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Foundry Challenge #6 : Beyond the Web
pwebranflakes
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Hello and welcome to another Foundry Challenge! :cool: These challenges will be posted every 9-10 weeks, which includes 6 weeks to make your mission, and 3 weeks for the community to play through all of the missions and cast one [1] official vote for a winner. At the end of the 3 weeks of playthrough and voting, a winner, based on a simple majority of votes, will be announced and awarded 1000 STO Promo Points for the C-Store (enough to also purchase additional Foundry slots through the Dilithium exchange, if the winner chooses) and earn a guaranteed spot as a future Foundry Spotlight mission.
Today we start the nine-week run of the sixth Foundry Challenge: Beyond the Web
You will have from today, Wednesday January 16th, until Wednesday, February 27th at 10am PST to make your Foundry mission and reply to this thread with its information in the following format:
Starting on Wednesday, February 27th, around 10AM PST, the 3-week playthrough and review stage will begin. Only entries made in this thread prior to 10AM, and are published/ available in-game, on that Wednesday will be eligible to participate in the challenge. Look for a voting thread to be made which will explain the voting process (some info below).
This is the author's thread -- only entries should be made here.
The Discussion Thread can be found HERE.
A Voting Thread will be posted and stickied when that period begins.
We also have an Index of previous challenges HERE.
IMPORTANT: The rules may change from one challenge to another, but I'd like to let everyone know what the base rules are. These may grow as we move on (and have since the 1st challenge), so feel free to give feedback in the discussion thread about what should be added!
***If you are unable to push the "publish" button at this time due to timezones/ work schedules, please wait until the latest possible moment before this day/time. Also, if you need to publish your mission to test things, that is fine too, but please make sure to unpublish after testing is complete.
Today we start the nine-week run of the sixth Foundry Challenge: Beyond the Web
During the past several weeks, the Tholians have re-emerged and have been spotted in several systems and sectors across the Beta quadrant, including Nukara Prime, Mol'Rihan (New Romulus) and Eta Eridani. While signs point to the Tholians having an interest in advanced technology, particularily anything harnessing interspacial rifts, investigations are still ongoing.
For this Foundry Challenge, create a mission that features the Tholians.
For this Foundry Challenge, create a mission that features the Tholians.
You will have from today, Wednesday January 16th, until Wednesday, February 27th at 10am PST to make your Foundry mission and reply to this thread with its information in the following format:
Mission Title:
Your @Handle:
Faction:
Level Requirement:
Mission Summary:
NOTE: Please do not publish your mission until the morning of Wednesday, February 27th, as close to 10am PST as possible, but not after***.
NOTE: The above needs to be filled out completely by the due date/ time for your mission to be considered, and your mission must be published in-game at such time to be considered -- unfortunately, any mission that cannot be found in-game by the time the voting starts will be removed from this entry thread.
Your @Handle:
Faction:
Level Requirement:
Mission Summary:
NOTE: Please do not publish your mission until the morning of Wednesday, February 27th, as close to 10am PST as possible, but not after***.
NOTE: The above needs to be filled out completely by the due date/ time for your mission to be considered, and your mission must be published in-game at such time to be considered -- unfortunately, any mission that cannot be found in-game by the time the voting starts will be removed from this entry thread.
Starting on Wednesday, February 27th, around 10AM PST, the 3-week playthrough and review stage will begin. Only entries made in this thread prior to 10AM, and are published/ available in-game, on that Wednesday will be eligible to participate in the challenge. Look for a voting thread to be made which will explain the voting process (some info below).
This is the author's thread -- only entries should be made here.
The Discussion Thread can be found HERE.
A Voting Thread will be posted and stickied when that period begins.
We also have an Index of previous challenges HERE.
IMPORTANT: The rules may change from one challenge to another, but I'd like to let everyone know what the base rules are. These may grow as we move on (and have since the 1st challenge), so feel free to give feedback in the discussion thread about what should be added!
- Each Challenge will run for 9 weeks. For 6 weeks we will sticky the challenge and let you make your entry. After the 6th week, the 7th through 9th week will be the time when the mission is published and reviewed by the community.
- There is no right or wrong entry.
- The background story should be the main foundation for your mission. You will put the player into the main role.
- The missions for these challenges must be in English. Please check out the French and German forums using the flag drop down above to see their Foundry contests.
- In the spirit of the competition, only maps, missions, stories, dialogue etc. created/ built/ designed during the 6-week creation period should be used.
- The mission should take only 30 minutes for a player to complete, but MUST not take more than 45 minutes. Error on the side of 30 minutes. This is to allow players to be able to play through all of the missions so they can consider all when voting.
- In your mission description, opening dialogue, and the last dialogue, please include orange "out-of-character" text that explains that your mission is part of the STO Forums' Foundry Challenge #6 -- do not include a link to this post, but let the player know they can visit the "The Foundry for Star Trek Online " section of the forums for more information.
- Please keep discussion about the entries in the appropriate Discussion Thread.
- In the Discussion Thread, feel free to write what inspired you and what your thoughts on the topic are.
