The Factory Scenario

The original data for Ares, by Nathan Lamont, is referred to as the “Ares factory scenario”. It serves as a base for all other scenarios. Often, it is convenient to refer to resources from the factory scenario instead of creating everything from scratch.

1 Antares

For licensing reasons, the Antares factory scenario differs slightly from the Ares factory scenario. It contains replacements for some sounds, when the originals could not be included. If possible, Antares downloads and patches in the original sounds to restore the Ares factory scenario.

Generally, you can ignore the difference between the Ares and Antares factory scenarios.

2 Licensing

The Antares factory scenario is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. In practical terms, what this means is:

If you don’t copy or modify any of the factory scenario’s files, then you don’t have any obligations.

You can still reference its files. For example, it’s OK to:
- List objects from the factory scenario in a level that you wrote yourself.
- Write a new object with a template from the factory scenario.
- Set a player’s race to one of the races from the factory scenario.
- Play music or sounds from the factory scenario.
- Show pictures or sprites from the factory scenario.
If you copy or modify any of the factory scenario’s files, you need to follow the terms of its license. You need to release your changes under the terms of the same license, and mark them as such.

4 Races

5 Objects

5.1 Templates

Template					Description
tpl/any					root; never used directly
	tpl/rotation				objects with a sprite given by facing
		tpl/ship			persistent and controllable flying objects
			tpl/warship		ships shown as a triangle when zoomed out
				tpl/fighter	small ships without hyperdrive and light weaponry
				tpl/cruiser	small ships with hyperdrive and light weaponry
				tpl/schooner	small ships with hyperdrive and basic weaponry
				tpl/hvc	small ships with hyperdrive and heavy weaponry
				tpl/gunship	medium ships with heavy weaponry
				tpl/hvd	large ships with devastating weaponry
				tpl/defdrone	small ships with slow speed and high shields
			tpl/capship		ships shown as a diamond when zoomed out
				tpl/carrier	large ships that carry and launch fighters
			tpl/utilship		ships shown as a plus when zoomed out
				tpl/transport	small ships that land on and capture planets
				tpl/engineer	small ships used to capture flak drones
				tpl/aslttran	medium ships that carry EVATs to capture stations
		tpl/evat			soldiers launched from assault transports
		tpl/rotpulse			rotated projectiles
			tpl/missile		projectiles that turn and seek their target
	tpl/animation				objects with a fixed or cycling sprite
		tpl/waypoint			points that can be selected and navigated to
			tpl/planet		fixed objects captured by transports
			tpl/structure		fixed objects that can be shot at
				tpl/station	structures that fight back
		tpl/effect			non-interactive animations drawn above ships
		tpl/scenery			non-interactive animations drawn below ships
		tpl/hazard			rocks, debris, and other collidable hazards
		tpl/drone			animated, ship-like objects
		tpl/anipulse			animated projectiles
	tpl/ray				point-to-point vector effects
	tpl/bolt				vector projectiles that move along a trajectory
	tpl/device				non-physical objects activated by other objects
		tpl/gun			devices used for attacking forwards
		tpl/turret			devices used for attacking in all directions
		tpl/special			devices used only when explicitly ordered

5.2 Ships and EVATs

5.2.1 Standard

Which	Fighter	Cruiser	Schooner	Heavy Cruiser	Gunship	Heavy Destroyer
Template	tpl/fighter	tpl/cruiser	tpl/schooner	tpl/hvc	tpl/gunship	tpl/hvd
Human	uns/fighter	uns/cruiser			uns/gunship	uns/hvd
Ishiman	ish/fighter	ish/cruiser	ish/schooner	ish/hvc	ish/gunship	ish/hvd
Cantharan	can/fighter	can/cruiser	can/schooner	can/hvc	can/gunship	can/hvd
Gaitori	gai/fighter	gai/cruiser			gai/gunship	gai/hvd
Salrilian	sal/fighter	sal/cruiser			sal/gunship	sal/hvd
Audemedon	aud/fighter	aud/cruiser			aud/gunship	aud/hvd
Elejeetian		ele/cruiser

