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This post will take, quite a while if that, to develope its true diversity. I will try to post and update as much as I can, and Devote some of my spare time to post/update this topic.

Myself and 3 of my friends played this map. With knowledge of the triggers, locations, events, and where to go, we successfully completed the game in 13 tries, and for the final try, we completed it in our fastest time: which was 1 hour and 12 minutes. I expect other players to take longer and have more tries. This game will be long, so only play it when you have time, or unless you save.

All basic/complicated mission triggers are complete. The reason the trigger progress is so low is becuase of the misc triggers. Ex: medkit usage, banning, about 17 messages, and much more other little options. This applies also to the second chapter. The screenies will be a mix of ch.2 and ch.1.

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Station 54 RPG - The Four-Chapter RPG Saga

Well, The friggin' MB space on this forum is less than a freaking USB Importer. I can't load any images on SEN with the little amount of MB for each topic. I will not have pictures for about 2 weeks. So please do not delete this topic
Screenshot Info. at bottom of the topic. Screenies will be in by the weekend of 4/21/08. Details below.

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Description: Station 54 RPG is an action packed/challenging series of RPG's. I will explain each part to this RPG below. To get a basic over view of the series, the first chapter is based in a desert region. All of these RPG's are based on the same planet, by the way. The second chapter is based in a forest/small town/badlands region. The third, is based actually inside the installation. The fourth chapter, is based in the same as the second.

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Storyline

In the year 2038, the earth has been corrupted and broken by chaos, hatred, prejudice, racism, exploition, war, and hell. Millions ran, including the entire SF-FA + 750,000 citizens, and the UGMC + 13 Million Citizens. With their own empires growing, the UGMC has attained the planet Garel, and the SF-FA remain in space, always moving, never stopping. The most elite of the SF-FA are Ryan, Cassie, John, and Nick. These 4 have been sent on uncountable missions, but now it is their biggest one. UGMC mass mobilization has been detected on Garel, and the SF-FA fleet has arrived in orbit to check it out. Long-time allies, the SF-FA and the UGMC had no reason to fight. But, without notice, the SF-FA was attacked by UGMC air forces. over 746,000 civillians died in the attack, and out of the 4,000 remaining, only 738 are soldiers, and of the 738, remain Ryan, Cassie, John, and Nick... During the attack, the team fled on a damaged dropship, and are heading for where the UGMC mobilizations have occured...

This, is their story.

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Universal Characters/Groups/Allies/Enemies/Storyline

SF-FA: Special Forces - First Assault
The characters are a part of the SF-FA, and as the storyline goes on, the SF-FA is soon annihilated.

UGMC: United Garel Mobile Combat Unit
The UGMC is the military that is the hard-core enemy of the SF-FA. Once allies, the UGMC attained a new type of "recourceful" leadership. Because of the power invested in the UGMC, this military has gained a massive army, in which has been used to eliminate the SF-FA.

Characters:
Ryan(Jim Raynor; Marine): Captain of the essentially last squad of the SF-FA by the third chapter. Has the ability to fend for himself. Can confuse enemies easily and escape.
Health: 477 Damage: 23 Armor: 3

John(Alexei Stukov; Ghost): The sniper-guy. He is the second in command for the squad. Has the ability to one-hit-kill any regular soldier, but inflict alot of damage to a boss.
Health: 415 Damage: 32 Armor: 2

Cassie(Sarah Kerrigan; Ghost): The ultimate all-combat chick. Has the ability to inflict massive damage to multiple units.
Health: 525 Damage: 25 Armor: 5

Nick(Samir Duran; Ghost): The protection of the team; has the ability to foresee into unknown area ahead.
Health: 496 Damage: 28 Armor: 4

Devon(Terran Civillian, Does not arrive until second chapter): The smart guy. The only one that essentially open a closed door on chapter three. Has the ability to, well, slaughter everything around him, except his allies. If Devon dies at all in chapter three, the game will end in defeat.
Health: 400 Damage: [Depends on the Skill Used] Armor: 15

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Chapter One: First Strike

Overall Status: 97%

Description: After the assault in space, the team have unwillingly crashed in the desert. The crash has dont severe damage to each of them. So they start out with low HP. THeir main goal is not established until they find out where they are. Once they do, however, they realize one of the station entrances is nearby, and make a move to slaughter any UGMC in their way.

