User:Brodie-001/Sandbox

Right, ideas, ideas, ideas.

Survival of the Fittest Season 5 Characters
Basic list for now of who I want, may be subject to change.
 * Marco-025
 * Richard Mack Sr.
 * Ash Mitchell
 * Jack-085
 * Winston Zhou

Future Story List
Not counting shorts, the planned stories I intend to do on Halo Fanon.


 * Halo: In the Dark (ORION)
 * Halo: Sanctuary (AW, Part Two)
 * Halo: Over the Edge (AW, Part Three)
 * Halo: The Howling Dark (Wulf Team, Part Two)
 * Halo: Enough Dead Heroes (Wulf Team, Part Three)
 * ''Halo: Oathkeeper (Sangheili)

Regarding 343i Canon
Well, I've decided that the main divergence point for the Sigmaverse will be immediately following the end of the Human-Covenant War, roughly early 2553 onwards. Need to list the important changes to it.
 * Infinity isn't built. Not yet, at least. I'll probably have it created by the late 26th Century, or even just after the Dark Uprising. Not sure what I'd do with it, but I plan to integrate the ship at some point.
 * As I've mentioned before, the Infinity will be included at some point, though I don't want it as a gamebreaker. Come to think of it I could have it unveiled by the 2599 battle of Sanghelios, before having it go toe-to-toe with the Ragnarok over Minerva. Then the SPARTAN-IV's and new SPARTAN-V Program can have their base.
 * The SPARTAN-IV Program, or at least Halo 4's one, doesn't happen. My own one begins in 2569 after the events of Shrike begin to seriously stir shit up. Even then, at least a thousand S-IV's are recruited at a young age, Zulu Company being made up of 6-9 year olds, and so on. They won't be receiving that Gen2 nonsense until the 2590's either, though It'll be very powerful when they do get it.
 * John-117 and the other SPARTAN-II's are another factor. The way I see it, I'll have Fred, Linda and Kelly sent off to find him, may even push the events on Requiem forward to the 2570s, though the Didact still gets stopped. Might not even include it, come to think of it, since all that nonsense severely screws with my canon. Let John sleep.
 * Parangosky and Kilo-Five will be a minor plot point. I might put Ryan Samson in charge of ONI in the 70's, revealing Parangosky for her crimes and deposing Osman quietly. I might have Parangosky alive by this point, though near-death. It'll be quite sad and ironic if I have Richard Mack Jr. of all people testify against her, considering her past. Heh, how'd that be for some contrapasso?
 * Okay, with Parangosky's death being all but confirmed, I guess her trial will have to be passed on to Admiral Osman, who might have to be disposed of forcefully. I'm thinking the newly promoted Rear Admiral Samson, backed by Spartans (probably Elena and Kane), heading down to her office. Captain RMJ has to be there too, along with Admiral Hawkins and Vice-Admiral Harris leading what is essentially a coup of ONI. Interesting. Oddly convenient, since this lot all appear in the meeting at the start of Halo: Mercy Kill.
 * Not sure how ONI would deal with hostile takeovers, but then again, who would know? Samson, Hawkins and Harris acting as a triumvirate of leaders for the UNSC/ONI would be an interesting direction. Get Osman assigned off for something else, maybe Requiem?

AAO Work

 * Since I've joined AAO, I've done relatively little to fit into my own niche there. While I've only added two characters so far, I'd like to integrate myself more with the community. As such, I'll have to plan out a few ideas here for the future regarding my characters.
 * Scientist-y character for something. Got a lovely image of Derek Jacobi to use. Was thinking of using his short appearance in  for inspiration on his personality. I have full intentions of laughing evilly at it. Mwahah.
 * After some discussion with Lieutenant Davis, I've decided to work with him regarding the UNSC James F. Adams and those weird AAO SIII's. While I'm dubious of making some myself, they may be interesting to work with.
 * Need to expand on my Freelancer things, particularly 'ol Northy. Got a few ideas for childhood and the like. Tie-ins, maybe?

