FreeOrion

Hi! This is my first post here. I’m also working on a few concepts of tech trees and ship designing. I’ll post them as soon as I rethink the ideas and clarify them.

This is an idea that just popped into my head and I think it’s worthy of consideration:

I know there must be some Gundam fans in this forum. Why not add mobile suits into the game? These would have more maneuverability than fighters. FreeOrion would be the first 4x space game having them as a unit. Mobile suits could be used in ground and in space battles. They would be a smaller alternative for interceptors and bombers. Units defending the surface could be easily moved into space providing backup for the army (Gundams could fight on surface and in space).

The only thing is that they can’t be called “mobile suits” – this probably has some copyright. The name “mobils” (One mobil, two mobils) sounds pretty nice.

Armoured combat suits seem like something more suited to ground combat than space combat...

Regardless, adding something of this sort would probably be done by adding a new type of fighter (perhaps with high speed, or some other notable characteristic), rather than as a new class of in-game object.

Yes, I get the picture - something with arms and legs is suited more for ground combat. Perhaps if the mechas were added as a new kind of ship they could be used for repairs of other vessels and fighting would be their second role (increased repeair rates of fleets far away from friendly star systems. This ship type would have better bonuses to repairs, comparing to normal units with a repair component equipped. Maybe they could be reparing ships in the battle behind the main line of fire?). Nevertheless, as an anime fan I like the concept of Gundams fighting in space.