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I am designing an extremely overpowered sci-fi factionthat will have their pride handed to them on a platter.
I won't give details about the above, but basically, I want to brainstorm the kind of enemies that this faction HAS beatenand therefore give them a history that justifies their overconfidence.Said faction builds ringworlds regularly as if they were bridges. They have built multiple multi-star-core dyson ships. An ancient treaty by elder gods has granted them the gift to eventually master all physical phenomena. Reality cannot be bent against them, but it works both ways. They have colonized multiple galaxies. They're not as powerful as Time Lords or Daleks yet, but if it weren't for the final boss, they would reach there.
As a starter, this is the kind of enemies they've beaten, all through sheer conventional naval power - and they have managed to do this without breaking a sweat:
* Intergalactic devouring swarmsnot!Tyrannids
* Intergalactic infectious parasitesnot!Flood
* Extradimensional galactic-scale demonic invaders
* Sentient harvesters who use evolution as an experiment to find an answer to synthetic-organic warsnot!Reapers
* Unwanted assimilatorsnot!Borg
* Generic genocidal space nazis
* Rogue mining bots []not!BETA
* Kaiju
TL;DR: I need a resume for an overpowered factionthat will get their shit kicked in. I would like help brainstorming the several kinds of enemies they've faced in the pastand have made them hubristically overconfident.
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>>55415792
>sci-fi faction
>pact with eldritch gods
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Bump for interest.
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Bump of saving the thread.
Stand by for the actual comment.
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>>55415792
This ship is bigger than that image is tall.
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>>55415792
They lose to Entropy, so all their great accomplishments are rendered moot.
>>55419550
Peak sci-fi.
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>>55415792
>multiplie galaxies and multiple dyson core ships.
Well, my interest is dropped. have fun with your thread, OP.
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OP not only you are faggot but you are a retard too. Unless your players are at least elder demi-gods what's the fucking point of a premise like this? Comic relief? Megalomania? Screaming how more awesome your powers are then the powers of the described by the previous 5 year old in the playground?
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>>55419708
Worldbuilding because reasons.
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>>55419492
Here's two options for things to could totally just show up and hand them their pride.
http://worm.wikia.com/wiki/Entity
And
http://spacebattles-factions-database.wikia.com/wiki/Photino_Birds
Here's an insanely overpowered enemy they could have beaten in the past.
https://www.reddit.com/r/respectthreads/comments/34ydft/respect_supreme_commanders/
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>>55415792
They're destroyed by an enemy of the mind.
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civil war
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Reminder that Disney Star Wars' "Mega Star Destroyer" is 60km long, far larger than anything there
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>>55420548
Like I said, peak Sci-Fi.
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>>55419880
>>55419781
>>55419708
>>55419585
My question was not "what kind of enemy would absolutely destroy them and hand to them their pride." Thanks regardless for ideas on how to design such enemies. My question was, "what kind of enemies have they faced in the past that have made them arrogant."
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>>55421261
You don't need anymore of those.
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>>55415792
You do not break hubris by presenting a stronger enemy, nor by having him beat your players. Just think of all th eplayers that stroke themselve on the thought they might encounter a dragon.
What you need is Cardboard Bob, Tuckers Kobolds or Steve the Intern. Some enemy that would not be an threat if the players woulnd't sit on their high horse and keep their wits together.
having someone battle crazy veteran crippled by orbital strikes will only feed his rage, even if he has to crawl into combat. Having said veteran just tased by Steve , who thought he was an armed robber, that's going to hit his pride.
Of course this assumes that there isn't too much difference between the personal power of people. If you play something like Starfinder wit levels and where high level players are demi-gods, well you are in trouble now.
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>>55422228
Agree with this one.
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>>55415792
Planet Trade Organization
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>>55421325
This.
The term you're looking for is "victory disease" - and it can come from kicking a lot of small enemies, or kicking one big enemy's ass. Having it both ways at once is totally redundant.
Basically, they already kicked so much ass, and got so big, they don't believe anyone will ever be able to beat their fuckhuge high-tech fleet of ass-kicking badassitude.
Might be an unliked example here, but think Solarian Union in the Weber's Honorverse.
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>>55419550
Is that the First Order's? How the fuck does a backwater remnant of the near bankrupt Empire gets the funds to build both a planet sized Death Star AND a dumb as fuck hueg ship that couldn't scream "sabotage me" any louder to everyone in the galaxy?
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