Post by kazuko on Dec 4, 2015 22:38:55 GMT
Alright fellow Peace Sector members, I have come up with an alternate canon setting. Anything not discussed is either forgotten or I agree with.
I find that "2018. 2 years after the major uprising in City17..." is a flawed time setting, it feels generic and harbours many holes.
Such as:
1. newcomers will be confused by date and major uprising, assuming it to be the events of HL2 when Gordon Freeman assaulted Nova Prospekt.
2. It does not allow for a 100% equal start since ICly someone would be CA or CWU Admin.
3. What were the loyalists doing for 2 years plus? [not earning LP???]
4. Characters don`t really go through a journey, arriving at the train station like any other server.
5. If the slate is clean then what of people remaking characters even though they existed before the uprising but died thus creating a paradox. [Yes I know it`s a stupid point]
6. It`s generic.
Now here is my suggestion:
An earlier date, specifically immediately after the 7 hour war.
Citizens are registered with their records created and uniforms and possible occupations assigned [occupation is optional].
Military are hunted and rounded up, their fate such as integration to the newly formed Overwatch Transhuman Arm is decided and carried out.
Citizens would have a more equal opportunity and get to witness the establishment of the Universal Union and Civil Protection, though a more primitive form may exist.
The world around the citizens would change and shift giving them a journey and a start to their story, they may choose to become loyalists, stay somewhat neutral but obedient or later hostile.
However, due to the conflict, many fighters would have been wiped out while the rest are too exhausted to resist.
There may be a tense atmosphere and loss amongst the citizens. Most still traumatised by the events.
This way the RP may stay more interesting and everything would be shiny and new. Things would be built, rubble would be cleared.
The Extra-terrestrial Defence Agency would be a survivor of the oldworld and an integral hidden piece of the puzzle and setting.
This in my opinion would make the server unique and interesting. It would help the server.
I find that "2018. 2 years after the major uprising in City17..." is a flawed time setting, it feels generic and harbours many holes.
Such as:
1. newcomers will be confused by date and major uprising, assuming it to be the events of HL2 when Gordon Freeman assaulted Nova Prospekt.
2. It does not allow for a 100% equal start since ICly someone would be CA or CWU Admin.
3. What were the loyalists doing for 2 years plus? [not earning LP???]
4. Characters don`t really go through a journey, arriving at the train station like any other server.
5. If the slate is clean then what of people remaking characters even though they existed before the uprising but died thus creating a paradox. [Yes I know it`s a stupid point]
6. It`s generic.
Now here is my suggestion:
An earlier date, specifically immediately after the 7 hour war.
Citizens are registered with their records created and uniforms and possible occupations assigned [occupation is optional].
Military are hunted and rounded up, their fate such as integration to the newly formed Overwatch Transhuman Arm is decided and carried out.
Citizens would have a more equal opportunity and get to witness the establishment of the Universal Union and Civil Protection, though a more primitive form may exist.
The world around the citizens would change and shift giving them a journey and a start to their story, they may choose to become loyalists, stay somewhat neutral but obedient or later hostile.
However, due to the conflict, many fighters would have been wiped out while the rest are too exhausted to resist.
There may be a tense atmosphere and loss amongst the citizens. Most still traumatised by the events.
This way the RP may stay more interesting and everything would be shiny and new. Things would be built, rubble would be cleared.
The Extra-terrestrial Defence Agency would be a survivor of the oldworld and an integral hidden piece of the puzzle and setting.
This in my opinion would make the server unique and interesting. It would help the server.