Tileset: Desert
Players: 4
CPU Players: 4
Size: 256x64

Progress:

Terrain: 100%

Triggers: 83%

Ideas: 100%

Units: 100%

Game-Play: 99%

(As in knowledge of how game will be played)

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Features

- New Features from 4/3/08 -
- Use of Medkits
- More Combat Interaction
- Basic Features -
- In-Game Interaction
- Drop attacks
- Complicated Mission Objectives
- Realistic Terrain
- Introduction to storyline and gameplay
- Introduction to overall plot
- Intodruction to main objective of all 4 RPG's

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Missions

Mission #01: Elinmate the Enemy base West from the camp.
The first mission of chapter one of the Station 54 Saga.
Description: Starting at the crashed ship, the team runs into an ally camp, in which the soldiers are SF-FA. The leader of the group informs the team of an enemy base west of their encampment. There are valuable ammo cashes there, and he wants you to clear the area for the soldiers to come in and aquire the munitions.
Actions: After the breif of the mission, the timer is set for 10 minutes. The base must be cleared in 7 minutes.
Victory: For a victory in the mission, all enemy units must be cleared of the base. Once the soldier arrives, he will inform you of a victory or defeat. If the units are cleared and atleast 1 of the team is secured in the base, the mission is completed and the game continues.
Defeat: If the units are not cleared by the time the soldier arrives, the game is ended in a defeat and the players must either remake the RPG or play something else.

Mission #02: Break through the UGMC bloackade to the north.
The second mission of Chapter One
Description: Once the first objective has been successfully completed, the players move through a small pass in between the rocky mountains of the desert. They meet a stranded Refugee of the SF-FA who crash landed here many years ago, and he says he has been trying to find a way past the blockade for months, but the cliffs are too steep and have overhangs at some point. He asks you to eliminate the blockade. The time limit is 15 minutes, and the stranded soldier you find leads you through the third and foruth missions, before death.
Actions: After talking with the soldier, you have 15 minutes to destroy and push through the enemy blockade.
Victory: Break through the blockade in less than 15 minutes. Once the soldier comes, he will inform you of a victory or defeat.
Defeat: if the blockade still stands after the soldier arrives at the scene, it's gameover.

Mission #03: Turning Point
The Climax of Chpater One.
Description: In this mission, the team meets a UGMC general, and he explains why the UGMC have their sights on the station. The general tries to reason with the team, and they actually accept to join him and the UGMC. But, just as the team is about to join with the general... Something happens, and sets the team spiraling into combat...what happened? Play to find out.
Actions: After the breif discussion with the general, an event happens that changes reality of the team. They realize their mistake, and pay for it....
Victory: Survive...
Defeat: Defeat happens when Ryan has died.

Mission #04: Take the base by storm
The Downfall of the UGMC's hold
Description: After the injcident with the UGMC general, the team finds themselves stuck with 2 full defended bases in a row. One sits on top of a plateu, the other is in a gulch. With barley any reinforcements, both bases must be destroyed within 15 minutes.
Actions: After the breif with the SF-FA corporal, the team heads in with 15 minutes on the clock.
Victory: Both bases; fully destroyed; with 02 seconds remaining.
Defeat: All four members dead, OR bases not destroyed withing 15 minutes.

