I always wondered why the tradestar only sent down whole dropships. Wouldn't a liberal covering of dropship scrap do the same work as a nuke when speaking in terms of ground troops? Well, now I've solved this dilemma.
For only 120oz, you can order an unlimited supply of useless metallic garbage and a handy drop beacon deployer. Stick a beacon down and watch the superheated, explosive, meteoric junk rain down on your enemies. Watch out, however, this isn't guided junk (is there such a thing?). Bring it down too close and it'll fall on your own head as well.
Suggestions are welcome.

Edit: Due to some popular demand (how much I'm not sure), I increased the accuracy slightly. I also added a little bit of a flaming meteor sound, though I'm not sure if it's good or not. Please do comment.

Edit 2: Most of the dropship gibs are in the shower now, more of them falling too. I'll get to the mini-gibs soon enough...

Edit 3: Now its definitely a rain of death. Smack a beacon down and watch Armageddon land on your enemy's doorstep. Different gibs added, a few removed. Gif made!

Pix for teh clix:





And DL:

*Note* This is a WIP, the graphics need a little tinkering with, and I want to add some sort of sound for the stuff as it comes down. If you have any suggestions, please do tell.

Credits: Shook/Tosty: code for making things fall out of the sky.

Looks fun.
Dl'ed

Ill test it later =3

Looks nice. It reminds me of the Air Strike Beacon, made back in build 14-18. Definitly going to download.

Neat.

Hell yeah for explosive space junk! Awesome, thanks

On-Topic: Fuuuunnn XD Thats All I Can Say XD

Off-Topic: lol sure XD (Kickass signature lmao)

Off-Topic: What's up with you mocking his signature (and him at the same time) like that? Not nice at all. And totally free. >:(


Back On-Topic now: Wow! Great mod! The sprite used for the gun is... not so excellent, but the dump is really nicely done. But there's one thing that bugs me. It has a very unaccurate beacon. I mean... I shot it onto the ground, and a weird smoke-like thing came out of it right after. Then, the dump started falling, but not on the spot where the beacon had been. It that because the smoke is supposed to pinpoint the location to dump the trash or...?

Hoping for an explanation soon, cause this weapon really rocks and I hope I can fix this with your help.

WHO said I was insulting him ?_? I really do like his signature =D

EDIT1: Didnt the person who made the mod say it was inaccurate ?_?
EDIT2: Duh102 said Watch out, however, this isn't guided junk

The falling stuff is supposed to spread out a bit, like maybe a screen's width? I've also seen it fail to fall sometimes, I'm not sure why. I might have a solution for the second, but the first is a stylistic choice on my part. You should've seen the beta. It would create a nice pillar of ship gibs, right where you put the beacon. Fitting grave for the skelly it squashed... Oh the memories.

Sorry man, I really misunderstood your intentions. If that's what you meant, then I approve.

Yeah, I know it ain't guided or accurate, but still, a 'lil bit of accuracy would be nice.

This shall be fun, very fun.
"Hey guys the TradeStar is thanking us for disposing their scraps!"
"Wait, shouldn't we be payed for this?"
"No, BUT! The payment is, looking at your enemies being exploded, so their girlfriends will say that there is no way"

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The people have been warned of the Crab!
Never go in a CRAB BATTLE!!!
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NP, and I agree, could be a little more accurate but oh well XD

Lol. I love that flash. And I also love CRABS.

-Back on topic-
Now that I think about it, there exists a similar weapon. It is a pelian army gun (great mod BTW), the "hailstorm". It is basically a targeter. A sniper-like gun with a red snipe on it, so that you may select the exact location of the storm of missiles (that's the main difference I see. That and the accuracy). A pillar of light will flash for a mere second at the spot where you shot it, just to give you the precise location of the attack. I think you could use a similar device for your trash storm.

If that does not seem like a good idea to you, or you don't know how to do that (I'm pretty sure you do, but maybe you don't), then I have another suggestion. Why not put it as a "craft"? It could be a simple beacon that drops down onto the map at the location you chose, then it starts up the garbage dump.

Or, it could be a device that you would enter in the "tool" section of the buy menu. You could then put the beacon inside a rocket, or any other craft, then go drop it onto the map. Then the beacon activates the trash storm.

If you were to chose one of the last two options, I would suggest reducing the price by three fourths, since it would be WAY more accurate, just as destructive, but only one. Thirty bucks. Sounds like a fair price.

Anyhow, I'll try to see if there's a way of mastering this so as to make it more accurate.

Again, nice mod.

One thing that I noticed after calling down several repeatedly is that most of the rain of garbage gibs into the same rocket gib after exploding. Is there a way to vary what they gib into? 'Cause after quite a few garbage summonings, fields of identical gibs on the battlefield don't look that good.