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[Steve Kort]

Well, I agree.  I've been trying to get contributions for the history as well.  At present, the consensus seems to be that we go back in time to the asteroid strike, make it more destructive, and rebuild things from there.  There's also been some talk of re-making the Imperials to not be such all-around bad guys so they don't have everyone as an enemy right off the bat.

So what's you're opinion of how the history should be rebuilt?  Have you comments on what the players have contributed about it in other threads?

Personally I do not like the idea of re-making the Imperials and here is why.   They make for the ultimate invaders to the land and create a foe that will take everything and everyone to defeat.  Especially if they are set up to send resources back to the Imperial Homeland which I would make as a closed area of the game.  This would make them a potential problem for every faction no matter what there goal is, as they would be taking resources away from the land.  So even religions that might want to avoid conflict would at least avoid assisting them because they are taking needed resources away from this area.  This makes for a very valid enemy for most other factions.  I would see both the Boda and the Roder as highly opposed to them and keeping them in check at all cost.   I agree the Roder should be designed more like the Rohim in the Lord of the Rings. 

This is why I would place the game 60-100 years in the future after another meteor strike, which could have even been religiously motivated like the destruction of the followers of Moorlock.  Explaining the non-existance of the Blood & Fire and Serkenar in the game.   Also further feeding the Banner as religious zealots of the One True God.   Their need to stomp out those of any other faith to prevent this from happening again,  as the One True God struck done the defilers.  This then makes any Heretics a major threat and whether you officially create the Cult of the Dark One as an active faction or the unknown forming faction that the Banner is looking to stomp out.   Rumors of Hidden Shrines and stuff will keep them running all over the place.