3x Mining Drones (6m)
>Vehicles and Mechs
Heavy Ground Mech (2x Auto Cannons, Missile Launcher) (17m)
2x Missile Pod AT Dunebuggies (4m)
>Industrial Modules
Mining Harvester (1m)
MK2 Frequency Lens (1m)
MK3 Frequency Lens (3m)
Tractor Beam (3m)
>Rooms
Cargo Space x7
Crew Quarters Upgrade (1m)
Officer’s Quarters (2m)
Lounge/Recreational Room (1m)
Standard Infirmary (2m)
Standard Mess Hall (2m)
Ore Processing Facility (4m)
Aquaculture Room/Hydroponic Garden (3m)
Meat Fridge (4m)
>Character Crew
Alvin Reyes (3m)
Adan Cervantes (4m)
Bethany Parks (1m)
Clara “Sun” Howell (5m)
Darrel Wallace (4m)
Perry West (2m)
Lauren L. Lazuli
Ty Piper (3m)
Patricia Cooper (2m)
>Pilot Archetype
Commander (7m)
>Crew
1000x Industry Laborers (20m)
100x Blackhawk Elites (5m)
>Contracts
Search & Rescue Tier 4
Escalation Tier 2
All Aboard Tier 2
Heat Tier 2
And the Fire Grows Tier 4
Welcome aboard the Gaultier, Hammerhead’s own self-sufficient budget battleship! We’re normally a mining and ore-selling operation, thank you very much, but we can take care of ourselves in a fight, too. Lately, we’ve also started taking on strange passengers and traveling to weird corners of the galaxy; it’s some pretty scary shit. Luckily for us, this tough old maid has taken every beating they’ve given her and come out scarier than before. So if you’ve got some rocks to trade, or some things you’re willing to trade for rocks, then the Gaultier is here for you!
>>44282644
>>44282855
You only have to match the weapon's power use with your power output. As long as you have a mana core, you can use as many machine guns as you want.
>>44282855
Yes, they stack.
>>44283018
That should really be on the CYOA, Ive always double engined so I could fire more than one weapon at once
>>44283064
Actually I have no idea why I didn't include it in the weapon stats section. I'm adding that in now, thanks for pointing it out.
>>44283104
If i have 50% off and purchase ship weapon 4m is it instead worth 2m - 1m if i buy it twice?
>>44283104
My only other suggestion/comment is that theres surprisingly little motivation to take skills (Beyond that for 20m you can have them all)
>>44279307
>Do Yang's gloves count as melee weapon + dust mod, or is it a variable weapon (melee + shotgun) ?
Variable Weapon. Although you could probably do exploding punches with a melee + dust mod.
>So, the question is: Will you tell people you're not actually from Remnant?
I doubt anyone would believe you, especially since you took a background.
>>44283104
Why does the Nano Armor Coating increase hull strength by a percentile instead of a solid number like 1 or 2?
>>44283410
If you have 10 its 2 if you have 20 its 4 and any other number just cry and hold youself
there was this one CYOA i can't seem to find or remember the name to. rather perverted, had a bunch of plus and minus attributes when you changed options on your character. anyone know what I'm talking about?
>mfw carriers and drones are WAAAAY more OP in the new stardust cyoa
Oh man I can probably take a couple dozen carriers fit them with a few hundred drones with weapons and still have enough to take whatever mods and companions I want if I budget properly.
>>44283259
>Although you could probably do exploding punches with a melee + dust mod.
Butr what about exploding knees?
>>44283512
Yeah, destroyers and battleships are bottom tier. They need to be cheaper or stronger or something to make them actually worth buying.
>>44283259
Dang. Guess it is just a backup, to throw someone off-guard if they knock my weapon away.
Given how few people get accepted to Vale (we've only seen, what, team ruby, juniper and cardinal, so 12 people in the first year (or there could be more, we just never see them)), I think it's fair to assume you might meet up with people who got the offer.
Of course, that is assuming assumptions.
I just like the idea of teams being made up of people who got the offer, and who are all from Earth but they don't dare tell eachother this.
>>44283557
oh you
>>44283561
Those people who claim drones are too expensive don't know what they're talking about.
