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NPC Zombies! (Halloween 2015)
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Swiftstrike1
Swiftstrike Incorporated
#1 - 2014-12-03 15:35:04 UTC
This is a suggestion for an "interactive" NPC faction. What do I mean by interactive? The number and strength of NPCs to spawn in a region would be directly proportional to the number of capsuleers podded in that region recently!

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What happens to frozen corpses left behind after a battle? Perhaps they are scooped up by some of New Eden's more morbid capsuleers. Perhaps they are collected by Sleepers and stashed away in yet to be discovered exploration sites. Perhaps they are simply deleted by the server after 2 hours... but perhaps something altogether more sinister happens.

We all know that when we get podded our characters are downloaded into a new clone and life goes on, but what if there was something left behind? Some trace of our skills and experience just waiting to be... reactivated.

Who could possibly be responsible for this terrifying act? There are many theories, but the most plausible is that some combination of Rogue Drone and Sansha technologies are responsible. To the Rogue Drones we are simply biological machines. If anyone could "repair" the minds of deceased capsuleers it would be them, but how to harvest that skill and experience...? Only Sansha's Nation have the technology to dominate and manipulate the human mind so completely. Is it possible that the Rogue Drones may have stolen the secrets of mind control from Sansha?

Only one thing is certain. The dead are refusing to stay dead, and they seem to have a grudge against the living!


Feature Mechanics
  • Each player to get podded in region X will lead to the spawning of an "NPC Zombie"
  • The strength of the NPC will be proportional to the Skill Points of the deceased player
  • The "type" of NPC will match one of the ship types the deceased player was able to fly (e.g. AF --> NPC Elite Frigate)

    • If done right, this could be a hilarious Halloween special next year. If done really well, this could be an entirely new and persistent faction or storyline Big smile

    Casual Incursion runner & Faction Warfare grunt, ex-Wormholer, ex-Nullbear.