However, this plot will not be the sole source of missions. I am not suggesting that we scrap the random ones. This will just be to make the player actually participate in a Vega Strike history in the making. In fact, as soon as mission scripting is easier, I think everyone should be encouraged to create mission contributions, in which they make their own sidequests and add them to the game. This would make VS more interesting though still open-ended, as HellcatV wished it to be.
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And for the umpteenth time, I'm again knocking on the developers' doors, and hoping that they do have plans for a main plot. I understand that none have been coded yet because:
1. Mission scripting in python is hard to grasp for non-python users.
2. Those who do know python have much more important tasks at hand in improving the physics engine.
3. The background fiction is still work in progress (as I contribute there, and I'm hoping we could finish it soon.
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And suggestions to make mission scripting easier:
I. No random spawning of planets. There should be a MAP that pinpoints exact locations of the planets, systems, stations, etc.
II. Make each station and planet base unique (not in the models, though adding logos to the textures would make them much more nicer). Unique in a sense that they have their own background history each, that the player can access when docked. Even if just as long as a paragraph. As this just requires creativity and full knowledge of VS fiction, history, and starmaps, it wouldn't be hard to do (though I don't know how many landable planets/bases there are, and there could be hundreds.
). They would also take their interior base backgrounds (or models if the 3d walkabout base gets implemented 
) from a list of generic backgrounds; but coded in such a way as to make it easier to replace them with custom backgrounds/layouts as soon as each is made Needless to say, the goods sold, the fixers present, and the services offered would vary from base to base as to reflect their background.For example: The Serenity Base (controlled by the Klk'k(?not sure if it varies))- it will still have the exterior mining base model that the Klk'ks use; But inside, almost all the fixers would be Klk'k or Andolian (their allies), with NO enemy factions present. And, the base background image/3d interior model woulkd have to be unmistakable Klk'k and Andolian in design. An option would be there (or available in conversations with non-mission offering random fixers) for the player to learn about the history of the Serenity base.
e.g."built by bla bla in bla bla and owned by bla bla. We offer bla bla cargo. The workers here often complain of the lack of bla bla. etc."
And cargo offered will be limited. AND no ships will be sold or purchased. It's supposed to be a MINING base.
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For the plot: Here is a suggestions
Not intended to be history but intended to be something the player can actually participate in.VEGA STRIKE: Dark Light (Not suggesting changing subtitle, though I don't really like Upon the coldest sea. hehe. Just probably the mission title. AND this is not meant for a mod.
). Basically the attempt at vengeance by survivors of the Andolian-Lightbearer war.
Plot history: Several Lightbearer ships have escaped Andolian capture during the last war. Retreating to a remote planet deep in Forsaken Territory, they regroup and plan to take revenge someday. In their new settled system, they come upon ruins left by the Ancients. hundreds(?) of years passed, and they grew and prospered. Their society now has become much more militaristic. Everything done to prepare for a war with the Andolians and their former slave races. Building massive fleets, probably (?) allying themselves with the Aerans. (Of course some lightbearers probably chose to leave the new society to settle in with the outlying forsaken populations, to forget everything about being a Lightbearer). And all the while Lightbearer researchers strove to uncover the secrets of the Ancient ruins they had discovered.
Player Starts: The player would start out as a Forsaken. Since they are the faction most similar to the player (i.e. No clue about the VS universe). And they are neutral, culturally varied with a slight distrust of the Confeds. They cannot change races... well, probably in multiplayer
. But they can choose their crews, if that happens. AND.... They'll do basic missions and etc. if they choose. The main plot can wait (and indeed, the span between random missions/sidequests and missions of the main plot should be large, since they would be impossible without good weapons or proper skill level (if skills get implemented).Happenings Play-Time: The Lightbearers discover a terrible weapon left by the ancients, and after research, they integrate it to one of their capital ships. This weapon fires a blackish ray (physicists, please supply a properly malevolent energy form, as I'm ignorant on that part
) hence the name Dark Light. And start wreaking havoc!
Further developments withheld to hieghten suspense (and because I haven't thought deeply into it yet. I want it to be absolutely convoluted, Twists-And-Turns-wise.
, suggestions...?)And that ends my tirade!
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