Future patch names

[TheDungen]

What famous authors and creators could you see getting patches named after them and what would the focus of those patches be.

I'll start

Tanaka (Yoshiki) patch, focusing on the interaction between war and politics.

 

[Gaen]

David Brin for genetics, primetives and pre sapient?

 

[Ambereyed]

Lem patch - focusing mostly on problems emerging from initial interactions with different life forms. Mutual misunderstanding and lack of possibility to fully comprehend unknown is quite common motive in his works - for example "Solaris", "Invincible" or "Fiasco".

 

[MAju]

(David) Weber patch - focusing on espionage and interaction with pre-ftl civilizations. I'm impressed his 'On Basilisk Station'.

 

[Packers05]

Lovecraft, for....well....A horror themed expansion/story pack.

 

[TheDungen]

David Brin for genetics, primetives and pre sapient?

Or Brin Patch in which every now and then a random rant pops up as an event. people who follow Brin on facebook know what I'm talking abut.

 

[Palver]

I’ll say Roddenberry for the one that expands the Federation mechanics

 

[Eled the Worm Tamer]

Asprin has to add space mercenaries and private security concerns.

McAuley for subcultures, a new look at nanotech.

Morgan for post mortal tech and effects of it on empires, possibly developing intreage

Ellis for event visability, spread of news, media manipulation a kind of diplomatic fog of war/

 

[Rhel]

(David) Weber patch - focusing on espionage and interaction with pre-ftl civilizations. I'm impressed his 'On Basilisk Station'.

Wouldn't that be the missile patch? As in the entire patch and the DLC focus on mechanics relating to missiles, their launch mechanisms, their targetting systems and warheads...

Maybe Herbert or Butler for something to do with reworking the ascenion paths, Psionics and Genetics in particular.

 

[rubert]

Also random events with huge infodumps.

Straczynski (of Babylon 5 fame) for internal conflict, politics and factions (maybe with additional mechanics for war in heaven, too).

 

[Havwila]

Maybe Hamilton (Peter F. Hamilton) for living ships, an extension of the psionic mechanics or fallen empires rework?

 

[MAHak]

Philip K. Dick! For the, but certainly not limited to, semantics of having a 'Dick patch'.
The patch theme could be about pop happiness management.

 

[verybad]

Gibson (William Gibson Neuromancer). Focusing on the roleplaying issues of technology working with societies. Depth of planetary histories with warfare and economy affecting them as things go along.


Essentially depth for the game to make it even cooler.

 

[All The Clovers]

I'd like them to reuse Niven for when they do something to the ringworlds

 

[Eelectrica]

Harlan Ellison. Not quite sure about the theme of the patch. Maybe something to do with leaders.

 

[henzington]

I second Roddenberry for a patch expanding federation mechanics

 

[Gaen]

Or Brin Patch in which every now and then a random rant pops up as an event. people who follow Brin on facebook know what I'm talking abut.

All great authors are a bit insane ^^

 

[Mastikator]

I know it's not really sci-fi but Fleming, for the coming espionage and intelligence patch. I don't know that there is going to be an espionage and intelligence patch but I want to believe.

 

[Calvax]

Scalzi would be good. His Old Man’s War series concerns ground combat and politics so could be good for a significant Federation and minor army update. Also his Interdependency series (second book out in a couple of weeks) is all about an interstellar empire using natural hyperlanes that are beginning to collapse. A mid game crisis that temporarily (or in some cases permanently) closes/opens a few hyperlanes a year over a few decades could be really interesting.

 

[Rubidium]

Be nice to get in some more classic sci-fi authors before we hit the moderns so heavily.

Doc Smith (the Lensmen series, among others) could either be expanding further on Fallen Empires or for more warfare overhaul.