Star*Soldier Gloss: Page 37 (September 18, 2008)

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This is the Star*Soldier gloss for the third powerups page:

CONCEPT: See the [post=360725]previous post[/post]!

• "armor plates" - This is a concept that the development team was very big on, but that I never quite saw as being so important - ships in Wing Commander Arena differ from classic ones in that they have plates and plates of simple Durasteel armor which can be easily replaced, rather than hulls made of increasingly prized metals. I felt the need to reference it a few times, regardless.
• "Mace Tactical Nuclear Mine" - Originally the Mace Tactical Nuclear Missile from Special Operations 2 and Wing Commander IV. This was actually the earliest powerup to be 'explained', as the game's Producer wanted a backstory for the mine weapon found in the Meteor Storm mode.

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Original update published on September 18, 2008

 

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I'm curious whether the nature of the nuke weapon changed over time. As is, when you collect the nuke parts the Nuke powerup apears in the middle of the map... Hitting the nuke power up is the equivalent of actually using the nuke. Is the wording in star*soldier creative license, or was there a different intention originally (essentially collecting the smaller nuke parts is what adds it to your arsenal)?