Okay. My FIRST thought was that we NEED to set up a complex plot involving Nogitsune. ^_^
Assuming you can use an existing character AV to represent her? Oh my. I know just the one. Indigo from the Redside arc concerning her and Crimson. Effectively
a Knives of Artemis ARCH-VILLAIN. If THAT doesn't represent Nogitsune to a "T", I'm not sure what will!
But - maybe we should start small. Use existing villains and villain groups to start off with. Make a story that involves them straight up, no modifications. I
think that's more than possible.
Some ideas -
Kheldians - All kinds of interesting possibilities involving Requiem, The 5th Column and the Council. Can we extend this into a story that gives the player a
more detailed background on the Khelds and Nictus? For further information look here for a very detailed look into the backstory of the Kheldian race and some speculation about
them.
Speaking of 5th Column: How about a short plot where you prevent/interfere with a battle breaking out between them and the Council? Use an outdoor map for a
mass battle set up. Or a a Council/5th Column base for internal fighting? Ooh... I wonder if we'd have the maps from the Giant Robot Silo on Striga
available? If so - run a scenario where you investigate a 5th Column attack on the council and discover that they're after Burkholder's Big Robot of
doom! And the 5th Column arrives to take control just before Burkholder tries to launch again. Mass pitched battles in the big silo in a 3-way fight between
the Council, the 5th Column and the heroes!
Variation on the above: Allow the VILLAINS access to this scenario - and they're trying to steal the big bot for THEMSELVES!
Crey Industries: So many possibilities. Many of my own characters are tech in origin. Cyberman 8 in particular is a giant draw to them. (And I could see using
Synapse's template for him in-mission!)
What is Countess Crey's real long term goal? Is she after power just for it's own sake? Or something deeper? What if she's after immortality? That
would explain the research into powers that produced the Paragon Protectors. As well as the (destroyed) tech that made the "Ghost in the Machine" of
"The Doctor". Maybe long term she's researching several different scientific lines trying to find the one that will grant her immortality. Either
as a machine consciousness or in the flesh. Or - both? What if we take a page from Bob's version of Quincy? What if, when you defeated the Countess at the
end of that arc in the 40-45 range, it wasn't _really_ her? But a Paragon Protector that THOUGHT it was her? And what if the real Countess is still running
things from behind the scenes, under a new identity? If they recreated the tech for transferring minds into computer data (like what was done with "The
Doctor" (and with Cyberman 8!) then she could already be an AI running bodies remotely. Either real-flesh bodies with computer chips replacing their
brains (like in Battle Angel Alita's Tiphareans) or cybernetic bodies run remotely like what Quincy did?
Okay, there's a couple of plotbunnies thrown out there. Any more ideas?
Assuming you can use an existing character AV to represent her? Oh my. I know just the one. Indigo from the Redside arc concerning her and Crimson. Effectively
a Knives of Artemis ARCH-VILLAIN. If THAT doesn't represent Nogitsune to a "T", I'm not sure what will!
But - maybe we should start small. Use existing villains and villain groups to start off with. Make a story that involves them straight up, no modifications. I
think that's more than possible.
Some ideas -
Kheldians - All kinds of interesting possibilities involving Requiem, The 5th Column and the Council. Can we extend this into a story that gives the player a
more detailed background on the Khelds and Nictus? For further information look here for a very detailed look into the backstory of the Kheldian race and some speculation about
them.
Speaking of 5th Column: How about a short plot where you prevent/interfere with a battle breaking out between them and the Council? Use an outdoor map for a
mass battle set up. Or a a Council/5th Column base for internal fighting? Ooh... I wonder if we'd have the maps from the Giant Robot Silo on Striga
available? If so - run a scenario where you investigate a 5th Column attack on the council and discover that they're after Burkholder's Big Robot of
doom! And the 5th Column arrives to take control just before Burkholder tries to launch again. Mass pitched battles in the big silo in a 3-way fight between
the Council, the 5th Column and the heroes!
Variation on the above: Allow the VILLAINS access to this scenario - and they're trying to steal the big bot for THEMSELVES!
Crey Industries: So many possibilities. Many of my own characters are tech in origin. Cyberman 8 in particular is a giant draw to them. (And I could see using
Synapse's template for him in-mission!)
What is Countess Crey's real long term goal? Is she after power just for it's own sake? Or something deeper? What if she's after immortality? That
would explain the research into powers that produced the Paragon Protectors. As well as the (destroyed) tech that made the "Ghost in the Machine" of
"The Doctor". Maybe long term she's researching several different scientific lines trying to find the one that will grant her immortality. Either
as a machine consciousness or in the flesh. Or - both? What if we take a page from Bob's version of Quincy? What if, when you defeated the Countess at the
end of that arc in the 40-45 range, it wasn't _really_ her? But a Paragon Protector that THOUGHT it was her? And what if the real Countess is still running
things from behind the scenes, under a new identity? If they recreated the tech for transferring minds into computer data (like what was done with "The
Doctor" (and with Cyberman 8!) then she could already be an AI running bodies remotely. Either real-flesh bodies with computer chips replacing their
brains (like in Battle Angel Alita's Tiphareans) or cybernetic bodies run remotely like what Quincy did?
Okay, there's a couple of plotbunnies thrown out there. Any more ideas?