Iron Sun (early concepts)
"Exiles of Tordassia, mighty empire of industry and smoke to Korash's far south, the vast engines of Iron Sun plow deep into the heart of the desert in an unending quest of both penance and resource extraction, so that one day their empire might welcome them home."
Game keywords: STRATEGIC LOGISTICS
Iron sun - big, slow, overwhelmingly powerful - the hammer, rather than the scalpel. These guys are a faction with the might of empire behind them (be at from a distance, as they are operating far, far from their homeland).
They are the sneering imperialists of the Korash universe, with a British admiralty theme to boot. Think aloof commanders smoking pipes of fine Toradassian tobacco, and sipping tea on the deck of their command frigate while ordering a torpedo strike on the village below that would dare deny them tribute.
Are they evil? No. Well, what is evil? They certainly don't see themselves that way (although the serfs at the bottom of their rigid social heirarchy may have other feelings). They are in Korash on a grand mission of conquest, of civilisation, of resource procurement and martial glory. By trade agreement or by cannon - if it comes to that - Iron Sun *will* bring the 'savages' of the desert to heel.
Batton down the hatches! Hoist the main sail! Scrub the poop deck! And all those stereotypical nautical phrases.
Concepts:
- Exiles from a prosperous land; discipline; british navy; ottoman empire; rigid caste society - leaders, soldiers, serfs; ships-of-the-line; captains & admirals; strict, heirarchical society aboard a crowded sandship; large populations in crowded spaces; population-excess sent out to settle korash (part of a codified tradition of sending out excess population on sandships as a method of maintaining population controls to preserve limited/dwindling resources); dragoons riding machine-steeds
- Access to powerful, lumbering support/logistical vehicles
Early fiction concepts by Floom:
"- Hoarding the salt to take back as tribute, so they may return for exile convicts.
- The peasants are convicts.
- Rudimentary terraforming, turning mangroves into farmable land perhaps.
- Some way to receive supply relief from the homelands."
Game keywords: STRATEGIC LOGISTICS
Iron sun - big, slow, overwhelmingly powerful - the hammer, rather than the scalpel. These guys are a faction with the might of empire behind them (be at from a distance, as they are operating far, far from their homeland).
They are the sneering imperialists of the Korash universe, with a British admiralty theme to boot. Think aloof commanders smoking pipes of fine Toradassian tobacco, and sipping tea on the deck of their command frigate while ordering a torpedo strike on the village below that would dare deny them tribute.
Are they evil? No. Well, what is evil? They certainly don't see themselves that way (although the serfs at the bottom of their rigid social heirarchy may have other feelings). They are in Korash on a grand mission of conquest, of civilisation, of resource procurement and martial glory. By trade agreement or by cannon - if it comes to that - Iron Sun *will* bring the 'savages' of the desert to heel.
Batton down the hatches! Hoist the main sail! Scrub the poop deck! And all those stereotypical nautical phrases.
Concepts:
- Exiles from a prosperous land; discipline; british navy; ottoman empire; rigid caste society - leaders, soldiers, serfs; ships-of-the-line; captains & admirals; strict, heirarchical society aboard a crowded sandship; large populations in crowded spaces; population-excess sent out to settle korash (part of a codified tradition of sending out excess population on sandships as a method of maintaining population controls to preserve limited/dwindling resources); dragoons riding machine-steeds
- Access to powerful, lumbering support/logistical vehicles
Early fiction concepts by Floom:
"- Hoarding the salt to take back as tribute, so they may return for exile convicts.
- The peasants are convicts.
- Rudimentary terraforming, turning mangroves into farmable land perhaps.
- Some way to receive supply relief from the homelands."
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