The Basic Story behind The Bringers of Light TC for TA

This is the basic story behind TBL. I wrote it awhile ago and posted it on I-Mod. Just incase you haven't read it yet, here it is:


It was 1934 when Hitler rose to power. He was determined to take over the world. He captured most of Europe and parts of Africa and Asia. During his reign of terror, Hitler's men brutally murdered millions of people, while killing countless enemy soldiers in battle.
But in 1942, the tides turned. The Americans joined the Allies after Pearl Harbor was attacked (December 1941). The Nazis were beat back time and time again and Hitler's men were falling left and right on the battlefield. Hitler's new empire crumbled to dust around him.
(The rest is fiction)
In 1943, Hitler made a treaty with the communists of Russia. The two powers merged and fought the Allies with renewed vigor and a lust for vengeance. The Nazi's, for all the troops they lost and the Russians, for not getting enough help from their so-called allies. This new empire was known as The Fourth Reich.
In 1953, again, the tables turned and the Nazis and Communists were beat back time and time again. They were no match for the onslaught of the Allies. The Allies repeatedly dropped atomic bombs on Asia and and the Nazi controlled parts of Europe.and in 1957, depressed and defeated, Adolf Hitler took the lives of his family and then his own.
This was the end of the Nazi regime and the beginning of a new era. This new time in history was an era of technology.
By 2011, The first man landed on mars and took back rock samples back to Earth. This led to further advancements in space travel. Although people could now travel in space, nobody knew if there were other habitable planets in the galaxy.
In 2025, Two organizations, known as "The Sons of The Reich" and "COA" (Communists of America) Infiltrated a top secret American laboratory and stole the plans for the "Stargate!"
With these plans, they built the first stargate. With the help of a Russian space shuttle, they launched the stargate into space. After there first pilot to go through the stargate returned with news of an uninhabited planet that had the capabilities to support humans, The Sons of The Reich alerted every other neonazi on the planet of the discovery.
Immediately the Neonazis, relocated their people on the new planet. With that, the Neonazisleft Earth for their new home world "Germania." The colonization went smoothly and by the time anyone realized, they were gone and so was the stargate.
The infuriated Communists built a new stargate with the plans and they too found a new "Motherland." Their planet was known as "Russor." They had sworn to hate the Neonazi, Germanians.
Little was known about the two civilizations after that....UNTIL NOW!
In 2118, the Americans finally sent their first scout into space with their new and fuel inefficient "Rikor Drive", to explore the galaxy.
After months of exploration, the scout came upon one of the fringe planets of the "The Fifth Reich." He learned the details of the gap in history from a historian on the planet. The details are not pleasant.
After the settling generations of the two new galactic civilizations grew old, the younger generation renewed the alliance between them. They shared all scientific breakthroughs with each other and together they advanced. The Fifth Reich expanded across the galaxy, conquering any planet in it's path (except the communist ones), as they made their way towards earth.
The Communists expanded in a different direction than that of The Fifth Reich. They expanded towards the outer fringes of the galaxy and grew to be just as powerful as The Fifth Reich.
In 2119, The Fifth Reich Threatened Earth. This set off a huge emigration of countries leaving earth. They used the British "Solaris Drive." This idea was not thought out and many ships disintegrated as they searched for new planets. Some countries disappeared and others found new planets.
The only country left on Earth, was the Americans. They spread across the planet and it became their world.
As The Fifth Reich grew stronger, conquering planet after planet, it became apparent that something needed to be done. Many countries banded together to form a new Alliance, while others thought it better to remain separate.
Now, with the help of the universally known technology, "Toran Thrusters" (named after Alex Toran) to propel your starplanes and ships into battle, you must bring a new light to the galaxy and claim it for the forces of good. It is the job of you and your allies to be THE BRINGERS OF LIGHT!...
...But will some unforseen evil mean the end of humanity as we know it???
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it's a must read!

-Dave
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what do you guys think of the story?

-Dave
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Good! But for me... a mod must also be a great gameplay experience besides the whole philosophical aspect; in BoL, that's a given for anyone who understands a bit about true World Politics & History. While for Sci-Fi geeks (like me) it should also provide HUGE futuristic assets and a few other things.

Your efforts need to be recognized for what they are; IMO, it's at least a very thorough run-down over the modding possibilities this game 'naturally' gives to us. In fact, i've learned a lot from your work and was able to grasp some principles & features just by examining your xmls! Soooo, thanks for that much. ;)

As such, exchanging storyline(s) could be real fun... here's what is written on my copy of the opening screen of X-Worlds (version 05-E, to be uploaded when it is ready!) --

***

When hordes of Aliens
started to invade Earth
in January 2009,
X-Com operatives fought
hard & gloriously.

Nobody knew where they
came from.

But recently, after
interrogating an Ethereal
navigator, one of our best
scientist figured
it out...

- Deep in Space!

We must now bring the
battle to them and need
some help...

... from You!


****

;)
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what do you guys think of the story?-Dave
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I am sorry when i do offend you, but i just honestly give you my opinion as a german with the accordant historical background.


To me it feels and reads strange - or more colloquially expressed: It is a big bunch of stupid sounding bullsh*t.

