I'd figured that the four listed German designs would be the maximum number for a given nation, yeah. I was more just spitballing ideas, all of them with their own reasons.
The Typhoon got a nod because I figured that it wasn't that likely that the Brits wouldn't develop their own native design, and having it be the Spitfire seemed kind of cliche. I figure it'd be reasonable to include on those grounds.
The Airacobra because it seemed to offer interestingly different visual and layout options. I didn't particularly expect you to be interested in it from anything more than a 'designing transformations is fun' perspective.
The Airacomet because, brutal honesty, I find the L-133 really doofy looking and wouldn't fly it on a bet and the Shooting Star would be tricky to transform. I didn't figure you'd go for it, either.
The Avenger, well, I wanted to try working out my notion for the engine-on-the-back layout, and figured that another mech for the 'starting faction' would be appropriate from a gameplay perspective - and that a bomber/heavy attack type would be a good tactical distinction. If I had to pick one design to really lobby to add, it'd probably be this one, because I like the heavy-duty brute approach a lot.
Plotwise, what about retooling Walkure's context? Like, if Hitler knew the alien Main Fleet was coming and had been in communication with them, putting together some self-serving I'll-backstab-you-later treaty like the OTL one with Russia, and Walkure was kicked off by people in the Wehrmacht finding out about this and deciding that it Would Not Do. If the setup phase was long enough, or the conspiracy felt the need to put together an anti-alien unit on the sly to do something to protect the Earth, then Carmen and the others could've ended up working with the Allies even before the formal end of hostilities. Which brings the anti-alien unit into things backing her up when word comes that the assassination plots have failed and they need to do something about Hitler now.
It's kind of stretch, given real history, but heck, game logic.
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."
The Typhoon got a nod because I figured that it wasn't that likely that the Brits wouldn't develop their own native design, and having it be the Spitfire seemed kind of cliche. I figure it'd be reasonable to include on those grounds.
The Airacobra because it seemed to offer interestingly different visual and layout options. I didn't particularly expect you to be interested in it from anything more than a 'designing transformations is fun' perspective.
The Airacomet because, brutal honesty, I find the L-133 really doofy looking and wouldn't fly it on a bet and the Shooting Star would be tricky to transform. I didn't figure you'd go for it, either.
The Avenger, well, I wanted to try working out my notion for the engine-on-the-back layout, and figured that another mech for the 'starting faction' would be appropriate from a gameplay perspective - and that a bomber/heavy attack type would be a good tactical distinction. If I had to pick one design to really lobby to add, it'd probably be this one, because I like the heavy-duty brute approach a lot.
Plotwise, what about retooling Walkure's context? Like, if Hitler knew the alien Main Fleet was coming and had been in communication with them, putting together some self-serving I'll-backstab-you-later treaty like the OTL one with Russia, and Walkure was kicked off by people in the Wehrmacht finding out about this and deciding that it Would Not Do. If the setup phase was long enough, or the conspiracy felt the need to put together an anti-alien unit on the sly to do something to protect the Earth, then Carmen and the others could've ended up working with the Allies even before the formal end of hostilities. Which brings the anti-alien unit into things backing her up when word comes that the assassination plots have failed and they need to do something about Hitler now.
It's kind of stretch, given real history, but heck, game logic.
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."