When I eventually get around to doing Random Events, I'd like to have them scripted in either Python or dynamically compiled C#. That way other people with some programming experience can add more later. I don't plan on implementing 120 of them myself . More like 12, lol. Or maybe more.

It'd be easier to have scripted/programmed random events rather than try to conceive of every possible trigger. Think about the Borg random event. You'd need code to spawn Borg vessels, AI to control them and move them around to assimilate worlds. Hard to do that in XML. If they're dynamically compiled at runtime, they can still be modified without recompiling the game.

Posted by Skeeter
You do relise matress that its all well and good having so many randoms but im thinking it will be alot of effort programing in the exact effects of each random event. So perhaps keep doing the randoms for now and later the programers will pick so many of the best ones to use in their games.

NB - Events that are marked 1 and 2 - eg. the Borg ones or the Ion Storm ones - mean that these events are intended to be two-part events. If this is not programmable, I will rewrite the event(s) accordingly.


1 The Borg 1
2 The Borg 2
3 Species 8472
4 Sphere Builders
5 Chodak
6 Giant Amoeba
7 Gomtuu
8 Jellyfish from TNG Ep. 1/2
9 Crystalline Entity
10 Doomsday Machine
11 Husnock
12 Calamarain
13 Echo Papa 607
14 Cytoplasmic Being/Void
15 V'Ger
16 Pirates
17 Alien Shipyard
18 Q
19 Caretaker array
20 Subspace Bubble
21 Subspace Anomaly
22 Graviton Ellipse
23 Dark Matter Nebula
24 Ion Storms 1
25 Ion Storms 2
26 Solar Flare
27 Positive Temporal Disturbance
28 Negative Temporal Disturbance
29 Hekaras Corridor Incident
30 Unstable Wormhole
31 Wormhole Discovered
32 Nebula Formation
33 Solar Wind Change
34 Nebula Collapse
35 Nexus
36 Supernova/Blackhole Formation
37 Comet Strike
38 Asteroid Impact
39 Earthquake
40 Supermassive Volcanic Eruption
41 Radioactive Explosion
42 Weather System Breakdown
43 Climate Change
44 Polar Shift
45 Tribbles
46 Neural Parasites
47 Geological Survey
48 Archaeological Dig
49 Advanced Starship Discovered
50 Advanced Starship Captured
51 Defector
52 Alien Fossils
53 Mutation
54 Lab Explosion
55 Subspace Reaction
56 New Subroutines
57 Discovery of Data
58 Engine Malfunction
59 Student Prodigy
60 Geographical Expedition
61 Discovery of the Dyson Sphere
62 Artificial Intelligence
63 Encounter the Cytherians
64 Encounter the Omega Particle
65 Encounter the Think-Tank
66 Covert Scans
67 Test Beds
68 Data Lost
69 Fuel Leak
70 Deuterium Salvage Operation
71 New Mining Methods
72 New Operating Protocols
73 Perfect Growing Conditions
74 Famine
75 Diplomatic Summit
76 Positive Foreign Government Change
77 Negative Foreign Government Change
78 Points Of Opportunity
79 Enemy Spy Defection
80 Compromising Material
81 Enemy Leader Assassinated, Relations Improve
82 Enemy Leader Assassinated, Relations Worsen
83 Popular Advisor Dies
84 Diplomat Rescued
85 Highway Robbery
86 Diplomatic Failure
87 Pro-Empire Speech
88 Anti-Empire Speech
89 Undercover Reporter
90 Commercial Terrorism
91 Domestic Terrorism
92 Propaganda
93 Terrorist Bombing
94 Terrorist Bombing of Ship Production
95 Warp Core Breach
96 Diplomatic Success
97 Enlistments Boost
98 Scientific Breakthrough
99 Influx of scientists
100 Academy Enlistments Record
101 Dishonorable Discharge
102 Academy Disaster
103 Computer Hack
104 Officer Exchange Program
105 Terrorists captured
106 Donation
107 Embezzlement
108 Trade Guild strikes
109 Plague
110 Refugees
111 Splinter Colonies
112 Renegade
113 Defector Captured
114 Conspiracy Uncovered
115 Ext. Affairs Breakthrough
116 External Affairs Crisis
117 First Contact Disaster
118 Severe Setback
119 War Averted
120 Civil War
121 Suliban Infiltration
122 Xindi Superweapon
123 The Tasha Killer
124 Scimitar

