From f40c018e277f05401d6e1f78c1bec96cd362c138 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: TheSaminator Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2022 12:49:17 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Work more on campaign notes --- plan/campaign-spoilers/notes.md | 145 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ plan/campaign-spoilers/notes.txt | 8 -- 2 files changed, 145 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) create mode 100644 plan/campaign-spoilers/notes.md delete mode 100644 plan/campaign-spoilers/notes.txt diff --git a/plan/campaign-spoilers/notes.md b/plan/campaign-spoilers/notes.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d249758 --- /dev/null +++ b/plan/campaign-spoilers/notes.md @@ -0,0 +1,145 @@ +# Campaign notes + +## Setting + +### Factions + +* Campaign factions + * Mechyrdia: Stop the Masra Draetsen's invasion of Mechyrdia, counterattack and kill Ogus Khan + * Masra Draetsen: Gather allies and invade Mechyrdia + * Already allied: Diadochus Humilitatum, Ilkhan Syndicate, Isarnareyksk tech barons + * Before invasion: Diadochus Togatorum, Res Nostra, Isarnareyksk military + * After war starts: Felinae Felices, Res Publica Olympica, Tylan left-wing separatists + * Vestigium (Corvus Cluster Sect): Protect the Presidential Moon Base from the Mechyrdians and the Masra Draetsen so that it can close the Aedon Vortex + * Retake the *Tiwaz Tauri* Dyson Swarm to power the moon base's Seventh Seal superweapon +* Semi-campaign factions + * *These factions start off with one or two missions, but then the player is given a choice of what full-campaign faction to side with* + * NdRC (Mechyrdia - there is no choice) + * Felinae Felices (Masra Draetsen, Vestigium) + * Isarnareykk (Mechyrdia, Masra Draetsen) +* NPC factions + * Diadochus Magistrorum: Led by Sven Magnusson + +## Plots + +### Mechyrdian campaign + +Prologue: distress call from NdRC convoy in Calibor reveals Masra Draetsen invasion force + +#### Chapter I + +##### *Eureka!* + +Start in Calibor sector, the following factions must be purged from the sector: + +* Res Nostra +* Corsairs' Commune +* Ferthlon Separatists + +#### Chapter II + +Once your mettle is proven as a flag officer, you are tasked with restoring Mechyrdian territory. + +##### *Operation Supernova 2: Electric Boogaloo* + +Defeat the Vestigium's attempt to retake the *Tiwaz Tauri* Dyson Swarm + +##### *The Marginal Line* + +Go up north to the Starkihet sector, and defeat the Masra Draetsen's infiltration around the Megaliov Line. + +##### *The Rebel Yell* + +Go down south to Ferthlon and defeat the Ferthlon separatists + +##### *Olympica Mors* + +Go up to Olympia and help Governor Lucius Tullius Decula defeat the Masra Draetsen forces + +Marc Caton arrives with a massive fleet and demands his rightful governorship over Olympia back, since Decula was installed by the invading Masra Draetsen + +##### *Victrix Causa Deis Placuit* - Olympia ending #1 + +Help Decula's outnumbered fleet against Caton's Catholic armada - this gives you some additional ships in your fleet + +##### *Victa Causa Catoni Placuit* - Olympia ending #2 + +Leave the battle - Caton will defeat Decula, and Olympian reinforcements will show up at the final battle against Ogus Khan + +##### *Cat Fight* - Felinae Felices ending + +Defeat the Felinae Felices in Olympia + +##### *Operation Return, Part I* - Transition to Chapter III + +Go to the east of the Empire and reclaim Vensca from the Diadochus Humilitatum + +#### Chapter III + +Now it's time to defeat the external threats. + +##### *God Save America (From Us)* + +Head to the Corvus Cluster, secreted away behind a radiation cloud in Calibor + +##### *America the Befriended* - Vestigium Ending #1 + +Convince President Mack to help Mechyrdia defeat the Masra Draetsen: + +* "It's the right thing to do, to repay us for your attacks in 2776" - 0% chance of success +* "We are the new America, just as America was the new Rome" - 20% chance of success +* "We share a common foe in the Diadochus Masra Draetsen" - 50% chance of success +* "Showing Mechyrdia how real men wage war, does that not sound like fun?" - 100% chance of success + +NdRC forces will defect and attack the Presidential Moon Base, which you will need to defend + +##### *America the Broken* - Vestigium Ending #2 + +Destroy the Presidential Moon Base in the Corvus Cluster + +##### *Ain't That a Kick in the Reds* - Ilkhan Commune Ending + +Go further east and defeat the resurgent Ilkhan Commune, restoring the liberal Ilkhan Republic + +##### *The Midnight Iron Sky* + +Defeat the Neuia Fulkreykk rebellion in Theudareykk, causing Isarnareykk to enter into negotiations with to Mechyrdia + +##### *Panzerfaustian Bargain* - Isarnareyksk ending #1 + +Offer Theudareykk to Isarnareyksk hegemony in exchange for their help in defeating the Masra Draetsen + +##### *Gold Is Stronger Than Iron* - Isarnareyksk ending #2 + +Defeat Isarnareykk by deploying a computer virus to destroy their entire government + +##### *The Rebel Hell* - Transition to Chapter IV + +Ferthlon rebels have regrouped in northern Diadochi space - destroy them! + +#### Chapter IV + +Finally, we invade Diadochi space. + +##### *Fall like Dominoes* + +Invade the Noctiferi, Viperae, and Diabioli + +##### *Operation Return, Part II* + +Retake the Ydroun system and defeat the leaders of the Diadochus Humilitatum: Tyrinus and El Botitas + +##### *Own the Khans* + +Kill Ogus Khan and destroy the threat posed by the Masra Draetsen + +### Masra Draetsen campaign + +Mission name ideas + +* Own the Khans (Mechyrdia/Vestigium mission to kill Ogus Khan) +* Weighing Pros and Khans (Mission to select allies for the Masra Draetsen) +* The Long Khan (Mission to make alliances between the Masra Draetsen and desired polities) +* Caveant Iram Khanis (Masra Draetsen mission to invade Mechyrdia) +* Khan Air (Side mission to poison a planet to make an example of its population) +* A Real Khan Artist (???) diff --git a/plan/campaign-spoilers/notes.txt b/plan/campaign-spoilers/notes.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 1487263..0000000 --- a/plan/campaign-spoilers/notes.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,8 +0,0 @@ -Mechyrdian campaign: - -Intro: distress call from NdRC convoy in Calibor reveals Masra Draetsen invasion force - -Start in Calibor sector, the following factions must be purged from the sector: -* Masra Draetsen -* Felinae Felices -* Ferthlon Separatists -- 2.25.1