Discovery Dead Factions Overhaul: Idea 1 - Intelligence Factions

[Black Widow]

So I have decided to start a series of discussions to try and get some of our currently dead factions pumped back to life with giving them new objectives and things to do inRP to keep them busy.

At present Intelligence Factions dont really have much to do aside from assisting their military allies in defending against pirates, enemy capitals etc. There is not much else to do.

Now I feel that Discovery has over complicated the RP Scene with far too many possibilities about what kind of char you can play without providing suitable foundation for the rp opportunities / gameplay these chars may partake in, in order to fulfill their char.

Like the intelligence factions dont seem to have much things to do.

As a suggestion maybe plunge intelligence rp into new depths with parallels to the real world.

We all know the world of cold war espionage was filled with agents engaging in deadly missions within enemy or even allied territory.

Intelligence in itself is a dirty world full of danger, intrigue and nothing is for certain, your end could come at anytime. With common goals intelligence factions could even go head-to-head against each other in order to achieve an objective.

So why dont we give intelligence factions some kind of commodity to fight over / control. Change the rules around the terms of engagement between intelligence factions where by they could engage eachother much more easily if RP condiitons justify it.

I imagine the BIS and LSF fighting BDM and KNI in the omicrons over alien technology.

Of course said engagements would not affect current house relations as said houses would disawow any knowledge of these operations.

What do you think?

[Sand-Viper]

I kind of like the idea behind the house governments denying any inter-agency conflicts. The tricky part would be preventing other, more civilian or even para-military organizations from trying to broadcast conflicts to the public media. Perhaps there could be a more hidden system known only to intelligence agencies, filled with loads of ancient items of interest?

It's also an opportunity to breathe life into less active sectors - Perhaps the intelligence agencies find something outside of the Omicrons? Another place like the nomad system connected to Kansas? Short term, since creating a new system from scratch takes time, maybe a planet that already exists is found to contain a plethora of ruins worth studying? Maybe there could even be unheard of technology within? (Beam nomad weapons come to mind)

[Chrysalis]

It's also an opportunity to breathe life into less active sectors - Perhaps the intelligence agencies find something outside of the Omicrons? Another place like the nomad system connected to Kansas? Short term, since creating a new system from scratch takes time, maybe a planet that already exists is found to contain a plethora of ruins worth studying? Maybe there could even be unheard of technology within? (Beam nomad weapons come to mind)

I think I recall that in the past there was talk about unmarked jumpholes and undiscovered systems, but I guess this was scrapped due to a shrinking playerbase. I'd still love to see this though.

[xiphos]

At present Intelligence Factions dont really have much to do aside from assisting their military allies in defending against pirates, enemy capitals etc. There is not much else to do.

This one is not a 'at present' problem. Sad enough.

I imagine the BIS and LSF fighting BDM and KNI in the omicrons over alien technology.

I REALLY like this idea. But something like this was proposed years ago. And no one really cared about the Intelligence factions. I guess the Order, Core and the Noms like this idea too.



And there is another problem. As long as everyone can go 'lol !!! You are a spy and i know it' because someone just scan your ID on a, let's say Kempeitai Camara with Civilian guns and a Freelancer IFF, there is almost no serious intelligence faction RP possible.

[eigos]

Better make those intelligence factions to be a privateer-like force, wanting to get a foothold into the omicrons, on behalf of house interests; Mining for artifacts and organisms, being like a para-military force, which has no jurisdiction in house space (or limited one), so they can coexist with the local navies and police, while remaining relevant in the edge worlds.

P.S. something like an "expeditional force"

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