Rather than fight these million+ robots with background fluff wiki updates and news posts, I would like to allow players a chance to have ahand in reducing those numbers.Misophist
StratOps Advisor. Commands at least one million nonvolitional units. Due to Prince Hassanโs obsession with results, it is no surprise he would requisition a Strategic Operations Mainframe to take care of long-term strategy and logistics. Placing such an important role under an AI without supervision is an unpopular move, especially for races who donโt utilize AI as extensively as the Freespacers. Naturally, the Prince couldnโt care less since the machine performs strategic calculations more accurately than a few douzen general staff. Aggressive and belligerent in the extreme.
The answer is because they're enemies of Yamatai, and Yamatai goes after its enemies. I want to destroy them. At the same time, Yamatai needs an enemy we can fight in ground combat. Ever since the Mishhu war ended 2 years ago, things have have been awkwardly peaceful. The Star Army its at its best when it's busy destroying something. So maybe the IWL is not the ideal peg to fit into the hole that is our need of enemies, but it's still an opportunity and I want to take it. The alternative is just handwaving our victory, which would be kind of lame.Why is IWL a threat you wish to focus on?
The Star Army wouldn't be worth much if it was only reactive. We have to go after threats before they're ready to bother Yamatai. If we wait for the IWL to relevant, we lose the initiative and it only invites some future tragic event. It's like how we don't wait to fight Ebola in the US, we go to where it's at and fight it there while it's as small as possible. The IWL is a disease that we want to cure before it causes symptoms. Yamatai has already declared this war so there's no turning back now. Victory is the only way out for Yamatai. Blowing up Echelon would be a sufficient victory for me to say the war is "won." Either that or the IWL disbands (or surrenders, which would be great but I'm not sure why they would).Considering recent events, the IWL is most likely still existent, but unable to act and therefore irrelevant. Rather than stretching the willing suspension of disbelief past it's limit, it is likely best to just let it alone until recent events allow it to actually become relevant again. IRL, terrorist groups often are irrelevant until such an opportunity comes around, and the Independent Worlds League is no different. I suggest finding a different enemy that's a lot more suitable to what you're after until such a time comes.
So... instead of "Nekovalkyrja vs Humanoid" robots, you want to make it "Nekovalkyrja vs Spiderbots that want to go to space"?Why not a semi-sentient computer hooked up to an old factory, pumping out hordes of bots (spider bots would be sexy for this.) trying to cover the planet and gather resources, so it can take it's 'children' to the starts and gather resources from the other plants.
The Star Army wouldn't be worth much if it was only reactive. We have to go after threats before they're ready to bother Yamatai. If we wait for the IWL to relevant, we lose the initiative and it only invites some future tragic event. It's like how we don't wait to fight Ebola in the US, we go to where it's at and fight it there while it's as small as possible. The IWL is a disease that we want to cure before it causes symptoms. Yamatai has already declared this war so there's no turning back now. Victory is the only way out for Yamatai. Blowing up Echelon would be a sufficient victory for me to say the war is "won." Either that or the IWL disbands (or surrenders, which would be great but I'm not sure why they would).
The Mishhu will return, but when they do I'd like them to be in a more traditional form as monsters and not as the organized Yamatai-style military they tried with the NMX. But for the time being, the Mishhu aren't on the stage and 2nd Mishhu war has been over for 2 OOC years.
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