VOTING HAS Concluded
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 ninth Foundry Challenge:
The Mirror of Romulus
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.
VOTING HAS CONCLUDED
Mission Title:
Your
@Handle:
Faction:
Level Requirement:
Mission Summary:
NOTE: Please do not publish your mission until further notice***.
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.
POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE = 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 at that time 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).
VOTING THREAD = Here
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 #9 -- 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 a forum PM 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] forum PM 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 (this), 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.
Comments
Your @Handle: @drogyn1701
Faction: KDF-Romulan
Level Requirement: 45+
Mission Summary: Join forces with your Mirror Universe counterpart in the Romulan Ascendancy to bring peace to the MU in order to combat an even greater threat.
Your @Handle: @P_Sutherland
Faction: KDF
Level Requirement: 35+
Mission Summary: When you're invited to a private stronghold in the Saqwa' mountains, you learn that a recent conflict could effect the balance of power in the Mirror Universe.
You've been recruited to eliminate this threat, with the help of the Tholian Assembly, Breen Confederacy and Ask'kaar Republic. You're sent into the Mirror Universe, to locate and neutralize this threat.
Your @Handle: @stoutes
Faction: FED-Romulan
Level Requirement: TBA
Mission Summary: TBA
I call it, the Stoutes paradox.
Your @Handle: @Rellimtime82
Faction: FED-Romulan
Level Requirement: TBA
Mission Summary: TBA
ENTRY HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN
@Rellimtime82 - Foundry Author
Parallels: my second mission for Fed aligned Romulans.
@Handle: @ElijahThomas
Faction: Federation (Recommended for play with Starfleet Characters for full Roleplaying Immersion)
Level Requirements: 31+
Mission Summary: What seemed like a routine search-and-rescue mission into the former Romulan Neutral Zone erupts into a deadly game played across two universes.
@Handle: @DrazurSouthclaw
Faction: TBA, probably KDF
Level Requirements: TBA
Mission Summary: TBA
Your @Handle: @mannequinn
Faction: Starfleet
Level Requirement: 16 and above
Mission Summary: The expanse of space and time is threatened when humanities weakness is exploited. Compassion breeds disaster bringing the Federation and the Alpha Quadrant within a harm's way of total destruction.
Your @Handle: @onlyslightlybent
Faction: Federation
Level Requirement: 45+
Mission Summary: The Allied Romulans of the mirror universe have defied the Terran Empire and are under threat of destruction. They have sought out the help of the Romulan Republic who in-turn have asked for Starfleets aid.
You will travel to the Romulus system in the mirror universe, stop the destruction of the Allied Romulans and end the Terran Empires incursions into the Prime universe.
Your @Handle: @afalconer
Faction: Federation
Level Requirement: 16+
Mission Summary: When you go on a rescue mission, you find yourself pulled into the Mirror Universe, a universe where the Remans are the dominant race and have subjugated the Romulans. Now they have turned their gaze to your universe. How far are you willing to go to protect all you hold dear?
Your @Handle: @docducks
Faction: Federation
Level Requirement: 16+
Mission Summary: The Terran Empire isn't the only rival from the alternate universe who has the urge for conquest, Starbase Daal'Gareth, the Republic outpost in the Iota Pavonis Sector Block, is under attack from forces of the Romulan Autocracy.
Starfleet is sending you to reinforce the Republic in the Ponor System.
Your @Handle: @T1N1
Faction: KDF Klingon
Level Requirement: ANY
Mission Summary:
Sent on an exploration and discovery mission, the worst possible fate for a Klingon Warrior. Your search ends up leading to the Mirror Universe. You'll find that the Romulan Forces have launched a desperate attack against the Terran Empire. In a battle that may save both Universes.
@Handle: @antiborg
Faction: Federation
Level Requirement: 31+
Mission Summary: When a strike on a Tholian research station goes awry, you and your crew find yourself in the Mirror Universe...with less than pleasant company. You must use all of your skills and assets to get you and your ship back to your universe and prevent an alliance that could damage the status quo of our dimension.
@Handle: @Sorroway
Faction: Federation
Level Requirement: 31+
Mission Summary: Starfleet and the Romulan Republic have been closely monitoring reports of Mirror Universe incursions in a number of star systems that previously belonged to the Romulan Star Empire. The most recently received intel states that an unknown number of Terran Empire vessels has been seen near the Narvek System. You are sent to the Narvek System to investigate these reports.
Your @Handle: @captainchomp
Faction: FED
Level Requirement: 31+
Mission Summary: Rogue forces from the Terran Federation plan to alter history for their own benefit, and the mirror Romulans have a proposal for you...
Your @Handle: nikkojt
Faction: Federation
Level Requirement: NPC descriptions say 16+. Project pane says any level.
Mission Summary: Odd readings from the Bajoran wormhole lead to a surprising discovery, an insight into events long unknown to the Federation, and a potential new ally for the Romulan Republic...
There used to be a picture here, but they changed signatures and I can't be bothered to replace it.