A bomber drone only takes up 3/4 of the space of a fighter, comes with a free torpedo silo, if you don't purchase a torpedo silo directly that means the first bomber drone you buy is literally FREE while every subsequent bomber drone you buy has an effective cost of 7m credits. While the cheapest fighter costs 8, has slightly better performance but comes with no weapons.
With Beatrice R&D's origin, purchasing the first Bomber Drone is like buying a torp. silo at 13m credits THAT COMES WITH ITS OWN SHIP. And every subsequent bomber drone purchase has an effective cost of 6m credits.
Buying a ID-9F carrier with a hanger bay, nuclear fusion engine and solar panels, and 18 bomber drones would cost 343m credits (they make halo don;t they?)
Which you can buy with all the credits you earned from all the tier 4 contracts not including the one that requires anti-matter cannons with tip money left over.
>>44283133
No, now the cost reduction only applies to the ships hull and nothing else.
>>44270994
>>44271020
>>44271060
>>44271086
>>44271110
Faction
>Blackhawk Elite
Skills
>Advanced Piloting
>Advanced Combat Training
>Diplomacy
>Ship Gunnery
Titles
>Nemesis
>The Sorcerer
>The Harbinger
Ship
>Cruiser: Myrmidon
>Anti-Matter Core
>Nuclear Fusion
>Stalwart Shielding
>Herald Pyramid
Mods
>Active Cloaking
>Nano Armour
>Overdrive Afterburner x5
>Vehicle Bay
>Broadside Upgrade x2
>Teleport Jammer
Weapons
>Spinal: Pulse Beam Cannon x2, Tachyon Laser Cannon x2
>Broadside: Missile Launcher x2, Rail Gun x4, Mana Blaster x4, Heavy Laser Cannon x8
>Point-Defence: Flak Cannon x4, Light Laser Cannon x4
>Hangar: Dropship w/ 2x Missile Pod, APC x2 w/ Autocannon + Machinegun, Combat Repair Drone x2
Modules
>Comm Scrambler
>Composition Scanner
>MITM Module
Rooms
>Crew Quarters Upgrade
>Officer's Quarters
>Captain's Quarters
>Advanced Infirmary
>Standard Mess + Tavern
>Lounge + Rec Room + Observatory
>Comms + DigiSec Room
>Advanced Arsenal
>Teleport Platform
>Laboratory
>Advanced Evac Room
>Engineering Bay + Cargo Space
>Ship Security
>Holding Cells
>Safe Room
>Secure Vault
>Meat Fridge
Crew
>Pilot: Conrad Byrant
>2IC: Ivan Chesnikov
>Engineer: Troy Hall
>Nuclear Engineer: Adan Cervantes
>Doctor: Devon Trice
>Gunners: Comet, Theresa Herder
>Combat: Scot Shephard, Rooks King, Arabelle Meyer, Sya'ra Degala, Ricce
>Security: Darrel Wallace
>Cyber Sec: Veslav Smertodov
>Scientist: Lauren L Lazuli
>Chef/Bartender: Patricia Cooper, Laurie Parsons
>Archetypes: 250 Blackhawks, 50 Mercenaries
Contracts
>S&R 4
>Acheron 3
>Escalation 3
>This Land 2
>All Aboard 2
>Twin Fangs 3
>Rogue Drones 3
>Heat 3
>Fire Grows 4
Stats
>Navigation: 8/25
>Hull: 21.6/25
>Shield: 22/25
Blackhawk cruiser designed for independent long-range patrol missions. 67m Credits left over.
>>44283906
You can only have 2 titles.
>>44283167
I know there is, but that was always the case. I think the Soldier of the Stars did it better but I have no idea of how to implement these skills as good. In the DLC I have you track your stats, which reflects your stats if you were to be hired by someone in the main CYOA.
Maybe I could follow a similar formula where skills determine your pilot stats.
>>44283410
I liked having it as percentile, but I admit that it's kind of weirdly implemented. Maybe I'll change it to fixed stats.
>>44283512
>>44283561
I'm actually sort of even buffing carriers, since I'm making it easier to acquire drones with the next update (all drones in a carrier cost 50%).
I want to buff destroyers and battleships.
>>44283786
Maybe I should hold back on the 50% off drones thing then? Those are pretty strong points.
I think I can shave a couple million off of drone costs but keep carriers having to buy them at full price.
