X4: Cradle of Humanity (Release Date March 16, 2021, 6pm CET; Livestream at 5pm CET)

[Ketraar]

I’m calling my new faction ‘Mothers Aeternal’ - they started out as a charity to support families impacted by the destruction of the Torus, but over time, has become more militant. They’re not happy with the Earth government’s response and now the gates are open... well... as Shakespeare’s Mark Anthony said, ‘’Cry 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war." Just gotta work out which character start’s best for this story idea. And will the reality of waging revenge change the Mothers? Who knows!?

Best X Movie pitch I read in a long while. Come on Hollywood! If you can make NFS, you can make this.

MFG

Ketraar

[dtpsprt]

I'm really liking the new terran npc models, from what I can see anyway.

Sorry to disappoint you buddy... after watching the video 3 times (the third stopping almost frame by frame) I can confirm that any NPC shown in the trailer are Split!!! (both the one that pilots the player's ship in from of him/her and the bridge personnel).
Probably for the best so that potential buyers of the DLC will not be disappointed...

[Axeface]

No there is a terran bridge with 3 npcs and there is also the footage in the new gamestarts.

[dtpsprt]

I’m calling my new faction ‘Mothers Aeternal’ - they started out as a charity to support families impacted by the destruction of the Torus, but over time, has become more militant. They’re not happy with the Earth government’s response and now the gates are open... well... as Shakespeare’s Mark Anthony said, ‘’Cry 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war." Just gotta work out which character start’s best for this story idea. And will the reality of waging revenge change the Mothers? Who knows!?

Best X Movie pitch I read in a long while. Come on Hollywood! If you can make NFS, you can make this.

MFG

Ketraar

Nahhhh...
1. Hollywood lacks the inspiration to create the kind of Terrans Egosoft created...
2. Hollywood gets literature students as unpaid interns to check the opening (and closing) titles, where the loadscreens of X4 are the same with X Rebirth (and many of them irrelevant).
3. Hollywood scriptwriters are heavily chastised if they put the greeting at the end of the conversation instead of the beginning (first time you click on Boso Ta)...
4. Hollywood puts natives of the race that owns a space station to handle landings...
and the list goes on.

P.S. I have put these concerns (all three of them) in the support forum. I did get a reply on the Human design (partial IMHO) but it didn't change that much...

[dtpsprt]

No there is a terran bridge with 3 npcs and there is also the footage in the new gamestarts.

That bridge has Split NPCS... checked it... as for the gamestarts... they can even have a real, living cast for their mini trailer... the truth is under the hood (as always)...

[Axeface]

No there is a terran bridge with 3 npcs and there is also the footage in the new gamestarts.

That bridge has Split NPCS... checked it... as for the gamestarts... they can even have a real, living cast for their mini trailer... the truth is under the hood (as always)...

What are you talking about? https://youtu.be/Zs2BwzOKjhs?t=136
And the player model in the start that has the kukri, we get a good look at him and he looks cool.

[enlightenment]

No there is a terran bridge with 3 npcs and there is also the footage in the new gamestarts.

That bridge has Split NPCS... checked it... as for the gamestarts... they can even have a real, living cast for their mini trailer... the truth is under the hood (as always)...

What are you talking about? https://youtu.be/Zs2BwzOKjhs?t=136
And the player model in the start that has the kukri, we get a good look at him and he looks cool.

He is displeased by the aesthetics of the Terran/Argon NPCs and doesn't accept them as such.

[dtpsprt]

What are you talking about? https://youtu.be/Zs2BwzOKjhs?t=136
And the player model in the start that has the kukri, we get a good look at him and he looks cool.

They do look Human (stopping frame by frame), of the "nun" variety with skirts (wandering how much air can a skirt keep in case of a hull breach... will have to ask Shatner about it or Rodenberry when I die) and the one male was too far away and too low resolution to actually see the face... the posture though was same old - same old not giving any promises about what it'll be...

[dtpsprt]

He is displeased by the aesthetics of the Terran/Argon NPCs and doesn't accept them as such.

Of course I am... because they were a lot of levels better before V3.00, all they had to do was change their clothes (from homeless style to space style). Instead we got this embarassment of graphic design.

[Alm888]

That bridge has Split NPCS...

I, for one, would like to have actual split looking like these and not like… some medieval middle-east peddlers with their cargo camels parked somewhere around the corner.

