We the Mods have been hardly at work on a new scheme for a game-wide plot for your enjoyment, and it is time to reveal our machinations to you all and invite participation! Follow the non-bouncing faux-cut below for news about the...
That's right - Secret Invasion!
For those who are unfamiliar with Marvel's Secret Invasion storyline, here's a quick rundown of what you'll need to know: The alien race known as the Skrull lost their homeworld and chose Earth as their new one. Instead of a hostile takeover, they decided to quietly replace members of the human race with their own people without anyone knowing. Many of these Skrull replacements were 'sleepers' and had no idea they were Skrull at all until a later point at which they were awoken - so they could have lived a normal human life thinking they were the person they had replaced for weeks, months, or years before suddenly remembering they owed their allegiance to the Skrull Queen.
All this fell apart when a Skrull in disguise was killed and reverted back to its true form. As things unravelled, the Skrull realized the jig was up and started calling upon their numbers to take over more aggressively at last.
We want to follow the basic structure of this with a Skrull being discovered and its existence being covered up. However, things like that can't be hidden for long and things will quickly unravel as realization of the threat spreads amongst our characters. We'll have to come together to fight the enemy, but as the enemy may wear the faces of our friends, it won't be as simple as it sounds. In the end we'll save the day, rescue some people, and then have to deal with some interesting consequences.
So what do we need now? Well, the fun part of this plot is that some of us will have to have been replaced by Skrulls! We would like to invite people to volunteer SECRETLY - please EMAIL the mods and do not tell anyone that you've volunteered or else it ruins the fun! We'll see how many volunteers before we figure out how many we can accept. Skrulls will have to be captured, of course, and some of them right away, but you'll largely be able to determine for yourself when you want to be discovered. What you WILL need to determine is how long your character has been a Skrull. Months? Weeks? Years? Days? Anything that has happened in that time is something THEY have done, not YOUR CHARACTER. This opens up some interesting possibilities for you, and also will cause lots of drama, so think carefully!
We're looking to start this in two weeks - Feb. 7 - and as of right now we're thinking of going through Mar. 7, though we may shorten it if we decide that's too long. Keep in mind that we don't expect this to be the only thing going on at that time. It's a threat that's out there, but lives never stop in the face of disaster.
If you have questions, feel free to ask. Over the next two weeks we'll be solidifying the plans!