GR plot line ..Praetorian SG?

'/e pops forum cherry'..

I like the idea of bringing some 'Amalgam' type characters into the game, RP-wise and GR would be a opportunity, so here goes..

Dr. Eugene Splicer, Gene to his friends ((Gene Splicer?? Save the applause, please..)) is a chemist, physicist, theorist and surgeon. He 'sits on the fence', providing meds and assistance to both sides, red and blue', at minimal costs, just to cover his overheads, etc. He does this, mainly to ensure he can gather a large stock of DNA strands, aquired from patients, for his upcoming experimentation..

Basically, he ain't no Vahzilok.. he doesn't want profit or to build an army, etc. but..

Blue side? -> Paragon wants him or his research for medicine i.e. use a regen's DNA to heal Heroes on deaths door.

Red side? -> The Isles want him or his research purely to build an army of unstoppable beings, etc., etc.

Personally, I think he would go 'blue', but his assistant and 'supplier' - Noah Zark ((again, save the applause.. lol!)), is definately headed 'red side'.. Where does he get so many volunteers for the doctor? Hmm??

SG idea - The base is Gene Splicer's private hospital/lab.. Blue side run by the doctor, Red - by Noah.. ((Unless Preat SG are poss in GR?)). All the members are patients/ex-patients, somehow healed/altered by Gene's DNA therapy and treatments.. Once they leave the hospital though, their lives are their own, their paths chosen by themselves.. or follow the doctor? Or Noah? ((Needs work, I know.. ))

((N.B. Noah Zark AKA 'The Collector' - a zoologist and veterenarian, friend and assistant to Gene Splicer, helps him set up his hospital, met in med school before alting to vet, etc..))


Please comment, ideas, suggestions, questions..

I think you have some mechanical issues, and some conceptual ones.

Conceptually: You are creating an SG which appears at first glance to exist in order to create a base. The inhabitants of the SG are there for a few days while they get fixed up and then leave.

Mechanically: Bases are not going to be accessible from both sides any more than they were, so you actually need two bases. As far as I'm aware, Praetoria is a new factional area which will not be accessible to 'normal' characters. It can't be used as a faction-neutral location to host cross-faction activities. Two bases, two SGs, too few characters generating revenue.

Also note that Praetorians do not start off as Grey, they need to pick red or blue when created, and they need to pick again before leaving Praetoria at level 20.

I'm not actually sure why GR is required for any of this, btw. There's nothing in this which requires Praetoria and we've been working around the Blue/Red divide for years without having the GR slider mechanism available. You even have two characters in mind to run the two sides of the operation, rather than a true 'grey' (or should it be 'purple' seeing as it's red and blue) character sitting on the fence.

Ok, didn't think the GR bit through - just read the update, more familiar with it now. Last minute attempt to involve GR failed.

Rethink - Still want 'Amalgam' type toons SG, so planning an MA arc where heroes are rescued from Noah's DNA extraction labs, and the follow up leads to Gene's experiments being found out. Gene is doing the research and experiments for the sake of good i.e. medicine, so when he becomes aware of Noah's actions, he throws his assistant out. Enraged, Noah sells the secrets.. who create an Amalgam type army, botched up, imperfect creations with the appearance and powers of spliced, superpowered heroes/villains. Gene is employed by a blue side company or organisation, to counteract the oncoming onslaught and creates a top notch team of Amalgam heroes.

Basically - I like the idea of playing as spliced up versions of other people's chars, with permission of course.

Kind of confused ideas by idealising a toon as 'Praetorian' - instead of just an Amalgam creation choosing sides. The blue side idea was weak, I admit. Maybe Gene's team could be made of both creations and altered existing chars.

I need to alter the thread title now!

..or just crawl back under my 'forum noob' shaped rock..


Admin!? Help!

We don't really know how SGs are going to work with GR. Wether they will stay as is, wether they allow Rogues and Vigilantes in on their respective sides (I would at least hope for that) or maybe we can get true 'Neutral' SGs.
So far, the only solid thing we know is that we dont
Nice idea though.

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