Mission #05: The first strike
The final battle of the first chapter
Description: the team crosses the last bridge before the station... The station is secured, but right as the team makes it to the very ramp leading down to the door...!!!!!!! I can't tell you, It would give away the beggining of the second chapter and the end of the first .
Actions: In the description. Activated on the way in.
Victory: Happens anyway, unless defeat.
Defeat: all members die during the final moments. But how could they die? Everything is dead. Figure it out

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Chpater One Units

Name / Unit / Health / Damage / Armor

Soldier / Marine / 240 / 15 / 3
Corporal / Ghost / 325 / 21 / 4
Artillery / Tank (Sieged) / 1050 / 102 / 12
Heavy Turret / Goliath / 485 / 26 / 5
Tank / Tank / 10530 / 51 / 5
Desert Fox / Zergling / 165 / 9 / 0
Desert Wolf / Hydralisk / 320 / 17 / 4
Elephant / Ultralisk / 1020 / 31 / 9

END BREIF OF CHAPTER ONE: FIRST STRIKE ON GAREL

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Chapter Two: The Project

Overall Status: 75%

Description: This RPG continues the saga from first assault. The team has gone 122 miles away from the desert, and have crash landed near the installation entrance because they were shot down. One hour after the crash UGMC Troopers have moved in on their location. Knowing that UGMC troopers are the most advanced soldiers of the UGMC, they have to be careful with these guys. Their main goal, Get into the installation safely.

Tileset: Badlands
Players: 4
CPU Players: 4
Size: 128x128

Progress:

Terrain: 100%

Triggers: 54%

Ideas: 100%

Units: 32%

Game-Play: 99%

(As in knowledge of how game will be played)

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Features

- Basic Features -
- Use of Medkits
- More Combat Interaction Than Chapter One
- Use of Spells
- In-Game Interaction
- Drop attacks
- Complicated Mission Objectives
- Realistic Terrain
- Computer A.I.

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Missions

Mission #01: Take the Radio Coms. Center
The First Mission of Chapter Two
Description: After the crash of the SF-FA helicopter, the team finds themselves on their way to the Radio Communications Center, due east of their location. A new Member joins the team. His name is Devon, and he can easily fix the RCC, and much more.
Actions: After the beggining breif, the players move east to the RCC.
Victory: Victory is achieved after 10 minutes of Devon fixing the RCC.
Defeat: (Universal): Devon dies (Mission Defeat): Devon dies, the RCC is destroyed.

Mission #02: Find the Randevous Point
The Second Mission of Chapter Two
Description: After the radio coms. center is under SF-FA control, the team is instructed to head southeast to a randevous point with team Alpha. Before Ryan's team crashed, They saw team alhpa crash, too. Since Ryan's team survived, why wouldn't alhpa?
Actions: Orders are sent to the team to move southeast.
Victory: Victory is achieved when the randevous is under control.
Defeat: (Universal): Devon dies (Mission Defeat): Universal Defeat.

Mission #03: Find Team Alpha
The Third and hardest Mission of Chapter Two
Description: Team alpha's helicopter was found crashed in a small patch of woods. Everything burning, even the trees. Team alpha is no where to be found, and time is running out on the SF-FA.
Actions: After the second mission, the players will instinctevly move southwest. The timer is set for 4 minutes. This mission is harder than it looks.
Victory: Victory is achieved when Team alpha is found.
Defeat: (Universal): Devon dies (Mission Defeat): Time runs out.

Mission #04: Assault the gaurds
The last Mission of Chapter Two
Description: After team alpha is found, a large SF-FA team is prepared to assault the installation gaurds. The real entrance is further south, but the SF-FA bo,mbers have blown a hole right through the roof of it. The objective: Get through the hole blown open by the bombers ASAP.
Actions: Timer is set to 9 minutes.
Victory: Victory is achieved when the team gets into the installation.
Defeat: (Universal): Devon dies (Mission Defeat): Team alpha is killed.

