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applesaucemodBy which we mean that we as a mod team have come to the measured decision to WRECK SHIT bring about a shift in the game's setting by eliminating the faction system and making knowledge of the Rift and its victims public. We want to reduce our dependence on NPCs and the machinations of shadowy, mod-operated organizations, and now that we have a number of powerful and/or influential player characters in the game the factions are no longer really needed for the purpose of providing for new characters' basic needs.
While we do have a basic outline of how the factions are likely to be dismantled, we want all our players to have the opportunity to get involved. The core idea is that a significant number of powerful/dangerous player characters will grow increasingly agitated about the actions of both factions, and they'll have an opportunity to do something about it when the Rift throws a fit over an attempt to manipulate it into sending people home. With Rift shenanigans happening all over the city, ROMAC's resources will be spread thin and the organization will be vulnerable to attack. Then, once ROMAC is dismantled, the Rebels will attempt to fill the power vacuum, likely taking prisoners and committing other unsavory acts along the way and prompting a secondary attack by player characters that puts an end to their organization and renders the base under Central Park uninhabitable. The two takedowns will take place within a few days of one another.
While a number of tentative plans have been made for various characters' involvement, nothing is set in stone and we would like for anyone interested in being involved with this plot to leave a comment here about what they would like their character(s) to do. Please check the comments to this post to see what other players are doing and to make suggestions of your own. If you don't know what you want to do but you want to get involved, leave a comment saying so and telling us what your character can do and we'll help you generate some ideas.
For those who don't want to get involved in the plot, it will be possible for your character(s) to sit the attacks out and/or face interference from the Rift (localized storms, sudden transformations, time loops…shenanigans) that prevents their direct involvement. This plot is not going to occur immediately due to the amount of buildup necessary, but please give us your input now and we will let you know when the events draw nearer.
While we do have a basic outline of how the factions are likely to be dismantled, we want all our players to have the opportunity to get involved. The core idea is that a significant number of powerful/dangerous player characters will grow increasingly agitated about the actions of both factions, and they'll have an opportunity to do something about it when the Rift throws a fit over an attempt to manipulate it into sending people home. With Rift shenanigans happening all over the city, ROMAC's resources will be spread thin and the organization will be vulnerable to attack. Then, once ROMAC is dismantled, the Rebels will attempt to fill the power vacuum, likely taking prisoners and committing other unsavory acts along the way and prompting a secondary attack by player characters that puts an end to their organization and renders the base under Central Park uninhabitable. The two takedowns will take place within a few days of one another.
While a number of tentative plans have been made for various characters' involvement, nothing is set in stone and we would like for anyone interested in being involved with this plot to leave a comment here about what they would like their character(s) to do. Please check the comments to this post to see what other players are doing and to make suggestions of your own. If you don't know what you want to do but you want to get involved, leave a comment saying so and telling us what your character can do and we'll help you generate some ideas.
For those who don't want to get involved in the plot, it will be possible for your character(s) to sit the attacks out and/or face interference from the Rift (localized storms, sudden transformations, time loops…shenanigans) that prevents their direct involvement. This plot is not going to occur immediately due to the amount of buildup necessary, but please give us your input now and we will let you know when the events draw nearer.
