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Subject: Writer's Block! Need ideas
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So far this is the story...

[start story:]
"Sir, we have incoming hostiles" the marine reported. "Scramble Fox and Viper teams," Fox Davion ordred "we cant allow them past our lines.". "Yes sir! Fox team report to 'mech bay three Viper team report to 'mech bay five, breifing will be on the go." the marine transmitted.

Ty walked into 'mech bay three of the Hikaru and gazed up at his Madcat Mk.III, he kneeled and whisperd an oath of protection. He climbed up the gantries encageing his Battlemech, he slowly lowerd himself into the cocpit and settled the neuro helmet onto his head.
"Sytems initializing.
Power plant...switch on. Power to operational parameters. Go.
Gyros...running...up to speed.
Engine...Ready to engage.
Targeting system and HUD. Go.
Comm system. Go.
Tactical. On.
Weapons systems:
PPC's. Weapons on safe, power nominal, green light.
SRM's. Loaded. Online.
LRM's. Loaded. Online.
Auto-Cannon. Loaded. On safe.
Lasers, power connect green.
Core temp. Green.
Safeties set...
Gantries unfolded, opening bay door.
Armstrong thrusters are functioning at 100%."
the female computer voice acknowledged. "Roger, Fox leader out." With that Ty and his team punched the throtle and blasted into the blue. Fox Davion watched from the bridge and silently wished them luck.

Ty armed the vulcan cannons on the side of his 'mechs cocpit and opened up a comm link whith the Hikaru. "Fox leader we have three incoming hostiles flying much to fast to possibly be a Battlemech. The size of the bogies indicates anything from small recon craft to heavy fighters. Your mission: take them out, good luck." with that the comm officer signed off. Ty notified Fox and Viper teams of the incoming threat. Aproximately 2 minutes later one of Viper team reported a bogie at 2 'oclock, all pilots made corse corrections and armed their weapons, the battle was about to begin.

Suddenly a volly of Holly SRMs rained down from above, a PPC lanced through the clouds hitting a Sparrow in the shoulder. The light 'mech burst into flame. The ruby red beam of a medium laser cut through the air, Ty narrowly missed it. He banked up and rose above the clouds, "There! Calaman bogies two hundred meters to my 3 o'clock." Ty reported. "Roger," called his wingman "moving in to cover you. Jenkins, Hanson get your asses up here and cover the bosses rear.". "Fox leader to all elements verified one Corsair and two Thrushes, take them out boys." with that he arrowed tword the Corsair fireing Hellbat SRMs all the way...
[end story]

So as you can see it is set in the Battletech universe which some people have only experinced through the Mech Assult franchise and not the books, I pity them. Anyway I need some ideas for what happens next. Anyone?

Don't point out spelling errors I havent run it through spell check yet

[Edited on 1/13/2005 4:55:01 PM]

  • 01.13.2005 4:47 PM PDT

'Home is behind, The world ahead, And there are many paths to tread, Through shadow, to the edge of night, Until the stars are all alight, Mist and shadow, Cloud and shade, All shall fade, All shall...Fade'
Reiginko

well i dont knwo liek jack about the whole mech assuult stuff but you can go into detail about the Hellbat SRMs that the guy just shot off going off and hitting the bad guys and how the bad guy dude doged them or how they poissbly could have hit him but maybe not as bad to where he is still alive but very weakly and then you can go off and explain your friendlies having troubles against the badguys and how maybe some of them die and maybe you can explain what is going on through their heads as they are battleing

well i hope this helps. Not sure if it will or not as i know nothing of mech assult and yea

  • 01.13.2005 5:10 PM PDT
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Thats good for short tearm but I'm looking for a long term idea or plot line. So far I've been makeing it up as I go.

  • 01.13.2005 5:24 PM PDT

'Home is behind, The world ahead, And there are many paths to tread, Through shadow, to the edge of night, Until the stars are all alight, Mist and shadow, Cloud and shade, All shall fade, All shall...Fade'
Reiginko

ahh well in that case maybe you could have some type of story line to where like some intellagence people find somthing important and its like some type of secret weapon or some type of artifact that can help end the war (im guessing its a war thing thats goign on) and the main char and maybe a few others have to go in search of it and like maybe lots of bad things happen to them on the way maybe one of them dies. Maybe this artifact type thing could be over across in enemy lines or somthing along those lines. I hope now maybe that will help maybe im not sure just pulling stuff out of nowhere.

  • 01.13.2005 6:39 PM PDT
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How about after he destroys the enimies a virus is downloaded into the entire mech army causing them to overheat and fry there internal systems. And also disabling them from start-up. Your main character would then have to use an old style mech that didn't have the same command interface that the new 'fried' ones use.

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  • 01.13.2005 6:45 PM PDT