Which	Defense Drone	Carrier	Transport	Engineer Pod	Assault Transport	EVAT
Template	tpl/defdrone	tpl/carrier	tpl/transport	tpl/engineer	tpl/aslttran	tpl/evat
Human		uns/carrier	uns/transport		uns/aslttran	[1]
Ishiman	ish/defdrone	ish/carrier	ish/transport	ish/engineer	ish/aslttran	ish/evat
Cantharan	can/defdrone	can/carrier	can/transport	can/engineer	can/aslttran	can/evat
Gaitori		gai/carrier	gai/transport	gai/engineer	gai/aslttran	gai/evat
Salrilian		sal/carrier	sal/transport		sal/aslttran	sal/evat
Audemedon		aud/carrier	aud/transport		aud/aslttran	aud/evat
Obish			obi/transport

5.3 Tutorial Ships

can/etc/transport/tut1, the cloaked transport in Moons for Goons.
ish/etc/cruiser/tut3, built in The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Commanding a Space Armada.

5.4 Campaign Ships

Ships seen in multiple chapters:
- obi/escort, the Obish escort seen in several levels.
- ish/etc/astrominer, the astrominer in On the Rocks and Astrotrash Plus!.
Easy Street:
- gai/etc/transport/ch1
The Stars Have Ears:
- loc/relay, the relay stations.
Shoplifter 1:
- obi/etc/liner, the rescue vessel.
- obi/etc/transport/rescue, the Obish transport when ready to pick up Obiards.
- The prison labs:
  - gai/etc/lab/base
  - gai/etc/lab/burning
- The Obiard prisoners:
- gai/etc/spawner/obj, used to periodically spawn Gaitori ships.
- gai/etc/spawner/item, the weapon used by gai/etc/spawner/obj
On the Rocks:
- The asteroid (slow, random direction):
Astrotrash Plus!:
- can/etc/spawner/obj, used to periodically spawns Cantharan ships.
- can/etc/spawner/item, the weapon used by can/etc/spawner/obj.
Shoplifter 2:
- uns/ares, the titular UNS Ares.
- ish/etc/hvd/rescue, the Ishiman HVD when ready to pick up humans.
- The prison labs:
  - sal/etc/lab/base
  - sal/etc/lab/burning
- Human prisoners:
Make Way:
- uns/etc/bttlship, the hybrid Ishiman-Obish battleship.
- loc/shipyard, the shipyard that builds the battleship.
- ish/etc/cargo, the vessels delivering cargo to the shipyard.
Yo Ho Ho:
- ele/etc/escape-pod
- ish/etc/tug, the tractor tug.
- The Elejeetian liner:
  - ele/etc/liner/disabled, its initial, disabled form.
  - ele/etc/liner, used after the tractor tug starts “pulling” it.
Captivating:
- can/etc/border-drone
- The Bazidanese battleship:
  - baz/bttlship, its active form.
  - baz/etc/bttlship/moored, its initial, disabled form.
- loc/moor, the tractor moor.
Hornet’s Nest:
- ish/etc/research, the Ishiman research vessel.
- aud/etc/device, the Audemedon massive device.
Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat:
- uns/etc/transport/ch18
You Should Have Seen the One that Got Away:
- can/gateship/base, the initial form of the Cantharan gateship.
- can/gateship/jump, used when it flees through a jump gate.
The Mothership Connection:
- ast/shoot/nasty, the nastiroid shooter.
- ish/etc/hvc/mod, the modified Ishiman heavy cruiser.
- can/gateship/damaged, the initial, damaged form of the Cantharan gateship.
- can/gateship/dying, the gateship’s extended destruction sequence.

5.5 Net Level Ships

Capture the Flagpod
- Cruisers for players 1 and 2, both active and inactive after being sent to jail:
- Flagpods for players 1 and 2:
  - gro/ctf/flag/p1
  - gro/ctf/flag/p2
- Prison moors for players 1 and 2, both active and inactive after a jailbreak:
Space Warz
- gro/cruiser, the Grolk cruiser used in Space Warz.

