Boggle08 Posted August 5, 2021 Posted August 5, 2021 Type (e.g. Planet, Faction, System): Faction Update Describe this proposal in a single sentence (12 word maximum): An update for the Golden Deep, featuring new sub-factions and other changes. How will this be reflected on-station?: This will give Golden Deep characters substantially more to work with, and improve setting investment. My initial goal with this update was to broaden the scope of character concepts you could pull off using the Deep, but it has since turned into a history catch up for the faction. Does this faction/etc do anything not achieved by what already exists?: The Golden Deep has been on the wiki as an unknown, sparse entity for the longest time. Much of the page information references setting and story elements that have been long gone before my time here, or were made outdated by recent events, particularly the Second Interstellar War. This update will make them go from a 2460 faction, into a 2463 faction. Why should this be given to lore developers rather than remain player created lore?: It is a substantial faction overhaul, one that alters crucial elements of their world building in order to make some of the elements I intend to introduce feasible, such as population size or member count. Do you understand that if this is submitted, you are signing it away to the lore team, and that it's possible that it will change over time in ways that you may not forsee?: Yes Long Description: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aY2mOCWH2BEsyhPMltHjNNTv8-32BttKc-K9w_IZUfM/edit?usp=sharing Notes: A word on how I've organized the document: each element is organized into it's own little section for ease of inserting onto the wiki. The whole thing is meant to have enough information to become it's own page on synthetic factions. I have also color notated certain parts of the document. Things highlighted in green are information currently from the wiki I have pasted over onto the new document. Things highlighted in yellow are edits made to these pasted over sections. Things highlighted in red are things that are going to be removed from these sections.
Lucaken Posted August 5, 2021 Posted August 5, 2021 This is very cool! I love to see factions like this get more attention, especially in the form of these 'updates' to modern lore. I think everything here, especially the history sections, help make the entire thing feel more integrated while keeping the soul of the original concept. My only recommendation would be some kind of 'relations' section: small, bite-sized descriptions of how an affiliate or member may be treated in foreign territories, especially Tau Ceti. The half-paragraph describing this seems to have been cut due to it not being relevant, but I think having at least a bit of fluff on a handful of related nations would go a long way. As an example, Konyang is quite an important factor for the Deep in this version, yet no mention is made of how their population has reacted to this new presence. (I looked at the Konyang page as well, which also currently leaves it at 'they do business here'.) Other than that, this gets a very enthusiastic +1 from me! I was already itching to apply to IPCs to make a character like this, but if this goes through, I think I'll have no choice.
Flpfs Posted August 5, 2021 Posted August 5, 2021 ayo this is a sheesher, i really liked the concept of Camarillas and the Merchant Navy, it will create interesting RP for synthetics and revitalize the faction. this has a +1 from me.
Caelphon Posted August 27, 2021 Posted August 27, 2021 Addition was accepted by @The lancer. Locking and archiving.
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