Hello there
So!
I’m Avio Yaken and I’m probably the most qualified person to discuss this idea with you because I myself have done exactly what you’re proposing here.
Which is fine! Happy to see and help more people do something similar. I’m the writer and owner behind the Raata Zaibatsu, my own little NPC faction i built up and use for a backdrop for my main, Avio Yaken. As well as world building around in the form of news articles
After reading this post and a few others on the forums…I take it English isn’t your first language. So I’m gonna work though your post and try and help you out and give you some advice.
Let’s get into it!
I assume your asking if there is anyone out there interested in joining you in making this faction and even becoming an active character in it. Frankly, your best bet is finding a friend or doing it all yourself (In my case I’m a one man operation for the Raata Zaibatsu)
I wouldn’t worry about recruiting outsiders until you’ve layed down some groundwork for your faction. Don’t just pitch this idea - actually make it a reality first and then start worrying about getting people in ( if you want)
Don’t do this
First off you don’t want any kind of goal like this unless you’re actually planning on building up an armada of players and actually take systems by force, evict people,and take their custom offices
Otherwise, you’ll find a lack of support for this goal. If you present a goal like this, players you recruit are gonna expect you actually forming fleets and taking people on in PVP.
Keep it small my dude…For the Raata Zaibatsu I’ve planted them on a single planet in a low security system and have them expand by purchasing more land on that planet
You also DO NOT WANT A ENDING, rather you want this faction to just exist. Nobody that RPs in EVE is looking for an ending unless it’s a conclusion to a story arc. Your faction should not be just one big story arc, it should be a platform FOR story arcs.
I’m not saying this to be a dick - but create them and play them yourself.
The Zaibatsu has roughly 30 NPCs that i play as. These characters are ALL the CEOs of the corporations in the Zaibatsu (Which are the “main” characters of the Zaibatsu’s story) and all the side characters scattered about.
What this does, is give you CONTROL of your faction. It gives YOU control of your vision and you never have to worry about some ■■■■■■■■■■■■ going “You know what? I’m bored of this” and ditching you like you talk about here
So this is where making these main characters yourself pays off, because then you never have to worry about someone not pulling their weight. It’s up to YOU to keep that ■■■■ moving.
Also you don’t want to do this…Two or three co-authors is fine and dandy, but you get 10? Bro that’s a nightmare you’re asking for. Assuming one of the 10 is you, 9 other people mean 9 other visions for this faction of yours that you gotta work in.
Not everyone shares the same picture you got in your head for this faction…You gotta write out most of this ■■■■ yourself first, and take ideas from other people later. You might find yourself aruging with these 9 other heads about what the faction should be before you even get to the actual story.
For all the bad rep EVE online gets for it being a game full of backstabers, scoundrels and ner-do-wells. You ain’t really got to worry about roleplayers snatching up your RP idea. ANd if they do? All you gotta do is point to the post where you present the idea and go “This bastard plagiarized my ■■■■”
Then again, can’t think of an instance where that has happened, so you’re safe.
Stay the ■■■■ away from Earth
That’s just pro advice I’m spitting out. Not even advanced roleplayers try to work earth into their RP.
The thing about the EVE online Universe is that it’s the hyper future where humanity has advanced thousands and thousands of years away from Earth. The EVE Gate collapse cut off humanity from that planet and every human colony that got established in New Eden got plunged into a dark age.
Nobody in New Eden knows what Earth is…There IS however a theory that all of humanity came from one source. That source however is unknown and loaded with it’s own theories.
Just stay away from Earth…And You’ll certainly alienate people if you try and shoehorn in an explanation like “Oh this faction kept records of Earth’s existence”
Just don’t
Step away from Earth and focus on New Eden…
…Plausible
I’m not an expert in Amarrian lore, but this is a possible reality for the backstory of this faction. I’m gonna let a more experienced lore nerd question the integrity of this idea.
It should be fine though…Even more so if your people here were small in number and got enslaved and tossed into another demographic of ethnicity down the road.
Again, not an expert.
Two things
Firstly…Pointing back up to my idea of making the 10 main characters yourself - Don’t make them Capsuleers. Instead, make them baseliners (non-Capsuleers basically). Capsuleers are bit of a rare breed that undergo years of training and advanced schooling. Have you and your players that join you be the actual Capsuleers of the faction.
out of the 30 characters in the Zaibatsu - only 2 are Capsuleers.
Done
Just begin, the rest is easy.
If you have any questions you wanna ask, just replay and I’ll try and get to you when i can.