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Race suggestions for our upcoming 4x.

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x4000:
I've been thinking about the races for this game, and I've decided to do a compilation of all the races from AI War and TLF, plus some from our other games as well (Skelebots and Espers from AVWW).  I also want to do the Chelonians as a new race that is only in this game (they were originally going to be in TLF until the Hydrals replaced them), and something along the lines of a spectral menace could also be there to double down on the meaning.

This is the current list, feel free to add other suggestions if you like:

Some Sort Of Ghosts (New here)
Andors (TLF)
Acutians (TLF)
Boarines (TLF)
Burlusts (TLF)
Evucks (TLF)
Peltians (TLF)
Skylaxians (TLF)
Thoraxians (TLF)
Spire (AI War)
Zenith (AI War)
Neinzul (AI War)
Chelonians (Originally in Starport 28, now unique to this game)
Espers (Valley 2)
Obscura (TLF - Expansion 1)

x4000:
As a clarification -- I felt like going this route was the most intuitive thing, on reflection, because then players no only get more cool backstory and tie-ins with our existing franchises, but also for fans of our work it makes for less learning.  You know something about the Burlusts as soon as you meet them in the new game if you have previously played TLF, for instance.

This will all be kind of an offshoot of the other universes, so it won't be canon in those other areas, though all of this could logically exist in the same universe, just different solar systems or galaxies.  Incidentally, AI War and Valley 1 and 2 are already tied together in that way.  Actually, frankly Valley 1 and 2 are tied together that way; they are very different parts of a much larger screwed up world.  But the Skelebot future has all sorts of AI War references, and is kind of a planet that was left behind in the civil wars of AI War's backstory.

TLF, on the other hand, is just some other solar system somewhere out there away from what is going on with AI War.  It's not alternate history or whatever, it's just not the same place -- the galaxy itself is freaking huge.

So what we're seeing here in this new 4x is a planet where some offshoots of these various races are unexpectedly thrown together.  I'd be curious if there are other fan favorite suggestions for the races.  Eagles, maybe? ;)

Castruccio:
You should totally have a race of the little guys from Tidalis.

Aklyon:

--- Quote from: x4000 on June 05, 2014, 10:30:17 pm ---As a clarification -- I felt like going this route was the most intuitive thing, on reflection, because then players not only get more cool backstory and tie-ins with our existing franchises,

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More lore is pretty awesome! :D

--- Quote ---but also for fans of our work it makes for less learning.  You know something about the Burlusts as soon as you meet them in the new game if you have previously played TLF, for instance.
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And a bonus comes out of it too, which is win-win for you guys.

Aside from being picky on the skelebots (weren't they vaguely retconned from Valley2 after the rename to Robotic Research Center instead?) and bringing murdoch up somewhere because why not, I don't have any race in particular to suggest.

Draco18s:
Boarines are a yes from me.  Because come on, space pigs.
Having the Hydrals at least mentioned would be a plus.  Whether or not they're actually around I don't know, but I kind of feel that if they were it makes the game feel like it takes place before TLF and I'd feel better if it takes place after.  The TLF races grew up and expanded beyond their home system.
Zenith and Spire?  Could totally see it.  In fact, that would be a plus, as the Spire has wicked awesome crystaline tech that no one else knows how to really utilize and the Zenith have their "so what if it's big?  we only need one..." (and have some kind of racial bonus towards building things really really big in reasonable times, but can't make anything small).

No strong opinions on the rest.

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