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Mirror Universe Terrans as an option for Humans for the three Starfleet factions
captaincelestial
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Mirror Universe Terrans have been appearing in Star Trek from the TOS to Discovery. Players have been wanting to play Terrans, but that was turned down because it was considered an evil faction.
With the advent of an additional Klingon option in the KDF, Klingon (Discovery), there is a possible alternative to creating a new faction for Terrans. Humans for Starfleet, Starfleet (TOS), and Starfleet (Discovery) could be given Human (Terran) as an optional alternative.
Klingon (Discovery) characters are differentiated from Klingon (TNG) by using the Alien body scaling options. Human (Terran)s are the same as Human (Prime), but their upbringing is different. This is how the two can be diffentiated, by Traits.
Humans have Space: Hull Regeneration Bonus and Resistance to Subsystem Offline Duration & Ground: Increased Exploit Damage for Team.
Human (Terran) could have Space: Increased Exploit Damage for Team (they know where to hit to maximize damage in space combat) & having to deal with Agonizers and Agonizer Booths gives Human (Terran) characters a tolerance to control effects (such as reduced duration and/or it slows them down rather than outright stops them, game balance depending on the degree of it's effects).
There wouldn't be need to create a new tutorial, since the character would be using the Faction tutorial appropriate for the version of Starfleet they select. Players would be free to figure out how they came to the Prime Universe, whether their character's parents came from the MU or they were trapped in the Prime Universe and they've since acclimated or they are secretly working for 'the Other Side'.
With the advent of an additional Klingon option in the KDF, Klingon (Discovery), there is a possible alternative to creating a new faction for Terrans. Humans for Starfleet, Starfleet (TOS), and Starfleet (Discovery) could be given Human (Terran) as an optional alternative.
Klingon (Discovery) characters are differentiated from Klingon (TNG) by using the Alien body scaling options. Human (Terran)s are the same as Human (Prime), but their upbringing is different. This is how the two can be diffentiated, by Traits.
Humans have Space: Hull Regeneration Bonus and Resistance to Subsystem Offline Duration & Ground: Increased Exploit Damage for Team.
Human (Terran) could have Space: Increased Exploit Damage for Team (they know where to hit to maximize damage in space combat) & having to deal with Agonizers and Agonizer Booths gives Human (Terran) characters a tolerance to control effects (such as reduced duration and/or it slows them down rather than outright stops them, game balance depending on the degree of it's effects).
There wouldn't be need to create a new tutorial, since the character would be using the Faction tutorial appropriate for the version of Starfleet they select. Players would be free to figure out how they came to the Prime Universe, whether their character's parents came from the MU or they were trapped in the Prime Universe and they've since acclimated or they are secretly working for 'the Other Side'.
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And give it an appropriate name, like "Terran Vision".
Oh, wait...
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You're telling me...I made the mistake of playing that mission on one of the few 'Terran' characters I have...and let's just say trying to logic-puzzle chasing and cleaning up after myself is...headache-inducing at best.
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This would've been unnecessary. Honestly, I don't know why they made DSC Klingons a different selection, because they could've restricted those visual options to KDF Klingons the way they restricted the TOS Klingon options to KDF Klingons.
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What happens when a Prime Universe character is stuck in the Mirror Universe for a long time? If they survive, will they be the same as they were when they first arrived? Do they break, or do they bend?
Think of the movie "Us", where the main character was not who people thought she was and had switched places with her above ground counterpart.
Oh wow, dude! Spoilers much?
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It was easier? I don't know why else they did it...I mean they have the same exact traits and all, only difference it visual looks...only other reason I can think of is because of tailor exploits? But people were able to do almost anything they wanted...so I don't know and I doubt the devs will tell.