10-25-2016, 10:06 AM
1. The "standard" Covenant vs UNSC gamemode will probably Battle Royale - there's nothing fancy or surprising there, it's just two player-crewed ships slugging it out with each other.
2. Rounds will be semi-canon (fanon is probably more accurate) and many things will be randomised like the date, star system (name, layout, contents etc), NPCs/NPC ships, and possibly even elements of the player ship like the name. I don't really want to do anything to progress the lore, but there will definitely be gamemodes and events set at different periods with different factions, goals and wildly varying gameplay. Feel free to "remember" aspects of previous rounds ICly in an RP-friendly way.
3. Depends entirely on the gamemode. For the Insurrection GM, UNSC players can expect to be some flavour of marine (sergeant, medic, combat engineer etc), crewman, bridge officer or pilot (with subclasses like fighter pilot, sensors officer, hangar deck crewman etc) while Insurrectionists will have vaguely similar job roles with a more civilian/rebel/pirate flavour. Eventually there will also be civilian jobs like trader, miner etc who can pick which faction they want to help.
4. I'd like to eventually do a partially IC experience progression ranking, where playing rounds and roles will net you experience towards unlocking forum titles and badges, as well as ingame perks like unique job titles or small extra features (eg, someone who's never played the Ship Captain role before might only be ranked ingame as a lieutenant commander or post captain, but someone who players regularly might rank as high as commodore).
2. Rounds will be semi-canon (fanon is probably more accurate) and many things will be randomised like the date, star system (name, layout, contents etc), NPCs/NPC ships, and possibly even elements of the player ship like the name. I don't really want to do anything to progress the lore, but there will definitely be gamemodes and events set at different periods with different factions, goals and wildly varying gameplay. Feel free to "remember" aspects of previous rounds ICly in an RP-friendly way.
3. Depends entirely on the gamemode. For the Insurrection GM, UNSC players can expect to be some flavour of marine (sergeant, medic, combat engineer etc), crewman, bridge officer or pilot (with subclasses like fighter pilot, sensors officer, hangar deck crewman etc) while Insurrectionists will have vaguely similar job roles with a more civilian/rebel/pirate flavour. Eventually there will also be civilian jobs like trader, miner etc who can pick which faction they want to help.
4. I'd like to eventually do a partially IC experience progression ranking, where playing rounds and roles will net you experience towards unlocking forum titles and badges, as well as ingame perks like unique job titles or small extra features (eg, someone who's never played the Ship Captain role before might only be ranked ingame as a lieutenant commander or post captain, but someone who players regularly might rank as high as commodore).
