Goonhub
12-15-2016, 09:06 AM
Well actually cirrial, it's actually a little more indistinct than that. I suppose i'll have to dust off my .txt file of "martian mode three point oh" where I outlined the actual mode itself. It diverges pretty majorly from Molly's original post, and is fleshed out. I'll post it later today.
Basically it boils down to a numbers game and it forces the martians to teamplay, because if they don't teamplay, they'll get fucking screwed by the crew, majorly. The mode encourages abduction/hostage scenarios, but murder is a definite option. Essentially the meatgrinder which they stick the captured in is a information processing machine and these guys are looking for dirt from nanotrasen, with the offshoot that the bodies act as some form of biofuel for material produciton. They're essentially murderous alien spies.
But that means that different crew will be ranked depending on what they know. Example would be the Captain, who would be ranked the highest, and would be "worth" the most. But he's also a threat. As is Security, who are also ranked high, and other heads. So it comes down to moments of conflict where "do we kill the captain?" or "do we need him" and that requires clear communication with other martians. Dead bodies are worth less points. Essentially their greatest strengths are also their greatest weaknesses. It'd be very much a unique mode.
There's also average crewmembers, such as the humble chef, who might "know" shit about nanotrasen, and they become designiated targets at the start of the round, to mix it up. "Why are they going after the chef?"
But without rambling, i'll post more later tonight.
Basically it boils down to a numbers game and it forces the martians to teamplay, because if they don't teamplay, they'll get fucking screwed by the crew, majorly. The mode encourages abduction/hostage scenarios, but murder is a definite option. Essentially the meatgrinder which they stick the captured in is a information processing machine and these guys are looking for dirt from nanotrasen, with the offshoot that the bodies act as some form of biofuel for material produciton. They're essentially murderous alien spies.
But that means that different crew will be ranked depending on what they know. Example would be the Captain, who would be ranked the highest, and would be "worth" the most. But he's also a threat. As is Security, who are also ranked high, and other heads. So it comes down to moments of conflict where "do we kill the captain?" or "do we need him" and that requires clear communication with other martians. Dead bodies are worth less points. Essentially their greatest strengths are also their greatest weaknesses. It'd be very much a unique mode.
There's also average crewmembers, such as the humble chef, who might "know" shit about nanotrasen, and they become designiated targets at the start of the round, to mix it up. "Why are they going after the chef?"
But without rambling, i'll post more later tonight.