ZOmek/Story Elements

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ZOmek/Canon Lore
= Plot =
== Introduction ==
Freehart agents Sky Bluet (F) and Argo (NB-AMAB) wake up the main character, 708, the last of the Zeta-line of Mechsuits produced by the Levempire. 
You escape from the ship on the 
Sky and Argo want to take you to Liberad, a colony formed on the far reaches of the galaxy as an attempt to escape Levemi imperialism. 
brief training on Mozu Moon? 
You chart a path through Nova Roma space, only to learn that Julias has taken power by way of Prefect Unnam. 
the Nova Romans attack with Droman ships (basically greek fire), introducing Pitch and elemental damage 
You also encounter a group of refuges, and Sky delegates you to helping them get to Liberad. 
=== DeBurr's Run ===
Your pilot is knocked out, so you must harness your piloting skills to pilot the ship through the system. 
=== Liberad ===
When you arrive in Liberad, the chancellor Chaves isn't sure whether or not he can keep you because of the inherent risk you pose, so there's a quest to earn his trust. Maybe you get rid of some outside threats (bandits... the Noiz Bois?), and learn that they're being propped up by the Liberad Triads. 
You take one of the Noiz Bois leaders' prisoner 
Rewards: Sanctum Liberad (base) 
== Training Days ==
going to celestial monastery where this old master (an ancient A-mech pilot generations ago). he formerly trained Apech. you have to prove yourself to him
at the climax, Levam forces attack and he leaves his adoptive daughter in charge
then you get a task/bounty system to unlock frames
Rewards: monastery base, weekly challenge system
== I Know What You Are ==
occurs after the "Old Reliable" quest?
Apheck hunts down the player
he captures you
you learn what you are
Apheck gets killed - brain sliced - by Argo? anyways he'll eventually grow back. maybe Argo has a way to grow back Zetamechs (which they've been using on you for revives) and uses it on Apheck cuz he feels bad/is a pacifist
== Big Bad Planet ==
First trip to Pa-Heep
== The New Ancien Regime ==
The player's ship enters a warzone between Nova Roma fleet and some unnamed rebels. The player is hit by what seems to be a giant ballista bolt, and you're forced to take a crash-landing. You awake in some peasant fields on the planet ruled by King Karolomon.
you discover a giant fort mech
== Library Quest ==
continuation of main story... kinda. at least it's Argo's story
Rewards: The Textspace (Base)
== Midas-Touched ==
Petty King wants his son back, you meet the Zetamech Girael at his castle
plop twist: Girael is his son
Girael gets killed - brainsliced at the crown
=== Sequel: A Crown for a King ===
the king undergoes Zetamech adaptation surgery to enter Girael
== Salan's Kitchen ==
lore: after the Omech quest
the Salanide market has been flooded and you have to figure out why
you meet Salan, the most dangerous Omech yet, and have to remove him
Rewards: Salan (Omech)
== The Stradavar ==
Doctor Fosbuch comes to the library seeking out your help to find the Stradavar violin, a weapon
he states he would give his life for it
Rewards: Infernal Stradavar (weapon)
== The Shade in the Sun ==
A Dysonic Temple preacher (Karlude) comes to the Sanctum Liberad and asks for help
The Dysonic Temple has been raising kids that will be used to pilot Levempire O-mechs (think the Kirigi from Netflix Daredevil) (maybe at this point we don't know about O-mechs?)
== The Old Men and the Wail ==
the lighthouse/bake-kujira
an old lighthouse keeper (Dutch) from Lonely Lightpost calls you. his partner believes he's seeing an Acetan - which is impossible, because whaling pushed the Acetans into extinction. 
== Doctors Without Bases ==
== Early Frost ==
A peaceful parish in connection to Karlude on the frontier has had their water supply frozen. You discover the Levempire's Cryomen unit. 
== Hearts of Frost ==
more cryomen unit
reward: Gloxana
== A Guiding Hand ==
early quest
disembodied Arrus hand helps guide you
== Old Reliable ==
Skye reaches out to Sont Nalstos, an odd red
He sends you to ice planet
Conifer grove hidden in a cavern
You open up Termas's suit, and Termas Wisps spill out. 
