I do like GHH's story, but I wanted to put my own idea up too.
During the bio-wars of Battlezone 1, a CCA platoon completely disappeared. They were kidnapped by a race of aliens who had been exploring a planet where the CCA had tried to establish a new front against the NSDF. The aliens later became obsessed with experimenting on their technology. They discovered biometal this way.
They created their own armies of biometal units and began exploring the cosmos, searching for the source of this sentient metal that they could use to destroy all the beings they had found which they had once considered to be superior. They were also searching for Earth and the Soviet Union, after one of the CCA pilots cracked under torture and gave them the names.
They never discovered the location of Earth however. Instead after 35 years of searching they found the Scion core system.
The Scions were an immensely superior force, so the Aliens who now called themselves the Junifers (meaning 'avengers of the fallen' in their language) set forth to infiltrate the Scion homeworld of Mire. They sent drones to infiltrate the Scion's civilisation. Eventually the Junifers discovered a way of remotely controlling the biometal inside the bodies of some susceptible Scions. Much the Scion government was now under the control of the Junifers and Scion civilisation slowly collapsed into anarchy. Any Scions that were susceptible to this new form of control fell ill, and then they turned against their own kind. Nobody knew what the hell was happening to them and tried to isolate themselves from others, thinking it was a new disease.
Eventually the signal that was causing the Scions to turn on each other was discovered by an EDF peacekeeping force that was sent in to stop a likely civil war between the controlled and uncontrolled Scions.
The signal was cancelled out and traced to a point just beyond the threshold of the system.
The EDF fleet that was sent to investigate was nearly completely destroyed. The regrouping Scion Collective Defence Force launched an unprecedentedly large fleet after the Junifers ships, believing them to be Cerberi units.
All the Junifers ships surrendered when they saw the SCDF fleet heading at them as there was no chance that they could survive a fight with them.
They were returned to Mire and all the captive Junifers were interrogated. The Scions also captured the transmitter array that was sending the signal to turn Scions against each other. This was investigated thouroughly and the Scions discovered a way to permanently cancel out the signal that it sent.
The captured Junifers all managed to commit suicide by hanging themselves with their long tails before much information could be found about who they were.
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Anyway... the Scions and EDF find the Junifers' colony planets and launch a massive offensive to eradicate them all.
Eventually the Junifers all surrender under the sheer power of the Allied forces and become allies too.
Or not... because this story is only a rough draft and could be changed completely.
The only problem I can see with this is that the good guys seem to win too easily.
Maybe it could be entwined with GHH's story and have both of them in one mod.
The good guys can't always be the weaklings... that is just repetitive.
Yes but:
Good guys pwning from the beginning = not very interesting story
I would vote to change their names. It sounds like juniper.
Good idea, I don't want to go around fighting plants.
Where did I put my weedkiller cannon?
You obviously got the wrong impression.
The enemies are seriously fierce and will fight to the bitter end... like the Japanese in WW2.
Quote from: Clavin12 on July 05, 2009, 07:19:53 AM
I would vote to change their names. It sounds like juniper.
What?
A juniper is a little bush-like conifer.
Quote from: Clavin12 on July 05, 2009, 08:06:13 PM
A juniper is a little bush-like conifer.
That.. actually... makes sense... It does sound a lot like that. Calvin... said something I didn't groan at...
Personally this story feels a bit flat to me, then again, that is what is to be expected from a short idea. Though, it seems like it does not leave much room for expansion.
All kinds of twists and turns could be added.
Maybe the Junifers are really a faction of Cthonians who have completely forgotten their origins.
They meet the Hadeans and get really confused...
Quote from: Nielk1 on July 05, 2009, 11:29:07 PM
That.. actually... makes sense... It does sound a lot like that. Calvin... said something I didn't groan at...
He is making more sense now he's working (in part) on the 1.3 CP. I think he wants to help and knows he needs to get better at things to do so.
Quote from: bigbadbogie on July 06, 2009, 02:50:26 AM
Maybe the Junifers are really a faction of Cthonians who have completely forgotten their origins.
Wasn't somebody else saying something about a third faction of Cthonians? Sounds like a good idea, maybe the two storylines could use ideas from each other.
Quote from: AHadley on July 06, 2009, 12:26:54 PM
He is making more sense now he's working (in part) on the 1.3 CP. I think he wants to help and knows he needs to get better at things to do so.
Wasn't somebody else saying something about a third faction of Cthonians? Sounds like a good idea, maybe the two storylines could use ideas from each other.
Combining ideas would be really difficult, as in my storyline a very important detail is that the third faction got wiped out.
Or not, then.
We can set a deadline for all rough drafts to be in and vote between them. Afterwords we could refine the storyline we elected. A poll would do nicely.
Maybe they were all transported to another planet with no technology and were reduced to the level of primitives. They then forget their origins over time.
The planet they were sent to was teeming with dangerous life forms which they were physically no match for. This put a chip on their shoulder, so to speak.
They tried many ways to create new weapons but had lost all knowledge of how to do that. They needed to use spears and bows and arrows for a long time before they invented gun powder (again).
Then they took over the planet from the creatures and became about as technologically advanced as mankind was during the second world war.
After they had taken control of their planet, they began exploring space. Fortunately, due to their close proximity to many other stars and habitable planets, they were able to explore them with relative ease.
This is when they found a CCA platoon and decided to abduct them. They set a trap for the platoon in a large crater, which they covered over with a tarp which looked the same as the surface rock of the planet. When the every member of the platoon was over the crater, the tarp was cut and they all fell a few hundred metres into the crater.