Wulf Team Trilogy

 * Halo: The Howling Dark. I've had this story planned for so long, and I'm beginning to doubt if I'll ever finish the Wulf Team trilogy. New canon bothers me, and I'm beginning to regret my already deeply-embedded decision to kill off almost all of Wulf Team on Minerva. THD will also include the battles on Teltin Station and Sanghelios, which I need to plan out properly. Some of Wulf Team gets captured, there's a Shadow Broker-esque Jiralhanae called Saernus (reference to the little bro there) controlling stuff. Oh, and Jack's prancing around being evil in the background.
 * I feel as if Wulf Team are a sort of cut-price Sigma, really. We've got Maynard, the white knight and blandy McBlanderson protagonist, Ross, the generic psychopath, Mateo the foreign sounding sniper, there as a Jun expy, Devin, who I've actually expanded on but has been characterised as much as a brick, and Kate, the token female and niece of my over-compensatingly long-articled Marco-025. Characterisation is key, I suppose.

ORION
Plot Points:
 * The ORION Project is something that has interested me of late. As such, I'm planning on doing...something with Trident Team, and the awesomely awesome Richard Mack Sr., who serves as my protagonist at that time. Since I'll probably do a collaboration with Sona regarding ORION, I can put the Heimdall Incident off for now. Probably a good thing, since It'd probably end up as a Halo version of Shadow Moses...
 * ORION will serve as a big backstory for my main universe, being the starting-off point for Calvin Roe and Richard Mack, as well as links with canon characters, such as Parangosky, who I've always wanted to write about as a younger person, rather than the shrivelled-yet-scary old woman that we see her as in the Haloverse.
 * Frederick King and Marion Hollister's relationship, which ends badly. Well, something comes from it.
 * RMS and his actions with , should be a surprise.
 * Anton LaMarche, and what he ends up discovering on Heimdall. Not much else to elaborate on regarding it at this point, though It'll be very important to RMS at the time.
 * Trident Team's eventual collapse and the members splitting up as time goes on. FK goes to ONI, HR and JA heading the ODST's and so on.

The Insurrection

 * Carlos Driscol and his past. He's probably the first character I've made who becomes a complete and utter asshole by choice. At least Jack had a totally fucked up childhood to fall back on. I've given him an introduction in Shrike, shown his train of thought in The Damned, and some degree of development in his later years, during Awakening Demons. Provided he survives all that shit with the Minutemen, I've got a lovely story planned out regarding him and Major Michael Green, seen in his fledgeling years in Halo: Mercy Kill.

Sigma Team

 * For the supposed stars of my universe, I've written barely anything about the SPARTAN-II team themselves during the Human-Covenant War years. Perhaps it's the challenge of writing for nine people at once, of the fact that it would be a monumental task to achieve? I've already done bits and bobs on some of them, Marco, Elena, and Jax probably being the best-developed so far. Will probably stick to short stories for now.
 * Sigma-Gamma Team. Since I've pulled the whole 'no one died during SIGMA augmentations' thing out of my arse, I've got a few S-II's on standby. So far, they are five members of SIGMA, who fought against both the Covenant and the Insurrection in the war before mysteriously vanishing in 2548 after coming into contact with a Forerunner artefact. Well, it has to be a teleportation device, but to where, I don't know. They'll probably be recovered eventually by the UNSC, but I'll need info on them. If need be, then I might ask another writer if they'd be interested in writing about Sigma-Gamma. Give 'em names, numbers, and little else, and see what happens. Still, it's something to think about. Who knows when I'll need five fresh SPARTAN-II's to come out of nowhere?
 * Sigma-Delta, which is comprised of one guy, Derek-142. Yeah, he's ridiculously classified, even for a SIGMA SPARTAN-II, but what for? I need to come up with a suitable reason for this. May consider Project AEGIS, which would keep him and some others on ice when not in use, a bit like WH40K's Eversor Assassins, but with a bit less crazy. Still, need to think about him.