18 Q

18 Q

Q (A ship is thrown to a random sector. The ship will have to attempt to make it back under its' own fuel reserves, so making alliances with the locals will be essential. The chances of contact with the Borg - irrelevant of where in the Galaxy the ship is sent - are greatly increased)

F) Space is full of strange, new, lifeforms. Our vessel in sector _____ has encountered an omnipotent lifeform known simply as "Q". The lifeform used his wonderous powers to instantaneously send our vessel to the other side of the Galaxy, then it simply disappeared. The vessel will get its wish; the crew will surely encounter strange, new, worlds on its journey home...God speed to them, where ever they may be.

K) Contact has been lost with the IKV _____. It was in the middle of a patrol when it simply vanished! Last communications indicated they had made contact with an alien lifeform know only as “Qâ€￾. Records indicate our warriors attacked this lifeform after it insulted the ship commanders family name. Such insolence will not be tolerated! Orders are being sent out to all the Empires fleets, that should this P'tach show itself again that it be destroyed on sight!

R) While undergoing maneouvers along our borders, an Alien Entity was encountered. This entity calling itself “Qâ€￾ dared to challenge the strength of our Empire! Another of our Warships which was cloaked and working in the same sector recorded the moment when the RNS _____ simply disappeared off its scanners in a flash of light. A weak transmission from the vessel indicated that it was being transferred to the other side of the Galaxy. It will take them hundreds of years to return to the safety of our borders. Our Great Tal-Shiar will have a deep interest in interrogating this being should it be captured!

C) The Cardassian Union bows down to no life force! An encounter with a new species calling itself “Qâ€￾ dared to enter our domain and push its agenda on us. An Obsidian Order operative was aboard the Vessel, the CDS _____, when this “Qâ€￾ entered the bridge. The Operative managed to record and send the entire segment on to the Orders Headquarters before the ship disappeared out of our space. The Obsidian Order is currently studying this information. All ships are on notice to capture this “Qâ€￾ should it appear again.

D) An unexpected surprise has fallen upon us. An Alien Life form calling itself “Qâ€￾ invaded one of our ships and the resulting torment caused much upheaval onboard. Our vessel was last seen in sector _____, but has since disappeared. The morale of the people has plummeted, and some are even questioning whether the Founders truly are Gods!

Or perhaps a ship gets stuck in a black hole's gavity well due to some fluctuation or something.

Speaking of which... would planetary shields be strong enough to absorb the majority of a comet/astroid strike? Or at the very least still cause destruction (the shields would likely be toast, plus a bunch of other buildings depending on how large the object is), but prevent the climate change? That should be easily programmable.

Granted the programmers would have to pull a ton of hours but it would be worth it as long as the game would allow such functionality.

Hello, long time observer, first time poster.

I had an idea for other Q based events, as opposed to just the hurling ships randomly into space. How about the Q Barrier blocks a ships path to a certain system or group of systems? Maybe a whole task force or even a fleet gets frozen in position for 5 or 10 turns.

Although it wasn't Qs doing, you could also have him displace a space station or outpost (DS9: Q-Less) or even have him rearrange the planets in a solar system. I'm certain that can be acheived, (being an experienced C++/C# programmer myself, i know how it can be implemented).

ahhh, but it's like the Borg, doesn't mean it'll always happen, just means there's a chance. All you really need to do is ensure that Kaelon always has the same type of star as the supernova capable ones, and there is always the possiblity that you'll lose it, but not a guarenteed loss.