sorry jon but this thread has no topic. it never did, it was meant as a joke and has spiraled out of control.
So everyone spam as much as you'd like!
But it has a topic....The "Picard" maneuver...is pretty visible.
Seriously, it has. You're talking about maneuvers in the suggestions board so the question is how can our character order maneuvers while we're on the captain chair instead of conn station?
Looking at my post before and thinking in Bridge Commander, I assume some orders can be said while other cannot.
In that list we have more and less three categories:
1. Orders which fit in Patterns.
2. Common orders.
3. Explanatory tactical orders. (in the case we can't create new patterns and keep only the TV's known).
Examples:
1.Delta (
Maximum Coverage,
Fire)
2. Polar Orbit
3. Intercede, Take Cover, Tranporter Doge, etc.
I think patterns could be used primarly or only during a red alert state, maybe with a pattern's list to give the orders to the crew, while common ones, basic maneuvers and navigational orders could be used primarly during green and yellow condition. The fact is every pattern says how and where to move from a target, and how many weapons to use and how use them with "a click".
The complex maneuvers like Picard's one, Riker's one...etc, these could be cooked following some paths to obtain that result istead of make them automatic at order. I mean Riker one requires to stay near a unstable gas source instead it's impossible to perform, while Picard one it's easier because only needs a warp push. This way somehow...maybe we could build our own special maneuvers.
Some posible special maneuvers i can think right now:
1. To use a sun flare to wipe out a pursuer ( Martok's maneuver? )
2. To use a "gas giant" planet's gravity to sink heavy pursuants.
3. To use electric charges in nebulas to disable sensors (Kirk's maneuver)
4. To use stars, planets or asteroids gravity to accelerate (travel back time)(Spock's maneuver)
5. To use an asteroid field to hide ( Hansolo maneuver...
joking)
