Quote:robkelk wrote:Sorry Rob. I thought that it would be easier to read. I kinda have trouble reading lots of small font comfortably on even a screen like my laptop. I kinda prefer the experience of reading a paperback. Then again, I have no idea how it shows up on your machine. :p
Maybe it's because I have a big monitor, but I'm already reducing the size of the font in the story thread... Meh. Your thread, your choice.
Quote:robkelk wrote:It's supposed to bring elements together. While the heads of government on Earth may be aware of their colony-status under Jurai, everyone else is in the dark. When the Invaders show up, it kinda unzips the fly of galactic society to the general public at large on Earth. Shit will get rowdy for a bit, especially in Japan where the Black Moon Clan is trying to do their dirty deeds.
The Invader stuff: You've already got a full plate with the story elements you've mentioned. Adding another might be overkill - or it might be something to bring disparate elements together.
I am considering having Wiseman shift his focus from the Black Moon to a very susceptible target that would have a huge impact on how things go: The Diet - chiefly, Rei's Father. This will allow me to get away with having her father become a little Moustache Twirly, while also fomenting polarization and dissent amongst the rank and file.
My ultimate goal is to have a civil war in Japan brewing, with the Diet under Wiseman's influence pushing for a 'Gaijin Go Home' act. And while a good portion of the citizens may side with the xenophobic propaganda, there'll also be a majority that knows exactly how bad of an idea that is. It's not only the removal of American armed forces, but businesses as well. And in an already depressed economy, many of the business leaders know that this would be utter economic suicide.
Wiseman goes through with this because not only does it require little effort on his part, but it also requires nothing on the part of the Black Moon Clan. All he needs to do is paint the Americans as the cause of all their problems, and let hatred and ignorance do the rest. And the sad part is that, in a twisted sort of way, he'll be right - a lot of what's going on there will actually center around Zeke.
Additionally, Wiseman's machinations will leave the door wide-open for the SCP to finally step in. They are anything but welcome in Japan, as the SCP tends to steal national treasures in order to contain, study, and neutralize them. However, in the midst of the upheaval they'll manage to get several agents in under the radar and raise some hell that way. Fortunately, the BPRD will see it coming from miles away and get a response team into the country with the help of Mithril.
In the background, SEELE is going to be taking an intense interest, but otherwise remain uninvolved beyond the SCP's taking advantage. They don't like Wiseman - they know he's bad business for humanity in general, and they want Humanity for themselves to rule over. In reality, they're hoping to get ahold of Usagi's Ginzusho via the SCP. Although Amalgam is not gonna stay quiet. There are Whispered in there, and they'll do whatever it takes to get them.
The upshot is that Zeke and the Resistance will have the backing of the Juraians. Support from the Oni will be fractious, though, despite Lum's open support. The Americans will support as well, but it will be limited since once Wiseman notices, he's going to turn his attention to the most militarily powerful nation on the planet and start causing problems there as well. For the most part, they'll be getting American civilians out of the crossfire. (Open hostilities won't start for a while, but after several American citizens are brutally murdered and the police ordered not to investigate, they start packing up and leaving in droves - primarily through the military bases.)
Really, this is going to be the start of what was, in Macross, the Anti-UN Wars. It's going to be a political cluster-fuck that no one is going to be able to get out of unscathed, though one of the major turning points will be when Usagi finally decides to take the kid gloves off. Although it's gonna rock the boat a bit anyhow when she says that she does not claim Japan, but the entire world as hers to protect. Note that she does not say 'rule' here, but people will take it that way anyhow as she also claims independence of the UN as well. At the very least, people that were on the fence before this point finally pick sides, and then things go into full swing.
Eventually, things settle down. The Birdman incident occurs and scares the fuck out of everyone - because everyone was at each other's throats, humanity just came a hair's breadth from becoming extinct. The Senshi, Zeke and Company, and the Masaki Clan put the kibosh on it, thus cementing their spot as 'people you don't screw around with'.
This will conclude the first story arc.
The next will start with the much anticipated launching of the SDF-1. The Galaxy Alliance and the Empire of Jurai are waiting to greet the newest members of space-faring civilization with open arms... except the Zentraedi show up, triggering the SDF-1's booby trap. Well, the peace was nice while it lasted - ONCE MORE INTO THE BREACH!
This will be interesting to write - the Zentraedi are going to be the boogey men of the galaxy. Only their wrecked hulks will have ever been found because they are always on the move and always wary of contact (xenophobia and the fear of 'deculture'). The techbase is comparable for the most part... yet antiquated. However, due to the scale the Zentraedi build at, their raw firepower is not to be scoffed at. And their commanders eat, breathe, and sleep military tactics and strategy. Even if you do have them outnumbered with superior firepower, they are not going to be easy to defeat.
Fortunately, this is going to be Breetai - a very intelligent and strangely curious Zentraedi commander. Diplomacy will work, but it's going to be touch and go, especially when they insist on taking the SDF-1, aka the Supervision Army Gunship.
Quote:robkelk wrote:
The most recent installment: Since it's been mentioned in-story, why do I get the feeling that Naru being the only "normal" one is going to be important in the future? (glances at the copy of
A Certain Scientific Railgun on the table)
*Blushes* I wouldn't know much about ACSR... I still have yet to shotgun that series... :p
But my tentative plans for Naru is that, out of pure necessity, she becomes badass-normal.