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Recommendations? Looking for Story, Romulans, Vulcans, Deferi, etc...

tjsinclairtjsinclair Member Posts: 53 Arc User
edited April 2015 in The Foundry for Star Trek Online - Discussion & Feedback
Hey folks,

I've been having a LOT of fun with Foundry missions of late. Just finished the "Valley of the Shadow" series on my Romulan, definitely one of my favorite Foundry stories overall. What are some other good Romulan-oriented missions? And yes, I need to play through Ghosts of War, I will be doing that soon, though probably on my main Fed.

Also looking for anything to do with the Deferi, or continuing the Preserver storyline from the Breen featured series. One of my favorite Foundry missions, "Checks and Balances," doesn't appear to be up anymore, and I loved that it dealt so much with the Deferi. Anything continuing dangling or dropped plot threads from the official missions is usually fun for me, too.

And I'm wondering, too, are there any missions that are written for Vulcan captains? Or at least have dialog options for if you're playing a Vulcan? Might seem like a minor detail, but running a lot of Foundry missions feels weird when I'm on Samvok, 'cause a lot of the dialog responses just don't seem right. Not any author's fault, just my own idiosyncrasies, but I wondered if anyone had done something from a Vulcan perspective.

But really anything with a great story, overall, appeals to me. Very rarely am I disappointed more than when something billed as story-oriented turns out to be just a super-thin "plot" disguising a farming mission. It hasn't happened often, but I've hit a couple of those lately.
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  • ashkrik23ashkrik23 Member Posts: 10,809 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    Well, my series is themed around Caitians and Ferasans so nothing that you specifically mentioned. However, it does have 6 episodes currently out which barely scrape the surface of the story I hope to make once I return to episode production. You can find all of my info here. I recommend reading the first couple of posts by me to absorb all the information. Perhaps it may catch your eye considering very seldom do missions come out about a rather unknown species.

    http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=952421
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  • tjsinclairtjsinclair Member Posts: 53 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    ashkrik23 wrote: »
    Well, my series is themed around Caitians and Ferasans so nothing that you specifically mentioned. However, it does have 6 episodes currently out which barely scrape the surface of the story I hope to make once I return to episode production. You can find all of my info here. I recommend reading the first couple of posts by me to absorb all the information. Perhaps it may catch your eye considering very seldom do missions come out about a rather unknown species.

    http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=952421

    Thanks for the heads up! I've always enjoyed the Caitians, the few times they were expanded on over the years, so I'll give it a shot. :)

    Anyone else?
  • thay8472thay8472 Member Posts: 6,165 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    You can tear my mission apart when I'm finished with it.

    "Rise of Mol'Rihan" - Set in 2410. Takes place after the events of the Romulan Rep (Gateway found - Delta Quad etc)
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  • tjsinclairtjsinclair Member Posts: 53 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    Alrighty, looking forward to it, lol! :)
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  • starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,966 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    westmetals wrote: »
    Just to clue you in one one of the differences between Foundry and Cryptic missions here...

    Foundry does not have the capability to do species-specific dialogue options. So you'd be looking at the mission being written from/to a Vulcan point of view in the first place, or perhaps an author who 'faked' it using the branching dialogue option (without the capability to actually lock it to other species).

    In fairness to Cryptic, they apparently didn't have that capability until recently either, reference how there's no corresponding dialog if you play "Of Bajor" as a Bajoran or "Ancestral Sin" as a Vulcan or Fed Rom. I was very surprised that my Bajoran got the option to tell Rugan Skyl to sit down and shut up in "Surface Tension".

    Although now that they do have it, I'm irritated they don't use it in several places in Delta Rising. "Operation Cooperation Conspiracy" would be so much better if while playing as a Romulan you got to congratulate Rai Sahen on her ingenuity instead of having to give the same half-hearted protests as a Starfleet character.
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  • tjsinclairtjsinclair Member Posts: 53 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    westmetals wrote: »
    Just to clue you in one one of the differences between Foundry and Cryptic missions here...

    Foundry does not have the capability to do species-specific dialogue options. So you'd be looking at the mission being written from/to a Vulcan point of view in the first place, or perhaps an author who 'faked' it using the branching dialogue option (without the capability to actually lock it to other species).

    Yes, I am aware that Foundry authors can't be species-specific through game mechanics, but I was thinking of either of those two options you described, sorry if I wasn't clear.
  • durango4durango4 Member Posts: 32 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    "USS Intrepid Rescue"

    It takes place at Vulcan and plays off the Tal Shiar experimenting with Borg technology, if you're interested.


    Other missions. I've made:

    "Crows Nest"

    A saucer section crash rescue mission.


    And coming soon:

    "Q-Trip."

    A story with Q.
  • thay8472thay8472 Member Posts: 6,165 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    Rise of Mol'Rihan is out. By all means give it a whirl if you get the time. :D
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  • paxfederaticapaxfederatica Member Posts: 1,496 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    tjsinclair wrote: »
    I've been having a LOT of fun with Foundry missions of late. Just finished the "Valley of the Shadow" series on my Romulan, definitely one of my favorite Foundry stories overall. What are some other good Romulan-oriented missions? And yes, I need to play through Ghosts of War, I will be doing that soon, though probably on my main Fed.

    Glad you like my series. :) Drogyn's currently repurposing one of his early Fed series, "Dissent", as a Romulan Republic series; you may want to keep an eye out for it when it gets redone.