>>44284009
>Maybe I should hold back on the 50% off drones thing then? Those are pretty strong points.
Go right the fuck ahead.
Or maybe I'm just speaking in half truths so the real bargain bin synergies goes untouched?
Who knows?
>>44284009
>I'm actually sort of even buffing carriers,
Dude they're already, by far, the best. They don't need a buff. Buffing them is just going to make destroyers and battleships even crappier by comparison and widen the 'tier gap'.
>>44282534
Is there some sort of underlying story with the Fatebreaker title? It seems like the complications could be connected
In my Star-Dust, my PC is a Dustkeeper who found some Herald artifact of huge importance, and sells it for dosh at the Star Dust station. I took on the titles of Fatebreaker and Harbinger, and the way I see it, the Whisperer AI transferred from the artifact onto my ship, and is somehow connected to the Heralds. The surviving heralds (I say surviving because I assume them to be some lost civilization ala the Forerunners from Halo) are in some abstract deep part of the universe, and want the Whisperer back. Hence the Sleeper drones being sent out to try and collect myself and the ship, then the Traveller part of the Fatebreaker title comes in as my ship gets sucked up and transported to the Herald hub in deep space.
>>44284264
He may of based it off Star Trek Voyager. The A.I is similar to the hologram doctor, the drones are similar to the Borg and the Traveler Title matches the plot.
>>44279307
>it's the 24th
>Team RAPE is gathered on the floor of their room, exchanging presentsWe Scandinavia now
>finding wrapping paper was a bitch, but everyone has a present for eachother
>Even Raleigh
>Having a jolly old time, but without any songs since Remnant obviously doesn't have Earth christmas songs>Weiss walks in, asks what in the World we're doing and why we skipped class>Remnant doesn't celebrate christmas
>>44283906
Look at all that good resource management. Shit like that would never fly on the Gaultier. Probably should cut down on the weapons though; you can only use as many at one time as your core's energy output allows.
>>44284264
>Is there some sort of underlying story with the Fatebreaker title? It seems like the complications could be connected
There is. It's supposed to lead to atheoretical DLC, but whether or not I release that is unknown right now.Your idea of the Whisperer and the Heralds is pretty accurate, but I'm not going to go further into that.
>>44284458
That's not how it works, see >>44283018
>>44284009
Heads up
>>44279949
>>44284483
I gotcha. Heraldic was meant to just be a name like Aegis, but if you really think Mana Shields is better, then I guess it can't hurt to rename it. It does make more sense, too.
>>44284473
Neato. I'd just like to say you're doing God's work cause Star Dust is a godly CYOA.
I've got a question for roleplaying purposes.
Are the sleeper drones a constant pursuit of "Holy shit we need to hurry the fuck up and get out of this system" or is it more of a one out of every three systems every few weeks "Fuck they showed up again. We need to go." kinda thing.
SDA, have you considered adding back in the 100 million backstories to the origins?
I liked how in earlier versions of Stardust it would give a little backstory to your character and how they got the cash, I realize now it's more open to roleplaying but still, I liked that aspect of it. Gave the player story a bit of structure.
>>44284592
I'd rather not have a forced backstory.
Pokémon Cyoa when?
>>44283983
Then I remove Nemesis and The Sorcerer, and add The Demigod.
>>44270994
Are the Frigates the size of say, Serenity?
I want to do a Firefly/GOTG style tightly knit group of space adventurers, but I'm wondering which ship size is the best for me.
>>44284009
Just another issue I noticed is that it's difficult to create "intermediate" class ships. Like if you wanted a Light Cruiser or Destroyer Leader type of ship, you'd either have to pick a Cruiser and use hull reductions and other mods, in which case you still get screwed by the cost multiplier. Or you pick a Destroyer and waste a lot of your credits upgrading it to an acceptable level.
>>44284793
I'd say frigates even a bit bigger than that, but for practical purposes they're the closest.
I made a similar build in >>44279186
>>44284793
According to Google and Firefly wiki, Serenity length is 82 meters, smaller than the smallest SD Frigate Skate (115m).
