From ecd6d0b9175e4f039264f68f92b823681d577c7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: DuckManZach <144298822+DuckManZach@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:55:00 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Factions, Antags, and Lore --- src/SUMMARY.md | 1 + src/development/designs/design-doc-lore.md | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 48 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/development/designs/design-doc-lore.md diff --git a/src/SUMMARY.md b/src/SUMMARY.md index 6fd1023..137e2d9 100644 --- a/src/SUMMARY.md +++ b/src/SUMMARY.md @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Development - [Design Pillars](development/design-pillars.md) - [Design Documents](development/designs/design-doc-main.md) - [Greencomms Removal](development/designs/design-doc-remove-common.md) + - [Factions, Antags, and Lore](development/designs/design-doc-remove-common.md) Guides ------ diff --git a/src/development/designs/design-doc-lore.md b/src/development/designs/design-doc-lore.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..14fbebc --- /dev/null +++ b/src/development/designs/design-doc-lore.md @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +Factions, Antags, and Lore +===== +This document details how introducing limited sections of lore around certain elements of the game can improve immersion. This primarily concerns factions and species. + +This concerns only official lore that will be introduced in-game, not people's characters or their own writing. + +## Premise + +The goal of having lore is to make give the station a setting, to make the "world" feel bigger than simply the station you are on, and to provide players with a prompt to work with and expand upon. In the case of antags to make them feel like they are acting on behalf of a faction's interests, rather than just being "John Evil". Additionally, the line between antag and non-antag can be blurred, leading to more dynamic outcomes. + +This document will only briefly touch on certain specifics lore wise, but primarily serve as a guide and for standards. Additionally, it will touch on lore as it pertains to game design, focused primarily on antags, special roles, and theming. + +## Writing Lore + +Lore should focus on providing a background or explanation to certain parts of the game. Things written should be a brief, broad overview, like the first few paragraphs of a wikipedia page. It should not be long, monotonous, or overly detailed. One page maximum. + +Lore should not be restrictive, people should easily be able to integrate their existing stories into any proposed lore. It is a building block for people who want it, not an all-encompassing document on how characters should be written. + +Lore documents should be mostly self contained. They should not concern miscellaneous events which don't concern any specific portion of the game (ie. a random battle between The Syndicate and Nanotrasen) + +## Factions + +There are decidedly 4 major factions: +- Nanotrasen +- The Syndicate and their member organizations +- SolGov (Owners of earth and the Sol System) +- Galatic Liberation Front (Name pending but some sort of revolutionary faction, USSP deemed to memey(decide on something before you merge this)) + +These main factions are not necessarily the *largest factions* in the setting. However, they are the ones most involved in the current situation with Nanotrasen. + +There are also various minor factions that exist within the game, more can be added via PR's to the main repo. + +Any factions, major, or minor should include all the following: +- A clear ideology, principles, or objective +- Distinct theming from any existing faction +- Some form of significant presence in-game +- A guidebook page detailing all the above + +Just because all of the above are qualified does not mean the faction will be accepted automatically, any new faction is subject to review by maintainers. + +A faction may be accepting lacking some of the above, given that there is reason to believe that other qualifying factors will be added later on. + +## Antagonist Integration + +Antags should rarely ever be "guy that is evil", they should be associated with a faction of some form wherever possible. Their objectives, equipment, and otherwise should also be associated with the faction as well. By tying antags to be closer associated to a specific faction, it gives better prompting to how the antag should and their motivations beyond just what their objectives entail. + +The line between antag and non-antag should be blurred, leading to situations where there is uncertainty and room for intrigue, this can produced varied and exciting outcomes and slows down many of the potential knee-jerks that can happen between crew and outsiders. \ No newline at end of file From 04e10b123a1f10248ec9c40c61130dbe532858d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: DuckManZach <144298822+DuckManZach@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:02:15 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Apply suggestions from code review Co-authored-by: Nyxilath --- src/development/designs/design-doc-lore.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/development/designs/design-doc-lore.md b/src/development/designs/design-doc-lore.md index 14fbebc..c673817 100644 --- a/src/development/designs/design-doc-lore.md +++ b/src/development/designs/design-doc-lore.md @@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ Lore documents should be mostly self contained. They should not concern miscella There are decidedly 4 major factions: - Nanotrasen -- The Syndicate and their member organizations -- SolGov (Owners of earth and the Sol System) +- The Syndicate and their constituents +- SolGov - Galatic Liberation Front (Name pending but some sort of revolutionary faction, USSP deemed to memey(decide on something before you merge this)) These main factions are not necessarily the *largest factions* in the setting. However, they are the ones most involved in the current situation with Nanotrasen. From 3dd33370dd1893a7bb71422d97745dfcce101a49 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: DuckManZach <144298822+DuckManZach@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2026 12:45:50 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] faction name --- src/development/designs/design-doc-lore.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/development/designs/design-doc-lore.md b/src/development/designs/design-doc-lore.md index c673817..debe914 100644 --- a/src/development/designs/design-doc-lore.md +++ b/src/development/designs/design-doc-lore.md @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ There are decidedly 4 major factions: - Nanotrasen - The Syndicate and their constituents - SolGov -- Galatic Liberation Front (Name pending but some sort of revolutionary faction, USSP deemed to memey(decide on something before you merge this)) +- Galactic Independence Coalition These main factions are not necessarily the *largest factions* in the setting. However, they are the ones most involved in the current situation with Nanotrasen.