Creating a plot for the 1.3 Community Project: ENDED

[VSMIT]

Clavin, that's what this thread was supposed to be for...

[Clavin12]

Well then we could just get rid of the poll and list what we have so far.

[iron maiden]

i say we take the top three or four things, open a  new thread and find a way to make them work together.

[Clavin12]

Direct time travel, Cthonian enemies, Third Cthonian race.

[VSMIT]

I'm going to wait for some of the others to post before discussing a new development direction.

[bigbadbogie]

Direct time travel, Cthonian enemies, Third Cthonian race.

You missed Cerberi Enemies.

[Clavin12]

I guess. It was sort of a vague poll anyway.

[Clavin12]

How about we start with some basic question now that we know what we want in this mod: Where does the mod start?, Who is the Antagonist?, Who is the Protagonist?, What is the major struggle?, and How is the struggle solved?

[Mr X]

Right, just to give some framework and include the top rated ideas.

Scions are fighting some cereberi.
Both sides find a wierd drive.
The cereberi use theirs and the scions give pursuit. (don't figure this out 'til near the end but have gone back in time)
They arrive at a previously unknown world and find the ancient Cthonians fighting each other over the ruins of a third faction(see other thread for more, not important here) that they have obliterated.
Scions take a side, cereberi take the other.
Towards the end you ditch whichever side you were previously on and join the remains of the Phosphornii (third faction) who have offered you a way of escaping before the natural disaster they have set in motion (moon colliding with the planet) occurs.
Only the two main characters (1 human 1 scion) survive the destruction of the world, they die when their life support runs out.

Is this good enough?

[AHadley]

Here's my take on it:

Scions are clearing up the Cerberi
A destroyed Cerberi mothership is discovered to contain an Acclubierre drive.
Scions duplicate the Acclubierre drive, or maybe transplant it.
The last Cerberi mothership uses its drive to escape. Scions pursue.
Arrive at Cthonian world.
Ancient Cthonians are seen fighting each other. Cerberi trick the Hadeans into an allegiance, while the Scions respond to an Olympian plea for help. During the fight the Cerberi are destroyed.
You join with the Phosphornii to escape back to your own time.
Adam and Eve reach Earth, dying in the young planet's inhospitable environment, thus bringing life to the planet.

[Mr X]

I still think you should be able to join your choice of either the Olympians or Hadeans. The cereberi could trick whichever side you turn down.

[AHadley]

Yeah, I guess. Interesting MSN discussion we were having, shame I crashed out

You might need to post that stuff, I can't remember it.

[Mr X]

Ok, not much time right now so a lot of cut-pasting is involved:

I think there should be 2 story arcs, but 1 ending for the purposes of sequels.

I think in a mod like this, you should have a chance to play as all of the races included (except maybe the cereberi). Given that the only truly evil side is the cereberi.

and I'm sure the cereberi are smart enough to fool either main cthonian faction.

towards the end the cereberi could convince both main factions to unite against you and the Phosphornii, realising that the scions are the only ones with any real knowledge of how to fight them so with the scions out of the way they could completely reshape history so that they rule all and completely control the universe's biometal.

at some point the cereberi would be the first to realise that they are in the past

if the cereberi found the drive first they'd probably have the full instructions on how to use it.

in a previous suggestion I made, the Phosphornii made the drive and get Adam and Eve to hide it at the end, given that this is in the past it wouldn't be unreasonable that the Cereberi would later find it. Yes, its a time loop.

I'm going to save the whole conversation in case I've missed something.

[AHadley]

I think I had some differences. for a start, i would never explicitly explain how the drive came about. cant remember any others XD

maybe post the conversation up here

[bb1]

Right, just to give some framework and include the top rated ideas.

Scions are fighting some cereberi.
Both sides find a wierd drive.
The cereberi use theirs and the scions give pursuit. (don't figure this out 'til near the end but have gone back in time)
They arrive at a previously unknown world and find the ancient Cthonians fighting each other over the ruins of a third faction(see other thread for more, not important here) that they have obliterated.
Scions take a side, cereberi take the other.
Towards the end you ditch whichever side you were previously on and join the remains of the Phosphornii (third faction) who have offered you a way of escaping before the natural disaster they have set in motion (moon colliding with the planet) occurs.
Only the two main characters (1 human 1 scion) survive the destruction of the world, they die when their life support runs out.

Is this good enough?

Rock solid story except for the part I striked out. The cerberi should either be wiped out early in the story before they get a chance to join or their numbers are low already, for the sake of keeping the focus of the plot on the Cthonians. The cerberi had their story; they shouldn't have another.

Scions take a side: hopefully you mean one dictated linearly, not by their choice...double the work is always a pain in the butt. It would be interesting to make maybe the first three missions or so the branch (like you choose the side based on user interface choice, but three missions in you go to a conjoined story and maybe branch again later). What makes it hard to believe is how would the only human with little influence get to choose a faction, unless every higher up was dead?