[BigBANGtheory]

trailer looks awesome and looks like we are getting a huge capital ship beam weapon very pleased about that

[Vertigo 7]

Did I spy beam weapons on the Xenon I? Looked like 2 med beam turrets were doing their thing... kind of out of place for the Xenon to have those weaponry given their med pulse turret is supremely OP to any other medium turret.

[Tamina]

Did I spy beam weapons on the Xenon I? Looked like 2 med beam turrets were doing their thing... kind of out of place for the Xenon to have those weaponry given their med pulse turret is supremely OP to any other medium turret.

The Xenon I has beam weapons for quite some time now, yes. At least since 3.0 but maybe even before that. You usually don't notice them as they are guarding the I's stern, where you don't need heavy hitters but anti-S weapons

[Vertigo 7]

Did I spy beam weapons on the Xenon I? Looked like 2 med beam turrets were doing their thing... kind of out of place for the Xenon to have those weaponry given their med pulse turret is supremely OP to any other medium turret.

The Xenon I has beam weapons for quite some time now, yes. At least since 3.0 but maybe even before that. You usually don't notice them as they are guarding the I's stern, where you don't need heavy hitters but anti-S weapons

lol well... I destroyed the Xenon in my game prior to 3.0 and the Split and Paranid had no problems moving in on their new space in the Vendetta expansion, so I never saw it =p The I that I captured back in 2019 has all medium impulse turrets in all of its slots.

[Axeface]

I forgot to say, the stations look REALLY good. That train going around with the lights, looks so nice.
And some of the shots are marvelous, especially the one with the condor and the one with the yaki/xenon one at the end. Oh and the one of the I in the fog...
Kukri and Katana (strangely, as I didnt like the katana teaser shot a while back) are probably gonna be my fave terran ships.

The gate right at the start of the video, from the backdrop it looks like thats the inactive gate in argon prime... thats gonna be fun

[Tomonor]

No there is a terran bridge with 3 npcs and there is also the footage in the new gamestarts.

That bridge has Split NPCS... checked it... as for the gamestarts... they can even have a real, living cast for their mini trailer... the truth is under the hood (as always)...

Heys, I'm the creator of the trailer. To clear up confusion, the Terran ship's bridge only showed the new Terran NPC models. As a matter of fact, there wasn't a single Split NPC recorded in this trailer.

[Vertigo 7]

Heys, I'm the creator of the trailer. To clear up confusion, the Terran ship's bridge only showed the new Terran NPC models. As a matter of fact, there wasn't a single Split NPC recorded in this trailer.

Ooo Ooo then can you tell us what that ship with the sail is if it's not a secret?

loved the trailer, btw. it was very well cut together!

[Tomonor]

Heys, I'm the creator of the trailer. To clear up confusion, the Terran ship's bridge only showed the new Terran NPC models. As a matter of fact, there wasn't a single Split NPC recorded in this trailer.

Ooo Ooo then can you tell us what that ship with the sail is if it's not a secret?

loved the trailer, btw. it was very well cut together!

It is such a secret that I'm legally bound not to tell anything about it until the DLC is released

However, I can hint at multiple logical strings. It has lots of docks, it somewhat resembles another ship, and it has a singe giant engine to propel it. I wonder what this means, Mason!

[Matterom]

Heys, I'm the creator of the trailer. To clear up confusion, the Terran ship's bridge only showed the new Terran NPC models. As a matter of fact, there wasn't a single Split NPC recorded in this trailer.

Ooo Ooo then can you tell us what that ship with the sail is if it's not a secret?

loved the trailer, btw. it was very well cut together!

99.999% chance the ship is called

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The Honshu and it's their Auxiliary Ship, The solar sail is a Generator for long range voyages and it has a Substantial cargo bay over the other Aux ships.

[Vertigo 7]

Heys, I'm the creator of the trailer. To clear up confusion, the Terran ship's bridge only showed the new Terran NPC models. As a matter of fact, there wasn't a single Split NPC recorded in this trailer.

Ooo Ooo then can you tell us what that ship with the sail is if it's not a secret?

loved the trailer, btw. it was very well cut together!

99.999% chance the ship is called

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The Honshu and it's their Auxiliary Ship, The solar sail is a Generator for long range voyages and it has a Substantial cargo bay over the other Aux ships.

I'm with ya, and I'm heavily leaning that way myself. The ONLY thing that's making me question that is the other aux ships have 2 or more XL engines. So I'll hedge and say its likely this but could be space pirates.