Flood-Thing
To be honest, you don't see very many articles pertaining to the Flood. Maybe a few stories, but you don't get much beyond that. I think I might plan for some kind of story based around a flood outbreak. I don't want it to be too unrealistic, mind. Ideas.
 * Location: would be a good one. Halo ring under UNSC control, and a flood containment facility gets breached accidentally. Infection form breaks through and begins the outbreak or something.
 * Time: I'm thinking post-HCW, probably in the early 2570's. Should be good.
 * Characters: I'll most likely introduce a new cast just for this, may grab a few tertiary characters from other stories for use. Will get to them later. Might use S-IV's, though I'm unsure of what universe I'll have them in.
 * Come to think of it, if I can't get it with the DoH SPARTAN-IV's, I'll use Layla-B101, Hank-136, and the other SPARTAN's making up Project THOR to combat the Flood instead. Might be a way of getting rid of a few unnecessary characters.

SPARTAN-III Washout
Unlike the SPARTAN-II's, the SPARTAN-III washouts didn't die. They backed down. In Ghosts of Onyx, when an Alpha Company member backed down when asked to jump from the back of a Pelican, they 'washed out', being unable to become a Spartan. However, it was later noted that they were kept on as DI's for the training of Beta Company. This is quite understandable, as you wouldn't want a group of kids sent back to an orphanage telling people they'd been recruited by the military. I'll have this particular person assigned off planet by 2552, doing something-or-other behind the scenes. Will probably have been put to work by ONI.

Sanctuary and the Future
An odd idea that came to me a while back. Following the events of Halo: Shrike, the Dynasty and her crew would almost certainly be wanted by the UNSC considering their part in the NOVA incident. While I'll come up with some reason for it not to be actively hunted across every colony (probably as the threat is thought to have been ended), I think that Amanda Wade and her crew need some kind of base. Its a rather hazy idea at best, seeing as the next story idea will be set in 2572-4ish (Wade will be 40-42 for reference). Might have a big teamup of my non-UNSC characters here.

The FGW will just be kicking off against the Legion (Who REALLY need their own page) and the Tannis Uprising will be fresh in the minds of many people. I'm thinking of a sort of sanctuary for Wade and her ragtag band of misfits, à la MGSPW's Mother Base. Since she becomes a mercenary (Though not the shady type like Mitchell or the assassin that Zhou becomes) her and the others deserve some kind of home aside from the Dynasty. I'll have to draw up some schematics with the magic of MS Paint when I can. Will probably be a sort of mountainside base or valley fortress for our 'heroes' to reside in.
 * Note: Finally found a name I like for the place: Avalon.

Also regarding Amanda, I need something to really tie up the plots of her, Carlos Driscol, Ash Mitchell and possibly a few others into the mix, while introducing a new generation of badasses such as the SPARTAN-IV's and Winston Zhou, who play their biggest roles in the 2580s. The '80s will probably be a cutoff point for some of my stories, since LOTB takes place in 2579 and 83. After that period, Wulf Team take centre stage for a bit before Marco and the elderly Spartans come back for one last hurrah in the early 26th Century. While Vigil is currently the latest chronological story in the Sigmaverse (January 2626), I might do one after that from the perspective of some of the survivors. By this point, I'm expecting just about everyone aside from Martin and Kane to be dead, the latter of whom I have confirmed to die in 2702.

In any case, I need to plan the Sigmaverse's history as soon as possible, story wise. I'll need something to really focus on as I plan to stay on this site for a good few more years, unexpected life changes pending. Heh, maybe one day I'll end up handing over the reins to a newer, capable writer that is interested. Sigmaverse is pretty much a one-man show at the moment, though I honestly hope it doesn't remain so forever. After all, its a big universe to write for. With any luck everything will be finished if the day comes when I leave the site.

Unmanned Vehicle-type things
Okay, if we've got UAV drones blasting poor buggers from above in this day and age, you'd think that by the 26th century they'd have unmanned variants? There was the ARGUS Drone, as I recall, but what if the whole 'unmanned vehicle' status could be extended even further? AI's can operate ships pretty well with very limited support, so why on Earth wouldn't there be light tanks or something that are AI-controlled? I'm thinking dumb AI's, cheaply made, might be worth testing on the battlefield at some points in the latter half of the 26th Century. If the ARGUS was used to hunt down innie bombs, then things like that would be useful against the Legion.

