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- Grim - 12-15-2006
Finally, I got something pretty solid and substantial to work with. I've actually been planning to write one of these fics for quite a while now, but I never got around to actually starting. This upcoming Christmas break should do this stalled project something good. I'm excited and all because this is my first fic, and the plot's something that really interests me (even though I may not know a whole lot about it).
Basically, it's about a revolution, set in a gritty fictional country much like Panama or Cuba, circa 2170 and sometime before the Great Destruction. There's a typically abusive overlord/government, and an equally typical guerilla/resistance group moving in the shadows trying to take the beauracracy down and restore balance to things. The technology that'll be used in the story will borrow mostly from the AC series. That means Armored Cores, Muscle Tracers, highly destructive weapons and the lot. None of that super futuristic and highfaluting Pulverizer stuff though; I'll base this one closer to the ground, maybe use the beginnings of AC technology. I might also bring in some concepts from the Front Mission series, including the Wanzer-type mechs and some other things. Pretty basic stuff, but from there I could always get more creative with the characters and settings and whatnot. The refreshing Hispanic/tropical rainforest locales can guarantee that much, hehe.
What really dries out Armored Core's usual storylines in my opinion is the lack of the human element. Most of populace of the planet is almost always dead, or forced underground or into drab, gray cities because of the Great Destruction. Human bodies don't even show themselves in almost all of the games in the series. It's always through ACs and AC battles that the story is told. Now while that is pretty much how things should be from a gameplay standpoint (as ACs are the whole point of the game), it's not terribly exciting to write about. One can only go so far with explosions and fireworks after all. What this project needs is an injection of human emotions, thoughts, wills, etcetera, not cold voices speaking over communication links in their war machines. So what I'll set out to do here is to always incorporate the characters in the glorious mecha battles. It should be fun.
About the characters themselves, I'll try to steer away from the very scratched and used profile of a teenage Raven prodigy or something like that, no offense to those who find that appealing (coincidentally, I won't really call them Ravens, rather something else, I just haven't figured it out yet). Maybe a gruff 40something war veteran who's at the end of his useful life in the resistance or something like that. And a band of crazy and kooky mercenaries to back him up. Love interests will most likely be in there as well, maybe as a part of the aforementioned mercenary crew. Or I could do a whole gender reversal and let a female take the lead for once, but that'll be doubly hard since I'm not a female myself, and I'll mostly be writing this from my own conceptions of what the character should be like. Bad guys may come in the form of either super-fit and battled-tested biological experiments or really fat dictators smoking cigars. Lolz I don't know. I'm having fun just thinking and brainstorming ideas up.
As I said earlier, I don't know a whole lot about this setting yet. The sights, the sounds, the smells of that specific setting are a bit unknown to me, and they'll need some researching on my part. I'm not entirely proficient on weapon science either, like guns and rifles and all other sorts of conventional human weaponry. Reading up on the histories of such figures such as Che Guevara and Fidel Castro might help a lot though, haha. But you know, that's the thing with writing fiction: when things take a turn to something you're not entirely embedded in, you can always invent, and no one will be the wiser.
Some of this stuff was really inspired by playing games like Front Mission 4 (which I've not finished, Mr. Hellraiser) and Just Cause, among other things. The rest came from my imagination, hehe.
Again, I may have the time to start on this sometime this Christmas break, but even that's not set in stone yet. I'll see.
So... what do you guys think?
- strawhat_luffy - 12-15-2006
I've thought of using a fic of the time before the GD, but I never got around to it. That is a good idea...I would love to read it. also the "teenage raven prodigy" is not something your going to see in my fic. he will...not be very heroic in chap 4, lets just say that.
- Crimson - 12-15-2006
I see this Fic going places. In my time of reading fics at ACO and here, I have witnessed some great writings and plots, and I see that yours show promise. Although I dont have the creative juices (lol) to write my own fic, I would love to read this.
and I DEMAND a role in the plot, lol
If you do pick me, pm me with any details you may want.
- Fox - 12-17-2006
Alright, so this is what you've been working on these past few weeks. I thought it would be something like that medieval thing you mentioned but a bit more modern.
I confess i'm intrigued by the idea of a post-modern war setting. And it's set before the Great Destruction? Coolness!
When will the first chapter be up?
