My gosh, this scene really pulls at the heartstrings. I was even more saddened to see the Bastion go than I did the Colossus, where the latter was more of a 'omg we're dead' moment, while the former makes you wanna cry manly tears. T_T
A fitting end for such a legend. IN both games it is the last hope for humanity, first for holding and deploying the group that killed the Lucifer and now it carries the bombs to seal Shivans out. Rest in peace.
This scene is spine tingling, the music that plays as the Bastion nears its demise is just haunting, considering its history during The Great War and the vital role it is now playing to save all humanity from the Shivans. What a moment
Considering the cargo of the Bastion was nothing but Meson bombs, I think the explosion should have been at least twice the size. The shockwave was about right, but the actual explosion was for some reason contained and then turned into an implosion. I can understand that being it created a subspace vaccum, but those warheads are massive.
dont remeber exactly the reason but they tried to seal a jump node just like the Lucifer did in FS1 at Sol. I think they wanted to prevent shivan ships to move from A to B
THe super gate in Gamma Draconis lead to some nepula with ALOT of shivians in it, so when blowing up the gate didnt cut off the nebula, they figured, seal the system off
correct: a ship exploding in subspace would result in the collapse of that particular node, and annihilate anything that was traveling through it at the time.
i have fs1 and i remember the galatea when u start the campaing the galatea was ur mother ship but i think i remember that it was a recruitment only capital ship but i dont think so but it was great! :D
The thing I hated most about this mission and the last one was that you had to start the final mission in the same condition you ended the last one in. The first time I beat this mission I had the joy of starting the final mission with 1% hull integrity and 0 missiles.
So many things made this game epic. Gotta say, though - putting the Bastion in was a work of genius. People who played Freespace 1 would feel a connection to the ship, making this scene more deeply felt. At least, it was with me. Truly amazing
Yeah it did.. but for some reason the Bastion was nothing compared to the Galatea... I miss Admiral... Wolf? haha The Galatae was awesome but I guess you could also say the Bastion was the... bomb! XD
I think that this is a fitting end for the Bastion. It had been stripped down and was facing either an eternity rusting in a fleet muesuem or would have been torn to pieces at the breakers. How appropriate that its final act be again as center the of a mission vital to the safty of the home systems, and go out with a hero's blaze of glory.
The lucifer was just meant to be destroyed. They didn't know it would cause the sol jump node to collapse and cut them off from earth. They just wanted to destroy the lucifer before it reached earth.
Galatea was always my favourite but bestion had its place in second, i dont understand why they used the bastion to do that, why not make a ship just as big but with the bare minimum of components to cut the costs instead of using a freakin capatil ship...
As it said on the first mission briefing, the Bastion was decomissioned. Since it was stripped of all components it could be filled with the Meson bombs.
Now what I don't understand is why they launched the Bastion in Capella instead of Epsilon Pegasi, like they did in Vega with the GTD Nereid, that would have permitted to save the Colossus ...
Prehaps the Bastion was on display in Capella. But i always thought that it was in Vega Originally. Besides if it was in vega, then it would have taken even longer to get it to Enif (E Pegasi) side: Vega-Deneb-Sirius-Regulas-Polaris-Enif.
The Bastion was the former flagship of the 3rd fleet based in the Capella system, replaced by the newer GTD Aquitaine, Hecate class. I guess it was left somewhere in Capella to undergo decommission.
yep, detonating at the jump node is to destroy the node to prevent the shivan to use it thus cutting of any attack from the shivan from that system. it was learned from lucifer destruction at earth jump node collapse. but it may not the only jump node available, some may haven't been discovered yet.
well, it is not likely that we have to fight someone out there or that there are usable resources at close range, so why invest in it? that is how the higher-ups think. if there is no money coming out of it, it is no use investing.
We don't know that. The Bastion was at least 32 years old at it's point of destruction. To my knowledge, no-one has ever said at what point in the T-V war, the Bastion entered service.
My gosh, this scene really pulls at the heartstrings. I was even more saddened to see the Bastion go than I did the Colossus, where the latter was more of a 'omg we're dead' moment, while the former makes you wanna cry manly tears. T_T
AegisKHAOS 1 year ago
never played part 1. So I dont' know the ships history
Soldierlozer 1 year ago
R.I.P. GTD Bastion. Salute to one of the greatest human made warships and legends in the entire war history against the great destroyers the Shivans.