On that matter, I was considering use of Mantis-esque unmanned vehicles on the battefield. I don't see any reason why not, and it'd make for a lovely spectacle if some Legion-controlled AI mechs would end up fighting SPARTAN-IV's. Heh, particularly after all that Cyborg crap they experimented with in Last of the Brave. Not sure what the hell I was thinking when I wrote that story, in all honesty. Still, with all the Immortals killed by the Spartans, moving on to cheaper AI-controlled vehicles for heavy support may be an option. They'll need names, too. I mean, would I get that much flak for naming them as Metal Gear? NobadBrodiedon'tdothatyou'rebeingsilly.

Mercenary Contractor
Okay, so we've got dozens of mercenaries, bounty hunters and assassins on the site, but where exactly do they get their high-paying contracts? Sure, you get shady backroom deals, but why bother with that when you've got a company that does that for you? They can hire mercs and hand out contracts with a transaction of money between client and mercenary. Hrm, lists with varying levels of threat for contracts to hand out to mercs looking for a job would be good. A leaderboard of mercs would probably be a nice touch, too. Get the biggest and baddest ones on the board so clients know who the best ones are. Most expensive, too...

RED FLAG Sequel
Okay, so I'd say we're about halfway through the story, if that. Still, I do like the little universe I'm creating here, the whole 'anyone can die' aspect coupled with the characters from multiple universes coming together is something that I think has worked nicely so far. RED FLAG is essentially my tribute to the earlier Halo stuff; SPARTAN-II's running round and being heroes. Halo 2 and First Strike were the biggest influences, I suppose. Anyway, while I'm planning to have it finished by the end of July, if me and Stel go into working overdrive, I'm planning on having sequels within this little universe. If RF is about SPARTAN-II's, then perhaps the next one could be more ODST-based? If I keep with the whole 'one character per-person' thing and the theme of an alternate universe, then I might be able to pull it off. Could even recruit another S-II batch from users who didn't offer their own up the first time around, though I'll have to come up with a reason why this lot didn't participate in the original mission. S-III's aren't out of the question either.
 * UPDATE: After some planning, it will be ODST-based and will occur around the time of Halo 2. Same submission rules apply as before and it will take place within the same alternate universe.

Big 'Ol Mecha
After watching the amazingly awesometastic thrillfestivalitacticool (Note to self: Make that a word) Pacific Rim, I began to wonder if the UNSC would use some kind of equivalent. You have the Mantis and Cyclops, sure, but imagine something designed to kick a Scarab into the ground? Then again, they will be big, heavy, and expensive to maintain, not to mention a target for everything in the area. Think I'll lock this one in a box for a while until I can think of some plausible reason for a mech like it. I'm thinking the 'Prototype' suit, but much bigger. Crew of 2-3, perhaps? Anyway, will use it another time, methinks.

Character Interviews
A bit of an odd idea here, but I was thinking of making some kind of documentary/story-thing in which someone interviews people from the criminal underworld on multiple planets. I suppose the premise would be a bit like the show 'Ross Kemp on Gangs', only the interviewer will be looking at individuals who work outside the law. Right now I think I might have Amanda, Winston and maybe Mitchell as subjects, with the possibility of a couple of new characters being featured later on.

ORION's and their Children
Right, so at its height the ORION Project numbered 300 members. Not a lot in the grand scheme of things but you've got to wonder how many of these badasses are running around in later years. Of course my main guy is the badass Richard Mack Senior and his slightly less badass son, the Spartan 1.1 Mack Jr. It'd be interesting if a number of canon characters that have appeared were actually members of the project. While most would be quite old by the end of the war, we do have the benefits of cryosleep, augmentations and 26th century medicine to keep 'em active (Johnson certainly didn't look 70-odd in H3). Need to draw up a list:


 * - Don't know why I chose the name 'Leon', but it seemed to suit him well. So, how would an ORION be a General by 2526 when Avery Johnson held the rank of Staff Sergeant around the same time? I've brought him up in RMS' bio as having attended OCS with Mack, so that may help to explain how he advanced to the rank of General by that time. The guy seemed extremely loyal to the UNSC in FuD, so that would certainly contribute. Might feature him in the ORION story as a cameo, expand on him later on.
 * - Okay, so most people assume that he was part of ORION due to his comments and history with Johnson, but where did he go? He was wounded in Contact Harvest, but I'd wager that he survived to fight elsewhere. The fact that Byrne fought in the first ground engagement with the Covenant and lived would definitely make him an asset to the UNSC. I can imagine him joining the ODST's or some kind of covert ops group against the Covenant in the war. Might come in handy at a later date.

