Fiction talk:Station Halcyon/Planner

 So, Wormy is planning on wrapping up the current part of Station Halcyon soon, and the next one is called "Subterfuge". [18:19]  So, we were going to discuss the plot "Subterfuge" [18:19]  Ninja'd [18:19]  Okay. [18:19]  It was your idea originally, can you remember what was going to happen? :P [18:20]  The Agency made Station Halcyon for their own secret purposes, and something happens to make them want to destroy the station, or maybe just kill everyone on board. [18:21]  That's how much of it I remember. [18:22]  I think thats all we said. [18:22]  Sounds evil [18:22]  Maybe its on the Station Halcyon/Planner [18:22]  I like it [18:23]  Maybe it successfly destroys Halcyon 2, I'm not sure what the purpose is of two other than two O'Niel cylinders looking nice next to each other [18:24]  The event that makes the Agency invade Halcyon would have to be something minor that could become major (like a potential information leak); I imagine most inhabitants of the station never find out who the attackers are. [18:24]  "And, of course, we need dramatic season finales! Maybe Commodore Hlraka should appear in one of them, but that would probably be a comparatively minor part (maybe just bad timing on his part). There could be conflict arising from poor intrapersonal relations between Halcyon's inhabitants, and a Xhodocto invasion would be another finale (if the series lasts for more than one season, of course, which it should do). Other ideas: " [18:24]  "Station Halcyon could be revealed to be an Agency "experiment" - evidence being things like that Xonexi (which Halcyon was built to replace) was never actually destroyed, and that Agency manipulation could also explain some or all of the recent alien attacks on Halcyon. " [18:24]  "Or, for an over the top really exciting finale, there could be a combination of them - the Agency are about to result in the destruction of the station, a Xhodocto ship is approaching to tear it apart even if they don't, and the main characters can't bring themselves to cooperate... " [18:24] <Wormy> Found them as you've probably guessed [18:25] <Ghelae> Yes. [18:25] <Wormy> So... [18:25] <Wormy> Brain-racking time [18:27] <Wormy> I know that the Salsetthe are not big fans of the AI Netspace/Milky Way Cooperative, Station Halcyon and the MW were built together with the same purposes. [18:28] <Ghelae> In terms of the story itself, maybe Commodore Hlraka arrives, officially as part of a diplomatic mission, but actually to investigate a theory made by some of the commanders of Halcyon that the station may have a hidden purpose that has been kept secret even from them. [18:29] <Ghelae> A crucial piece of evidence (not necessarily directly linked to Halcyon; perhaps Xonexi is discovered to still exist), and news of it goes through the intelligence branch of the station's security forces, thereby reaching the Agency. [18:31] <Wormy> But what would make them want to destroy the station? Salsetthe finding an excuse to enact a case of false-flag terrorism?

[18:31] <Ghelae> To prevent the news from spreading any further, the Agency begin assassinating some of the high-ranking officials, blaming them on a terrorist group. When one assassination goes wrong, however, they have to step it up to a full invasion or else risk their cover being blown. [18:31] <Ghelae> Wormy: I am just making this up as I go along, remember. :P [18:31] <Ghelae> "blaming them on a terrorist group" - by "them", I mean the assassinations. [18:32] <Wormy> I like this plot [18:32] <Wormy> Seems reasonable [18:32] <The_Randomness> Me too [18:32] <Ghelae> I'm not sure on the later details, though. [18:33] <Ghelae> The Agents would use those reverse-engineered Dalek rayguns to outgun Halcyon's security, aided by having secret agents in the security force as well. [18:36] <Ghelae> Ultimately, the Agents destroy all evidence, and the high-ranking officials who saw the evidence first-hand, perhaps blowing up one of Halcyon's cylinders in the process if you like. Then, they let themselves be "defeated", perhaps teleporting away, or going into stasis and pretending to be killed before having Agents in Halcyon's security secretly beam them back to Xonexi or an Agency ship somewhere. [18:38] <Ghelae> A full investigation is conducted, ultimately manipulated by the Agency, which concludes that the attack was conducted by rebels in the Consortium (or some other organisation). The Agency's secret, and Station Halcyon, are once again safe. [18:38] <Ghelae> And that's it. [18:38] <Wormy> On the gas giant it ornits, there is a station where officians can beam to if the Station is about to be destroyed. [18:38] <Wormy> *another station [18:39] <Wormy> I like it [18:39] * Wormy Saves this [18:41] <Ghelae> I imagine a nearby spaceship, pretending to be a civilian or cargo vessel, would be a good place to discreetly beam the bodies to. It could even be a ship which is officially designated to remove the bodies for the purposes of the investigation, but instead returns them to an Agency base somewhere. -->