Iconian War Reconstruction Anthology?

lordarathron · August 2015

So, I'm thinking since the Iconian War Anthology seemed to work so well for generating creativity and bringing ideas together, why don't we start a Reconstruction Anthology with New Dawn?
Granted, we don't know yet how the War will end, but perhaps with the inevitable foundry downtime at the start of Season 11, authors could start brainstorming ideas for missions surrounding the aftermath of the war. Possible conflicts in the alliance? New enemies taking advantage of the quadrant's weakened state? Helping survivors whose worlds didn't make it?
I think this could potentially be a very interesting set of stories to tell.

paxfederatica · August 2015

For all we know at this point, we may end up messing with the timeline in such a way that we don't even need reconstruction.

lordarathron · August 2015

Exactly, so we will have to wait to see what New Dawn has in store for us.

thay8472 · August 2015

Space Doff grinding
Herald Lockbox
Mirror Invasion
Tholian Invasion (Maybe)

lordarathron · August 2015

Lol I meant as far as story goes. From the announcement it sounded as though reconstruction may be part of the upcoming stories. That was what I got from the trailer too. We'll just have to wait and see

thay8472 · August 2015

Cryptic still needs to blow some stuff up first.

lordarathron · August 2015

thay8472 wrote: »

Cryptic still needs to blow some stuff up first.

Always.

[Deleted User] · August 2015

I've got it! You could do a literary reconstruction and make an Iconian War that doesn't read like badfic!

mrspidey2 · September 2015

^That's what the Iconian War Anthology is for.

As for Reconstruction, a bit of feedback:
Make the missions more standalone. A lot of the [ico] ones rely on previous missions by the author. Now, I understand that you want to advertise your other missions, but not remembering half the characters even though the narrative treats me as I should, takes me out of said narrative.
I play these missions to get the kind of immersion that Cryptic won't provide us with for some reason.
So, less established foundry continuity would be appreciated. If you really want to advertise your other work make your anthology mission stand out.
If a mission really impresses me, I tend to look up the author's other missions anyway. The Worst of Both Worlds, for example, made me discover all of Captain_Revo's other missions.
You can also advertise your work in your author's notes at the end of the mission.

A better balance between Fed- and KDF missions would be nice as well.

guljarol · September 2015

mrspidey2 wrote: »

A better balance between Fed- and KDF missions would be nice as well.

And a note saying if they're suitable for Romulans or not would be greatly appreciated, too

Many authors have them, but a lot more not.

markhawkman · September 2015

Hmm... I just got an idea to work with this and the last (short) mission I wrote.

duncanidaho11 · September 2015

I've got a mission in the works that will be making a stand-alone point about the new relationship between the KDF and FED. It may not be mission about rebuilding things as much as it's about getting on with galactic business after the Iconian war. But it should work for the purposes of any post-war anthologies.

Before I get too deep into the dialog I will say right now that I can rather painlessly make this a KDF mission. Left to my own devices it'll turn FED very quickly but if there's significant interest I'll turn this one over to the Empire.

paxfederatica · September 2015

Maybe for the series title, we could take a leaf from R.E.M. and call it Fables of the Reconstruction.

duncanidaho11 · October 2015

Hey I just published that aforementioned mission set in the aftermath of the Iconian war. Are people still interested in a reconstruction anthology or have we moved on to other things?

mrspidey2 · March 2016

Soo....is this still being worked on? Would love a sequel to Ravaged.

duncanidaho11 · March 2016

Not as far as I know, the big thing now is the AEI exploration anthology which has taken up the idea of "well, let's do something other than war after the Iconian war."

Iconian War Reconstruction Anthology?

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