- Once the mission is published, it should not be withdrawn, even temporarily. The only exception to this would be if for some reason players are saying they can't complete it and you need to fix something so they can. If you find spelling mistakes, feel free to fix them only after the competition ends.
- Regarding Voting:
- Once you have played through all of the missions during the Playthrough Period, please send me an in-game mail with the mission you feel should win this month's challenge.
- Unless you play through all of the missions pretty quickly, I should not be getting votes until midway through the 8-9th week.
- Reviewers can only send one [1] in-game mail to me to act as an official vote for a winner.
- Reviewers can write reviews of some of the other missions if they wish.
- A few other important reminders:
- Please heed the Foundry's EULA when submitting your entry! This applies to any mission made in the foundry. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT!
- Each author may only have one entry, no matter how many accounts they have.
- After nine weeks' time, the thread will be unstickied as we move on to the next challenge.
- We'll have three threads: One to post the entries in, one to discuss the entries and one with the official entries list for voting.
Cross-linking between these threads is acceptable for these challenges ONLY!!
***If you are unable to push the "publish" button at this time due to timezones/ work schedules, please wait until the latest possible moment before this day/time. Also, if you need to publish your mission to test things, that is fine too, but please make sure to unpublish after testing is complete.
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Level Requirement: Any Level
Handle: @Q400
Faction: Federation, with KDF later
Description: The Tholians have pressed into the Federation, to no avail. Dronza Station is housing interspatial rift technology, and it must be defended. The Tholians have reapeered, and they are stronger than ever. Admiral Marconi, with unknown intentions, recruits you and your ship to defend Starfleets key systems.
Status: Working out the kinks; adding things; making maps better
Original Handle: @Q400
Join Date: December 2010
Your @Handle: @drogyn1701
Faction: Fed
Level Requirement: 35+
Mission Summary: After participating in a covert buy of a piece of unknown technology, you must make it back to Federation space while under the guns of the Tholians, Tzenkethi and Klingons from the future.
Status: just about ready
Published!!!
Your @Handle: @P_Sutherland
Faction: Fed
Level Requirement: 31+
Mission Summary: Civilian traffic in the Eta Eridni neutral zone has been caught in the violent clashes with the Tholian Assembly in the Nukara system. When the crew of a freighter abandon ship, their only choice for survival means entering Nukara primes atmosphere, would you expect some to survive in a Class Y environment?
Status: Published
Screenshots: 1 2 3 4 5
Teaser
Your @Handle: @diogene0
Faction: Federation
Level Requirement: 16+
Mission Summary: Ancient Greeks believed that the destiny of man was ruled by good and evil demons. Both demons were fighting to influence lives through joys and pains. They were guides, inspired good and evil. But what would happen whenever evil wins, if good demons are all gone and left people in an intense, painful feeling of fear and despair?
This mission will take you deep into horror. The theatre? New Romulus. The dreams? A better world. What you will see? Murder, torture, and a people with blood on its hand - against its will. And you, being forced to solve a major crisis which could change forever the face of the quadrant.
God, lvl 60 CW. 17k.
Handle: @SBCouto
Faction: Federation
Level Requirement: Unknown for now
You are sent to Andoria to investigate an ancient inscription of unknown origin.
This is a continuation of a previous challenge 'A Good Ship Goes To War' which will feature Captain John Smith and his companion.
handle: @marhawkman
faction: fed
level: tbd
Description: The Tholians have been sighted near Federation space in a system containing a small unstable star. We don't know what the Tholians are up to but the star has become increasingly unstable. We need you to figure out what is going on before the star goes nova or worse.
Status: outlining.
My character Tsin'xing
Handle: @stardestroyer001
Faction: Federation
Level Requirement: 41+
Mission Summary: An emergency mission of a high priority has been assigned to you - a secret meeting with a mysterious admiral is only the beginning for an unprecedented mission, involving a conspicuous cargo box, an inexperienced cadet, and the revelation of the motives of a secluded and aggressive alien race!
Note: Shuttles are mandatory for this mission.
Status: Mission is complete.
Status of mission completion (conservative guess): 100%
Other Info:
Mission code: ST-HNDSILKSR
Mission is a loose prequel to the Darkfrontiers Persistent Foundry Project.
Mission has light combat (space/ground), heavy dialogue, and some easter eggs.
Missing the good ol' days of PvP: Legacy of Romulus to Season 9
My List of Useful Links, Recently Updated November 25 2017!
Your @Handle: @afalconer
Faction: Fed
Level Requirement: 41+
Mission Summary: Tholians attack a classified research facility. What are they after? Will you be able to stop them? One thing is certain, if they succeed, the Federation will never be the same. Features space & ground combat, career specific paths, branching dialogs, an optional puzzle, and choices that effect the ending.
Your @Handle: @cyconianlord
Faction: Fed
Level Requirement: Any
Mission Summary: In the wake of calamity in the Dace System, hidden dangers go unseen. Will you discover them in time to terminate plans, already in motion?