    Sirboulevard also made a "grand pseudo-finale" to the Republic story arc, "Nova Roma". Kind of a mindless romp but I still liked it (and the Nova Roma city map he made is beautiful).
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  • evilmark444evilmark444 Member Posts: 6,951 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    You could try my mission, "Yesterday's Starfleet". Last I checked, it was at four reviews, so still one shy of being available to non-reviewers. It doesn't hit any of the specific themes you said your looking for, but it has a definite focus on story, with a lot of combat as well. It needs a little more polish, but I'd like to get at least a few more reviews first so I can hit everything at once.

    Edit: It's finally out of the review phase!
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  • thegrandnagus1thegrandnagus1 Member Posts: 5,166 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    In my experience, the custom search filter is very helpful. If I was looking for a Deferi mission, for example, I would set my search parameters to:

    20 mins(min length, to make sure it qualifies for rewards), 1 hour max length(because I don't enjoy playing super long missions)

    Include ALL: story, space, ground(because I enjoy a mix of space and ground gameplay)

    Then I would search the term "deferi" or "Defera". My results would almost certainly not be grind type missions and would pick up any mission that mentions the deferi or defera sector block in the mission description. Of course, with the new top 3 system you could just fly around the Defera block and see what missions pop up.

    Sometimes I will also just search vague terms like "missing", "investigate", "explore", etc, just to see what comes up. Example, example, example.
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  • tjsinclairtjsinclair Member Posts: 53 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    Thanks for the replies and suggestions, everyone! :)
    paxfederatica wrote: »
    Glad you like my series. :)

    I really did, even though I couldn't for the life of me find the "easter egg" on your last map. :-P Love that whole "epilogue," though.
    Drogyn's currently repurposing one of his early Fed series, "Dissent", as a Romulan Republic series; you may want to keep an eye out for it when it gets redone.

    Sirboulevard also made a "grand pseudo-finale" to the Republic story arc, "Nova Roma". Kind of a mindless romp but I still liked it (and the Nova Roma city map he made is beautiful).

    I just played through Descent a couple of weeks ago. It was really well-done, though I found the end to be rather anticlimactic. I'll definitely give it another shot with my Rom when it's re-released; and I'll give Noma Roma a look, too. Thanks!

    thay8472 wrote: »
    Rise of Mol'Rihan is out. By all means give it a whirl if you get the time. :D

    I plan on it later today.
    thegrandnagus1 wrote: »
    In my experience, the custom search filter is very helpful. If I was looking for a Deferi mission, for example, I would set my search parameters to:

    20 mins(min length, to make sure it qualifies for rewards), 1 hour max length(because I don't enjoy playing super long missions)

    Include ALL: story, space, ground(because I enjoy a mix of space and ground gameplay)

    Then I would search the term "deferi" or "Defera". My results would almost certainly not be grind type missions and would pick up any mission that mentions the deferi or defera sector block in the mission description. Of course, with the new top 3 system you could just fly around the Defera block and see what missions pop up.

    Sometimes I will also just search vague terms like "missing", "investigate", "explore", etc, just to see what comes up.

    Good suggestions; I already search for Deferi or Defera once or twice a month to see if anything new's been added. Just wanted to see if anyone here knew of ones I was missing. :)

    And I do actually enjoy playing long missions, if I know what I'm getting into ahead of time.
  • wombat140wombat140 Member Posts: 971 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    My mission "One Of Our Telepaths Is Missing" is a story-based mission about Romulans (among other things!), and I've done my best to include dialogue options that work for Vulcans. 35 minutes or thereabouts. http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?p=23443231 It's going to appear on "The Author's Outpost" podcast tomorrow night (Twitch TV, Tuesday 8pm EDT).
  • rararezrarararezra Member Posts: 25 Arc User
    You'd probably like my series "The Replacements", but it's still in development. Part 0 is out. You can watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DspSQjvVRWM .

    It has a strong Vulcan main character, as well as some Romuland and Ferengi presence.
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    Rarezra, I'm all for self promotion. But you should really stop pulling up old threads from months ago.
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  • elijahthomasstoelijahthomassto Member Posts: 53 Arc User
    edited October 2015
    My very first mission, Raptor's Reflection, has some focus on Romulans. There is some challenge in playing it with a Romulan character, however, since one map takes place inside the player's ship and the architecture is Federation-based. If we could create alternate paths through different-looking maps I'd correct this, but it is an unfortunate foundry limitation.

    Here are the details:

    Mission Title: Raptor's Reflection
    Author: @ElijahThomas
    Project ID: ST-HTNN3WO5B
    Faction: Federation (Recommended for play with Starfleet Character)
    Level Requirement: 31+
    Estimated Time: 45 minutes - 1 hour 15 Minutes
    Start Location: Lonco System, in the Beta Quadrant

    Synopsis:

    You are contacted by Captain Shon of the U.S.S. Enterprise with a request for assistance near the former Romulan Star Empire. However, what seems like a routine mission of mercy will soon erupt into a deadly game played across two universes.


    Features:

    My First Published Foundry Mission
    Second Place in Foundry Challenge #9 "The Mirror of Romulus"
    Current Play Time between 45 minutes and 1 hour 15 Minutes
    Story-based mission with plenty of dialogue
    Space and Interior Combat
    Every Map is Custom Built
    Lighting issues have hopefully been addressed
    Updated to include new costumes and other recommended fixes

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