Some of you may remember a TC I was working on a while back for Override called Espeidia. No, it's not dead, but rather has been put on hold untill the release of NOVA. I've done this because A: NOVA has more features for me to implement, and B: I'll be able to take atvantage of the cool NOVA editors to speed up development. In the meentime, I'm updating all the graphics to better fit into NOVA. I'll post one of those on the EV gallery as soon as I figure how to get a good rendering out of Animation Master.
The basic plotline for Espeidia is as follows:
_For several millennia, the Zorian empire has governed a sizable chunk of the Zori galaxy alone and uncontested. However Zoria is currently having some major problems. The empire has just rid itself of Emperor Walahandi, one of the worst rulers ever to sit on the Zorian throne. While Walahandi is gone, the uproar he caused by limiting the people's rights is not. As the government keeps the general public blissfully unaware, Terrorism is on the rise, bands of rebels riot in the streets, and the first whisperings of revolution are in the air. The newly appointed Emperor, Talle Iorinin, already has some major problems on his hands.
However Zoria's internal problems are rapidly forgotten when a large and mysterious army of starships emerge from the depths of space, previously thought to be uninhabited, and begin attacking the Zorian homeworld with extreme prejudice. Within days, Zoria is brought to it's knees, and Emperor Talle is forced to destroy his own planet in order to prevent the mysterious attackers from capturing the technology that could be found there (Access to this technology would allow the invaders to dominate all of Zorian space). Unable to face the Horror of what he has done, Talle flees, taking with him the one and only copy of Encyclopedia Zoria, a massive database containing the collective knowledge, philosophy, history, and technology of all Zoria.
All is not as bad as it first appears however. Within months, many of the former Zorian colonies have united in arms against the invaders. Under the leadership of of general Delphi Morsed, the Brethren of Gelmachin is formed out of what's left of Zoria. This new alliance is powerful enough to hold the attackers at bay.
And then comes the biggest surprise of all. The mysterious invaders are humans! Well... sort of. The group call themselves the DPO (Dark Psionic Order), and they are made up of gifted paranormals who are fiercely loyal to their leader, Dotu Sate, and hate Zoria with a ferocity unparalleled anywhere.
Why do they hate Zoria so much? According to Sate, the Zorian government did her people a terrible injustice many centuries ago. Although she won't tell you the exact nature of that injustice, Delphi confirms that there was some persecution of Psionics by Zoria in the past.
The choice is now yours, captain. Will you choose to stay with Delphi and rebuild Zoria? Or will you trust Dotu Sate and investigate her claims? Or, perhaps you might seek out the Missing Zorian emperor and help him use his Database to form a brand new empire among the stars. Zoria has fallen, and the galaxy is in turmoil. It's all up to you now... _
Any comments or suggestions would be welcome.
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