Your @Handle: @Pinecone3
Faction: Klingon
Level Requirement: 35+
Mission Summary: The Klingon High Council has decided, somewhat reluctantly, to destroy the Tholian presnce on Nukara Prime via Orbital Bombardment. Join up with the assualt fleet and help fight the Tholian blockade.
Your @Handle: @T1N1
Faction: Klingon
Level Requirement: 50
Mission Summary:
One of the Guards at the staging area for New Romulous, has a job for you.
He needs you to go around grab a few things and help some of the people around New Romulous.
Your @Handle: @Heissenburg
Faction: Federation
Level Requirement: unknown
Mission Summary:
Your ship has been called to the edge of Romulan space to perform a routine scientific survey when you learn that the Vulcan freighter T'Sai has gone missing. With no other ships in range you are called to drop your survey and check on the T'Sai and her escort. Luckily for the T'Sai and her escort your ship recently upgraded its sensor suites at Starbase Atlantis, unfortunatly they had to take your main tractor beam emmiter off-line for repairs, it gets reinstalled on Tuesday.
This mission is being prepared for Foundry Challenge 6: Behind the Web
Status: Preparing to publish, will need to put it out a little before the 10 AM PST mark, but I'll get it as close as I can.
Your @Handle: @dougglendower
Faction: Federation
Level Requirement: Tholian fights.
Mission Summary: On a routine survey an emergency communication comes in, a Starfleet experiment goes astray, and the Tholian Assembly shows a much higher than average interest in it. Your job is to recover the equipment and find out what provoked such a strong reaction from the Tholians.
Status: Mission Generated. Published.
Your @Handle: @soracdunar
Faction: Federation
Level Requirement: 41
Mission Summary: The Tholians are using the Federation border as a testing ground for new subspace rift technology. Starfleet needs you to investigate and shut down any potentially dangerous experiments in neutral space.
Mission Name: Temporal Investigations
Your @Handle: @enterprise629
Minimum Level: Any Level
Faction: Federation
Project ID: ST-HAW6EUZBT
Estimated Mission Length: 30 - 45 (Single player)
(Please note: May take longer if in a team, unsure if you can do foundry with teams though, haven't been a member for that long, but thought I should mention it).
Mission Summary:
A Temporal Agent from the future has contacted you, asking for assistance.
Who'da thought it?
The Tholians have traveled back into the past, specifically to the year 2063. When you're assigned to intervene with Tholian plans to change the future, you find yourself having no options to return to your own time.
Time has already began to re-write itself and experiencing temporal flux, unless you can stop it.
The rest, you could say: "is simply history".
Status:
Storyboard: 100% done.
Mapping: 100% done.
Dialog: 100% done.
About to publish mission around 9:30am Wed PST. 5:30pm (which I am) GMT.
Posting 1/2 an hour early as I need to see my new born cousin, born on the 26th Feb.
Your @Handle: @ashtaku
Faction: Federation
Level Requirement: Any
Mission Summary: Starbase 24 is under siege!
Penetrating deep into the Sirius sector block, Tholian warships have attacked the cornerstone of Federation defenses in the region. Rendezvous with the fleet massing near Reytan and join the counterattack.
And then, the unexpected happens...
As a reminder, the deadline/publish date for your missions is tomorrow, Wednesday February 27th. Please do not publish them until 10AM PST tomorrow, or, as close as you can get to that time (i.e. if you have to work at 7am PST tomorrow, publish it before you leave for work, or tonight, or whenever
Also, please remember that you need to reply to this thread with its information in the format lasted in the OP (this needs to be filled out completely by the due date/ time for your mission to be considered. If I can't find your mission published in-game tomorrow around 10am PST, I won't be able to add it to the voting thread.).
Thanks, and good luck!
Cheers,
Brandon =/\=
Mission Title: The Anti-Lithera Machine
Your @Handle: @gammadelta1
Faction: Federation
Level Requirement: 31+
Mission Summary:
The Tholians are making mysterious investigations in the Seedea System in Pi Canis Sector Block. The population of the fourth planet are as curious as the Federation is, but they won't say it. Find out what the Tholians are looking for, and make sure they don't find it.
Your @Handle: tlaloconeinfp
Faction: United Federation of Planets
Level Requirement:35+(Although recommended for Vice Admirals)
Mission Summary:Section 31 grants you a covert operation to infiltrate a secret Tholian Base!
Main Enemy: Tholians
Minor Enemy #1: Species M-113(On 2 maps)
Minor Enemy #2: Devidians(Only on 1 map)
Hint: Use the low gravity force for your own advantage when you are on "ground type" maps!
*=Spatium Aranea Rete(Space Spiders in the Web)
Also, unfortunately, I've had to remove any posts in this thread where the mission listed could not be found in-game at this time. Sorry
Good luck!
Cheers,
Brandon =/\=
Congratulations to all! Everyone did a FANTASTIC job!
I am going to unstick this, but feel fee to keep discussing this challenge here! Challenge #7 will be posted next week.
Cheers,
Brandon =/\=