Anyone else think the Sky Raiders REALLY need 'human' bosses?

[Sakura Tenshi]

Scenes like this just seem increasingly silly to me as time goes on. I mean, yes, those are also Nemesis Automatons, but this also isn't the first or only of such things like this in the game.

 

[Snarky]

You do know there is a pilot in that thing, right?

[MTeague]

A human shaped boss would be nice for some situations.

Jump Bots are perfectly fine for a boss level fight / obstacle. 

 

But the Jump Bot as a boss in the corner rubbing it's hands together as it contemplates it's nefarious plan, always strikes me as odd. 

Much less why the human sky raiders feel obliged to protect it.  

 

Then again, some of that is Newspapers / Radio missions and perhaps I should just keep my expectations low for them.

I do like (read: hate / love to hate)  Captain Castillo of the Sky Raiders from the Doc Delilah arc.

[Greyhame]

Hey, its 2025 - maybe the Sky Raiders put an AI in charge of their operations and it calculated that human leadership was inefficient so there are no human bosses.

[Sakura Tenshi]

2 hours ago, Snarky said:

You do know there is a pilot in that thing, right?

 

You know what I mean: a human outside of a vehicle.

[Go0gleplex]

What...Sky Raiders aren't supposed to be ran by Skynet?!?  (Oo)  Kinda puts a whole new twist on the phrase "welcome to our training program." 

 

I suppose next someone will say that Freaks aren't powered by Duracell. :P 

Edited June 19 by Go0gleplex

[BZRKR]

10 hours ago, Greyhame said:

Hey, its 2025 - maybe the Sky Raiders put an AI in charge of their operations and it calculated that human leadership was inefficient so there are no human bosses.

yep!

I think the issues with Sky Raider leadership get showcased pretty well in Market Crash. If I was Duray, and had a bunch of folks like Captain Castillo in the leadership tier, I too would explore alternatives...

[High_Beam]

The Sky Raiders have been a mess since the writers had Virgil Duray and his people side with the Praetorians, Zero sense made there considering what motivated Duray through all story canon.

[skoryy]

They've been listening to Castillo''s recommendations on how to 'flex' at the other villain groups.

Edited June 19 by skoryy

[Lines]

Don't see a problem. That's how I turn up to meetings.

[Sakura Tenshi]

4 hours ago, Lines said:

Don't see a problem. That's how I turn up to meetings.

Golden roller, is that you?

[Akisan]

I don't really see a problem with the current set-up either.  The Sky Raider Officers are the named boss(es) of many of the arcs, despite only being lieutenant ranked in combat power.  The robots may not be in command, but they do hit a lot harder than the humans that brought them along (hence the boss-rank in combat).  It's been a while since I ran a large x# sky raider arc, but IIRC, it's very possible to have the named mission target be a Wing Raider Officer ("lieutenant") accompanied by two jump bots ("bosses").

 

Radio missions, of course, flip this, but so many of them come off as (deliberately) non-canon silly that I don't really count them as part of the game lore. (Or, for all we know, some of the Sky Raiders are getting into theater, and have been programming the jump bots to be dramatic)

 

And as for those groups of Automations in the original post - maybe all we need is more generic boss-tier Automations?  I'm sure Nemesis has reverse-engineered something from Praetoria to run on steam.  (IIRC, all current boss-tier Automations are copies of various Heroes/Villains)

[Scarlet Shocker]

the enemy group is a long-standing typo. They were meant to be automata controlled by a supra-intelligent computer and called SkAI rAIders

[TheMoneyMaker]

12 hours ago, Lines said:

Don't see a problem. That's how I turn up to meetings.

I totally would if I could.

[Major_Decoy]

7 hours ago, Scarlet Shocker said:

the enemy group is a long-standing typo. They were meant to be automata controlled by a supra-intelligent computer and called SkAI rAIders

What's this about Ska! Raiders?

 

[Major_Decoy]

Just now, Major_Decoy said:

What's this about Ska! Raiders?

 

 

On topic, it probably wouldn't hurt to see more humans in leadership positions, but that's just the impression that I get.

[Snarky]

18 hours ago, High_Beam said:

The Sky Raiders have been a mess since the writers had Virgil Duray and his people side with the Praetorians, Zero sense made there considering what motivated Duray through all story canon.

Truly amazing how insanity and greed will convince a group leader to do the things they have been saying “do not do”.  

[Scarlet Shocker]

7 hours ago, Major_Decoy said:

What's this about Ska! Raiders?

 

 

[High_Beam]

8 hours ago, Major_Decoy said:

What's this about Ska! Raiders?

 

Stop your messin around.

[jprewitt73]

11 hours ago, Major_Decoy said:

What's this about Ska! Raiders?

 

[Psi-bolt]

On 6/18/2025 at 8:57 PM, Sakura Tenshi said:

 

You know what I mean: a human outside of a vehicle.

 

Tell the truth, if you had a personal aircraft like them would you ever get out of it?  😉

[Billbailey96]

On 6/18/2025 at 6:10 PM, Sakura Tenshi said:

Scenes like this just seem increasingly silly to me as time goes on. I mean, yes, those are also Nemesis Automatons, but this also isn't the first or only of such things like this in the game.

 

Sometimes you just got to flex on the groundlings

[Scarlet Shocker]

On 6/20/2025 at 2:48 PM, jprewitt73 said:

 

This is Madness!

 

THIS IS PRINCE BUSTER!