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Foundry Challenge #9 Discussion Thread - VOTING Has Begun Until 7/4/14

pwecaptainsmirkpwecaptainsmirk Member Posts: 1,167 Arc User
edited September 2014 in The Foundry for Star Trek Online - Discussion & Feedback
Foundry Challenge #9: The Mirror of Romulus
This is the comments thread for Foundry Challenge #9: The Mirror of Romulus.
We also have an Index of previous challenges HERE.

Feel free to link directly to the entry you are commenting on. And please remember: we're not here to tear each other up. Do not troll your fellow Captains, give feedback! Let the others know what you liked and disliked.

This is the first Foundry Challenge I will be overseeing, so come on Forum Folks, show me what ya' got! Oh, and since this is a Mirror event, I expect to see some evil Goatees! :cool:
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  • ashkrik23ashkrik23 Member Posts: 10,809 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Good luck to all the participants.
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  • onlyslightlybentonlyslightlybent Member Posts: 80 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Foundry challenge 9! my Man!. You did not disappoint.
  • mandoknight89mandoknight89 Member Posts: 1,687 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    I'll be interested in the results... outside of the Mirror ships, we have basically no idea what the Mirror Romulans are like...
  • zorbanezorbane Member Posts: 1,617 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    mandoknight89 wrote: »
    I'll be interested in the results... outside of the Mirror ships, we have basically no idea what the Mirror Romulans are like...

    Gives you the author full control of who they are!
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  • drogyn1701drogyn1701 Member Posts: 3,606 Media Corps
    edited March 2014
    Sounds like a great challenge and this is perfect timing, because unless I am mistaken, Greendragoon is going to teach us all how to build a great Romulan city on tonight's Foundry Roundtable!

    twitch.tv/thefoundryroundtable at 5:30 p.m. U.S. Mountain. I won't be there tonight sadly, but I'll be able to watch it when he gets it up on youtube.

    On a personal note I'm strongly considering entering the contest cause it sounds like fun. Only issue is I already have a spotlight mission for each faction... but then again if I win, maybe I can convince Smirk to spotlight the second place finisher :)
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  • mandoknight89mandoknight89 Member Posts: 1,687 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    zorbane wrote: »
    Gives you the author full control of who they are!

    That's why I said I'd be interested in the results: see what different authors think of how the Mirror Romulans have turned out...
  • rtk142rtk142 Member Posts: 613 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    You know I had been toying with a few ideas for something like this for awhile now. Wish I was more familiar with the foundry so I could actually take part in this one, but I have a question.
    pwecaptainsmirk wrote: »
    and throw in some evil looking Goatees to boot!


    how can we throw in some goatees when we can't have facial hair on Romulan males?
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  • pwecaptainsmirkpwecaptainsmirk Member Posts: 1,167 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    rtk142 wrote: »
    how can we throw in some goatees when we can't have facial hair on Romulan males?

    That is part of the challenge, plus, i never said the goatee had to be on a Romulan.

    Oh and for the Romulan Mirror ships, make sure they have some yellow on them :)

    Good luck everyone!

    ~CaptainSmirk
  • drogyn1701drogyn1701 Member Posts: 3,606 Media Corps
    edited March 2014
    rtk142 wrote: »
    You know I had been toying with a few ideas for something like this for awhile now. Wish I was more familiar with the foundry so I could actually take part in this one, but I have a question.




    how can we throw in some goatees when we can't have facial hair on Romulan males?

    *psst* select alien instead of Romulan as the species in the costume creator, make a guy that looks like a Romulan and then put a beard on him.
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  • rtk142rtk142 Member Posts: 613 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    drogyn1701 wrote: »
    *psst* select alien instead of Romulan as the species in the costume creator, make a guy that looks like a Romulan and then put a beard on him.

    Granted that's the answer *points to my signature*, this was more to point out to the devs Romulans should get facial hair
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  • pwecaptainsmirkpwecaptainsmirk Member Posts: 1,167 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    drogyn1701 wrote: »
    *psst* select alien instead of Romulan as the species in the costume creator, make a guy that looks like a Romulan and then put a beard on him.

    Facial Hair problem solved!

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  • thay8472thay8472 Member Posts: 6,163 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    For the empire! o/
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  • vegeta50024vegeta50024 Member Posts: 2,336 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    This actually kind of plays into my mirror invasion series that I had started. Unfortunately since I already have a federation version done, I'll have to start a Klingon version this time. I have actually been wanting to do the klingon version for a while now, so I guess this is a good time as any!

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  • kishi0690kishi0690 Member Posts: 3 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    In the EULA it states ...
    "You many not make use of any copyrighted or trademarked material of third parties,"

    How strict is that? For example lets say I wanted to do a series of Missions that are like Law & Order but star trek? Would that be ok? If I use last names but not first names of characters from that show would that be ok?

    Note that I am not making this I just wanted to understand that statement from the EULA.

    I hope you can answer this thanks!
  • lincolninspacelincolninspace Member Posts: 1,843 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Had a great idea for an exploration mission. A mirror Romulan one, not so much. Perhaps my Romulan character Trajan from a time to search could be explored in the M U.
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  • lincolninspacelincolninspace Member Posts: 1,843 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    vegeta50024 wrote: »
    This actually kind of plays into my mirror invasion series that I had started. Unfortunately since I already have a federation version done, I'll have to start a Klingon version this time. I have actually been wanting to do the klingon version for a while now, so I guess this is a good time as any!