5.6 Weapons and Projectiles

Name	Device(s)	Projectile	Effects
ASB Beam Cannon	dev/asb/gun	dev/asb/bolt
Antimatter Reactor	dev/anti1/gun, dev/anti1/rapid	dev/anti1/pulse
Antimatter Type II	dev/anti2/gun	dev/anti2/pulse	dev/anti2/pulse2
Atomic Pulse	dev/atomic/turret	dev/atomic/pulse	sfx/sparkle
Audemedon Missile	dev/amissile/launcher	dev/amissile/missile
CTF Reactivator (P1)	dev/reactivator/p1
CTF Reactivator (P2)	dev/reactivator/p2
Charged Form Cannon	dev/cform/gun	dev/cform/pulse
Chronon Particle Gun	dev/chronon/gun	dev/chronon/pulse
ClusterCell Array	dev/cluster/turret	dev/cluster/pulse
Concussive Pellet	dev/conc/gun	dev/conc/pellet	sfx/gunsmoke
Cruise Missile	dev/cm/launcher, dev/cm/five	dev/cm/missile
Electronic Jam	dev/jammer/turret
Flak Artillery	dev/flak/turret	dev/flak/pulse	dev/flak/flak
Fullerene Gun	dev/fullerene/gun	dev/fullerene/pulse
Fusion Pulse Reactor	dev/fusion/gun, dev/fusion/rapid	dev/fusion/pulse
Holographic Decoy	dev/holo/item	dev/holo/decoy
Inasa Pulse Gun	dev/inasa/gun, dev/inasa/rapid	dev/inasa/pulse
Kinetic Laser	dev/kl/gun	dev/kl/bolt
LRPK Beam (Salrilian)	dev/pk/sal/gun	dev/pk/sal/bolt
Laser Cannon	dev/laser/gun	dev/laser/gun-bolt
Laser Turret	dev/laser/turret	dev/laser/turret-bolt
Lepton Beam Cannon	dev/lepton/gun	dev/lepton/bolt
Lightwave Pulse	dev/mine/gun	dev/mine/pulse
Magneto Pulse Gun	dev/magneto/gun, dev/magneto/rapid	dev/magneto/pulse
Magno Launcher	dev/magno/turret	dev/magno/pulse
Neutron Pulse Gun	dev/neutron/gun	dev/neutron/pulse
Newo Beam Cannon	dev/newo/gun	dev/newo/bolt
Onas Pulse Gun	dev/onas/gun	dev/onas/pulse
P-K Beam (Cantharan)	dev/pk/can/gun	dev/pk/can/bolt
P-K Beam (Ishiman)	dev/pk/ish/gun, dev/pk/ish/rapid, dev/pk/ish/hand	dev/pk/ish/bolt
Photoreactor Pulse	dev/photo/gun, dev/photo/light	dev/photo/pulse
Plasma Ball Gun	dev/fireball/gun	dev/fireball/pulse	dev/fireball/trail
ProtoPulse Cannon	dev/pp/turret, dev/pp/twin	dev/pp/pulse
Protopulse 2 Gun	dev/pp2/pulse	dev/pp2/gun
Quasimatter Gun	dev/quasi/gun	dev/quasi/pulse
R-Plasma Launcher	dev/rplasma/gun	dev/rplasma/pulse
Repulser Beam	dev/repulser/turret	dev/repulser/bolt
Shrikeolator	dev/shrikeolator/turret	dev/shrikeolator/pulse
Stealth Field	dev/stealth/item
Trans-Space Bolt	dev/tspace/gun	dev/tspace/ray
Trazer Cannon	dev/trazer/gun	dev/trazer/ray
Z Beam Cannon	dev/zbeam/turret	dev/zbeam/bolt

5.6.1 EVAT Assault Teams and Fighter Launch Bays

Race	Assault Team	Launch Bay
Human	[1]	dev/bay/uns
Ishiman	dev/assault/ish	dev/bay/ish
Cantharan	dev/assault/can	dev/bay/can
Gaitori	dev/assault/gai	dev/bay/gai
Salrilian	dev/assault/sal	dev/bay/sal
Audemedon	dev/assault/aud	dev/bay/aud

5.7 Hazards

5.7.1 Asteroids

Regular asteroids
Other asteroids
- ast/nasty, big green nastiroids you don’t want to touch.
- ast/rand-dir, created at a ±45° angle
Shooters

5.7.2 Zerbilites

5.7.3 Debris

5.8 Locations

5.9 Special effects

Blessed Objects
Explosions
Jump gate effects
- sfx/jump/large
- sfx/jump/small

6 Footnotes

[1]	(1, 2) The Human Assault Transport launches Ishiman EVATs.