[Zarax]

Rise Of GCA, a new campaign is looking for people that wants to work on an innovative campaign design.
I'm looking mainly for FREDers, if anyone is interested reply or mail me at [email protected].
I'm actually working on concept data (nearly finished), basic mission editing and a web site.
I'm going to ask HLP hosting, but i don't know where i should ask for it...

[Zarax]

oh, i forgot about the plot...
Here is some basic story...

Rise Of GCA Story (based on FSURP data)

265: Following the GTA PCT (Provisional Cooperation Treaty), most industries involved formed the Terran Corporation Pact
(TCP), wich was a resource and technology share agreement.
This allowed the big corporations to act as a single entity, lead since then by Nanosoft, wich was one of the biggest HI-TECH
industries since 20th century.

2315: TCP changed its name to GCT (Galactic Corporate Trust), wich was the productive core of GTA.

2340: Vasudan industries join GCT, leading to the most powerful private economic entity ever seen.
Thanks to the joint might, its members became defense contraptors for all military projects.

2348: GCT became GTVA's main defense contraptor, nearly every starship in known space were produced by them.

25th december 2366: after the destruction of the Colossus, GCT reorganized itself in order to lead "post war reconstruction",
and became the Galactic Corporation Alliance (GCA).

2368: After Capella, GTVA fleet rebuild suffered from slow downs, piracy increased to worrysome levels.
As stopgap measure the Private Safety Act was ensued, allowing GCA to build a light defence fleet, designed for convoy escort
and base defensive patrols.
GCA ships became the "space police" in many systems, keeping relative order.
Research on meson reactors lead to small improvements within the fleets, refitting old ships due to lack of founds.

2370: First successfull communication with Earth trough radio and laser signals.
This allowed the receiving of messages with a 5 years interval.
Most data content classified level omega.
Unconfirmed signs of extremist activity spotted in border systems, GCA starts the building of a Terran Jump Gate with SOL.

After your retirement from GTVA active duty you find work inside GCA light defence fleet.
You will start with police patrol against pirates, but there is something deeper...
Everywhere you hear the same voices: REVOLUTION!


Features:

- A new story, based on FSURP data

- New ships

- no less than 24 missions

- intelligent resource management, based on mission outcome

- a new, more "realistic" fighting style

- new weapons

[Megadude]

How are you going to do that?

[Zarax]

I've already started, if you are good with FRED and wants to give an hand i will send you some more plot...

[Megadude]

Sorry, I'm kind of Rusty with Fredding (I can probably do it though).  I more of a modelling guy.

[Zarax]

Even better then...
Are you good with shields and turret modeling?

[Megadude]

Doesn't segeltuch do shields? and as for turrtes, I haven't tried it yet.

[Zarax]

I haven't any knowledge about modeling,
I'm currently using the Inferno shield MOD, but it needs some fixes, and it's something i cannot do...

[Megadude]

I currently working on this colony ship.

check it out

I can do stuff like that and perhaps more.

[ShadowWolf_IH]

Everytime I see a post about a new mod/campaign, I pray that no one has gotten the same idea i have.  Once I get done with Casualties of War, I'm probably going to start on it.  
  And if some people (megadude), would ever turn on their ICQ, we might be able to have a chat about it.

[Zarax]

well...
there can be a limited number of ideas around a game...
but you shouldn't fear this, if more people have similar ideas they can join and make a better work...
interested?

[Megadude]

sorry, I never use that thing.  Do a lot of people use it?

[ShadowWolf_IH]

yeah, either that or one of the many instant messengers.  I have msn as well as icq.  And for what it's worth, i liked the rounded pod that was underslung.

[penguin]

Zarax: I notice you're from Redmond.  Could this possibly be Redmond, WA USA?

I also noticed:

...lead since then by Nanosoft, wich was one of the biggest HI-TECH industries since 20th century.

I am familiar with a very large software corporation from Redmond, WA with a very similar name.

I sense a disturbing pattern here...  

[Zarax]

I'm not really from redmond...
I'm italian...
If you sense something you're right, there will be some recalls to reality in the campaign...
If it goes on you will probabily replay it in order to find some niceties...
It is one of the ways that will make this campaign a bit different...

[LAW ENFORCER]

TO me, it sounds like CorpoFreespace 2
To me Corporations joining together exept in rare circumstances is just unrealistic (my TC (I always say that, don't I) has lots of companys that appear and play a part in the game but most of them fight over deals sometimes with combat ships! (look for an example in a 'past battle' demo of mine sometime in the furture, the 'Karmenn Incident')

But its your campaign, But Im not quite sure of what this Resource Management thing will do....

Make it good and people will play it.
Make it bad and people will claim to never have know you.

Its your call...

(I loved saying that!:D)

[Zarax]

It will be much deeper than that...
The overall quality will depend by many factors i cannot control directly...
In optimal conditions it will be a pretty good and replayable one...
It will support multiple mission outcomes, but the end of the campaign it is still working in progress...
Just say that corporations are part of a deeper scheme...
Remember the french revolution...  

[Zarax]

website beta online here

[penguin]

Originally posted by LAW ENFORCER
TO me, it sounds like CorpoFreespace 2
To me Corporations joining together exept in rare circumstances is just unrealistic

I disagree... then trend has been for big companies to get bigger -- look at the number of mergers in the last few years.  AOL/Time Warner is a good example; also look at the "Baby Bells" -- there were originally seven after the breakup of Ma Bell, now there are only two or three as they've swallowed each other (or been swallowed).  There's also Lockheed + Martin Marietta (M-M was itself created in a merger); Northrop/Grumman, HP + Compaq (which absorbed Digital Equipment a few years ago)... these are all US companies, but the trend exists overseas as well.

If you've never read The Space Merchants by Frederick Pohl and Cyril Kornbluth, it is definitly worth a read (although it's written in that 1950's campy sort of science fiction).  My favorite parts were when they made references to "The Senator from Proctor and Gamble" and discussed how much it cost to buy a Senator.

And don't forget the Descent series -- the most powerful entity in human space was the Post-Terran Mining Corporation.

Even today, many (most?) orbital launches are being funded privately, as big corporations have more capital than many governments (and getting approval is easier).  Obviously they're in it to make money, too...

I think injecting an economic spin is refreshing... too many rebels and incursions and pirates.  Since most wars are really about money to begin with, it makes sense that the trend will continue...

Good luck with it, I hope it turns out well.

[LtNarol]

Interesting concept...has potential...this is one campaign that can go either way as it can either be a major success or a complete failure (although most campaigns can end up a complete failure ).  Best of luck to you.