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Natalinasmpf is offline Natalinasmpf
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What would a box office movie of Alpha Centauri be like? Suffering from ads?

Yeah, not just game movies, but a box office one. Probably won't happen, but we can fantasise about it. And include the SMAX factions too. And have twelve people in the council, and 2 Progenitors.

No, I don't want it to follow the novels, either. There should be a huge visual effect on all the aspects. The PSI terror, the reinforcement with the Dream Twister and Neural Amp, for example. The sheer demonlike Hive, or something. And actually using CG effects that are useful.

The Drone riots. Definitely the drone riots. The sheer violence. The graphical effects of nerve stapling, while Domai quickly appeases them with building hologram theatres through socialist collaboration. And the University ignores them, causing an entire revolution.

And summarise a 500 year transcend game, of course. It could be like LoTR.

Actually the main reason is because Alpha Centauri / Crossfire is lacking in graphics, and I thought it should be expressed in some sort of movie. Not just in secret projects either.

Then maybe it should end with the last ten years being critical. 2467: Morgan unleashes his master plan. Work begins on subspace generators. The University is building Voice of Planet. Tension mounts as all victory goals are hurried.

The Believers annex Peacekeeper territory, and after fierce fight, Floods of Believer fusion laser troops defeat neutronium garrisons behind Tachyon fields. Disullusioned Peacekeeping citizens with "knowledge" find that secular humanitarian idealism is a burden, thus disgruntled security officers allow them access to the networks. Tachyon and Perimeter down!

At this exact moment, Miriam calls a council meeting. Repeal the UN charter. Normally, rational people had not allowed this to pass, but at this desperate moment, anything had to go. Morgan, not wanting nerve gas to be used on his headquarters, and Lal, is the only people who object. Pass. Unfortunately, Miriam is now planetary governor with a huge amount of size 16 Peacekeeper bases. Nerve gas troops mount at UN Headquarters, as a huge investment is made to restore the defences ASAP. Formers quickly construct 4 bunkers around the base

***Peacekeeper Bunker 1***
Things are heating up and the situation is tense. The flood of Believers mounting up just beyond the Bunker is getting critical.

"Uh, sir, they're sending in suicide artillery!"
"What?"
"See those pot bellies the enemy troops have? They are explosives actually. After they give us an artillery round, they are going to self-destruct in."
"Not effective, we are protected!"

**Singularity Fungal Missile Rains In, Causing destruction of sensor arrays and bunkers**

"Uh, oh."
"How did they get that?"
"Bloody University, Lal apparently failed to convince Zhakarov not to station a fungal missile at a base under heavy threat from conversion zealots."

And thus, a good amount of nerve gas allows UN Headquarters to fall to Miriam, wrestling away the Empath Guild and Clinical Immortality. At this moment Zhakarov realises it would have been wise not to support the repeal, despite wanting to use his new Singuarity Quantum Laser Drop Troops on Miriam because Miriam now is a serious candidate for rallying planetwide support and council votes that may install Miriam as de-facto Supreme Leader.

Well something like that. Lets write out the script. Or I just need entertainment. I can't imagine what a real assault would look like. Needlejets, gravships, copters and drop troops! And air transports! And Repair Carriers stationed with 8 Drop Invaders and 8 Choppers!

Or the morale.

Of course this might be a bad idea as it gets horribly maimed in the box office, but hey.

WotanAnubis is offline WotanAnubis
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Jul 2004
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Personally, I'd quite like a movie version of the Unity trip. I know, of course, that the end will be terribly anti-climactic (except, maybe, for the massively exploding spaceship), but I'd just like to see everything leading up to that.

And while the SMAX faction leaders obviously aren't there as major players, it'd be neat to still see them in little cameo's. Like having one of Zak's engineering workforce wearing a uniform with the nametag 'Aki' or something.

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sounds good value

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