Detailed Ideas on the Wraith

[The Dalek Empire]

Greetings my fellows. I've become increasingly convinced that the Wraith could make a solid 5th race in this game. It's probably just wishful thinking and no doubt there are technical problems that I cnanot fathom at this time with implementing a new race, but that doesn't stop a guy dreaming and scheming, right?

Anyway, it's not the first time that the phrase "Add the Wraith" has cropped up on here, so I've tried rather hard to make this thread something different. It's not a plea to [i]add the Wraith, but designs on how to include the Wraith, which I think would be far more useful (and persuassive) than a few pages of people saying that the Wraith should or should not be included.

So, away I go...[/i]



The Wraith


Racial Bonuses – Powerful Warriors, The Culling

Powerful Warriors - All Wraith units have 1.5 times the power of a standard unit. Thus, if we assume an Offensive Away Team has a power of 1, and an Offensive NID Agent a power of 2, a Wraith Warrior will have a power of 1.5 and a Wraith Elite Guard will have a power of 3.

Designer’s Note – This reflects the regenerative powers of the Wraith, and the general strength that they display. It can also represent the vampiric powers of the Wraith – we can assume that in combat the Wraith will drain it’s victims and as such last longer, etc. I considered some sort of special attack option or technology for vampirism, but ideas such as reduced casualties are already the domain of the Replicators.

The Culling – Naquadah stolen by the Wraith during a successful attack is multiplied by 1.25. Note, this can allow the Wraith to steal more Naquadah than the defender technically possesses, since it is not just Naquadah that is being stolen.

Designer’s Note – The Wraith harvest populations for feeding. They are a truly predatory race. It is how they survive, and they are exceedingly efficient at it. It would seem obvious that the Wraith get a lot more out of a successful culling than say, the Goa’uld get from a successful invasion of a rival’s world. On a gameplay level, this will give the Wraith all the incentive they need to actually attack, rather than sit back and run an economy as other races sometimes seem content to do. This has to be a good thing, right? This might sound similar to the Tau’ri bonus, but the important difference here is that the Tau’ri bonus helps them get past the enemy’s defences – the Wraith bonus helps them once they have won the battle themselves. I think that’s a big enough difference so as not to tread on those little Tau’ri toes.


Unit Summary

Attack Units – Wraith Warrior
Attack Super Units – Wraith Elite Guard
Attack Mercenaries – Wraith Adolescent
Defence Units – Wraith Defender
Defence Super Units – Wraith Hive Guardian
Defence Mercenaries – Semi-dormant Wraith
Infiltration Units – Wraith Marauder
Untrained Units – Wraith Workers
Untrained Mercenaries – Hibernating Wraith

Designer’s Note – Simple names here, if anyone has any better ideas please do suggest them.


Attack Weapons

Name: Combat Blade, Strength: 12, Price: 1,000 Naquadah
Name: Stunner Staff, Strength: 24, Price: 2,000 Naquadah
Name: Stunner Rifle, Strength: 36, Price: 3,000 Naquadah
Name: Toxin Injector, Strength: 72, Price: 5,000 Naquadah
Name: Field Commander, Strength: 200, Price: 12,500 Naquadah
Name: Assault Cadre, Strength: 700, Price: 45,000 Naquadah
Name: Wraith Dart, Strength: 2,800, Price: 170,000 Naquadah

Defence Weapons

Name: Combat Blade, Strength: 12, Price: 1,000 Naquadah
Name: Stunner Staff, Strength: 24, Price: 2,000 Naquadah
Name: Stunner Rifle, Strength: 36, Price: 3,000 Naquadah
Name: Frenzied Hive Guards, Strength: 72, Price: 5,000 Naquadah
Name: Chameleonic Hive Guards, Strength: 180, Price: 11,000 Naquadah
Name: Focused Laser Cannon, Strength: 600, Price: 40,000 Naquadah
Name: Ultra High Intensity Culling Beam, Strength: 2,400, Price: 145,000 Naquadah

Designer's Note - If you compare the higher-end Attack and Defence weapons for the Wraith then you see that they are marginally better equipped for Attack rather than Defence. This is more to further encourage the Wraith player to be aggressive and attack as often as possible, since he stands to get a lot more from attacking than cowering behind his defences. The differences between Attack and Defence powers are no-where near as severe as those of the Asgard and Tau’ri though, to reflect the Wraith’s technological ability and the fact that attacking the Wraith really isn’t that easy.


