void_nothing wrote: ↑2 years ago
That actually sounds pretty fun: Given the mad science aesthetic that's shared I think that if we did this it could be set on a rural backwater part of Bablovia.
WB the spooky
CIA KGB Men in Black and
RW... broad Klingon/Jaffa/Krogan parodies?
If we're going with Bablovia, would we want to involve the original five factions? It would be interesting to see allied colored pairs vs enemy colored pairs, perhaps adding "allied matters" and "enemy matters" mechanics to denote the two side?
In which case the last two enemy pairs should be invaders. Klingon/Predator/Krogan analoge seems about right for
rw, while
wb could be killbots (ha!) dedicated to wiping out organic life because living beings are a scourge and plague, but they keep tripping themselves up on what exactly does it mean to be alive?
However, if we exclude the original five factions, then the last two factions should be defenders of Bablovia. The Men in Black (Guys in Grey?) can be
wb, as you suggested, with their black ops and everything and separate branches unknowingly working against each other; they keep capturing and interrogating each other, convinced the other is an infiltrator/mole. And when they do capture aliens, they believe it to be an elaborate cover-up for something far greater ("I'm telling you, we're here to implant our embryos in your fleshy carcas- "LIES! WHO ARE YOU WORKING FOR?").
rw would have to be Bablovian citizens. Perhaps rural farmers and townsfolk harnessing their domesticated dragons, egg-laying/broiler phoenixes, shepherd griffins and dairy lammasu to fight off the invaders, all with a down-to-earth practicality? "Hey looky here Moe, gots me anuther 'un of those brainy green bugeyes! Let's throw it with the others, see if we can milk 'em or somethin'."