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Chpater Two Units

Name / Unit / Health / Damage / Armor
Soldier / Marine / 275 / 18 / 3
UGMC Trooper / Ghost / 450 / 25 / 4
UGMC Trooper / Firebat / 495 / 28 / 9
UGMC Mech / Goliath / 725 / 22 / 15
UGMC Tank / Tank / 1500 / 95 / 25 (Only Three tanks throughout the game)
UGMC Dropship / Valkyrie / 1250 / N/A / 15
SF-FA Helicopter / Dropship / 1350 / N/A / 17
SF-FA Combat Unit / Zealot / 315 / 68 / 7

END BREIF OF CHAPTER TWO: THE PROJECT

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End Comments

These 2 RPG's barley fit into one topic. Soon I will make the second topic, which is chapters three/four possibly. I expect to be doing this tommarow, or even later tonight. It won't be that big of a deal to me, but I will try to get it out there ASAP. I hope to be able to finish these two RPG's by early summer, since that is when they will most likely be done and over with, possibly even released. I will need testers for about oh... two months at a time. I can take 3 testers on east and west. If you would like to become a tester, than please reply to this topic stating you want to.

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Information required to become a tester

If you do not give me this inormation, I will not be able to: Find you for testing, Know what server you're on, and when you're available to test. Also, if you will have friends coming to testing, and if you join the testing game with a different account, I will not know it is you and I will ban you from the game.

Testers

@West

@East

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Screenies

Well, The friggin' MB space on this forum is less than a freaking USB Importer. I can't load any images on SEN with the little amount of MB for each topic.
Well, I guess I will have to wait until the weekend of 4/21/08, so screenies will be coming in by... oh about 4/11-12-13/08.

Post has been edited 49 time(s), last time on Apr 13 2008, 2:28 am by Marine57.

Will this be based at all upon the Station RPs?
What's this going to do new?
Spells?
Characters?
Plot Overview?
Help Wanted?
Ge-

I have a question; is the post showing up for you? because it sure isn't for me for some reason. And i didn't touch the post since i last saw it. Any help??

Never mind, I fixed it.

Post has been edited 1 time(s), last time on Apr 1 2008, 3:36 am by Marine57.

I don't see anything.

Yes, it's disappeared since I read it like five minutes ago.

It should be working now. But if it disappears again, please send me a message as soon as you see it and i will try and fix it again. Thanks.

Candle12345:
Yes and No. The spells are only going to be actually usable on the second, third, and fourth chapters. The first chapter just gives the introduction to series, and is not very complicated. The following chapters, however, get more complicated. For example; the second chapter has use of medkits and 1 spell, unlike the first chapter. In the first chapter you must go to the medics themselves to heal. In the third chapter, there will be 3 spells per character; each unique, none the same. Also use of medkits, door codes, and possibly items that must be used for interaction game-play. The fourth chapter, will be most complicated I hope. The players will know the RPG and storyline, and can easily figure out their objective. I will have atleast 5 spells per charcter, 4 unique and one universal spell. Medkits, ofcourse, and items. Possibly even more interaction between charcters, options for the game, such as difficulty, and/or yes/no options with NPC's.

Characters will have universal health, damage, and armor. I will not change their health amount, damage, or armor on different RPG maps. They will have their own roles, and certain places on each map can only be actiavted, played, etc. by a certain charcter, which, I hope, adds a bit of difficulty in survival.

The plot overview... dang. Well, short and sweet for the moment. The UGMC basically wants the SF-FA out of their buisness, and the only to do that is... well you can guess I bet. The plot really starts to come into play during the second/third chapter. The UGMC has a new project in mind to enhance the skills of their soldiers through experimental surgury; with chemicals and steroids, and tries to keep it a secret. The project was named Project Igorus. Igorus I think was a greek philosopher that believed in enhancemtn in human skills by numbing, taking out, or intesnifying sensitivity to a nerve ending. That is why i chose the name "Project Igorus".

And yes, I might need some help later in the process of the series, just incase I get overflowed with work and need to take a break for a little bit. If i need help, I will send you the maps I'm working on with triggers/terrain/units etc. If you want, ofcourse. I dont want to pressure you . I like to take pride in my work. So do alot of people, but sometimes they don't accept help too often.

Post has been edited 6 time(s), last time on Apr 1 2008, 3:35 am by Marine57.

