I've created this thread to explore and discuss one basic idea that I have for the story -- this thread is for exploration and discussion of the following story idea ONLY. That said, feel free to add on or qualify it. I intend for this thread to be read over by the story committee and if they like anything here, to take it from this thread, in whole or in part.
Bio-metal is a deity, and the Third Faction worships it as such. Or, perhaps they are its priests.
The Third Faction has evolved in conjunction with bio-metal -- they are not a hybrid biometal-human like the scions.
But, some link exists between the scions and the 3rd because of their shared bio-metal essence -- although the 3rd faction shares a much deeper connection with bio-metal than the scions. Thus, the scions feel a "call" from the bio-metal -- and the send out someone to answer it.
What path might a story like this take? What are some advantaves/disadvantages? Would such a world be consistent with canon?
A third faction splits apart from the hadeans in order to worship the god of biometal which has taken up a personality. In reality and unknown to the player there is one person behind the making of the biometal god, kind of like frankenstein.
Hows that?
Again SBT, statistics show that if the metal is stronger than the tissue, it becomes much more like a Fury. Also, wouldn't a deity made bio-metal also draw the attention of the Cerberi and pretty much everyone Bio-metal in the Galaxy?
@Calvin
I like the split idea -- I'm not so sold though on the "having taken on a personality" bit. As I see it, the god wouldn't really need to have a personal form. Maybe there's some device that it uses to communicate with people (newly-discovered form of bio-metal?).
I'm hesitant in that that the biometal god is one person pulling the strings -- it's a sort of collective of all bio-metal that's influencing history, perhaps in making factions war on each other or perhaps other things.
I'm also not sure if you're suggesting a Wizard of Oz type deal, which I also don't really see working.
@iron maiden
I'm not suggesting a deity-made biometal, rather, a sort of collective deity that consists of bio-metal and uses the bio-metal to influence the course of history.
Also, the type of union between metal and tissue would be different than that in a Fury, more like that of the scions. How do the scions get around this problem? Maybe these guys do the same thing.
I'm starting to see the picture here, but I'm still skeptical.
No more Hadeans...no more Cerberi. Falling back on them as a crutch so often inhibits creative thinking.
What does Biometal want, anyway?
Could be that it wants two things. Feel free to propose more/diffs and such.
Biometal could want two things:
a) its spread
ii) war among the species of the galaxy
a and ii) lol doesn't match but anyway
1) War among the species of the galaxy
a) Promotes its spread?
b) Everything kills everything else and biometal becomes dominant life form
- potential survival strategy it evolved????
c) Infuse itself with other things?
Potential difficulty:
1) How do you combat a war created by something else? More war?
2) You can probably only delay being infused or find a way to counteract it...using biometal...
3) Plug the pools or fill them with sand? Cough...
Imagine the life of the infused if controlled by an overmind. Perhaps biometal "evolved" enough to create a central system for thought processing and now can control all the infused, which means the scions at least.
Or this was the side plan of Nemesis, introduce the Swarm and Biometal at the same time. :-o
The Swarm to do it's bidding and the biometal to "combat" the Swarm, except seeing as there are other organic life in the galaxy, biometal now broadens it's "target spectrum", as anticipated. The Promethians spread it throughout the galaxy and now that enough species have contacted it the true purpose can be fulfilled, DESTRUCTION OF ALL SENTIENT LIVE :evil:.
This of course is my thought process. :-D
but why would the promethians do this if sentient life was bound to discover it?
Biometal was found out at the last hours of the Promethian Existence to be the Achilles Heel of the Swarm, So they sent out probes with information to produce biometal strands to the 4 winds, essentially spreading it.
They did so to allow the rest of the galaxy(?) a fighting chance, My "theory" is that this was part of a more diabolical plot which relied on this spread to insure that total eradication would be imminent. (Remember, there IS such thing as inactive and active forms of biometal, ex. Titans)
But why exactly would they send it to other sentient races to destroy the swarm only to have the bio-metal destroy those sentient races following.
[I know I sound a bit ignorant but I am just trying to understand this, it's confusing.]
Quote from: iron maiden on December 22, 2009, 03:14:18 PM
But why exactly would they send it to other sentient races to destroy the swarm only to have the bio-metal destroy those sentient races following.
[I know I sound a bit ignorant but I am just trying to understand this, it's confusing.]
They didn't realise that Biometal had the capability to destroy those races.
You did play FS, yes?
Sadly, no. I apologize to BBB. I just have not had the time, tech nohow, nor the skill to play it. but i am now understanding this concept.
AHadley hit it on the nail. How this ties in to the original purpose of this topic, well:
-"Call of the Biometal" could be the rallying of the troops. While impure, the hybrid races are still biometal, and as such good source of manpower.
-The Deity could be an Active "Titan" that seeks to destroy all life, as we(I) assume they all do based on the Cthonian's run into them.
-This could mean the end of biometal warfare, or just a new beginning. >:D (Active vs. Inactive, just some random ideas really.)
Are the scions active or inactive then?
I've been wondering the same thing myself. If not their purpose can just be for resources. :evil: (I would think Fury-Like Hybrids would count as active, really not sure about Scion-Like Hybrids.)
So let me get this straight. Furies are essentially scions except with active biometal instead of inactive.
I tend to think of it more like Scions are human infused with biometal, while Furies are biometal infused with human.
Quote from: Shadow Knight on December 22, 2009, 09:11:54 PM
I tend to think of it more like Scions are human infused with biometal, while Furies are biometal infused with human.
Waiter, this can use some more human.
*waiter gets pepper grinder ready...
This idea is getting more and more interesting as we discuss it...so many mysteries we could guide a player through..
Maybe this makes sense.
Active biometal -- part of the collective concious/unoncious and can influence things/send messages/information to things (other bio-metal).
* Furies
* 3rd Faction/New Race.
Inactive biometal -- can receive input from active bio-metal but can't return bio-metal signals.
* Scions.
* (Scion ships?)
Dead bio-metal -- alive in a similar sense to how virusus are "alive" -- can fix/repair itself but can't receive input from the collective.
* Humans ships.
* Cthonian ships.
* (Scion ships?)
Hmm, I think I should have stated that Fury are Active-LIKE (That is, the biometal traits are dominant, Aggression and such) while Scions are Inactive-Like/Not Affected by their infused biometal. (Inactive could be considered "Controllable" Biometal, I.E. the stuff you encounter every day on every world, except it DOES have the ability to go "Fury" on you.)
Quote from: sabrebattletank on December 23, 2009, 11:50:17 PM
Maybe this makes sense.
Active biometal -- part of the collective concious/unoncious and can things/send messages/information to things (other bio-metal).
* Furies
* 3rd Faction/New Race.
Inactive biometal -- can receive input from active bio-metal but can't return bio-metal signals.
* Scions.
* (Scion ships?)
Dead bio-metal -- alive in a similar sense to how virusus are "alive" -- can fix/repair itself but can't receive input from the collective.
* Humans ships.
* Cthonian ships.
* (Scion ships?)
Good show. So, in essence, giving the time to evolve, furies would eventually "get their cool" and evolve into some third faction? Not saying directly, but saying this type of connection probably exists. Perhaps they can alter their own makeup with a simple thought... how nightmarish....
OT: Player should find derelict grizzly tank and have to get it working to get back to base :P I love that ship.