It was an honour to serve aboard during the conflicts with the SSD Lucifer and the great war theatre.
ajsknight 1 year ago
dude my real name is BASTION.
gtvapsamtik 1 year ago
A fitting end for such a legend. IN both games it is the last hope for humanity, first for holding and deploying the group that killed the Lucifer and now it carries the bombs to seal Shivans out. Rest in peace.
NecrossKnight 1 year ago
R.I.P GTD Bastion, was an honor to serve you during the Great war. Carry the legend on FS2 players.
TheOglibogli 1 year ago 8
This scene is spine tingling, the music that plays as the Bastion nears its demise is just haunting, considering its history during The Great War and the vital role it is now playing to save all humanity from the Shivans. What a moment
lhc89 1 year ago
Funny how with the SCP mod for FS2, the ingame models are better than those used in the cutscenes.
cl0vvntiem 1 year ago
don't get me wrong i love this game and i love the cutscenes but i always felt that the jump node should have collapsed with more of a bang.
TheBenevolentPirate 2 years ago 20
Considering the cargo of the Bastion was nothing but Meson bombs, I think the explosion should have been at least twice the size. The shockwave was about right, but the actual explosion was for some reason contained and then turned into an implosion. I can understand that being it created a subspace vaccum, but those warheads are massive.
auroraenergy 2 years ago
Probably came out the otherside.
LgndryThndr 1 year ago
@TheBenevolentPirate
There was a bigger explosion I'm guessing, I'd imagine it was all sucked into the wormhole though.
MGMan37 2 years ago
why did the bastion was detonated? i dont have fs2
legoman909 2 years ago
If I remember it was to shut down a tunnel.
LuisManuelLealDias 2 years ago
u mean a subspace tunnel right?
legoman909 2 years ago
dont remeber exactly the reason but they tried to seal a jump node just like the Lucifer did in FS1 at Sol. I think they wanted to prevent shivan ships to move from A to B
jhzh 2 years ago
*Spoiler*
THe super gate in Gamma Draconis lead to some nepula with ALOT of shivians in it, so when blowing up the gate didnt cut off the nebula, they figured, seal the system off
DLuniz 2 years ago
correct: a ship exploding in subspace would result in the collapse of that particular node, and annihilate anything that was traveling through it at the time.
Khuratokh 2 years ago
to colaps the portal and prevent the pass of the shivans
alberto1616 2 years ago
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pr0stAta 2 years ago
i have fs1 and i remember the galatea when u start the campaing the galatea was ur mother ship but i think i remember that it was a recruitment only capital ship but i dont think so but it was great! :D
legoman909 2 years ago
The thing I hated most about this mission and the last one was that you had to start the final mission in the same condition you ended the last one in. The first time I beat this mission I had the joy of starting the final mission with 1% hull integrity and 0 missiles.
danooct1 2 years ago 3
god this game was so epic we'll never see one so good
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Kesho88 2 years ago
one interesting thing i noticed in the video was the bastions engines, like start to flicker off as it entered that jump node
pittythefoo91 2 years ago
that's because it gets deactivated to hold the position of the bastion right where this ship is... and then... BANG!
LeonSylon 2 years ago 3
I love this game... you just made me want to download it again.
koolgool 3 years ago
So many things made this game epic. Gotta say, though - putting the Bastion in was a work of genius. People who played Freespace 1 would feel a connection to the ship, making this scene more deeply felt. At least, it was with me. Truly amazing
BlueStarFlower 3 years ago 2
Yeah it did.. but for some reason the Bastion was nothing compared to the Galatea... I miss Admiral... Wolf? haha The Galatae was awesome but I guess you could also say the Bastion was the... bomb! XD
Libertford 3 years ago 3
Gotta agree with Libertford,
I miss the Galatea, the captain of the Bastion was a bitch. Still, seeing the old Orion class from fs1 was still sad.
maxTheOG 2 years ago
Ok sad story on that...
But i was glad when finally beat sathanas beams cannon and later Colossus finish job
but... when i saw multiple Sathanases around Capella star and when one of them earlier destroy collosus i was sad as hell.
Shivans are bad ass ...
Darth Vader compare to they is a baby
buokopter 3 years ago 2
shivans are the worst !@$&ers in the Universe
modmannic 2 years ago 3
this game was made nigh on 10 years ago yet its graphics can still compete with the best at the moment. Legendary game
rgollum 3 years ago 3
Hats off!
LordLucka 3 years ago
My heart swelled when I saw this. The end of FS2 is just so dramatic.
