[Idea Thread] Encounters

[Cory Trese]

Please post succinct descriptions of new encounter types.

This thread is for collecting high level ideas, not long conceptual designs.

Anything that isn't in a bullet list format will be deleted...

[Cory Trese]

• Cyber-Psychos!
  
• Special Vendors
  
• Faction changing battle?!?! (perhaps the rumor "starters")
  
• construction robots going awry!
  
• special jobs offering
  
• wounded people who need med kits
  
• someone in brave star cuffs -- need electronics to get free
  
• someone who offers you $200 to kill the people following him
  
• someone else hurt by dome or nano
  
• CK in trouble - Needs to deliver a package but both his/her legs are broken
  
• Another CK in trouble - In a fight needs backup
  
• Emergency Delivery - Implant needs taking to a hospital (rep gain / loss)
  
• Dead body (or is it....) - Loot / Ambush
  

[Raven]

¤ A battle between different faction members - allow to chose a side/ignore

¤ An corp official mistake you for someone else - various effects (mission reward/weapon/attack you)

¤ A famous CK challenge you for his own fun

¤ A completly drunk man/woman try to flirt with you... not really in a gentleman way

¤ Some strange crazy old witch try to convince you to eat one of its red apple ? Various and completly random effects...

(Ok, OK, I may need to calm down a bit... =p)

[Cory Trese]

- someone needs a gun (for rep)
- someone need some ammo (for rep)

[moody]

• Old Bag Lady with a Shopping Trolley - Offer to exchange one ammo type for another (with limited supply)
  
• Building being robbed - Assist the raiders or owner
  
• Hot Paydata - A CK who just wants to make a quick credit and run
  

[Raven]

¤ meet a weird man - offers you a special anti-corps mission
(after seeing you fight or in spec condition ?)

¤ A man deseperatly needs money - rise the probability of positive encounters for some time

¤ A rich guy offers you to participate in an illegal fight
(could grant access to some sort of arena moody & I talked about in the Feature thread ?)

[Cory Trese]

we are looking for posts that wouldn't require addition Features, please post those in "Features" or another thread

* Sell a V-Chip
* Buy a V-Chip
* Offer Special Safehouse
* Mistaken for Smuggler, Offered Large Qty. of XXX

[Raven]

sorry, hope what's coming next isn't too simple :

¤ you notice someone a few meters ahead who seems to be waiting for you

¤ you're bumped into by a passer by - only steps later do you realize some of your ¥ are missing

¤ people all around seems to flee something - investigate/flee

¤ you see a CK hunting for its target - ignore/help CK/help target

¤ a "client" give you a rendez-vous, saying he needs a good CK - mission/ambush

¤ a CK mistakes you for one of its target - defend yrslf/negotiate/evade

[Cory Trese]

¤ you're bumped into by a passer by - only steps later do you realize you have an unknown chip in your pocket

¤ you're bumped into by a passer by - only steps later do you realize any drugs you had were stolen

[taatuu25]

*a hacker needs backup(happens near matrix port)

*drones gone mad

*a few ¥ on the floor

*random merchant selling stuff, you dont want to know how he/she got them

*random item on the ground.

*a CK whose is an enemy of your home-corp

Thats all for now,i try to invent more...

EDIT:
*you see that guy who stole your drugs last week
*suidical bomber running towards you(shoot before its too late! Or negotiate or flee)
*you find a shut-down drone that is defenceless
*another corp trying to invade the block
*you find a dead corpse
*you see a Sniper aiming towards someone
*you see a manhole that is open,ready to the sever journey?
*you see someone trying to break in a building
*you see someone trying to rob the store
*you see an investigation team investigating(lol investigators investigating) a crime
*someone wants drugs from you desperarely
*you find lots of dead soldiers and hear something BIG coming towards you
*you hear something big closing to you (a tank? An AT-ST? A Narvidian war machine?)
*you see a big limousine passing by(someine important inside)
*a building on fire and some people trapped inside(help them to gain rep and maybe lose rep if it isnt really an accident)

[Raven]

Wow... impressive list !

¤ Suspect men are slowly circling you - evade/wait&see

¤ You notice an infamous criminal among passers by - attack him for bounty/let him go

¤ Some drugged thugs are randomly slaughtering pedestrians - intervene (rep gain?)/evade

[Cory Trese]

- Gang Banger offers to join your team for $60 (for 1 day)

[Raven]

¤ a desesperate employee of Mars accidentally obtained sensible files on his company - fearing for his life, offers them to you

(tried to obtain ideas from my little brother... well, I gave up when he started talking about crows dropping bombs and kamikaze wolves)

[Cory Trese]

* a dying man gives you a map =)

[spectre]

Couple of noncombat ideas:

* Lost kids: help them find their home somewhere in the current zone.

* Your highest faction wants help recruiting X(hacker, sword, gunslinger, etc.

* New CK needs a reference for a faction you are good in.

=Combat encounters=

* Thwart a hacker crackdown, or help...

* Track a hacker for a corp or gang.

* A contact betrays you


EDIT: Sorry if the first is a bit too low level, just an idea to be implemented at your disposal and possibly outside the scope of the game.