Hi. Im still the guy you call when you want something of aGorms crazyness or Alantai's total rampant attack the forums mentality translated
Just recently, having played a few sample games of Warhammer 400000, i realised it wouldnt be that hard to design a proper tabletop RTS, and started work on my designs. I currently have 1 side (The UNSC, a nice, well balanced middle side) complete on structures (yes structures, thats where it differes from normal warhammer, along with resource gathering.) Howerver, rather than following a TA resource system style, i discovered that a combo of Battlezone 2 and Red Alert resource systems would work best.
As you are all people i can rampage on at, I will give you a basic storyline
In 2044, the world's oil ran out. Or rather, the last that we could reach. Forturnatly, a device similar to OTAs nanolathe had been developed, and so this was overcome. Metals, however, could not be nanolathed. On the 8th of June, 2044, a meteor shower hit this planet of immence scale. It left deposits of a variety of rare, and extreemly useful metals. Tritaniaum, which was similar to Titanium, but 3x stronger and only the weight of cloth. Trinium, which was a more flexible form of Tritanium. And Bio-Metal. Bio-Metal was a metal which when it took damage, would self heal. However, deposits were spread rather evenly across the planet.
The US, Russia, the EU and China, all wanting a foothold in the large resource supplies, set out into space with astroid miners. As resources were gathered, the countries formed loose knit alliences to mine resources, and increase their space fleets. An allience of the US, the EU and Japan was formed, while China allied with Russia and the former OPEC nations.
Exactly 3 years to the day of the first meteor swarm, a Russian miner and an American Miner came across an exceptionally large astroid that appeared to be made entirely of Bio-Metal. Neither side wanted to share, and so the American ship fired its mining laser at the Russians, hoping to disable the Russian ships engines and mining equipment. Instead, this angered the Russian captain. He ordered the use of the Heavy Cannons, which were banned on mining vessels in any case. The Russian ship blew up the American ship, but a fragment from the American Vessel overloaded the Russian's engines when it caught in the jet. Both ships were destroyed.
Exactly 4 hours later, Russian command, hearing that their Mining Flagship had been destroyed, with the payload they desperatly needed for construction of a new ship, ordered the attack on the Western Allied Forces. The French and Italian Fleets were wiped out in a matter of minutes, the American fleet lost nearly all its carriers, and all but 1 of its heavy carriers. The British fleet was on the outsides of the solar system, on exercises, and receved the attack warning from their headquarters with enough time to prepare for the attack.
On Earth, nuclear missiles were loosed from their silos, along with nuclear bombers. FAE bombs, normal explosive missiles and 'the dogs of war' were released by both sides. Orbital defences attempted to take down the nuclear weapons, but some still made it through.
The solar war continued for another 3 months before a British carrier was shot down by the Chinese fleet. The carrier, HMS.Reliant, was forced to crashland in the wreckage of Manchester. There, surviors discovered that there were still people on Earth, trying to get a government and some measure of freedom. Thus, the UNSC was formed from the ruins of a broken western nation. Their new capital? The Flying city of New Manchester, constructed using a combination of the wrecked structures and institutions of Old Manchester and the carrier HMS.Reliant, destined to become a world super power.
In the Arabian deserts, where no one had really thrown any nukes, because there was no oil left, the NAR was formed. A loose coalition of the old terrorist organisations, the NAR's goal was to install a religiously fanatical government in all of the world's nations. It didn't matter what religion, just fanatical.
And in the wreck of New York, several of the leaders of corporations like Toyota and Sony formed their own government, for their own personal profit. Bill Gates, upon hearing this, believed they would come after his wealth, and organised the sending of a distress call.
After another month, all 3 sides now have control of regions of the world. Much of the Eastern seaboard of the US is a battleground between the fanatical supporters of the NAR and the high tech soldiers of the GCC. Russia is a warzone between the UNSC and the GCC, where both sides are evenly matched, the GCC's heavy mechs proving just as useful on the open plains as the UNSC's light attack vehicles and heavy tanks.
Africa is a war torn area, with the NAR attempting to impose on the world from their capital in the depths of Silarti Mountain, and the UNSC attempting to establish freedom and justice.
Now, which side will you join?
Currently UNSC Structures are sketched, basic rules and special rules are designed, and side abilities are decided. Colour schemes are still being worked on also
Sorry, just felt the need to rant that
But thats not to say that i dont like MOOII. In fact i think that MOOII rocks!
i personly distrust all types of personal teleporation devices so i hope that was ment in a meterforical sence... Youll have to explane your game a bit more (not the story the game). It does sound cool btw, if i havent said so befor.