- Grim - 12-17-2006
<!--QuoteBegin-Fox+Dec 17 2006, 01:58 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Fox @ Dec 17 2006, 01:58 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> When will the first chapter be up? [/quote:c4db094868]
Maybe tonight, or tomorrow. It'll mostly be just a prologue of the thing, setting things in their places and stuff like that.
Thanks for the comments guys.
- Lunar - 12-18-2006
Nice idea, is all I can say. I'm looking forward to that prologue.
A good introduction would be to gradually set the scene for the rest of the fic. You don't have to introduce the main characters immediately, (think FFXII), but gradually through the first five or so chapters. Just try to do a quick run-down on the current situation of the world then move into the rest of the fic.
- Grim - 12-18-2006
<!--QuoteBegin-Lunar+Dec 18 2006, 04:46 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Lunar @ Dec 18 2006, 04:46 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> A good intro would be to gradually set the scene for the rest of the fic. You don't have to introduce the main characters immediately, (think FFXII), but gradually through the first five or so chapters. Just try to do a quick run-down on the current situation of the world then move into the rest of the fic. [/quote:357eee4b2c]
Yep, that's exactly what I did. I'm finishing it up right now, I may get to post it sometime later this evening/early tomorrow morning. No characters yet, just a very brief 'situationer' to put things into their proper places.
- Fox - 12-18-2006
<!--QuoteBegin-Grimlok+Dec 18 2006, 07:53 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Grimlok @ Dec 18 2006, 07:53 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Lunar+Dec 18 2006, 04:46 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Lunar @ Dec 18 2006, 04:46 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> A good intro would be to gradually set the scene for the rest of the fic. You don't have to introduce the main characters immediately, (think FFXII), but gradually through the first five or so chapters. Just try to do a quick run-down on the current situation of the world then move into the rest of the fic. [/quote:77a0f92ed2]
Yep, that's exactly what I did. I'm finishing it up right now, I may get to post it sometime later this evening/early tomorrow morning. No characters yet, just a very brief 'situationer' to put things into their proper places. [/quote:77a0f92ed2]
I'll be eagerly awaiting this one.
I have a proposal though. I'm setting "Wings" around a hundred and fifty years after the Great Destruction. Is it okay if i reference some of the events in your fic in my mine? Some sort of tie-in or something like that.
- Grim - 12-19-2006
Arg... as I told Mr. Palafox today, school gets in the way of fic writing. Big time.
No worries though, my Christmas break officially starts tomorrow. I'm not going to say anymore when I'll post the prologue though, stating a deadline always seems to make sure that it won't be met, for me anyways.
By the way, that's a cool idea Fox. I'd love to see how you'd weave in some of the references in your story.
- Fox - 12-20-2006
As i told, Mr. Lagula, Wings is set around a century-and-a-half after the Great Destruction. I'll just be adding several comments about how that event affected the Earth's ecology and how humanity was forced to move underground after it, thus setting the scene for the events in AC3 and Nexus.
Post the prologue, post the prologue, post the prologue, post the prologue, post the prologue, post the prologue,post the prologue, post the prologue, post the prologue, post the prologue, post the prologue, post the prologue, post the prologue, post the prologue, post the prologue, post the prologue, post the prologue, post the prologue, post the prologue, post the prologue, post the prologue.
You get the idea.
- wanzerfreak - 01-01-2007
Quote:About the characters themselves, I'll try to steer away from the very scratched and used profile of a teenage Raven prodigy or something like that, no offense to those who find that appealing (coincidentally, I won't really call them Ravens, rather something else, I just haven't figured it out yet). Maybe a gruff 40something war veteran who's at the end of his useful life in the resistance or something like that. And a band of crazy and kooky mercenaries to back him up. Love interests will most likely be in there as well, maybe as a part of the aforementioned mercenary crew. Or I could do a whole gender reversal and let a female take the lead for once, but that'll be doubly hard since I'm not a female myself, and I'll mostly be writing this from my own conceptions of what the character should be like. Bad guys may come in the form of either super-fit and battled-tested biological experiments or really fat dictators smoking cigars. Lolz I don't know. I'm having fun just thinking and brainstorming ideas up.
Southpaw would be the perfect AC for that guy.
- Grim - 01-01-2007
Harharhar... trying to snag a leading role are we?
Nah, I figured the guy needs an original AC... with camo.
Chapter 1 is well underway. Well underway being equal to 2 pages. Lol!
- Serene - 01-01-2007
Hehe, standard AC...