>>44270994
BACKGROUND
>Federation civilian (120)
>Mechanics
>Diplomacy
>Mercantile
>Combat
>Gunnery
>Piloting
(108)
>The Saint (248)
>The Demigod (668)
SHIP
>Abyss class Carrier (582)
>Mana Core (512)
>Heraldic Shielding (472)
>Herald Pyramid (424)
>Nano Armor Coating (388)
Rooms:
>Advanced Infirmary (376)
>Laboratory (373)
>Terraforming bay (357)
>Engineering Bay (354)
>Ore processing/Factory Wing (346)
>Teleporting Platform (341)
>Aquaponics (338)
>Fancy Mess (331)
>Officer's Quarters (328)
>Observatory (326)
>Secure Vault (324)
>Advanced Arsenal (252)
>Training Room (249)
>Salvange harvester (84)
CREW
>Pepper (323)
>Hailey (Free)
>Alessia (Free)
>Ricce (Free)
>Comet (Free)
>Arthur Foster (316)
>Sarah Escher (313)
>Uplink (299)
>Lyra Miralda (291)
>Androids (500) (267)
>Madeline Moran (265)
>Vito Lozano (261)
>Ace Pilots (246)
>Darrel wallace (80)
>Researchers (100) (77)
>Explorers (100) (74)
Drones (from 50):
>3 Mining Drones (240)
>Science probe (231)
>4 combat repair drones (215)
>5 Stealth Drones (one with each T2 weapon) (155)
>3 Bomber Drones (103)
>8 shield Drones (87)
>2 Tesla Overchargers on stealth drones (50)
I'll keep the 50 for a rainy day. Never know what may happen given the number of crazies that dislike me
Adventure Awaits!
>>44284558
My idea behind the Sleeper title is a mix between that. They send out waves of drones against you that don't stop until destroyed, but take time between waves to rebuild. I'm not gonna step on any other interpretations here though.
>>44284592
The argument against it is pretty much >>44284611 and I do agree with it. It's better to loredrop and let you make your own backstory.
>>44284793
That was the idea behind them, though these frigates are generally bigger. They're still a bit cramped if you cram in the max crew count though.
>>44284825
I have mentioned the possibility of corvette, light cruiser, and battlecruiser class vessels. Those are not in any plans right now however, my main focus is balance.
Seeing all these builds, I think I need to make it clear just how hard Demigod and the other high tier titles are. Some of these builds are clever and can hold their own, but usually only for awhile.
>>44284473
Is there some kind of archive with pics of characters and ships form Stardust? I want to make a shitty dlc.
>>44285038
>think I need to make it clear just how hard Demigod and the other high tier titles are
Maybe you should make it possible to actually build a good ship without having to take them then if they're nothing more than trap options?
>>44285038
Which builds in particular would you say are best suited to handling those higher-tier titles.
Also, at least for The Sorcerer and the The Guardian, as long you stay out of Federation space you should be mostly safe for the The Guardian. And provided you stay close enough to large military centers you should be safe enough from the Fire Legion for The Sorcerer.
>>44285080
This. I'm interested in the Heraldic ships, because they are mysterious and cool, but the fact that you can't even run the Destroyer without a 90+ title is a little discouraging. I mean, I know they are supposed to be rare, but as it is, you are better off buying two "normal priced" hulls for the price of one Heraldic...
>>44285148
It's another reason why those single-ship builds are being unfairly disadvantaged for the carrier swarms. If he wants to buff offensive ships like he said earlier, making it actually possible to BUY the good ones without killing yourself would be a good first step.
>>44285038
> I think I need to make it clear just how hard Demigod and the other high tier titles are. Some of these builds are clever and can hold their own, but usually only for awhile.
So all the combo titles are just death machines? Kind of lame, considering they provide good story driven/structured adventurers for the players to go on.
>>44276084
magical
athletic
AI
Uplink 3 (free)
mind reading 3 (2 free +1)
durability 3 (4)
immunity 3 (7)
mind control 3 (10)
self healing 3 (13)
mental 3 (16)
shapeshifting 3 (19)
focus 3 (22)
remote viewing 3 (25)
prime subject
expert
armour
lindsey reyes
olivia blake
isabelle hart
Honestly none of the companions seem very good. It seems like there's probably some way to use the Defector perk and the Traitor drawback to min max (or just get more interesting companions), but I'm lazy.