The Junifers then used an experimental EMP device to deactivate all the CCA units and weapons. They used a helicopter-style unit to rescue the CCA pilots. Then they kidnapped them and returned them to their landing shuttle. The CCA units were all taken back as well.
The Junifers' shuttle returned to their home planet and the CCA pilots were all held captive. They were tortured and many were eaten alive if they refused to answer questions.
The CCA vehicles were all examined thoroughly enough that the Junifers discovered the secret of bio-metal.
Using the captured unit-factory, the Junifers invented their own bio-metal units.
So begins the epic war against all creatures of greater power... driven by ancient Cthonian instincts of war and domination.
I've actually just had a good idea that might work well for combining the two stories into one, I'll put it to you to see if you like it (beware, this will make more sense if you have already read my suggestion for a story).
The Gaians (the third Cthonian race, in my storyline), seeing their own downfall, create a vessel to transport some non-military personnel to a distant planet to rebuild their civilisation. Unfortunately, the Hadeans began their assault earlier than anticipated and damaged the ship just as it was exiting the system.
The core is on the verge of going critical and there aren't enough escape pods so the decision is made to give the pods to the children on board, in compliance with the Gaian code of honour. These pods make planetfall on a nearby jungle planet, with only basic technology they learn that the only chance they have of survival is to live in the highest mountains.
Meanwhile the Hadeans, having successfully overwhelmed the Gaians during the battle and wiped them out, send a force after the transport. They discover it near to the portal with all on board dead, but the escape pods missing. However, the transport being destroyed seems to be the very thing that has saved the last of the Gaians, as had it survived the Hadeans would have been able to trace it.
Over thousands of thousands of years they develop and start to push back the vicious animals, but they have little knowledge of their race's history, they even forget the pronunciation of their name and it becomes Gnas I (Sorry, but like others I felt that Junifer had to go :P). Until eventually they, like many before them, discover biometal and go into space using a basic version of the technology.
At this point we go into your story bit about the kidnapping of the CCA and such. However, to bring the IS/EDF into the story it is they that encounter the Gnas. They fight until the Gnas discover their true heritage when they encounter the scion base that had been built to guard the first in the sequence of time portals. They discover that the enemy that the scions are fighting sent a large force after the scion taskforce. The scions think that they are gradually winning but are actually about to be overwhelmed.
The Gnas make a deal with the IS/EDF, in which it is decided that the Gnas are forgiven for what they have done against humanity, and both races send all available forces (which is not very much, as time is very short) to follow the trail after the scions, they arrive shortly after the start of the final battle, with the scions struggling to hold on.
So, this way we would get scion and human campaigns.
What do you all think?
Brilliant!! This would make one hell of a good mod!
But the name Gaians? That is used in the game Freelancer and they are Bretonian ecoterrorists.
And the name Junifers does sound more Cthonianish.
But unfortunately it also sounds like a small bush-like conifer. How about Athenians?
Guess what!
The word Scion sounds like Shine!
Quick... lets change it!!
Titans?
Quote from: bigbadbogie on July 08, 2009, 05:09:24 PM
Guess what!
The word Scion sounds like Shine!
Quick... lets change it!!
but the only difference between junifer and juniper is the p.
There is MUCH difference... there is... the Australian Accent. :-P
With all your CCA platoon stuff, remember that a large portion of the voice acting community isn't Russian. You'd have to piece together voice clips from bz1... ouch!
Or just fake a Russian accent.
NO! I refuse!
Quote from: bigbadbogie on July 08, 2009, 04:51:49 PM
Brilliant!! This would make one hell of a good mod!
But the name Gaians? That is used in the game Freelancer and they are Bretonian ecoterrorists.
And the name Junifers does sound more Cthonianish.
Oh man didn't know people still play freelancer. Anyways Gaians? Please its a common name think of something more of alien and less of Earth (Gaia).
Olympians and Hadeans came from Olympus and Hades, so are those common, too?
Olympus was the top of the world to the Greeks, and Hades was the bottom... imagine a heaven and hell kind of thing. Earth goes in the middle. One more argument for Gaians - Earth is between Heaven and Hell, Gaia is between Olympus and Hades.
There's a name for the mod there too... Between Olympus and Hades. Not the best but an idea all the same.
Quote from: VSMIT on July 09, 2009, 07:10:53 AM
Olympians and Hadeans came from Olympus and Hades, so are those common, too?
Yea a bit of common but I m tired of hearing greek names in Bz2 try something more special for a change.
Then write a story instead of just commenting on stuff others have done.
Quote from: VSMIT on July 09, 2009, 08:46:34 PM
Then write a story instead of just commenting on stuff others have done.
Ok perhaps you are right. Its his idea, let him do what he wants. :-D
You can do it Scav-Avenger. Don't be shy. I whipped one up real quick and got Mr. X started. Just anything that gets some juices stirred helps.
Yea. VSMIT is probably just anxious to get more competition between stories since the CP is still in the beginnings.
Quote from: Scav-Avenger on July 09, 2009, 08:44:51 PM
Yea a bit of common but I m tired of hearing greek names in Bz2 try something more special for a change.
People do greek names for the Cthonians because they were supposed to be the inspiration for the culture of the ancient greeks, therefore greek names fit with their background and I think that they suggest a more intelligent species.
Chthonic, root of the work Cthonia and its variations, is a greek word too. Egyptian doesn't come in to it.