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Re: History of San Hermanos[message #327442]
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Fri, 01 November 2013 13:37
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Shanga |
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Registered:January 2000 Location: Danubia |
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My 2c...
We need to leave out the grand "US vs USSR" scheme to the background and focus on a local conflict. After all it's a small island, it's not like it's Cuba. I imagine our island something like Comoros islands:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/comorosandmayotte/1365909/Mercenaries-killed-in-Comoros-coup-attempt.html
Just read the above, it's a superb source for any merc story. Here are the gems I found that are almost like take out JA2:
- Col Bob Denard, a notorious French mercenary and a former car mechanic.
- Comoros - a remote and fractious country off Mozambique in east Africa.
- Since the Comoros voted for independence from France in 1975 there have been more than 20 coups or attempted coups.
- The apparent coup attempt was launched in the island of Moheli in the early hours by about 20 French-speaking soldiers wearing balaclavas.
And to top that out... this:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/comorosandmayotte/1352366/French-mercenary-is-behind-nudist-coup.html
Quote:THE steely reputation of France's best-known mercenary, Bob Denard, may have suffered a terminal blow with a report that he has branched out into running a nudist colony. (..) It was M Philippo, an expert in camouflage, who reportedly organised the infiltration of the resort while it was under control of its former management.
This is a pure CLASSIC of how a mercenary story should be told. It's... perfect.
Denard is the epitome of the 90's mercenary. As said here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/16/world/europe/16denard.html?_r=0
Quote:PARIS, Oct. 15
[Updated on: Fri, 01 November 2013 13:48] by Moderator Report message to a moderator
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Re: History of San Hermanos[message #327602]
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Mon, 04 November 2013 18:44
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Sam Hotte |
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Messages:1966
Registered:March 2009 Location: Middle of Germany |
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MaalstroomSamy perhaps you don't see good enough!
No need to get personal.
As Grim said, there is no morale judgment given (There isn't even any specific action told that we could judge upon). You are just speculating, interpreting what you (want to) see here, claiming this to be truth and facts then.
Hell, my eyesight seems far better than yours ...
Agreeing with shanga, that it will be a matter of how this translates into gameplay and actual storyline.
I disagree that it'd be necessarily boring and had to be avoided.
Imagine an at least two folded storyline where both superpowers had their share of seemingly good and seemingly bad things in the story and presenting the player the possibility to accept or decline offers from both sides, with influence on further gameplay and story, maybe side with one of them, maybe later "defect" to other side, use them both for your own purposes.
But I do see, that this might be quite difficult to achieve in terms of good and balanced game play, so it may be easier to avoid this at all.
[Updated on: Mon, 04 November 2013 19:03] by Moderator Report message to a moderator
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Sergeant Major
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Re: History of San Hermanos[message #327627]
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Tue, 05 November 2013 03:14
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DaethWalker |
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Messages:98
Registered:September 2003 Location: Rocky Point, NC |
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Actually I don't see why it has to have any connection to realworld events. Many games have been based on alternate realities.
It could be the "Confederate States of America" vs. the "Roman Empire", etc...
It basically depends on how close to the original JA they want to get and if memory serves me, very little realworld events were mentioned in any of the other games, except for backgrounds on mercs with military experience.
They could have both the USA and USSR involved as minor players for background. But for whatever is happening during the timeline, none of it has to actually reflect real history. In fact, Shanga nailed it with the Col. Denard background.
The crazier the story is, the better, cause as history teaches us, this world is full of nutjobs and the headlines are full of stories that are way to bizarre to be true, but are.
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