Mission Feature Request

[tembero]

Stock Transfer Mission Request - Possibly some kind of rescue mission for transfers between bases. On Geoscape Transfer can be shown with convoy icon preceding between bases as interceptor or dropship would traverse the globe, unselectable to alter course but similar to dropship attack, convoy may be attacked. Also this perhaps promotes a escort option for interceptors.

[Anarch Cassius]

You mean we're not using FedEx?

[geever]

Showing/defending transfers was an idea before but developers decided not to add it to the game.

-geever

[Triaxx2]

Sounds like they played Interceptor. It wasn't much fun there either.

I figure that Phalanx uses secure military shipping, or underground transit lines between bases, explaining why it takes days instead of being flown in a drop ship in a couple hours.

[Anarch Cassius]

I actually think this would be a really cool feature to add some variety of missions... with the caveat that it be a fairly rare thing and the transfer lines be MOSTLY safe. Not be able to control cargo transports is a given for simplicity but it would make them hard to protect if this was common. Maybe I'll do this for a mod if I ever have free time.

[tembero]

I think it could apply maybe for the sam sites and ufo yard also, maybe moreso. Monthly Supplying Missiles or having the scientists visiting the UFO yard or engineers maintaining the Radar. This makes the would give mission objective screen before a battle much greater scope if for example you must retrieve a box of SAM missiles else you have to reinstall a new sam launcher in the SAM site.

[tembero]

lol + I believe the aliens already have a contract with FeDex, so no dice unless you want the contents rotting in the back of a cart with a shire horse.