Scrin vs. Rebels (part 1) -, What to do about the rebels Options

[Team Black]

One issue with the two part release of Scrin vs. Rebels, is that the Rebels will have to be ditched for the second release.
What should we do about this?

Plan A: Scrin and Rebels will be incomplete/small factions have different tech, but IN PART 2, both side's technology will be COMBINED to form a complete Scrin side, which will be balanced to fight fairly against GDI and Nod
We might have to skip multiplayer in Part 1

Plan B: Scrin and rebels will be complete & balanced sides, available in single and multiplayer.
This will be a pain and a lot of time to do, and we'll have to ditch the Rebels for the second part anyways..

Plan C: Both Scrin and Rebels will have the same technology. This would enable a decent multiplayer, but it should be good enough to make a campaign out of.
and we wouldn't have the problem of creating a whole side just to ditch it in Part 2

Or something else. What should we do with the rebels?

be sure to stay on topic ;D

This post has been edited by Team Black: May 26 2007, 05:10 AM

[Lightstorm]

OKAY WE NEED TO DECIDE WHO YOU WILL PLAY AS IN THIS PART!! SCRIN OR REBELS???
once we do this i will work up a baseline story for you guys to play with. me I'd say rebels, they just seem the "good guys" but i suppose that would be difficult for continuity since they lose in the end and generally campaigns end with the player winning.

[Lin Kuei Ominae]

especially that the rebels lose, gives this mod something special. It is boring as a player to win always. And due to the fact that this is only Part 1 of the whole story, the player would get impatiently and really wants to see the second Part (the landing on earth).

We should also think, if we introduce a special leader and other persons for each side. Characters that bring the game closer to the player and add some good atmosphere to the story. Some background infos for these characters would be fine too.
e.g.
Scrin supreme commander "add name here"
-known for his brutal tactics
-survived more than one assassination attempt from the rebels
-known for being the one who destroyed a whole planet, for only a single base of the rebels, that was more a civil outpost.

Rebel leader "add name here"
-wise and strong leader
-one of the last martians (do we use martians?)
-the oldest member of the rebels
-lost his family by a scrin attack
Rebel scientist "add name here"
-young naive female scientist from a planet with the most intelligent species
-the only hope for finding ways to counter the superior scrin technology
-is a member of a squid shaped species (they dont have to be human like) (maybe looks like an infantry version of the tiberium jellyfish)

Those should appear in some missions too.

This post has been edited by Lin Kuei Ominae: May 26 2007, 12:18 AM