>>44285199
I think he means less that they are death sentences, and more that you have to design your build to be suitable for the titles.
>>44285253
He implied that all the builds so far would get killed, so it seems like you'd have to build something EXTREMELY specific. Which isn't any fun either, since then there's no choice element.
>>44285269
I think its akin to taking the 2000 drawbacks in Traveler.
Yes you can, But theres a very small chance your going to survive.
Dont powergame.
>>44285304
>Dont powergame.
But you NEED the higher tier titles to buy a good ship, especially if you're running a solo ship.
>>44285199
the death machine part isn't written in the CYOA, so it doesn't exist. Enjoy your adventure, anon.
>>44285327
Sounds like he wants to add it to the next update, sadly.
>>44285053
Here's an outdated one. I've since expanded my library by a lot, though:
Characters:
https://mega.nz/#!FMlhxI6Z
Everything else:
https://mega.nz/#!xZliDJwR
>>44285134
>Which builds in particular would you say are best suited to handling those higher-tier titles.
You'll have to come up with something crafty, and I'm not gonna be specific. Just remember that with Demigod, you're against the Fire Legion and some shady Federation organizations.
Separately, the Sorcerer and Guardian are relatively manageable by most builds, so I'm not concerned with them.
>>44285148
If you feel it's better to buy two normal hulls over a Herald one, then go for it. That's how it's supposed to be. The prices on this version for Herald ships are actually cheaper than ever before in the CYOA.
>>44285189
I really want to buff all pre-carrier ships, although I don't know how. Would more broadsides help?
>>44285199
This >>44285253
I don't want to discourage people from taking the titles, I just don't want every build to pick the same title. They're the hardest titles for a reason.
You have to remember that I designed the titles this way to lessen the "power tripping", and I know that's hard to do with /tg/. I want people to make mild builds and middle-class builds as well, not always the "I can take on the whole universe" sort of stuff. And I appreciate that some people are taking it the way I intended.
>>44285340
>>44285327
No, he's right. I don't want it to be a death machine, I want it to be difficult.
By this, I mean I'm probably just going to lower the rewards from them by a few million. Don't take my word on that, though.
>>44285148
Maybe remove the Mana reactor and the Heraldic shields, and roll those bonuses into the hulls themselves? It throws the math off a whole lot.
An Archeron with Anti-Matter and Stalwart is 190m. A Carapace with Mana and Heraldic is 180m, for universally better stats. It is less of an issue when you go larger than Destroyer size, as the cost difference scales up the larger you go, but it sort of goes against your current plan of "Heraldic technology is ultra-luxury for rich people".
It starts getting silly when you consider that you can get a cheap carrier and then load up on Grins for 30% off, plus the static discounts of Mana and Heraldic. I know what you are trying to do, but combining static and scaling discounts is just asking for abuse.
>>44285304
Except it's nothing like that. In Traveller the only constant downside of Brothers of the Bite is that you'll only make one real friend in your entire time there. You don't have to run into firefights and get killed because you only have one companion, you can just chill on Ae with fewer friends than otherwise.
The higher tier drawbacks in Star Dust are more combat centric, so dying is much more likely.
>>44285269
Obviously you just need to take 3-6 carriers, with a factory and ore processing wing on board each ship and just drown the chellenges in scout drones.
ID-9F with solar panels/Fusion Reactor and full upgraded hangar bays costs 118 each.
A scout drone with Beatrice R&D origins costs 1m credit. 120 scout drones can fit into each carrier.
3 bare bones Id-9F carriers carrying a total of 360 scout drones comes out as 714m credits.
Taking Demigod and hellraiser means you still have 206m credits leftover.
Of course to better survive the challenges you might only want 200~ scout drones, some combat, brawler and bomber drones, as well as self repair, shield and mining drones so you can build more drones as you drone the drone until everything is drones.
>>44285340
>next update
>>44276637
That's his super soldier build. Here's his stats: >>44276324
>>44285367
>pre-carrier
>Acting like carrier is meant to be some ultimate ship.
This is one of the problems, you think the carrier is meant to be the best, and in so doing trash single ship builds.
>>44285385
>lower the rewards
So even less people take them and it's outright impossible to take high-tier ships or trick out a good solo ship build?