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what do you guys think of the story?-DaveI am sorry when i do offend you, but i just honestly give you my opinion as a german with the accordant historical background. To me it feels and reads strange - or more colloquially expressed: It is a big bunch of stupid sounding bullsh*t.
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In what way?
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It is just weird to pick a part of history, take some historical backgrounds and formulations out of WWII as well as some out of Cold War and put them together in some absolutely new random fashion to create an alternative history that has nothing to do with the real background. It may be just a matter of taste, but you can either simulate history in the way it really happened or create some new fictional aspect of history, that does not contradict historical events. But you dont mix these things up in my opinion. That does add some flavor of C-Movie-quality to it. Asians seem to enjoy this a lot - so it really just is a matter of taste. I just dont like it. As said before do not feel offended because i dont like it out of my own personal subjective view.
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It is just weird to pick a part of history, take some historical backgrounds and formulations out of WWII as well as some out of Cold War and put them together in some absolutely new random fashion to create an alternative history that has nothing to do with the real background. It may be just a matter of taste, but you can either simulate history in the way it really happened or create some new fictional aspect of history, that does not contradict historical events. But you dont mix these things up in my opinion. That does add some flavor of C-Movie-quality to it. Asians seem to enjoy this a lot - so it really just is a matter of taste. I just dont like it. As said before do not feel offended because i dont like it out of my own personal subjective view.
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No Problem ;) I don't take any offense and everyone is entitled to their own opinion!
Your efforts need to be recognized for what they are; IMO, it's at least a very thorough run-down over the modding possibilities this game 'naturally' gives to us. In fact, i've learned a lot from your work and was able to grasp some principles & features just by examining your xmls! Soooo, thanks for that much.
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What do you mean? You downloaded the "primitive" versions of TBL? Then you picked appart the xml? ....interesting!....but don't you know it's against the licensing agreement??? ;) ...actually i don't mind if you use the old xml...it's got nowhere near as much stuff as it does now. If you want you could join the team! We're currently a team of 3 and maybe 4 if someone else joins :CONGRATS:

-Dave

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Oh yeah and BTW, the story isn't the main part of the mod...it doesn't need the story to be amazing! It mods just about every aspect of the game and changes things that a lot of things that people don't like...like the colony rush! There is no colony rush in TBL!

-Dave
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...If you want you could join the team!
We're currently a team of 3 and maybe 4 if someone else joins :CONGRATS:-Dave
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Sorry, toooooo busy with my own stuff!! ;)

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maybe when you finish your own stuff?

-Dave
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One never knows what may happen!

I wish i'd be more efficient and work much faster too... but considering the huge undertaking involved with the exact rendition of X-Worlds fleets - it may take awhile. The one-man-army method surely has its limits, as you must understand.
Otherwise and until then, i'll be glad to help -- indirectly, that is. ;)
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i know what you mean about the one-man-army. that's what TBL was when i first started. Then i found I-Mod and the rest's history! ;)

-Dave
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I was on I-Mod before the both of you but I still perfer to do my own thing will help when you or someone easle needs it.And Dsep forget what there saying its a good story if it where a book I would read it.I'ts Sci fi so it doesn't have to be right whats the fun in that.
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Bump!

So what do the rest of you think?

oh...and by the way, TBL STILL NEEDS A TEXTURER!!!!

-Dave
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bump!....i'd like to here what everyone else has to say about it!

-Dave
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Ok just read it, very interesting. I am a fan of Laternate history novels, Harry turtledove particularly and this could be a fantastic Turtledove novel.

I like the idea of each great Earth power finding their own way in space, i'll keep my eye on this.

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Well as you know, since you read the new news thread, TBL is in a rewriting phase right now. This background story well...kind of cheesy. So back to the drawing...er writing board i've gone so i can make a story less cheesy and that makes everything seem much better (i think it seems as if i just started rambling aimlessly, so i'll stop here).

 

anyway, the mod will be based on most of the same concepts. one major difference will be that the reich and the communists will no longer be allies.

 

-Dave

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I am sorry when i do offend you, but i just honestly give you my opinion as a german with the accordant historical background.


To me it feels and reads strange - or more colloquially expressed: It is a big bunch of stupid sounding bullsh*t.

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I agree with di55ec7ion. The plot makes no sense to me.

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so when is it going to come out>?

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I am basically undecided with regards to liking/disliking the plot, but humans having stargate technology by 2025 seems a bit unrealistic to me. My advice: either set the dates ahead significantly (as in stargates by 2100 or so), or have the stargate device be alien technology that somehow found its way to Earth.

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I agree with di55ec7ion. The plot makes no sense to me.
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SO DO I...that's why it's getting dumped and redone.

 

I am basically undecided with regards to liking/disliking the plot, but humans having stargate technology by 2025 seems a bit unrealistic to me. My advice: either set the dates ahead significantly (as in stargates by 2100 or so), or have the stargate device be alien technology that somehow found its way to Earth.
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you're right about the unrealism of stargate technology by 2025. Again, another reason why i'm rewriting.

Quoting Freeman43, reply 19
so when is it going to come out>?
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look here: https://forums.galciv2.com/328804

 

please stop making comments on the story above...i don't want to hear what you have to say about it since as i keep mentioning, it's not the TBL story anymore!

 

now that i got that out of my system i can sit here and go xD xD xD

 

-Dave