The Official "Ask the Writer of Watchtower Anything" Thread

[Sirick]

It was requested, so here it is!
A thread where you can ask the guy who wrote the Watchtower story questions!

I'll try to answer what I can, but now and again there may be something I wont answer due to wanting to avoid future spoilers...

Ask away!

 

[RandomWanderer]

I have 4!

How long did it take to write Watchtower?

Did you already play starfield? Or did kinggath ask you to try it, so you could write stories in that world? Or did you somehow just study the lore without playing it?

Did you write extensive lore and Torin's full backstory before writing the script? Or are you just really good at eluding to extensive lore and backstory, without actually having it down.

Spoiler

Now that codename:Albatross and codename:Bastion are "bonded", could Watchtower use them to make a bridge between worlds, by trapping Albatross and tossing Bastion through an armillary?
Thus possibly connecting with other Watchtowers...

Thank you

 

[syberghost]

Were you in part inspired by Buffy the Vampire Slayer's later-season Initiative storylines, in which the inevitable slippage of the masquerade in the age of cellphones and webcams caused the US government to take notice of the supernatural world and respond? In the future, might we see more about how Watchtower (and perhaps similar organizations, WT seems somewhat aligned with one of the major powers, but their tactics would almost have to either involve the other major power, or invite an INTENSE response from them) interacts with the major governments? The fact they're not legally criminals, and I have to

Spoiler

sell them into slavery

turn them in to Ecliptic or the Crimson Fleet when I take them alive instead of to the guards, certainly implies some things about that relationship.

If Torin was a tree, what kind of tree would he be?

Has anyone in KGC played with my DarkStar Patch yet, and did you find the services kiosk?

What're the chances we get a short story about the time Harper

Spoiler

blew Torin out an airlock?

Because I bet that's the funniest story ever.

 

[RandomWanderer]

The fact they're not legally criminals, and I have to

Spoiler

sell them into slavery

turn them in to Ecliptic or the Crimson Fleet when I take them alive instead of to the guards, certainly implies some things about that relationship.

I am so confused. Lol. Ok

Spoiler

who sold who into slavery? Is there slavery in the settled systems?

 

[syberghost]

I am so confused. Lol. Ok

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who sold who into slavery? Is there slavery in the settled systems?

Useful Brigs and Non-Lethal Framework mods. Lets you capture people instead of killing them. If you put them in your brig, if they're a criminal faction, you can turn them over to guards (sadly, not Stardock guards, somebody should patch this before I mess around and do it myself) for credits: if they're civilians, the only people who will take them are Ecliptic and Crimson Fleet. What happens to them then is... not defined.

 

[victoriaks01]

Brainstorming sessions, quite fun and of course thought expanding. Then you gather your minions of amazing individuals and dreams become reality. Thank you first of all for all that y'all have done and will do in the future. I know your holding your breaths until the next DLC comes out as that will shape your ideas and strategy. I merely ask, what are the next possibilities? I am curious as well, do forum post give your thinktank ideas that you use in your mods?

 

[victoriaks01]

Useful Brigs and Non-Lethal Framework mods. Lets you capture people instead of killing them. If you put them in your brig, if they're a criminal faction, you can turn them over to guards (sadly, not Stardock guards, somebody should patch this before I mess around and do it myself) for credits: if they're civilians, the only people who will take them are Ecliptic and Crimson Fleet. What happens to them then is... not defined.

To acquire ALL watchtower technology after you finally defeat them in that universe. Everything that was watchtower now belongs to you the winner. But you have to ask, is are watchtower technologies in alternate universes different? Would be an amazing mod I would think.