Bonjour,
I know there are already two other sequels to Outpost 2 currently under development, but I thought it would be fun to make one of my own as well, so i am creating one called Outpost: A New Beginning. Basically it starts off where Eden and Plymouth have both gotten off of New Terra, and begun colonizing a new planet (I would appreciate name suggestions). Unfortunately the Blight has detected Eden and Plymouth's starship and has begun constrution on its own. Im not good at story telling, so I'm basically going to just jot down the basic ideas I have, maybe someone else could write a novella?
First off, the blight has intertwined itself with technology... creating a biotechnological hybrid virus. they have a MAJOR advantage over you... they (it?) don't need agridomes, residences, medical centers, recreation facilities, or any other "human" neccessity. They communicate like the Borg do from star trek. However, they also have a major DISadvantage: They can only communicate if they are in line of sight of eachother or via a communications sattelite in orbit. Also, EMP weapons don't just disable them... they kill the Blight units, leaving them as empty shells for use, recycling, or anything else the first person to get there. Also, they need power to survive. Destroy their power source, they die. They have taken precautions to prevent this however, all of their MHD Generators has the same hitpoints as a command center, and is armed with medium-powered particle weapons. Also, each building has its own temporary power generator, so if the power IS cut off, the blight can rebuild a power facility before a building dies off. The blight is also incredibly efficent, having half the production time you do. But, one advantage is that they don't have the "human creativity" required for technological advancement. They have to steal technology from the other colonies in order to survive, whether that means scanning the technology with a scout or taking it over entirely.
Ok, now on to Plymouth and Eden. They each have settled on the new planet, and have managed to maintain a somewhat ok relationship with eachother. Eden and Plymouth still have their disagreements, but Eden has agreed not to attempt any terraforming on the planet, as long as Plymouth doesnt either. To accomplish the task of terraforming, a new colony was established: Sophus, meaning "wise". They are predominantly science-oriented, given the task of safely terraforming the planet. They have the ultimate say in whatever major changes are made to the planet to make it suitable for unaided human life. The colony is made up of the most open-minded and wisest citizens of both Eden and Plymouth. Their government resembles that of ancient Athens, in that no laws can be changed or anything that will affect everyone else in a drastic way can happen without a vote in the forum (a meeting of all the citizens). This may be a slow approach, but it allows for the best ideas to be presented and debated, as opposed to making a hasty and perhaps deadly decision. Anyway, they aren't anything major except.... well.... they're a colony. They do have their own defensive systems and weapons. Also, secretly Sophus has been changing their own people's genetics so that when the planet is fully terraformed, the environment will be suited only to their needs, and will kill anyone from any of the other colonies.
Ok, so now here is the actual beginning of the game... Eden caught wind of Sophus' plan, and blamed it on Plymouth for not watching them close enough. Plymouth turned around and blamed it on Eden for the same reason. Meanwhile they both are p/o'd at Sophus for even thinking about such a thing. Now there's this huge war between Eden, Plymouth, and Sophus, and the Blight just launched their starship and will arrive in only a few years.
So that's the story... Time for some technological stuff between the Blight, Eden, Plymouth, and Sophus., starting with Eden... actually i'm going to make a separate post about that... a reply to this one. Oh, if you guys wouldn't mind, could I get a separate forum to post information and discussion about this in? I'm hoping development on this will go fairly quickly, and a semi-playable version will be available within a few months.
