[Storyline Dev Notice] Reapers of Sirius

[Petitioner]

Hi, folks. As I said in another thread a while back, and as we're all aware, sometimes there are parts of the mod which are well known to be mistakes, or things that once worked and simply no longer do. Everyone, especially the story development team, wants the mod to be the best it can be and to provide the most immersive roleplay setting possible. Probably the most crucial part of this process is not adding new things, but realizing when things need to be removed.

To get straight to the point, the Reapers of Sirius faction has failed, for several mod versions now, to be a positive part of the roleplay environment. We've tried to encourage players to breathe life into them, but despite everyone's best efforts, no RoS faction has cropped up and lasted, and complaints about the NPC group's continued presence in the mod are still frequent from most sectors of the community.

As such, we'll be removing the RoS and repurposing their assets, through entirely in-lore means (that means no retcons). Any further attempts at playing the Reapers of Sirius on the part of players would be futile at this point. It's our sincere hope that this will encourage the community to focus more productively on giving love to other factions which are more well-integrated into the lore.

As always, thank you all for giving us feedback in our quest to make Discovery the best it can be. We always want to respond to the community's wishes as well as we can, and we can't do any of this without all of you to help, or to do our work for.