The Discovery (Space)

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First let me start off by saying that I've missed you guys. I was sick as a dog the week before Christmas and then with all the (sarcasm)holiday joy and (more sarcasm) family excitement... well you know how it goes. It's great to be back, now let's get this show started.
[quote]Story: After weeks of fighting over the unknown planet the empire started to get more eager on finding the ancient Sith Temple. So the Empire had to start expanding there bases and there defenses to stand against the Rebellion who is also expanding there bases. The space above the unknown planet is very cold and dark probably from the dark force energy coming from the ancient Sith space station orbiting the planet. Many of the Imperial ships in space have been mysteriously disappearing and being destroyed by a unknown foe. Imperial Intelligence think that the Sith Spirits from the space station are causing the disappearance of there ships. So they sent a team of Storm troopers to investigate but non have returned.
The Rebellion have keeping there ships canceled in a shield barrier to protect them from getting destroyed or kidnapped. The Zann Consortium heard that the Empire and Rebellion have been fighting on a unknown planet in the outer rim. The consortium wanted the planet for them selves because there is a lot of good mining places, so they did they went to the planet but they saw that there was a lot of rebel and imperial bases in orbit above the planet so they started the stealth field generators and bypassed the space stations and entered the planet. After they established a base on the ground they had established a small space station orbiting the planet. Now that there is a Zann Consortium base settled on the planet and in orbit the consortium will continue building bases on the planet and in orbit. So the war on the continues waiting for someone to make the next daring move.[/quote]
Woah, that's a lot to take in on first read. But I can't argue with results. If you've played [file="108191"]The Discovery[/file], then you'll want to play this continuation/addition to that series. If you haven't played it, then I'll tell you why you should play it, or why this map isn't for you.

First off, I couldn't get The Consortium to work. So I'll leave that part out of this. The Discovery (Space) is a fairly standard pre-built space map. Each team starts out with a level 5 base, enough ships to take on KDY, and asteroid mines generating credits to keep the upgrades and units plentiful. From there, it's all a matter of strategy. Rushing your enemy can grant you the element of surprise, but their space station can provide enough backup to keep the initial forces at bay. Luring the enemy to your base can work well also, but by the time that happens their reinforcements should be stocked well.

As for the map itself, it's a cookie cutter design that promotes quick capturing of mining asteroids and build pads. Each base is in a corner, and the map is cut in half diagonally with asteroids, nebulae, merchant space docks, etc. It's not symmetrical, but it's close enough. Still, this is one of the better pre-built maps I've played. The item placement and backdrop adds to the feel, and the teams are balanced out well.


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