Siege Technology

Level: 1
Name: Dart Swarms
Effect: +45% Attack Bonus
Cost: 60,000 Naquadah

Level: 2
Name: Wraith Cruiser Assault
Effect: +90% Attack Bonus
Cost: 180,000 Naquadah

Defence Fortifications

Level: 1
Name: Dormant Hive
Effect: +25% Defence Bonus
Cost: 60,000 Naquadah

Level: 2
Name: Awakened Hive
Effect: +50% Defence Bonus
Cost: 180,000 Naquadah

Covert Technology

Level: 1
Name: Prey-seeker Probes
Effect: +5% Covert Bonus
Cost: 60,000 Naquadah

Level: 2
Name: Wraith Computer Virus
Effect: +15% Covert Bonus
Cost: 180,000 Naquadah

Mercenary Recruitment Technology

As game standard.

Unique Racial Technology

Level: 1
Name: Strengthened Transporter Beams
Effect: “The Culling” bonus is increased to 1.3
Cost: 150,000 Naquadah

Level: 2
Name: Increased Matter Storage
Effect: “The Culling” bonus is increased to 1.35
Cost: 300,000 Naquadah

Level: 3
Name: Advanced Matter Re-integration Systems
Effect: “The Culling” bonus is increased to 1.4
Cost: 600,000 Naquadah

Designer's Note - Once again the power is centred on Attack power. If you think this is too high, let me know. Defence and Covert are pretty standard I think – any tweaking suggestions are welcome. Mercenary tech I will leave as it is. The real star here is the Unique Race Technology – I wanted something special and powerful, but not overly complicated. Therefore, the idea is that the Wraith can further increase the excess Naquadah (in practice bodies) they steal on a successful attack. Once again, it really encourages the Wraith player to take the initiative and go on the offensive.



Any and all comments are welcome, save for cries of "We don't need the Wraith!". Thank you for taking the time to read all of this, Vosk.

[NoDot]

I'll give you this: this is the most detailed suggestion for the Wraith inclusion that I've seen yet! Congratulations!

Shall this thread remain open, mods? Or shall the repeat be comdemmed for it's nature?

[Valhalla]

It is the most detailed one i like it other than the weapons names being repetative have a look at the weapons list in this thread for a few more ideas for wraith weapons http://www.stargatewars.com/phpBB2/view ... ght=wraith
but other than that well done u oviously put some thought into this.

[Tyicius]

It's awsome

[Setesh]

Would give rep points if this forum had that system. Most detailed and well-thought out wraith post ive seen thus far Good work

[Fig Jam]

very detailed, i think with a bit of tweaking with some of the names we could have a 5th race in midsts

[Rukia]

how would this affect advantages? i'm not a tauri or asgard but it kinda negates their advantages a bit.

[MackTheKnife]

Wraith Special Rule (only against Tauri):

For every Offensive Away team armed with a P90, the wraith player loses 7 wraith.

[The Dalek Empire]

how would this affect advantages? i'm not a tauri or asgard but it kinda negates their advantages a bit.

It doesn't really if you think about it. The Tau'ri are still the best at actual combat (they get their 25% bonus and unique technology). The Wraith Culling bonus is only useful if the Wraith player actually manages to get past the defences of the defending player - something which they cannot do as effectively as the Tau'ri and will still have problems with when it comes to the Asgard. The Wraith simply stand to gain more from actually carrying out a successful attack.



On the names, yes you're all very right, they are a bit repetative and uninspired. I was reading through Gateworld.net looking for any and all information on the Wraith, and it came up a bit limited. I think some creativity is needed here - all suggestions are welcome.

[schuesseled]

well done vost is one of the better posts i have read, i especially like the culling bonus. Good Work

[schuesseled]

a defensive fortification could be an orbital stargate, and as the link to the other post referred to an orbital stargate network i.e. all the stargate of feeding grounds are in orbit therefore theres no where for the unadvanced speices to flee to whilst your culling them and also it means that they cant defend your attack as well as you come from the skies and they cant bury the gate, therefore it would make a good siege tech not as good as crusier support though

[Spud3912]

well i think that seeing as the Wraith are like from Atlantis then either they should be added to quantum and make that like the pegasus galaxy.. and then u could possibly change races there although i wont go into more detail because i will get complained at for hijacking.

[~Phoenix~]

All games of this format have have only 4 different races/species ...

To make this game more unique I personally think the wwraith SHOULD be addedd to the main server as a NORMAL race .. people say they are losing interest .. let's see

[Kerrus Magrus]

what there really should be is 4 alter races. (wraith included) (not counting ascended shell)for each of the 4 main ones, and someone of one of the 4 main races could change race 1time without losing anything so long as they change to their corresponding alter race


example:

for goauld: wraith
for humans: Ancient-gene humans
for replicators... hmm, tough one... ah: Ree-Tuu
for asgard: atlanteans(ancients on atlantis)

[Sleipnir]

The culling bonus won't do. I suggested something similar for goa'uld before, and was pointed to a fatal flaw. Say a wraith has 2B naq. He uses SS to send it to some undefended dead account, and immediately attacks for it: result, his 2B have become 2.5B for a measly 15 attack turns. Repeat a few times and you've got a whole lot of naq to spend.