>>44285340
I really dont understand the point of seperating all the weapon slots when every weapon is equally useful in every slot
>>44285399
He shouldn't remove stuff that helps solo ships. That makes the problem worse.
>>44285435
>Carrier focus
And this is another example of how those are too advantaged currently.
>>44285477
Tbh i prefer solo ships to fleets. Otherwise I would just buy frigates
>>44285367
Site asks for some kind of key
>>44285498
I too prefer solo ships, which is why I'm advocating for them, because currently swarms are overpowered.
>>44285367
What I miss from the older editions is the ability to make a ship that is only 2/3 Heraldic and then taking a cheaper component for the last 1/3.
Okay, I guess that my real problem is the Mana reactor. Saving 30m on it by buying Heraldic is too good a carrot to dangle out there, and then you can save an additional 40m on Heraldic shields. If you are going to keep it in the game, make it a better option for more than a tiny slice of the ships.
>>44278450
With these, the Nemesis is always so overpowered that I just accept that I have to stick with two choices. Like, 2 for free or 3 and you're murdered isn't a difficut choice
>>44279339
So if I take luck and have $20K, can I buy extra upgrades?
>>44285527
>>44271142
But what about Solo Carriers?
>>44285435
>mfw if I take choose your own adventure
>I can buy ID-9F carrier hulls for 71m credits
>S92-TMC fighter hulls cost 2.5m credits
>if the origin discount is applied after the buying multiple ship discount they're 1m credits each
>>44285670
no such thing, a carrier by definition carries something and is thus not solo.
>>44270994
I wanted to make a build, but in order to create something decent you need to pick titles. God, why. I don't like that.
>>44285459
Carriers are supposed to be the most capable ships, though. I'm not trying to balance it so a single fighter can take on a carrier, that's not how it works.
Ships cost the same as they always have, and on top of that you now start with more money than ever before in this CYOA depending on your title choices. Demigod plus the original 100m puts you at 520m already, and that's before contracts and a second title.
>>44285521
My bad, try these links:
Characters:
https://mega.nz/#!FMlhxI6Z!PH7q9Z9spv_DerFLeIb-k5aqySNW4rSJqDF_y2H1VcY
Everything else:
https://mega.nz/#!xZliDJwR!FcoDNhFpHTwF3ElUmglJ08a_Iwh2qcyCPypdCvT1qus
>>44285491
Based on the feedback, I'm aiming to nerf carriers a little. I'm thinking slightly smaller hangar sizes and no spinal mounts on the more expensive carriers.
>>44285545
Mana cores aren't going anywhere. I think they're fine where they are unless someone can suggest a better position for them.
>>44285670
>>44285833
Drones aren't people.
>>44285709
Other way around, origin discount is applied first and then the multi-ship discount.
>>44285980
>Tfw your builds gonna get nerfed even though it was balanced
>>44285980
Destroyers are literally designed to take out ships like Carriers. Maybe not in your CYOA, but in real life. So why are they so janked?
Seriously, I don't see how it's so hard to make solo Destroyer and Battleship viable options. Some people like to roll a solo ship and not have a carrier swarm, you know. Those builds should be viable.
>Demigod
You mean the thing you just came out and said was an unwinnable trap?
>>44285980
>Drones aren't people
But there are ships, or the equivalent. Thus not solo.
>>44285980
>Ships cost the same as they always have, and on top of that you now start with more money than ever before in this CYOA depending on your title choices.
SDA besides minor balancing issue with the individual ship hulls, there is nothing with your cyoa, people nowadays are a lot more spoiled then they were ever before.
Also they want to play your cyoa like it was space refuge cyoa.
>>44286083
Why you dick ridin' man? People have criticism, do you really think he should have people blindly saying 'there's no problems at all nope they're entitled!' to it?
>>44285980
You've kind've made titles necessary and far more difficult now, so not a lot of people are going to be happy with you saying we get more gold through titles.
>>44286049
He didn't say unwinnable. He just said they way people had been approaching it with their builds so far in this thread wouldn't win.
>>44286113
>do you really think he should have people blindly saying 'there's no problems at all nope they're entitled!' to it?
Do you really think he should buckle to every single demand?
Because the new Stardust cyoa plays just like the old one, you kind of have to take titles and contracts, squeeze every bit of optimization out of your credit to get the build you want
