[Fanfic Challenge] Jedi Knight 2: ST vs SW

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-01-07 07:56pm

I'm going to try and get the crossover mod for JK2 started, but this time I think I'll take a page from the Half-Life developers: get the story down first, then work on the other stuff. I finally have both Elite Force and JK2, plus the editing software for both, so I think I'm set in that respect.

Basically, this is a challenge to see who can write the best plot for the single-player part of the mod. There will be two entries: ST infiltrating SW, and SW infiltrating ST. The basic outline is as follows:

#1 - S31 attempts to infiltrate Empire
Upon the discovery of [insert plot device here], the Federation discovers the Star Wars galaxy. Blah, blah, blah. While the Milky Way is still unknown to the Empire, Section 31 decides to infiltrate an agent into the Empire to get better intelligence. It should end with the infiltrator getting captured and cracking...

#2 - Star Wars counteroffensive
This one is the sequel to the first one. With information gathered from the S31 spy, the Emperor sends a Dark Jedi into the Milky Way to destroy Section 31--from the inside. You can decide how he/she'll do it. The Dark Jedi should survive.

The first one should be completed by August, and be at least ten chapters long (or something like that). The second one can come later; I won't put a set deadline on it yet. Since this is a challenge, only post the completed fic, as a whole, at the appointed deadline.

Any takers? (I'll also be posting this to ASVS and Spacebattles.)

Post by **weemadando** » 2003-01-07 08:28pm

Imperial Research Facility:

An experiment has opened a - yes, you guessed it - wormhole. This was not intended. This wormhole has opened up within AQ and was detected very quickly by StarFleet.

Sending through a probe droid the Imperials check the star positions and find it to be in a whole new galaxy. The probe droid is then captured by an ST vessel.

Studying the tech ST decides that it too great a risk to leave the wormhole open. They send through a team of men to destroy the wormhole from the other side.

These men find themselves in the middle of a massive research facility, which they only discover later is floating in space, not on a planet...

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-01-08 03:04am

weemadando wrote:These men find themselves in the middle of a massive research facility, which they only discover later is floating in space, not on a planet...

Hm, plenty of possibilities there. I'd say go for it.

Post by **NecronLord** » 2003-01-08 03:34pm

Humm. Very interesting. When I finally scrape together enough cash to get a decent PC (as opposed to the venerable artifact of a lost age I have now) I will make a point of getting said Mod.

Feel free to use Kane Koloth (midlevel dark jedi, slightly weaker than dooku) as the Dark Jedi, He originated as a character in one of my JK1 levels, he's in my current fanfic. If no one else wants to write the story I will, but I have a few things at the moment.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-01-08 03:56pm

NecronLord wrote:If no one else wants to write the story I will, but I have a few things at the moment.

This is a challenge. By all means, write your story, but I can't guarantee that it'll win.

Post by **NecronLord** » 2003-01-08 04:04pm

Length stipulations. Also I won't be able to begin until 17th Jan

Post by **weemadando** » 2003-01-08 09:26pm

Crayz9000 wrote:
weemadando wrote:These men find themselves in the middle of a massive research facility, which they only discover later is floating in space, not on a planet...
Hm, plenty of possibilities there. I'd say go for it.

OK... My theory for this mod's story is like this:

Intro script: Imperial Research Facility, an officers quarters. Huge noise, and shaking... Then a comm-link transmission comes through announcing that there has been a catastrophic event, but its been successfully contained in one of the test bays. The officer rushes out of his quarters in order to get to the problem. When he arrives at the viewing platform for that bay he is presented with a huge wormhole sitting in the middle of the room, floating in the air, twisting and swirling.
Cut to: Some ST ship stumbling across the wormhole, crew being rather shocked by it all...
Cut to: Probe droid, being dispatched through wormhole, camera follows it through in a suitably Farscape/Stargate-ish manner. It appears, see's the ST vessel on station and starts transmitting back through the wormhole. ST vessel attempts to lock on a tractor beam, which is taken as a threat, the Probe Droid fires at the ST vessel (doing a bit of damage) then self-destructs).

Opening script: Briefing room, the "Away Team" being told what little is know about whats happening. And I mean minimal knowledge. They are told that the threat is so great that they MUST destroy the wormhole and whatever created it from the other side. After a bit more tosh including some "motivational speaking" from some shitty admiral they board a vessel to head to the wormhole.

Post by **weemadando** » 2003-01-08 09:58pm

Opening script cont'd: [playable] Onboard the vessel, report to medical bay to receive inoculations etc. Doctor also does a full health check on them before they leave (something similar to the quantum bioreconstruction thing in SS2). Report to security station to pick up gear, and by gear I mean GEAR, they have shit coming out the wazoo, phasers, phaser rifles, a few "grenades", armour... The works, after all you don't send in commandoes with a bb-gun do you? *glares at ID software*. Then they report to the shuttle bay and board a small "runabout" type thing [/playable] and they take off through the wormhole...

cut to:

Imperial research facility - the run-about comes through and crashes into the far wall of the test bay. Stormtroopers in special armour (Rad Troopers or Space Troopers maybe?) run in and detain the occupants. The unconcious characters are then dragged to a cell-block... (Remember that sequence in HL where you are being dragged along by the two marines? Thats what I'm thinking of here - complete with idle Stormie chatter as they haul you around) Eventually you lapse back into unconciousness...

cut to:

Waking up in a cell, with one of your buds staring directly at you, "You OK?" kind of thing. You then sit around in the cell trading info on whats been going on. [During this time you can pace the cell and stare out the little window in the door at the outside environment, where people are walking past in the corridor, just beyond there is another test bay where a weapons accuracy test is taking place or something]. Suddenly the door opens and an Imperial Officer steps in, the door slides closed behind them... aaaaaand....

Post by **weemadando** » 2003-01-08 10:11pm

Opening script [cont'd]: This officer reveals themselves to be a rebel agent. They set the team free and equip them with a hold-out blaster (like what the Scout-Troopers use).

cut to: ST Briefing room.
Admirals are all sitting around talking about the missions progress and how the wormhole is still open and that there has been no communications. At this point one of the Admirals reveals that there was a contingency plan.

cut to: Corridor in Research station, a brutal firefight is in progress, Stormtroopers have the team and the rebel agent boxed in and are slowly advancing, eroding the cover. With only our brave PC left after the rebel agent dies throwing him a tiny packet, he shoots out a grating and dives down the shaft... Disappearing into the bowels of the station.

At this point I'll mention that all the time that they are in the station, not once do they see the outside world, but due to layout etc, they assume it to be on a planet.