Tentative Firefly Mod

Here is a map for it if you wish to use it.
https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/361503

 

I know this is blasphemy, but I've never seen it.

Netflix has it and the movie Serenity (watch the series first) on stream.

Excellent series & movie.

 

Also, while there is some interest I'm sure, just not sure if there is enough original content to make a total conversion possible? I know you could add in content that is not canon but first you need to make a list and see just how much original content exists and then see where the holes are in what needs to be filled.

There's really only one scene in either the show or movie with a space battle, and that's the showdown between the Reavers and the Alliance over Mr. Universe's planet.  I'd suggest that Codexehow watches that scene over and over again to record every single detail.

Yeah, there isn't much ship-wise to go on, but its great show with a rich universe, and I think it'd make a rich mod.

For instance, the Red Coats are meant to be cash-poor, so there ships could be mostly variations on the inexpensive Firefly design, and fans likely wouldn't mind, as long as they are buffed with abilities. In fact, I think its realistic that they wouldn't have any capital ships at all.

The Red Coats are innovators, though, so their frigates would be capable of destroying cap ships when in groups. We could also give them 1 or 2 ships that specialize in sabotaging cap ships and titans in small groups of 3 or 4. 

I envision their Titan as being basically an asteroid sporting phase engines, an Alliance planetary shield, legions of strike craft and long range missiles. It could stand titan-to-titan, so would be more than capable of taking "central worlds."It would also serve as a mobile frigate factory, so could go deep into enemy territory and cause real trouble.

The Red Coats would also be immune to pirate raids, and would start the game as their allies, with an ability similar to what the TEC Rebels can research.

And imagine the Reavers as a playable race. I know the easy way out would be to make them the pirates, but what fun is that?

 

The Alliances' Titan would be that city ship we see in the show a few times...as for their other ships..I'm sure we can come up with ship classes that would seem to fit. \

Here's the playable factions, as I see it:

1. Brown Coat (Loyalists)

2. Brown Coat Collaborators (Rebels)

3. Alliance (Loyalist)

4. Alliance Rebels

5. Reaver (Loyalists)

6. Reaver Dissidents

 

 

 

They're actually called the Browncoats, like Mal's duster.

LOL, sorry, yes, Brown Coats. I've seen the entire show twice..idk how I could get that wrong . I'll edit it so that it reads correctly, but leave this in so that my careless mistake can forever be laughed at, lol.

Can you post some examples of the firefly models and textures you've done already?

Be interesting to see what you've already come up with.

I did some a few years ago, when I was first toying with the idea. I'll get them out of mothballs. I was working in 3DS Max back then, but have since moved on to ZBrush. I still have 3DS max on the HD though.

 

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As for the Reavers, all of their ships aside from the respective titans could use the models of the Brown Coats and Alliance, with some adaptations to make them look torched, bloody and otherwise revolting.

Think Chaotic Orky for the Reavers: spikes, red paint, and kitbashed.

Yeah, the Reavers would be fun. I see their Titan as being a huge hodgepodge of Brown Coat and Alliance ships..torched and desecrated, of course.

Man, that is blasphemy and you should be spanked.

I have the complete Role Playing set for the Firefly Universe which includes ship types and stats and even diagrams and I also have a Firefly model I can export (very basic but I can actually spiff it up if someone is serious).

Let me know if you want access.

Yeah, we're going to need to take away his nerd card.

There is a very old Firefly Freelancer mod that did some of the Reaver ships, the firefly and shuttles and an Alliance fighter or two--I might be able to dig it up and check as well.

You would definitely want to set the scenario as during the Browncoat war for independence and there is a cannon set of stats somewhere for the Browncoat's weaponized version of the firefly.

Ditto, but I wouldn't call it blasphemy.  At the time, I spent my time on better series.  Obliviously, I'm not very interested in the mod.  I am interested in seeing people pool their efforts into finishing outstanding mods first, though.

"Ditto" (as in, "I never watched it") but I spent my time watching better series.

Yeah, I never saw that movie either but I know it sucked.

As Sinperium well knows, I've not seen a huge amount of Sci-fi that's considered standard here. I think he's gotten after me for Serenity/Firefly, Blade Runner, and Babylon 5 already (I did see one of the movies though). I did not know who Captain Kirk was until they did that reboot movie. I've seen the original Stargate movie but am usually lost when ever I see any of the spinoff shows that occasionally come on.

The reason for this is quite simple of course. I'm a gamer, I play games. It's been a long time since I've watched a TV series of any sort, and what I do see is usually online. I guess I do a bit better on Movies but that's just because they're more accessible.

Babylon 5 production-wise is neither incredible or poor but it isn't epic film--but the characters and story arc are pretty unique in TV scifi and to get five years of it was a treat.  Great back story and memorable, unique characters.

The only two television scifi series I hold in really high regard as to depth, characters and story though are Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles and Firefly.

We're talking television series here--not film.  Both of these shows--as science fiction--break the mold  for depth, characters and ideas when compared to other series.

I watched neither Firefly or TSCC when they originally aired because I assumed they would be banal and repetitive.  When I actually sat down and watched them as an entire series i was blown away at how well done they were.

Nothing's perfect but these shows shine in the tv scifi realm.

I agree, about Firefly when it aired. Going with Fox probably wasn't the best move..but I guess Joss had to take what he could get.

You caught me in an edit.  I never cared much for it nor is the series as great as the fanboys claim it to be. 

Arguable, shows that don't succeed after the first season, are not worth your time, despite what the fanboys claim.  They only still exist due to hardcore niche groups.  On the other hand, some shows are fucked over due to the network mingling with it or get doomed early on due to staffing changes.  Whichever side you go with, if it get's a second chance, and fails to relaunch interest, then it really isn't worth my time.  It's a hard fact, but true.

I have the complete Role Playing set for the Firefly Universe which includes ship types and stats and even diagrams and I also have a Firefly model I can export (very basic but I can actually spiff it up if someone is serious).

 

That would be helpful I can pretty quickly create high-poly models in ZBrush, and from there create some low-poly versions in 3DS.

 

That's an example of a show that was all over the place.  The first season was shit, but the 2nd to 4th ones was a continuing trend of epicness, but it settled back to shit in the end.

Regardless, I miss the mid 90's to early 2000's fantasy and sci-fi shows.  Great stuff that died after the 2nd season of Andromeda.

I think if you watch Firefly with an open mind, you'll agree that it was victim of network stupidity. If that show were just being developed now for HBO or Showtime, it would be huge because of how much grittier it would be.

I am almost done rewatching the show Andromeda for the first time in years and you want to throw a shoe at it.  It was on the edge of being so good but never got there.

This was a show jumped on by Majel Roddenberry (Gene Roddenberry's wife) and Kevin Sorbo (Hercules).

Kevin was offered the chance to produce it and the idea was to make a direct to syndication action series that would work in foreign and domesticity markets (Andromeda was an Australian production).

Robert Hewitt Wolfe )Star Trek DS-9) was the writer-developer and wanted more story and development and they basically told him to pack his bags after a year or two.

Storylines were abandoned on a whim when the network decided the were in the way of action and sex appeal so the series was hurt a lot by this.

Within the confines they were given it was a really interesting (and frustrating) show.  As I'm rewatching it though I am impressed by how much science was actually considered in it.  Most of it is stuff now at the forefront of theoretical science and they stayed pretty c0nsistent withe the core technology premises throughout the series (nanobot assemblies, no shields, etc.)

Lot of potential never developed fully.

Back to the original topic:  Here's an in-game pic of the firefly in a Freelancer mod.