Rewards: Termas (Alphamech)
== Rat in a Cage ==
Location takes you tot he Rat's Nest, a test lab
Rewards: Algur (the algernon rat mech)
== Sailing the Solar Winds ==
unlocks space pirate faction
== Smashing Pumpkins ==
You align with Rohyde, a Robin Hood-esque figure, to help him steal/trade for some growth hormone gourds from 
The battle with the evil Grogane is like a hydra
One of your sdcientists is like, good news, we can at least repurpose this gourds for a new Zetamech
Reward: Gorgane (Zetamech)
== Dragon Quest ==
The Nova Romans have a new superweapon they believe will finally end the war with King Karolomon, and perhaps also the Levempire
It's Basilux, the emperor's new dragon
you go to Hilan Sky and meet with a dragonslayer and learn how to control your own dragon
== Do You Believe In Magic? ==
Library guy has you investigate a magic school set up in the medieval land for Janarus (it's basically Hogwarts )
You discover that the staff aren't wizards, but are using advanced technology. The school staff are secretly the Levempire Amagus unit, intended to infiltrate the school and steal Janarus so they can study her to work on ESP children for the Omechs
Janarus freaks out, and has powers that manifest and create the Labyrine - a rogue like dungeon. The Levempire sends Amagus units and other units in, and the leader of Nova Roma sends in some legions After his Skryor units (basically maesters) tell him to. After beating the Labyrine, you come out... somewhere that Janarus is (saving the princess) and that's the quest
Future quests involve learning about Janarus's mother, who is not the queen but actually a wandering space trader (potentially Janarus is the descendant of an Alphamech or even a Zetamech? Her mother could be like a medium or fortune teller). Also leads to the ESP Omech quest
== Momotaro Quest ==
peach boy was an Alphamech (or an Omech?) adopted by a regular old farming couple
== Dragons and Destinies ==
shaolin temple plot, focusing on the adoptive daughter
Prerequisites:
* Unlocked/built Ixote
* completed dragon quest
climax - dueling a giant dragon like Shenron/Snake's Way/
== Never Meet Your Heroes ==
a teen kid - Snap Olson - comes to the library seeking out information on his favorite Amech hero (the superhero guy)
Snap Olson seeks out Hyperan's original operator
Hyperan's original operator sides with the reds... and maybe so does Snap Olson, taking up the mantle and undergoing the surgery to become the new Omech Hyperan? 
== The Crown of Winter ==
long multi-part quest?
requisites: obtain Gloxana and Ionice, dragon quest
lore: the Levempire reactivate the Ionice series and create his new successor, Glizzear. Glizzear goes on a rampage with his frost spirits and Cryotine-9 weaponry. to stop him, it's recommended you research the winter crown, which leads you to learn about its supposed creator, a giant fucking frost dragon. the frost dragon awakens and takes control of Glizzear, planning on using an army of frost spirits to carve out a domain of winter. you team up with the levempire to use a death star to blow him up. 
== Bad Apple ==
one of the first Alphamechs - Orchette - is unearthed. you track down the enigmatic Jon Dasple (a Johnny Appleseed like figure), who you learn was an Exequ that traded the first abilities of the Alphamech to a young girl who was then abducted by the Levempire
== Siege of Liberad ==
lategame/endgame quest - sees you band together with a group of people to defend Liberad like it's the New Orleans siege. maybe you end up agreeing to a pirate republic which could be the start of pirate missions?
== Ideas ==
* Sky Bluet was descended from an Alpha-line captain, and she gets her own Mechsuit?
** maybe she goes down the route of causing violent insurrections and violently dies and gets herself revived as a mechsuit
*horror frame themed questline
**you encounter a group of peoples with a lycan disease
***THE HOUNDS OF ZAFFAR - a group of lycanites are being hunted by General Zaffar, a Zetamech general for the Levempire who is their certified houndcatcher
*Rohyde steals a Trixes suit and modifies it into his own personal Alphamech. 
*Never Meet Your Heroes
**you search out the superhero alphamech to help with the levempire rebellion. turns out he's a bad guy
*a prison escape! like the Minecraft prison escape game!
= Sidequests =
= Factions =
* Bandits
** NOIZ BOIS
* FREEHARTS - Claims to be descended from the free patriots of America, though so is the Levempire.
* LEVEMPIRE - The ruling body of Earth, also descended from US hegemony.
** rename to Levemcor? like Levemcorp
** Burna Unit
*** Burna Hounds - Based off of the Hound from Fahrenheit 451.
**Repo Unit
** Cryomen Unit - A battalion of Levempire soldiers who are outfitted to deal Frost damage.
** Amagus - evil "mages" sent to infiltrate medieval land
* LIBERAD - A colony formed in conjunction with the Freeharts.
** Chancellor Chaves
** Councilwoman () - does not like you!
*LIBERAD TRIADS - The gangs that operate in Liberad colony/colonies.
