Oni2:A Storyline

"A storyline for Oni 2" was a brainstorming thread on Oni Central Forum that ran from April 2005 to May 2006. It is summarized by topic below.

The World

Society

• After 20 years, most of the damage to the atmosphere has been fixed by the brilliant scientist Mukade [or Hasegawa or...] as the head of WCG. Order has been restored quickly by martial law, as the people are mostly concerned with burying their dead after the Cataclysm. (geyser)
• Even after 20 years, society is likely to be in chaos because the atmospheric damage is irreversible. The Syndicate drew its strength from the underprivileged who lived outside the cities, therefore we should expect to see chaos increase when the ACCs (and thus the cities) fall. (guido)
• After 20 years, most of the ACCs have been repaired, but there are also Daodan symbiotes living in settlements outside the cities. (typhen)

WCG & TCTF

• The poor outside the cities have clean air doled out to them by dispensers from the WCG. (guido)
• The WCG has at least some good intentions (allows protests and free speech such as report on Jamie Kerr's death, cleans air within cities). Possibly the manual is right and the WCG allows the Syndicate to exist, or possibly the TCTF is just cowardly. Because the WCG is too weak (possibly de-militarized), it cannot stand against the Syndicate after the Cataclysm hits. The WCG is possibly not concerned enough about the plight of those outside the cities to ship air to them, but they did strengthen the ACCs after Jamie's death. (geyser)
• WCG only pretends to allow free speech. They cover up the real story when reporting on Jamie's death because the gov't has no intention of acknowledging the extent of the pollution problem. (TheTurnipKing)
• WCG is diminished by the Cataclysm but still holds onto some territories. (Snake007x)
• WCG of Oni 2 will be less about oppression and more about propaganda. (Nyctasia)
• WCG has to join forces with the Syndicate to save humanity. (Gatkowski)

Syndicate

• One of the main advantages in the Syndicate is that they are not bound by the legal restrictions that the TCTF have, so they can develop new tech more quickly (such as adult SLDs). TCTF didn't try to take down Syndicate simply because they were afraid the Syndicate was stronger. (TNT)
• Syndicate will make grab for world power because they were prepared for the Cataclysm, unlike WCG. Likely, in Oni 1 the TCTF was out-matched by the Syndicate already. (geyser)
• Syndicate cannot easily overwhelm TCTF, as both sets of character classes have their advantages. (TNT)
• Syndicate has the most power outside the cities, but they are in the cities too. Symbiotes living in settlements got their Chrysalises (inferior to Mai's) from Syndicate. (typhen)
• Syndicate only gave Chrysalises to a few key people. (geyser)

Science

Daodan

• physiological nature of the process
• schizophrenia of the 3rd kind
• smart cancer from outer space
• the Oni AKA "it"

Characters

Mai

• big decisions AKA big mistakes by geyser.
• schizophrenia of the 3rd kind
• destiny

Hasegawa

• Mukade=Hasegawa

Kerr

• Kerr's tirades

Mukade & Ninjas

• Mukade=Hasegawa