Hero_Zero wrote:

When you say "faction" does that imply a playable race?

No, I was implying that it would be its own group of NPC critters just like the other groups of being developed for the game. I can see where that might have been unclear because that word is often uniquely used to describe player groupings in MMOs.

But I suppose if such a NPC group existed a player could then create an android character whose background is related to that group in some fashion...

If there is a place to test out our powers, we could use him as a target dummy.

[Font=lucida bright]AIko[/font] says "Hi!" ^_^

Hmm...

In one of the darker, emptier sections of the mostly abandoned industrial district of Ironport is a hidden faction of eyeless, featureless blue androids. Their origins are obscure, but it is believed they are the result of experiments by the late 21st Century Turing Machine researcher Dr. Roddian to create a fully rational mechanical human devoid of emotion. People who encounter these androids refer to them as "Odos" because of an odd sound their joints make when they move. There are rumored to be several hundred Odos inhabiting two abandoned factories and one abandoned warehouse. Recently talk on the street has it that one of the factories has been refitted to mass produce others of their kind with the intent to create for themselves a fully realized political status as sentient beings.

Mission One: Identify the Odo leader

Go to the abandoned warehouse in Ironport where the Odo seem to be living. Attempt to interview several of them and find out who leads them. If possible, make contact with the leader and determine their intent. (Talk to 5 Odo)

After talking to five Odo the player learns the leader of the Odo calls himself Daneel Olivaw based on a character created by Isaac Asimov.

When they interview Daneel Olivaw, he asks for their support in gaining political recognition for his people.

If the player agrees, the meeting is attacked by a group of red Odo that break in through a wall behind Daneel Olivaw. During the battle some of the red Odo kidnap Daneel Olivaw and flee the scene. On one of the destroyed red Odo the player finds a book, "Silicon Rising", by someone named "Adam Selene". The address on the back cover is for a publishing house in a section of Charleston that runs between territory controlled by The Black Rose on one side and the Five Dragons on the other, yet claimed by neither.

If the player disagrees, they are attacked by blue Odos. If they defeat Daneel Olivaw and his followers they are given a choice:
Destroy Daneel Olivaw
Destroy the Odo stronghold and every Odo inhabiting it
Call in the TCPD to lock down the Odo warehouse and investigate further

At the publishing house the first floor reception seems ordinary enough, but an odd photo hangs on the wall behind the reception desk. It features a man in a lab coat standing between two Odos, one blue and one red. The Odos are displayed in large containers that vaguely resemble high-quality coffins with plush lining. When the player asks the receptionist about it she replies, "That's our founder, Dr. Anson with two androids he purchased from the estate of Dr. Roddian after his death. Unfortunately, neither of them worked. Dr. Anson himself passed away before he could figure out how to make them functional."

As the player leaves they are ambushed by red Odos shouting, "Adam Selene lives!" and "Olivaw is a traitor!"

After the ambush, win or lose, the player returns to their initial contact to report their findings. The contact is troubled and sends them to confer with Prof. Gordon at the University. Prof. Gordon is a specialist in interpersonal relations with a strong interest in human-AI relations.

Mission Two: Save Daneel Olivaw

At the University Prof. Gordon shows them another copy of Adam Selene's book, describing it as "robotic version of Mein Kampf". "Whoever wrote this book is a danger to us all. You'd best take a closer look at the publisher."

Back at the publisher the player finds the receptionist desk empty, so they head upstairs. Every upper floor is a battleground with red and blue Odos locked in fierce combat. The blues appear to be losing. The player jumps in and after helping defeat the reds the blues tell him, "Find Daneel Olivaw! He's somewhere in the building!"

On the top floor the player encounters Daneel Olivaw strapped to a table with a red standing over him in the midst of a monologue about how he will lead the Odo to take over Ironport, then Titan City, and maybe even the entire world. Daneel Olivaw interrupts from time to time begging for patience as he seeks to negotiate recognition of the Odo people by the human race. At one point he says, "Our own father was human, Adam! If you hate them, you hate him."

After the player defeats Adam Selene they are given a choice:
Destroy Adam Selene
Destroy both Adam Selene and Daneel Olivaw
Take Adam Selene to Dr. Gordon for rehabilitation