Nova Fleet Dynamics - Building a better future today! (Nest of Orion faction)

[TheDerpGamer]

I love your guy's ships. They look really cool.

 

[FlyingDebris]

In light of recent events, the NFD is pleased to announce that we are transitioning towards a more community-oriented stance. A vote was taken among the members and a majority was reached in just under an hour, that the NFD will focus more on helping others learn to play the game, holding design classes, as well as occasional build or PvP tournaments on our server. We see Ridik's example, and while we did at first believe it a farce, we have elected along with the other NO factions that his course of action is a good one and it is in our best interests to do likewise.

This feud has lasted for nearly three years, involved hundreds of people, and caused more drama than anything else on the Starmade forums to date.

I am pleased to say it is over.

The main movement inside NFD to end this petty fighting started a few weeks ago, after we had been dealing with the leader of a small faction who said he was around when the war started three years ago. We found out that he was 12, and when we did the math we found out that he would have been 9 when the war started. We thought about it some more, and it occurred to us that we had come to the point where we were a third of the way until an entire generation of faction leaders had grown up and gotten involved after the war had already started.

That was unacceptable.

With Ridik reorganizing Odium into something beneficial for the community, we saw our chance to finally return to doing what we've always wanted to do since October of 2012; Just play the game. This is a time for celebration as well as a time for remembrance, as we look back to the mess of this all and forward to rebuilding what was once a fantastic factions community.

The DFN vessels Defiant and York, two of the first warships to ever be constructed.

The DFN Lytra, one of the longest-serving warships in our history.

One of the few pictures ever taken during the failed Endgame battle.

Ithaca base, the first station homebase the DFN constructed on Illusive.

Ithaca base before Illusive was shut down.

The original design for the Euphrates, before it became a cityship.

An early DFN fleet.

The old DFN Troy base.

The early version of the Cherokee.

The generation 1 Munich.

The generation 1 Rockhopper.

The new NFD Ithaca base.

The NFD fleet circa late 2014. Many ships constructed during this era have been refitted and are still in service as mainline vessels.

An NFD fleet from December of 2014.

The NFD fleet circa early 2015.

NFD Corinth base, on GenXNova. At this time the NFD has fully switched to the new color scheme.

An overwhelmingly successful Nest of Orion raid involving NFD on a pirate faction's planet.

An NFD (Right) and Trident Industries (Left) Argos on patrol on GenXNova.

Nest of Orion forces preparing for a major assault against Cybernetic Samurai on GenXNova.

A series of NFD, Thryn, and Trident ships on patrol.


This is our past. Our future has yet to be determined.

 

[Zyrr]

follow this example guys

seriously its about goddamn time

 

[Reilly Reese]

It can safely be said now that the "First Era" perse has finally ended. Now begins a new era with new stories to tell!

 

[Zackey_TNT]

Kek.

 

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[Reilly Reese]

Oh cool. Now I know how to make quick videos for my stuff.

 

[Jaaskinal]

It can safely be said now that the "First Era" perse has finally ended. Now begins a new era with new stories to tell!

Possibly. I have my doubts about the peace. We can only hear ourselves in one direction and help ourselves in the other.

 

[The Judge]

Well, now what?

 

[Zackey_TNT]

Well, now what?

Such a simple question like that can only be answered with time.

 

[Creeper__God]

Well, now what?

More building of corse

 

[The Judge]

More building of corse

Aw yiss
More ships
MORE SHIPS
More ships that will never be used.

 

[Zackey_TNT]

Aw yiss
More ships
MORE SHIPS
More ships that will never be used.

Oh sh*t its getting hot in here.

 

[Keptick]

Aw yiss
More ships
MORE SHIPS
More ships that will never be used.

They actually use most of their ships on servers, you literally just have to scroll up the page to see that...

 

[Reilly Reese]

They actually use most of their ships on servers, you literally just have to scroll up the page to see that...

Get to the Ns and its just a spam of different Rockhopper variants I bet :p

 

[FlyingDebris]

Get to the Ns and its just a spam of different Rockhopper variants I bet :p

Twenty nine versions.

All of which have slightly different characteristics.

 

[TwoNiner]

29 is the magic number

 

[FlyingDebris]

29 is the magic number

They sucked up until about 6, got sorta okay for 7-12, got really crap 13-18, then around 19 they got way better, 20-25 were fantastic, 26 was mediocre, 27-29 are good enough to the point that just about everybody wants one on the servers we play on.

 

[TwoNiner]

They sucked up until about 6, got sorta okay for 7-12, got really crap 13-18, then around 19 they got way better, 20-25 were fantastic, 26 was mediocre, 27-29 are good enough to the point that just about everybody wants one on the servers we play on.

have you actually tested it against other ships from major factions?

 

[FlyingDebris]

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have you actually tested it against other ships from major factions?

They were originally designed to be about the mass of a TE manticore for an upcoming wargames, in which they performed like a sack of moldy potatoes. After that they were the go-to scout/light attack ship which saw action on EE, SS, GenX, and a few other servers we ended up not staying on. After I had the basic weapon layout down, I started adding things as we had need for them, like the docking arms and large storage area after some raids on GenX where we had to recover an entire supply station's factory setup as well as Lecic's damaged miner. Eventually, we had added so many upgrades it evolved into the general purpose light vehicle we have today.