SerPinkKnight 3 years ago 2
Yes fearless, I think so too... also it's a shame to lose such a wonderful ship... it is... it WAS a legend.
LeonSylon 3 years ago 3
I think that this is a fitting end for the Bastion. It had been stripped down and was facing either an eternity rusting in a fleet muesuem or would have been torn to pieces at the breakers. How appropriate that its final act be again as center the of a mission vital to the safty of the home systems, and go out with a hero's blaze of glory.
*Salutes out canopy*
FearlessSon 3 years ago 41
@FearlessSon Yeah this is a good ending. For one thing, it faced battles in the first game, like ones in the vicinity of the Lucifer super destroyer.
TheLegolasguy 1 year ago
The end of a fine ship... I served on that thing! A well, it wuz old enough to by destroyed in the field ((at least it was obsolete, but come on).
kakalunga 3 years ago
looks like the lucifer from freespace 1 blew up in the middle of a jump but planned
prstn 4 years ago
The lucifer was just meant to be destroyed. They didn't know it would cause the sol jump node to collapse and cut them off from earth. They just wanted to destroy the lucifer before it reached earth.
PsyLight0150 4 years ago
a sad, yet beautiful end of a mighty warmachine
rest in peace lady
sinebrain 4 years ago
Galatea was always my favourite but bestion had its place in second, i dont understand why they used the bastion to do that, why not make a ship just as big but with the bare minimum of components to cut the costs instead of using a freakin capatil ship...
gweegwee3 4 years ago
They didnt have time, this was a stopgap solution and the bastion was the ship they used cause they had no other.
Einherjaralpha 4 years ago
The bastion was a warrelic that had yet to be retrofitted with beem cannons and advaced weaponry.
The GTVA used the Collossus as a decoy to give the Bastion a fighting chance at geting to the warp node.
Thorirff 4 years ago
As it said on the first mission briefing, the Bastion was decomissioned. Since it was stripped of all components it could be filled with the Meson bombs.
Now what I don't understand is why they launched the Bastion in Capella instead of Epsilon Pegasi, like they did in Vega with the GTD Nereid, that would have permitted to save the Colossus ...
claventin 4 years ago
Prehaps the Bastion was on display in Capella. But i always thought that it was in Vega Originally. Besides if it was in vega, then it would have taken even longer to get it to Enif (E Pegasi) side: Vega-Deneb-Sirius-Regulas-Polaris-Enif.
seph1r0th400 4 years ago
The Bastion was the former flagship of the 3rd fleet based in the Capella system, replaced by the newer GTD Aquitaine, Hecate class. I guess it was left somewhere in Capella to undergo decommission.
claventin 4 years ago
they did it to disconnect shivans feom epsilon-pegasi... so bad... i like the basion :(
ReymonG 4 years ago
ok. so detonating it disconnects the warp node or whatever it is so that the shivans can't jump in-system directly?
Erlkoenigg 4 years ago
yep, detonating at the jump node is to destroy the node to prevent the shivan to use it thus cutting of any attack from the shivan from that system. it was learned from lucifer destruction at earth jump node collapse. but it may not the only jump node available, some may haven't been discovered yet.
AcheLone 4 years ago
wtf? whyd they blow it up
Erlkoenigg 4 years ago
No, it's fighter wing was, but still :)
HustlerJohn 4 years ago
gtd bastion was used to destroy lucifer in great war but it didnt make to there
hullupaska 4 years ago
The death of a legend
Paladin327 5 years ago
the Bastion is at least 30 years old.
sodapop112 5 years ago
Was you mean:P
LordDarthHarry 5 years ago
Wow. It was younger than our space shuttles. Our space program is so pathetic.
tomatoesrghetto 4 years ago 2
well, it is not likely that we have to fight someone out there or that there are usable resources at close range, so why invest in it? that is how the higher-ups think. if there is no money coming out of it, it is no use investing.
thedragon133 4 years ago 2
Funny, cuz getting off the planet atm should be a priority imo. Earth is filling up.
CptEykal 3 years ago
There is a big difference between sci fi and real life!
jamesdl00 3 years ago
We don't know that. The Bastion was at least 32 years old at it's point of destruction. To my knowledge, no-one has ever said at what point in the T-V war, the Bastion entered service.
dancpfc 3 years ago
too bad they used GTD Bastion, not some other Orion class destroyer :(
Petersaberros 5 years ago