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So I want to write lore around my builds but I’m not good at storytelling… any advice, tips, or tricks?

7,655 Pophead  8 months ago

I’ve gradually done small amounts on some post which I will link 2 examples in the next segment but it’s very basic and not very good. And doesn’t really go into much detail it’s just bare bones like a name of the production company or being piloted by AI

https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/0Iwplo/PK105-19A-Orius

https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/318KNU/P-0-Ganisk

What I really want to do is have a full time chart based off of when they are built and then make different types of things that happened to cause the creation of them or what what happened after the creation of them then add how they would’ve done in the situations I put them in.

This is why I have not posted in a while and have gotten backed up on building because I’m trying to come up with a storyline for all my craft with this fictional company I’ve created called Pophead Industries and it’s terrestrial(Nova.Co), nautical(Armor Ace), and aerial(Black Star) vehicle design teams

I have a name for the head of the Pophead Industries (Malve Himsworth)… “this character would represent me as a person and in this universe is not very well known and quite mysterious not showing up on cameras or anything having to do about him disappearing shortly after it’s read or found.”

I also have names for the head of each design teams which I will now label accordingly

Sandra Daryl (Nova.Co)

Jack Prosa (Armor Ace)

Avis Skyra (Black Star)

This company does not work for any single government and only sells their newest equipment to the highest bidder.

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    @JFUB
    That's actually pretty useful. I've similarly had problems with giving fictional stuff a proper description,so this should be helpful.

    8 months ago
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    As a starting point, most things are usually designed to improve/replace an existing product or enter a new market.
    You can copy wikipedia's standard format of development, design, and lastly service history.

    8 months ago
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    7,655 Pophead

    @JFUB godam that’s long but I’ll be sure to read it

    +1 8 months ago
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    You can take a look at the description of my XJ-200. You can take some inspiration from that if you'd like. I'd probably recommend writing about development, maybe some dates, also operators if there are any

    8 months ago
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    120 JFUB

    1- Set a fictional world in which your builds will take role.

    2- Set eras, like a previous war that happened, an important event that sets a background for your build, so your build has a reason to exist.

    3- Develop a situation i which your build was useful and work on this, telling people how the event was set, the place, people involved and such

    Random Example:

    RNS Ferdinand Nolan DDG-110

    Nemesis, a country from northern lands always faced hostilities from a foreign superpower. In The Nemesis conflict, 1974, Nemesis navy lost most of its naval power due to an underarming of its ships, the technological gap compared to the enemy forces and the unrivaled air superiority of its rival, Corellia. Many lives lost in that vonflict prooved Nemesis needed a vessel that could fight on its own, while supporting fleets with anti air power to repel waves of missiles, drones and aircraft.

    Strategists and naval engineers came to the conclusion that the destroyers in service for the navy couldn't be modernised to compete with the current international standards, so a new class of destroyers were built. RNS Ferdinand Nolan was the first of its class. Currently, 35 ships are in service with the navy, with 10 more beong built and other 5 planned, expected to enter in service in 1990.

    Known events:

    In 1986, RNS Paul Tate Junior DDG-129 Engaged in the battle of the Galian strait. A group of 6 destroyers engaged 6 other enemy destroyers in a battle that was to be known as the bravest ever fought by Nemesis sailors. Supported by air forces, the enemy coalition was strong, but the air defence of the Nolan class proved its worth. In the end, 23 enemy aircraft were shot down, and all ships were sunk, but the battle wasn't soft for Nemesis ships. 4 were sunk, 1 badly damaged (abandoned and sunk by the crew 3 hours later that day) and 1 with sailing capacity. The only ship that survived was RNS Paul Tate Junior, a ship which namesake rewinds the previous conflict, The Nemesis-Corellia war. Paul Tate Junior was the captain of RNS Lolipop CVN-1, sunk by torpedo damage. The captain didn't left its ship until the very last survivor was safe and out of the burning pile of steel. Brave and unbeatable, the captain got trapped on the bridge while the ship was slowly slipping to the bottom of the Aurus sea. All of the crew report that the last moment they saw him, he was standing stoic on the window while saluting his brothers in arms.

    +2 8 months ago
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    7,655 Pophead

    @ToeTips yeah probably not that

    8 months ago
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    24.6k ToeTips

    I know I'm probably gonna get hate for this but... ChatGPT? Not how I do mine though, @Neruneten21 usually takes care of that.

    8 months ago