Project THOR
I've actually mentioned THOR a few times now in my stories, though I haven't laid anything solid down yet. Basically, THOR is a team of the UNSC's broken toys. Spartans, in other words. Sure, 98% of them are absolutely fine as soldiers and get on with the job, but what about the other 2%? There might be some who go a little mad after a while, some who have seen sights that have messed them up and even those who just can't play nice with regular Spartans. Just thought I'd mention that this was created Post-War due to the problems with Gamma. Emile-A239 would have probably been placed in the THOR unit otherwise. Possible members for Thor Team are:


 * Hank-136 - SPARTAN-II of Project SIGMA. Killed in 2545 but preserved in cryo for a decade before being revived by the UNSC. Has since been much more aggressive and impulsive than regular SPARTAN-II's, has possibly broken the mental conditioning they were put through as children. Is still a capable fighter and is THOR's team leader.


 * Layla-B101 - Spent years in Covenant captivity and somehow escaped. Severely unhinged behind a confident façade but capable in battle. Specialises in infiltration Ops and is second in command of THOR.


 * Mordecai-G138 - Known for being something of a spiteful underachiever with few friends in Gamma, his entire team were killed in 2559 on a mission. He somehow survived but was not accepted into any other teams due to his attitude problems.


 * Julian-G209 - Formerly a member of Shrike Team, has issues due to the deaths of fellow Gammas in the past. Was put in with G210 in 2570.


 * May-G210 - Best friend of G209 and only other survivor of their original team. Loyal to a fault and suspected of harbouring romantic feelings for former team leader A136. Possibly has PTSD after the events of the NOVA incident.

Sigmaverse RP?
People reading this, don't get your hopes up. Seriously.

I've participated in the great Losing Hope and Gaining Faith RP's before, and with Awakening Demons clutching at life I've been wondering if it would be worth it to create one for the Sigmaverse. They are great ways of bringing your characters to life and interacting with others and have certainly improved my writing skills. That said, I wonder exactly WHAT I would do it on. The Sigmaverse is rather restrictive in its timeline, though I may be able to fit something in at some point. Got one idea:


 * Might have one based in January 2576 around the events of Halo: Sanctuary, as it may be easier to do than actually writing the bloody thing. Rules similar to AD may be put in place (no posting for X amount of time=death etc.) to keep it going and keep people writing. What will I need...
 * EVENT - Okay, new, independent settlement up for grabs here named Avalon. Founded by AW and Co. after the events of Halo: Sanctuary on Emerald Cove, which has been abandoned for years.
 * LOCATION - Avalon, Population of 300,000. Located by the ocean and spans a good distance. Has a spaceport, warehouses and a massive market district. Largely built with stolen colonial equipment. While it is technically in a state of anarchy as no government is present there is not much crime due to peacekeeping operations by the Settlers. The city has been around for nearly seven years, though it has exploded in population over the last two or three due to refugees from the war. Human Credits are generally accepted as currency there though a few places rely on bartering. Refugees are usually assigned to newly-built housing though many fear that overpopulation will be an issue if restrictions are not put in place.
 * FACTIONS - The UNSC wants to impose its own laws and taxes on this new colony though the local populace aren't fond of them. The Legion are rebels who want to claim Avalon for their cause and use it to further their goal of creating an entirely new government. A third faction are the Settlers, the people who want Avalon to remain entirely independent from both groups but are aiming to avoid violence.
 * CHARACTERS - UNSC=Marines/ONI/Navy/Spartans. Legion=Rebels/Mercs/Traitors. Settlers=AW and Crew/Smugglers/Idealists.
 * GOAL - Well, the end result will be one side gaining control of the settlement and by extension, Emerald Cove.

