[Nuclear1]

Now this is the kind of thread I like...

Anyway, back on the topic, I agree that the GTI worked in cells, possibly by what systems they still controlled after the events of Silent Threat (I said "after the events of" because Silent Threat should not have ended the way it did). They still would have maintained intercommunication with each other, but the separation of powers would have lessened the damage in, as Flaser said, a security breach high in one division.

So which systems would the GTI have had control of by the end of Silent Threat? They surely would have lost Beta Aquilae after the Jotunheim, so possibly the GTI had retreated into Beta Cygni or Ikeya, just until the Hades' systems had fully come online. I'm just guessing the ones I mentioned above, and possibly Antares with them.

Just to switch topics for a moment, would the beam technology developed for the Hades be exclusively for the SuperDestroyer, or would have the GTI developed prototype weapons for, say, one other Orion? I ask this almost simply because of the plot device that it would create for a possible campaign or mini-camp. I would that if the GTI had such an effective R&D branch that they would've been able to adapt technology similar to the Hades' weaponry to other vessels, if only as a prototype.

Back on the discussion of GTI organization, I suppose some of us would agree that the GTI was divided into subdivisions. Once again, this would also add for a plot device, but its also good Wiki material.

Off on a completely other topic (I tend to do these a lot; please pardon me): would anyone be semi-interested in working on a Silent Threat follow-up based almost solely on the GTI and the Hades? I've had the idea in my head for a while now, and I've got a few missions already completed, but I would like to see if anyone else would be willing to help out on this (I mean, an entire campaign based around the biggest rebellion in GTA history, doesn't that deserve a well-thought-out plot and campaign?).

(To the FSPort people: this isn't an attempt to hijack workers from ST:R, no matter how much it seems that way )

[Duelron1001]

Originally posted by nuclear1
Off on a completely other topic (I tend to do these a lot; please pardon me): would anyone be semi-interested in working on a Silent Threat follow-up based almost solely on the GTI and the Hades? I've had the idea in my head for a while now, and I've got a few missions already completed, but I would like to see if anyone else would be willing to help out on this (I mean, an entire campaign based around the biggest rebellion in GTA history, doesn't that deserve a well-thought-out plot and campaign?).

Hmm I am interested, if it works out good them we would use it in our mod. Will you consider filling in some of the plot holes between FS 1: Silent Threat and FS 2? As in whats left of the GTI (assuming that there are people left) rebuild the Hades, this Hades is then seen in the intro to FS 2? Or would it be more about how the orignal Hades came into being? Just trying to get an idea to see how our story fits into what you are planing.

[Nuclear1]

I was planning to start off the campaign with ending Silent Threat differently: the Hades escapes Beta Aquilae, and the player is committed to destroying the GTI cells within GTA-VPE space. The plot is a helluva lot more complicated than that, and I'd rather not mention it over open forums.

[Duelron1001]

hehe same goes for our story, but as long as its after the Silent Threat then it shouldn't contradict each other. Would you consider swaping ideas/stories? you can email me at [email protected] if you are interested.

[Cobra]

i've probably missed something, but i have several issues to discuss:

* Alpha 1 was a GTI pilot. Yet he fought the GTI.
* The GTI Krios. Even though GTI attacked the Krios as a cover-up operation, why would they destroy one of their own?
* The GTISC Einstein. What was it doing in... what was it, Sirius?

[Nuclear1]

Originally posted by Cobra
* Alpha 1 was a GTI pilot. Yet he fought the GTI.

Did you even play Silent Threat? The player ending up fighting against the GTI because the GTI... destroyed... his... ship. Questions?

Originally posted by Cobra
* The GTI Krios. Even though GTI attacked the Krios as a cover-up operation, why would they destroy one of their own?

Again:

You answered your own question. Admiral Scott was one of the goody-two-shoes of the GTI, and GTI knew that he would report their activities to the GTA. Solution? Kill him and his ship.

Originally posted by Cobra
* The GTISC Einstein. What was it doing in... what was it, Sirius?

This time, I won't be cynical. This is a good question, which was again unanswered by Silent Threat. It possibly was simply a GTI operation that had gone wrong.

[Night Hammer]

well you assume a ship can only stay out somewhere by itself for so long right? Doesnt it say itd had been out there before the Lucifer hit Ross128. Maybe just on its return trip?


didnt we have seom pretty heated debates at VWBB about this way back in the day?

[Nuclear1]

Originally posted by Night Hammer
well you assume a ship can only stay out somewhere by itself for so long right? Doesnt it say itd had been out there before the Lucifer hit Ross128. Maybe just on its return trip?


didnt we have seom pretty heated debates at VWBB about this way back in the day?

While I don't recollect Silent Threat ever mentioning anything about the Ross 128 comment at the end of your post, your first sentence is indeed an element in the campaign. The Hades, while as large as it was, could not stay out in the fringe worlds forever, and so it had to make a run into the core systems for supplies.

As for VWBB, it seems like something that would've happened over there. Nerds.

[Tahna Los]

I actually had a bit of a working storyline with regards to Silent Threat.  30 Missions.

The first 10 missions would almost be the same as those in the original ST campaign, except that "The Wait", original ST mission 11, would be included as to give the idea of what the rogue elements of GTI would be looking for (that is, these elements have requested that the Krios retrieve these parts from the Shivans).  Also, the "secret escort" mission would also include the GTSC Ratna.  Mission 10 would be when the Krios goes boom, but in a much more "clandestine" manner.

Missions 11-20 would concentrate on investigating why the Krios was destroyed.  Original ST Mission 10 would actually start this part of the campaign off.  Remember Eumenides, and the Ratna and Giordano?  Well, I prefer to say that Eumenides is the "secret project" that results in the Hades, and that the Ratna, Giordano, and the Einstein are heavily involved in it.  You have to re-recover these ships from the GTI (well the Einstein went boom, so forget about that one).  The campaign mentions Ezra Tycho, the captain of the Einstein.  I consider him an integral part of the plot, you have to capture the ship he escapes in original ST mission 3.  By the time the Jotunheim station is destroyed in Mission 20, the Hades is done and arrives, but leaves soon after.

Mission 21-30 involve the search for the Hades and its eventual destruction.  Things happen: the Hades destroys a Vasudan destroyer, relations between the GTA and the VPE as well as within the GTA begin to strain.  The destruction of the Hades eventually occurs in stages.

Surely this was just random thoughts and blather.  I trust that you guys have a much better storyline that what I've got.  I look forward to ST Reborn.  The original ST sucked.  Ass.