Thanks for the really good answers, it really helped.
Looks like it'll be fun, the increasing levels of spell complication is an awesome idea, kudos to you on that.

Can't wait to play.

Agreed, Marine57 makes awesome stories for his maps, and the objectives are the type I enjoy.

Candle, I forgot to answer if these were based off of the Station RPs, and what is going to be new.

No, it is not based off of the Station RPs, those have their own little plot design. These RPG's are totally new, and have literally nothing to do with those RP maps. What will be new? On the the third chapter, I am going to make it hard to find their way. I will make seperate sections of the map, and I want these sections to take a while for the player to solve. I will place recordings around each facility, giving hints here and there of where to go. When a recording is activated, the beacon or w/e I use will disappear, giving the player a message themselves that they have already been in this area. That way, they are never lost, technically, but they are never going anywhere as fast as most RPG's, unless they have played it over, and over and over. BUT!! I want to randomize each section the players go to, so that no matter how much they play, they might get a new section of the map they didn't get last time. This will be a challenge for me, since I have never used randomizing triggers before. But, with a little confidence and the need to to get it done, I bet i can compromise .

So no, Candle, these RPG's have nothing to do with the Station RPs and with my previous reply, I have given the other new features these 4 maps have. If you want a description for a particular map, (Chapter One, Two, Three, or Four) then just ask me, and I will be glad to give you what imformation about that map I can. If you want me to post it, I can and will once I have the time. I haven't been posting the rest of First Strike because, well, I haven't had all the glorious time I would like.

I really can't wait to give this a spin.
When done right, installation maps are the epicness, and this is sounding really good.

Well, candle, only one of these RPG maps is an installation. The first is a desert, the second is badlands, and the fourth is also badlands. I was maybe thinking, after the third chapter, the fourth chapter would be the same terrain of chapter 2, just backwards, and it would be harder than chapter 2 itself. Or, I could make it the players exit the installation at anotehr point, and have to run the opposite direction than whence they came from in chapter 2. I promise, I will make chapter 3 insane and awsome, just for you guys on SEN.

But don't expect to be testing any time soon. These maps take a long time each, and I have barley finished chapter one and started chapter two. Chapter three and four I only have the first basic terrain layers accomplished, and besides that, imagine all the triggers each map takes.

I require screenies, even though it sounds good, but you have a habit to mostly just give us storyline details and not gameplay screenshots.

Oh yes, those are coming very shortly. Give me atleast a week, and screenies will be in. But i have a question, should I make the screenies from in-game, like in starcraft, or in the editor? Need a vote so I know what to add in the topic.

In-game gameplay screenshots, noone likes just watching terrain in the Map Production forum, people love action!

Alright. That will have to be done This* weekend, (Im sorry about that, I forgot that this weekend was still comign up) since the computer here can't take screenshots that can be properly loaded onto SEN. I accidently set the program to open with as some image thing, and now they are un previewable, and I can't fix it. Unless I can put on unpreviewable pictures that will show?
Hold, on im going to try and load up a picture onto the topic. How do i load it on? It takes way too long. Do i just browse it and then click attach this? Will the file name come up? How will I know it is on?

Post has been edited 2 time(s), last time on Apr 3 2008, 11:46 pm by Marine57.

Hey when will u get moar info on the other 3 maps? This sounds cool and I want to know about the others, not just the first one

After I list the 4-5 objectives and more details + screenies for the first chapter, I will start to post the second. Becuase there is a limit now on how many characters you use, It might have to be a completely seperate topic, which I don't want to do.

Or two posts. You're lucky I begged IP to raise the character limit to 22,000 from 15,000 .

Yes, I am lucky. Thanks for doing that inferno. I still thought it was still at 15,000.

hey, make a prequal, you know, like what is happening during the suprise attack. I would like to play that and find out how and where the team found the dropship and fled. I think it would be cool to see the inside of one of those ships and see how well you can do with prequals. that'd be awsome, i think.