Hrm, perhaps I was too hasty to dismiss the possibility of this happening, but if it does it won't be any time soon. Other possible plans for this:
 * RP Moderators: No more than two others who would have characters central to a certain faction and will likely be told of events beforehand. Will control Innie leaders and UNSC military figures, probably.
 * Spartans. Don't want too many, as by this point in the Sigmaverse the SPARTAN-IV's are starting to take the stage for the first time. I might have some of those guys featured but I think I'll have a limit on SPARTAN-II/III activity for the most part.
 * This might be hard to integrate into other universes, especially if I include my own SPARTAN-IV's. Might just be a sort of AU thing for others, though I was able to integrate AD into the Sigmaverse somehow. That might be handy for character deaths due to user inactivity.
 * Might put a constant notice up, e.g: 'X Days until X Event' at the top of the RP page, in scrolling letters if possible. Will keep contributors informed. Could have news report-esque things after each day in the city as well. I'll add a weather forecast as well.

Gamma Teams
Just a note of the teams my Gammas were in when they left Onyx and how things went down after..

Team Shashka
 * Julian-G209 - Reassigned to Shrike Team
 * May-G210 - Reassigned to Shrike Team
 * Amos-G028 - Reassigned to Shrike Team
 * Cesare-G177 - Reassigned to Shrike Team
 * Flynn-A189 - KIA in October 2552

Team Tanto
 * Graham-G101 - Reassigned to Shrike Team
 * Jeung-G211 - KIA in December 2552
 * Alric-G040 - Reassigned to Shrike Team
 * Emma-G012 - KIA in July 2554
 * Nathan-G219 - KIA in July 2554

Team Wakizashi
 * Sean-G180 - KIA in November 2559
 * Mordecai-G138 - Reassigned to Thor Team
 * Amreen-G037 - KIA in November 2559
 * Melissa-G111 - KIA in November 2559
 * Brynn-G073 - KIA in November 2559

Quotes I Like
"There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, and the sea's asleep, and the rivers dream; people made of smoke and cities made of song. Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice, and somewhere else the tea's getting cold."

- The Seventh Doctor, Doctor Who

"The day I set my flag down, it'll be over my body or over a nation I believe in."

- Ulysses, Fallout: New Vegas

"What do you think of that, Mr. Pajama-Wearing, Basket-Face, Slipper-Wielding,﻿ Clype-Dreep-Bachle, Gether-Uping-Blate-Maw, Bleathering, Gomeril, Jessie, Oaf-Looking, Scooner, Nyaff, Plookie, Shan, Milk-Drinking, Soy-Faced Shilpit, Mim-Moothed, Sniveling, Worm-Eyed, Hotten-Blaugh, Vile-Stoochie, Cally-Breek-Tattie?"

- The Scotsman, Samurai Jack

"End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it. White shores, and beyond, a far green country under a﻿ swift sunrise."

- Gandalf

"To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."

- Ulysses (The poem), Alfred Lord Tennyson

"The world is like a ride in an amusement park, and when you choose to go on it you think it's real because that's how powerful our minds are. The ride goes up and down, around and around, it has thrills and chills, and it's very brightly colored, and it's very loud, and it's fun for a while. Many people have been on the ride a long time, and they begin to wonder, "Hey, is this real, or is this just a ride?" And other people have remembered, and they come back to us and say, "Hey, don't worry; don't be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride." And we … kill those people. "Shut him up! I've got a lot invested in this ride, shut him up! Look at my furrows of worry, look at my big bank account, and my family. This has to be real." It's just a ride. But we always kill the good guys who try and tell us that, you ever notice that? And let the demons run amok … But it doesn't matter, because it's just a ride. And we can change it any time we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings of money. Just a simple choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love instead see all of us as one. Here's what we can do to change the world, right now, to a better ride. Take all that money we spend on weapons and defenses each year and instead spend it feeding and clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would pay for many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace."

- Bill Hicks

"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. A man who never reads only lives one."

- Jojen Reed, A Song of Ice and Fire.

"The Bible should be one sheet of paper. And on that sheet of paper it should say, “Try not to be a cunt.” And if you do that every day, you’ll be a good person."

- Jim Jeffries

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