Idea for Storywriter and Modder´s

actually sorry to disapoint you but apparently how the story goes the nomads came shortly after the coation began their seige on pluto and the nomads blew up the sun which created a massive shockwave which destroyed almost everything and left pluto nearly dead, but apparently only one person survived and flew to the cononys and warned them about what had happened, but still your idea would make a EXCELLENT idea for a "what if" story

I thought that idea was scrapped. The "Death of Sol", not Parallel universes. Edited by - chupa on 7/16/2005 3:22:18 PM

The nomads destroying earth was aborted. The reason? If one nomad battleship could destroy Sol then there wouldn´t really be any point to the rest of the game if the nomads were that powerful. So the way i see it, the coalition is there to be used should someone so please....

There are several stories that reintroduce the Coalition. I myself have thought of a story where the Coalition is reintroduced, but I have shelved it for the time being. Paraniod Schizophrenic: Are you watching us?

Bret, good to see you back. <i>Now lets have that story!!! </i> Ph34r d4 C/-//_/p4c4br4

I wouldn´t pursue this. Simply based on the fact that the Return of the Coalition is the second most tried, tested, and therefore tedious plotline to every fanfic on this bloody site. Just my critical eye, once again. Still, try to think of something outside the box of the &quot;Return&quot; storylines.

i have a good idea for what happens to eath and i will impliment it in my story but there wont really be much of a coalition <img src=smilies/icon_smile_tongue.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> &quot;If im phased and can walk through stuff, then why am I not falling through the floor?&quot;

Come on wilde, I havent heard a good Coallition story in a long time. Besides You don´t have to read it if you don´t want too. Ph34r d4 C/-//_/p4c4br4

You know why? They all end up being bilge. And the same bilge, repeated like a mantra over and over again. Christ! Think of something ELSE to write about.

What´s to say this wouldn´t be the one ? It´s not that big a deal, anyway. Ph34r d4 C/-//_/p4c4br4 Edited by - Chupa on 7/17/2005 10:07:28 PM

Wilde I agree with you to a certain degree. If someone can create something original from what we have (most logical step for a writer is to, at somepoint, refer or go back to the coalition if they are writing about events from Freelancer) then it cou

I would love to try my hand at writing about the Coalition in some way, although I can foresee an incredibly hard job to make it a success! Would the Coalition (comprised of which ´contemporary Earth nations / cultures´?) still have a similar kind of society to that of Sirius (which, imho is still quite democratic and dare I say, capitalist)? Or would it have a much more dictatorial, militaristic way of life? I can see parallels between some nations today that bear resemblance (won´t mention any here because that would infer political discussion) and could use that as a model. The next question (and there are so many!) would be - how to introduce the Coalition to Sirius? What would happen if the Coalition (since they tried to exteminate the ´Free People´ before they could launch their colony ships) discovered Sirius? How would the Sirians react? What might be interesting perspective, is <i>an experimental test ship jumping its way into Sirius space. The ship would be crewed by a group of Coalition pilots, scientists and fighters (with clearly differing training / conditioning) </i>. Of course the above assumes that Coalition society is fairly oppressive and rigid. What would happen if the Coalition reverse-engineered the technology from the planet the original colony ships launched from, then sent several colony ships of their own to Sirius? Scary thought!

Someone collated an incredibly useful datadump of Freelancer infos and background. Anyone remember where it is? <img src=smilies/icon_smile.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>

I don´t, but your idea is a great one Athena. You should follow it up. Perhaps if you were to make it so that the coalition wanted peace, but since the Alliance has considered them the enemy for the last 800 years, there would be considerable misunderstanding.

Athena, I was looking at doing something like that with mine. Obviously most people who have read mine know that the coalition has sent a ship. Unf. my stumbling block is making everything that surrounds that true to the Freelancer world that DA created. I can say it is very difficult and i have changed my mind many times and to be honest i still haven´t got the backstory even figured in my head yet.

Bret, that´s where I am on this. It´s relatively straightforwards writing the story of the event, how the ship jumps to Sirius. The hardest part surely comes from any interaction between Coalition people and Sirius (Alliance) people. I would say, judging by the way the Coalition people wanted to exterminate their enemies, it gives some insight to how that society is founded. I think &quot;Cylon&quot;, when I think Coalition. There´s certainly no clear lines of attitude between the two major factions. If anything, the majority of Sirius inhabitants would have forgotten about their heritage and ancestry. Would the Coalition speak the same language after generations? Are they even more militaristic and territorial than before? Have they expanded their ´empire´ to include other systems? ´Chronicles of Riddick´ springs to mind now (that and Vin Diesel looks hot). Perhaps the Coalition no longer exists other than in name. Instead it´s ruled by a life-extended cyborg hungry for power and energy and life and wealth and, and.. All the usual things power hungry baddies yearn for. I doubt it´s anything like civil liberties and low taxes. As Code would no doubt agree, I often go on these rambling idea-fests. I dub them officially, &quot;Athenabubbles&quot;. haha <img src=smilies/icon_smile.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> (Bret, your story was an inspiration for me. You should consider pursuing this for my own selfish requirements <img src=smilies/icon_smile_wink.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> ) ttfn Edited by - athena on 7/18/2005 9:33:11 AM

You know, I´ve never really thought that the whole &quot;Return of the Coalition&quot; plotline was all that plausible myself. If there´s one thing that history has shown, time and again it´s that dominant nations stagnate and fragment. It seems more likely to me that the Coalition, after defeating the Alliance, would first begin to decline. They´d have no enemies to fight (unless the Nomads do, in fact, show up) and no reason to continue to excel. They´d rest on their laurels for a bit. The military impetus for scientific progress (which has historically been one of the strongest) would be gone, so it´s unlikely that there would be a whole lot of breakthroughs. Then people´s egos and ambitions would start to flare up. Underlings would clash with the rulers. Mutinies, secessions, revolutions would all threaten to tear the fabric of the Coalition asunder. And, most likely, they would. I mean, look at Sirius. Originally everyone who arrived was on the same side. Now everyone is somebody´s mortal enemy. There´s no reason at all to believe that the Coalition would somehow be immune to that same sort of thing. Another issue is that of &quot;why?&quot; What would prompt the Coalition to go to Sirius in the first place? They won the war. For all they know, the Alliance is completely destroyed. The sleeper ships may never have made it. And the war was some 800 years previous as well. The Sirians have made their home in, um, Sirius; what reason would the Coalition have to attempt to pursue another war against a vanquished foe who no longer seems to bear any resentment or desire for vengeance? Militarily, the risk is enormous. I suppose it´s possible that the Coalition might have become a massive empire in the intervening time but, for the reasons outlined above, I find that prospect unlikely. As I see it, the Coalition will likely not be some superpowered uber-faction or anything like that. More likely they´ll be stuck in the past and fighting amongst each other as humans are wont to do. They probably won´t even be on par with Sirius as far as technological development goes; necessity is the mother of invention, and the Coalition has no need to innovate without hardships or enemies. Just my opinions on the issue.

I gotta agree with Code here. It might make a good story, but I really don´t think the Coalition is going to hold an 800 year-old grudge against the Alliance after whoopin´ their tails. But that´s just me. ---There is no more deeply moving religious experience than cheating on a cheater.

HELLOO! Did no one read my last post? I think the Coalition would want peace, but the Aliance would be the ones with the grudge. After all, the last 800 years the Sirius system´s people have considered the Coalition the enemy.