    The mission must be built from scratch no pre existing builds. Otherwise it is doable.
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  • drogyn1701drogyn1701 Member Posts: 3,606 Media Corps
    edited March 2014
    lincolninspace wrote: »
    Had a great idea for an exploration mission. A mirror Romulan one, not so much. Perhaps my Romulan character Trajan from a time to search could be explored in the M U.

    That's the best part of doing MU missions, taking characters you created in the Prime universe and asking "What would their counterparts be like?"
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  • lincolninspacelincolninspace Member Posts: 1,843 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    thay8472 wrote: »
    For the empire! o/

    As far as I can figure, the Empire is called the Romulan Republic in the M U.
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  • orangeitisorangeitis Member Posts: 5,222 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    pwecaptainsmirk wrote: »
    For this Foundry Challenge, create a mission that's main story plot revolves around the fate of Romulus, and it's Legacy, in the Mirror Universe. What happens to Romulus, (does Mol'Rihan and the Romulan Republic exist?), along with the rest of the backstory, is completely up to you. Don't forget the Remans, and throw in some evil looking Goatees to boot!

    Please make sure to adhere to the Foundry EULA and the rules below.
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  • thay8472thay8472 Member Posts: 6,163 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    lincolninspace wrote: »
    As far as I can figure, the Empire is called the Romulan Republic in the M U.

    I'm not chanting for the Romulans.
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  • psycoticvulcanpsycoticvulcan Member Posts: 4,160 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    pwecaptainsmirk wrote: »
    Oh and for the Romulan Mirror ships, make sure they have some yellow on them :)

    Uh, why? Aren't mirror Romulan ships more grey than anything else?
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  • thay8472thay8472 Member Posts: 6,163 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    psycoticvulcan wrote: »
    Uh, why? Aren't mirror Romulan ships more grey than anything else?

    *Cough* Terran Empire markings are yellow. *Cough*


    Any chance we can get some additional Romulan outfits added?
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  • kirksplatkirksplat Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    typo on it's, should be its in the Foundry challenge... one star.

    :)
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  • psycoticvulcanpsycoticvulcan Member Posts: 4,160 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    thay8472 wrote: »
    *Cough* Terran Empire markings are yellow. *Cough*

    That's why I was confused. Since the mirror Romulan ships we've seen don't have yellow, the mirror Romulans probably aren't a subject race of the Terrans.

    Maybe I'm just stifling creativity. Never mind me. :P
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  • elijahthomasstoelijahthomassto Member Posts: 53 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    So glad to see the Foundry Challenges back on again. I've never published a mission to enter but have played alot of them, and the authors do great work.

    I'm thinking of throwing my hat in the ring this time round, but I wanted to raise a question. I'm pretty sure I know the answer, "no", but here it is.

    This being a mirror universe stimulus for a mission, that doesn't extend to the JJverse, does it?

    It is after all an alternate reality and one that is very, very impacted by the fate of Romulus, but in which we've not actually seen interactions between that universe's Star Empire and Federation (since it is afterall the Prime Romulus that was destroyed and not the JJverse Romulus). Since the Narada backstory is explored in STO i thought i'd raise the question.

    I'll probably throw my hat in the ring either way, but the stimulus gave me an idea that I'll probably end up exploring another time in another mission.
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  • crash490rcrash490r Member Posts: 88 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    That is kind of a big task seeing as Romulans were never featured in the Mirror Universe, in fact Mirror Romulans aren't even canon since they never appeared on screen.

    So how exactly are we supposed to somehow place them in a universe where (as far as tv/movies went) they never existed?


    That kinda seems like something a team of paid designers should be doing, not the player base.
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  • artan42artan42 Member Posts: 10,450 Bug Hunter
    edited March 2014
    I wonder if a Dev can add the mirror hull materials to the foundry ship editor for us then please.
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  • thay8472thay8472 Member Posts: 6,163 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Can we get some more Romulan maps, costumes and props for this one?
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  • drogyn1701drogyn1701 Member Posts: 3,606 Media Corps
    edited March 2014
    elijahthomassto wrote: »
    So glad to see the Foundry Challenges back on again. I've never published a mission to enter but have played alot of them, and the authors do great work.

    I'm thinking of throwing my hat in the ring this time round, but I wanted to raise a question. I'm pretty sure I know the answer, "no", but here it is.

    This being a mirror universe stimulus for a mission, that doesn't extend to the JJverse, does it?

    It is after all an alternate reality and one that is very, very impacted by the fate of Romulus, but in which we've not actually seen interactions between that universe's Star Empire and Federation (since it is afterall the Prime Romulus that was destroyed and not the JJverse Romulus). Since the Narada backstory is explored in STO i thought i'd raise the question.

    I'll probably throw my hat in the ring either way, but the stimulus gave me an idea that I'll probably end up exploring another time in another mission.

    The way it works with STO and the JJ movies is that we can reference the events that took place in the Prime timeline like the destruction of Romulus, the existence of Nero and the Narada, etc. But anything that happens in the other timeline is offlimits, mainly because a different company owns the rights to it.
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  • i8472i8472 Member Posts: 225 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Am I allowed to enter? entered 2 other challenges, but 1 was like 2 hours+ ...and the other, no one liked it.


    Any information on Mirror Romulans? I know nothing about them.
    (ship prefix, terms for military ships, type government? relationship with the Terran Empire.)
    Which mirror universe? One of the "The Next Gen" episodes had thousands of them.


    Do we have to go to Romulus?


    Can we get an updated Foundry EULA?


    Does the mission, have to be set entirely in the mirror universe. *(From start to finish)


    What is the minimum time allowed? like 5 - 10 - 15 - 20 - 30?


    Loading screens do they count for time limit? or ignore load screen time and try just using average mission play time?


    What level requirement should I try for? or does it matter?
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