* NOVA ROMA
** Ruled by the Good Emperor August, who is dying of cancer. His nephew, Julias, runs the Empire from the shadows.
** Prefect Unnam - A colonial garrison leader
** Skryori - the emperor's council of elderly advisors who consult the stars. Maybe they have zodiac like theming. Anyways you don't fight them (at first)
* (medieval land)
** Ruled by High King Karlomon, who is waging a holy war against Nova Roma because he believes his daughter, Janarus, is the holy inheritor of the Dysonic temple.
** Petty King Uram, who gets jealous of the merchants and summons the Zetamech Girael to . This is the quest for Girael\
*** potentially after this quest King Karlomon uses what he gained from Girael to create gold-dipped zetamech-esque kingsguard units
*Rohyde's band
*Apheck - A fellow Zetamech who made a career as a mercenary hunting down his fellow rogue Zetamechs. 
*The HILANS - Scottish people. maybe also like Forsworn and also Nords from Skyrim. they have a tradition of dragonhunting
* DYSONIC TEMPLE - A neutral temple that worships suns/stars.
* The TEKNIVE - A hive mind, like the Borg or the robots from the Matrix
* The BLOODBORN PLAGUE - Unleashed by the Exequ. They're b asically vampires
** Master Bloodborn have mind control abilities
** Refined Bloodborn retain their sentience, but struggle with bloodlust
** Savage Bloodborn are monstrous vampies who can't.
* Uninteractable/hostile/natural:
** EXEQU - An alien species from a neighboring star system that operates on a higher level of conscious.
*** dispatch "Men in Black"/hatmen units to your missions
*** think Qu (All Tomorrows) or Q (Star Trek) or maybe Sentients (Warframe)
**ZOMBITES
**frost dragon and his wintery draugr frost spirits
= Fauna =
* Acetan - giant space whales (etymology - acanti + cetacean)
** Orcetan - hostile space whales 
* Logulls - Angry alien seagulls
** Bingulls - Urban subspcies that is neutral until attacked.
*Bathoond
*Dyrhoon - dire wolves
= Locations =
* EARTH
* OUTER RIM
** Was originally the giant planet Ma-Bo (sister planet to Pa-Heep) that was destroyed by the Levempire. 
** MOZU MOON - Mozu Moon is a planet full of bluffs, much like the Disco Canyon biome from Minecraft. It is inhabited by Stolems, living rock creatures, and the Gebomem, little exploding rock men. Similar to the bluffs/wasteland from Dragon Ball. Used for training. Stolems drop the components for the KUZU Zetamech.
** LONELY LIGHTPOST - Home to the lighthouse keepers Dutch and 
** OEMPERUS - An asteroid claimed by Nova Roma. It is right next to a divine nebula.
*** Etymology: Mount Olympus
* BARASUL - A jungle planet.
** ZARROFF's HOLD
* HILAN SKY - An asteroid belt home to the Hilans, 
* TERANOVA IMPERIALIS - The Nova Roma home planet.
* BORA - Home to King Karlomon, as well as some Nova Roman outposts.
* Dune-esque planet?
** mix it with a frontier planet/outback?
** use Sanamarans - like sandbender catamarans - to get around
* PA-HEEP
** LIBERAD exists on one of Pa-Heep's outer moons. 
* DEBURR'S BELT - An asteroid belt/field in the orbit of Pa-Heep. 
* Ice planet
** indigenous peoples and then some hi-tech colonizers
* Ocean planet... or maybe just an Ocean solar system? idk
= Materials =
* Arborite - "Iron-wood"
* Aubergold - A supercharged gold
* Cryotine-9 - A substance that was discovered with the Winter Crown. It is the primary composition of Frost Spirits.
** (based off of ice-9 from Vonnegut)
* Devlin Cores - Bandit-produced engines. Etymology: "Devil"
* Glasteel
* Moonsilver - Celestial silver. (Based on the whole silver vs supernatural)
* Plasteel
* Salanide - used in ballistics gel
* Thermic Heart - Miniature reactors that produce frost energy.
= Lore/Timeline =
The Alphamechs are completely hollow suits that anyone can enter and pilot. The Alpha Virotocol was eventually established, a hacked protocol that allowed Alphamechs to remain active even without any users - essentially allowing them to go rogue. 
The Alphamechs were eventually phased out for Zetamechs. Zetamechs were cheaper, more powerful, and more easily controllable.
The Zetamechs are suits that require a Zeta-compatibility surgery: the brain and the spine is inserted into each Zetamech.