Following a recent round I found myself wading through the heavily damaged remnants of the USS Almayer. We had survived.
“Thus ends the story of the brave men and women of the USS Almayer and their struggle…”.
But what if the story didn’t end there?
There’s still marines in cyro, survivors of the Xeno boarding and whatever wacky abominations research cooked up running about. Distress signal might have finished but what remains is fertile ground for a continuation of the story.
It’s time to repair, rearm and reorganise. All those broken lights need replacing, the dead need to be buried and there might be larva hiding in the ventilation ready to restart the infestation anew. Hell that distress signal has had time to travel, maybe more response teams are inbound to help or hinder our intrepid survivors.
What we’re looking at is a massive opportunity for some after round RP. The possibilities are endless and we have an expansive map to facilitate it.
There was works for a “Conquest mode” but I don’t know if the dev got around to it. Just a concept that seemed like a really fun time. Something I was vying for back a year ago before I took a break. I think it could make being Queen or CO a more fun time. Add some fun perks for winning. Get a cute prize for completing said rounds. I would link but I scrolled and I couldn’t find the OG post.
Imo this would be better as a seperate green shift event.
Having an extended say, 10-20 minute end of round mandatory roleplay session would make a lot of people who just want to play the game after 80% of the server is KIA angry.
From what I understand is that it’s not extra time. It was the continuation of the Falling Falcons of the Almayer or the Xeno hive through multiple contiguous games. Where say of the Marines won on LV-624 then the next round the CO has the choice to have an extra SG or Foxtrot allocations at the start, more req budget, or access to special weaponry associated with the planet.
Vice versa with the Xenos where if they won on Solaris Ridge or another map. The hive would be awarded extra royal jellies at the start of the round. Or more buried larva. Or additional health or whatever. It was never fully fleshed out but it seemed fun. I want it. However it might be like a WL event type of match where you essentially RSVP a round to continue said game mode. Where it’s still distress but slightly different.