I want to start working on a plug-in but i have no experience in making them... i don't have any experience in LightWave (though i do have it) and i haven't a clue how the EV resources work.
However i do have some ideas for missions and a lot of story...
i was hoping to find some people with the reverse problem, to work on this plug together. It's called Liaisons (off course open for other options), and i intend it to be not one plug but at least two, possibly three... this is because i started with the story, found myself in way over my head and decided to begin with a smaller one
and off course i was hoping to hear what people think of the opening story... oh by the way i'm not a native english speaker and this is first draft, so please forgive my style and grammar...
i'm starting with the following story, which uses 5 govs and a somewhat limited universe:
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Liaisons, book 1 (first, smaller plug)
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For over two hundred years the Tainor empire had stood strong. The legendry Yanos Guards had protected peace and safety, and with it wealth and glory. Hundres of Hyperspace Inhibitors blocked off Tainor from the rest of the galaxy. If this wasn't paradise, it sure was close. But in the shadows, there were always men who weren't happy enough. Step by step, they found each other, and inflamed others to join them. Busy little bees had been conspiring. Noone dared to oppose Emperor Ten - but everybody knew he was to die soon...
When the day came for his son to become the next leader of the greatest empire ever, the poor man didn't stand a chance. Some say his ship exploded - some say he was crached into a star - others say he was sent out of the Tainor Empire in a momentary breach of the Inhibitor shield - stranded in the Great Unknown forever. Fact is he dissapeared - and the Empire fell apart. The Chief governors divided their prize. To the north we now find the Tonor Empire. To the south, the Tomin Empire. And caught in the middle is the Taimin Empire - and you.
The former bodyguard of Emperor Ten, you know what happened to his son wasn't normal - wasn't legal. But there is little you can do. Trying to find a place to fit in in this new universe, you start your journey...
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Okay that's the starting scene i had in mind for the first, somewhat small plug.
This is where all missions start...
There are four big governments: the Taimin, the Tonor, the Tomin and the Nirr. Plus there is a government which has no systems or planets, but which is sort of like the Knights Templar or the Jedi Knights - they are called the Yanos Guards. The Nirr are the only alien race here, they APPEAR to be like the Miranu in EV:O; however they too see the changes and they too try to make their advantage out of all of this - they're not as nice as they seem to be in the beginning.
A few story remarks: the Hyperspace Inhibitors start degrading off course, and a few alien planets appear to the very west. The southern empire (the Tomin) are the biggest one in system count, but they are somewhat scarcely populated - making the place where Pirates and such start to appear - they grow stronger throughout the game. This is to be a very evolving plug... maybe not book 1 as much as book 2, which will be a lot bigger...
I have a sketch for all of this but i have no idea how to post it. Anyone????
please voice your opinion... and don't worry to bash it all if you feel like it
sarc
ps. the vaporware thing. at the moment, i have nothing but the story you just read (or not), a sketch of the universe and a few zillion ideas. i have no idea how to turn this all into a real plug, i'm asking for help on this.
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