Serious HL2RP∞ Screenshot Thread

[MaXenzie]

I'll listen to whatever Raiden has to say but for the love of god in heaven those titles have to change

Especially SeC, whoever came up with that gem should have a dagger plunged through their skull.

Also, did you mean 'Close Air Support' when you said CAS?

nope iirc it was the Civil Authority Section/Squad

the political infighting got to the point where some CPs had made their own informal squad that policed other CPs and very quickly became a IC clique that bullied and strongarmed to get what it wanted

notably my character and @Raiden 's characters fucking hated each other, and killing every CP in CAS was one of the few things that made us bipartisan
iirc we set a trap in a checkpoint and blew them the fuck up and blamed it on rebels

 

[Thood74]

nope iirc it was the Civil Authority Section/Squad

the political infighting got to the point where some CPs had made their own informal squad that policed other CPs and very quickly became a IC clique that bullied and strongarmed to get what it wanted

notably my character and @Raiden 's characters fucking hated each other, and killing every CP in CAS was one of the few things that made us bipartisan
iirc we set a trap in a checkpoint and blew them the fuck up and blamed it on rebels

Thats why a formal structure for internal policing or, better yet, involving an external faction/factions so the entire thing doesn't become an insular affair would be a good idea. The way you handled it is creative and dramatic, but it sounds more like the entire factions just fighting itself with no external involvement. Like the Combine is beating itself up at the foundations while everything above it and the oppressed themselves just watches.

Having a way for the Resistance, Citizens or other elements of the Combine get in on this in a satisfying way would make it sound like a decent deal but City 24 isn't going to last forever and after everything established for it is gone and its Combine Vs Rebels fighting to accomplish their narrative objectives and overcome the other there isn't going to be room for stuff like this. Theres already been internal disputes without involving a High Command structure that has people fighting for power anyways.

 

[Numbers]

I think if rebels had a high command structure it'd be worth a shot

 

[MaXenzie]

I think if rebels had a high command structure it'd be worth a shot

next map we should trial high command that would be kinda based i think

 

[Deleted member 38]

I think if rebels had a high command structure it'd be worth a shot

ok ill start murdering other rebels when im back hows that sound

 

[MaXenzie]

ok ill start murdering other rebels when im back hows that sound

u cant theyre too augmented due to being high ranking

sorry that's just the way it is

 

[Deleted member 38]

u cant theyre too augmented due to being high ranking

sorry that's just the way it is

they cant augment their way out of an IED

 

[MaXenzie]

they cant augment their way out of an IED

200hp/200armor

 

[Rabid]

Sorry my augmented dark matter sheathed transhuman cock blocks 90% of the IED damage (I am unharmed)

 

[MaXenzie]

Sorry my augmented dark matter sheathed transhuman cock blocks 90% of the IED damage (I am unharmed)

the glory days of an admin hitting the V key at mach 6 the moment they see a threat to go
[LOOC] WOAH WOAH WOAH THIS IS S2RP

 

[Thood74]

I think if rebels had a high command structure it'd be worth a shot

To be honest, Rebels are probably more suitable and plausable to have all these massively unstable internal disputes, false flag operations and assassinations going on during out and out war instead of the Combine.

Theres still some innate problems in the Combine High Command system at its best still not really involving anyone outside of it from my perspective which is worsened whenever we're outside of a City. CiviPro doesn't recruit from existing characters so external infiltration isn't possible and during the usual war like setting theres no Security Councils or other human UU factions around to get involved in its disputes. Or even a civilian population to rule over. Its just war.

With the Resistance on the other hand, as a faction that literally consists of anyone who really wants to join it that leaves a low entry point for civilians and even Combine infiltrators to get involved. Feel free to correct me if I'm getting anything wrong here.

200hp/200armor

Direct hit with an RPG

 

[MaXenzie]

CiviPro doesn't recruit from existing characters

currently

external infiltration isn't possible

currently

never say never

 

[Rabid]

The real issues with giving Rebels a staff-backed structure are threefold:

1) They start to need those people to keep things turning. Very few people will take charge themselves when they're being fed directives.
2) Any poor decisions or bad plays - any failures - are slung at the feet of the people who gave the orders, as people often assume they were set up to fail.
3) Rebels don't like being told what to do unless its an incredibly popular person.

Its absolutely possible to do, its whether or not it'll pay off to give it a go.

 

[deathwolf]

not needed

 

[Thood74]

currently


currently

never say never

Okay, if we do this, we need to account for it by setting up a civilian population for Civil Protection to actually rule over, giving them things to do in relation to the war too besides be conscripted when the time comes. I wouldn't mind this High Command or not. Especially now that C24 has already given us a civilian population to force into a war zone as manual labour through auxillary arms.

May even prevent the Security Council from being entirely done away with and could have them stay around, not just in charge of the civvies but as an external watchdog for all the bloodshed and chaos thats bound to happen under High Command without the omnipotence and impersonality of Overwatch.

 

[Deleted member 38]

Direct hit with an RPG

 

[Thood74]

Oh, and where does the Transhuman Arm play into all this. Whose command do they fall under? Where does the path between a High Command career and PHASE 1 integration diverge.
I'd say Subeh ruined the double post, but they removed that anyways.

 

[MaXenzie]

Oh, and where does the Transhuman Arm play into all this. Whose command do they fall under? Where does the path between a High Command career and PHASE 1 integration diverge.

High Command servers never use OTA, really

its one of the few things that's more canonical than nebulous' depiction of OTA, since in Half-Life 2 you never see any transhuman soldiers until you've left city 17 and are already in the outlands, even when gordon is anti-citizen one you're still fighting civil protection

 

[Thood74]

High Command servers never use OTA, really

Yeah, we can't do that.

Unlike most HC integrated servers we're in a state of war and OTA involvement is a legitimate necessity to outgun the enemy. We're not even in a Functional City 95% of the time.

 

[Deleted member 38]

Yeah, we can't do that.

Unlike most HC integrated servers we're in a state of war and OTA involvement is a legitimate necessity to outgun the enemy. We're not even in a Functional City 95% of the time.

make transhuman arm and cops two separate entities with the only bridge being that ota periodically poaches cops to supplement their own ranks

different bases, internal conflicts, transhuman arm seen as the polar opposite of cops in terms of organisational skills and hierarchy

almost comes off like ota is using high command as a very fucking cruel way to tell which cops are strong enough to become transhumans by putting them into an intentional power struggle amongst themselves like some fucking king of the hill type shit, strongest become stronger and leave behind the political hellscape in the process

some high ranking cop in high command suddenly gets blackbagged by ota and is never seen again, power vacuum ensues

yeah kinda based i think