Alien Empress

[Sligneris]

Summary (a quick, 2-3 sentence summary):
Add Xenomorph Empress to the IC gameplay, similar to Central Command.

Benefits (How this will benefit the server and game as a whole):
Just like there is some power above the most important of Captains, the queen would also be reminded that there's someone above her. Technically, it means that queen abuse or even incompetence could be prevented by IC means.

Details (Description of how you think this would work, the benefits, etc):
Empress would not appear in the game itself - she'd just telepathically order the aliens on Nostromo if there was ever the need to do so. Given the fact that using telepathy on such distance is no small feat, she'd talk very rarely and only in extreme cases.

Similarly, only the aliens on Tier 3 are strong enough to even attempt to send a thought that the Empress could catch, so attempts to contact her would be restricted to Tier 3 aliens. Also, ability to attempt contact with the Empress is not present at all even for them unless the Empress already contacted Nostromo at least once - aliens do not know of any Empress involvement unless she contacts them first, after all.

Implementation (Optional, if you have an idea how to implement it):
Essentially, it would work just like Central Command. Admins, taking the role of the Empress would be able to send her thoughts to the aliens, in the form of announcements. As described above, as soon as Empress makes her first announcement in the game, revealing her interest in the occurring events, Queen, Ravagers, Hivelords and Praetorians would get the ability "Attempt contact with Empress". Most games would have no Empress announcements at all - it would only happen if a queen is doing something wrong.

[UnknownMurder]

...Well, we CAN be the Empress... However, our job as an admin is a priority.

[Sligneris]

Like I said, it would be a rare occurrence for extreme cases - like queen giving absurd orders and not laying eggs, for example. One game per twenty, maybe less.

[Adjective]

Change your idea of Empress to Queen Mother, which in lore was the mother of all Queens and Empresses and could telepathically control all queens and empresses from Xenomorph Prime, like Central Command.

[speedybst]

Yes, the idea of a CC announcing system for the xenos alone sounds like something very helpful, +1 from me

[apophis775]

There would never been a queen mother (they are only on Xeno Prime). An Empress *might* be a possibility.

[Adjective]

There would never been a queen mother (they are only on Xeno Prime). An Empress *might* be a possibility.

I said that. "They telepathically controlled all Queens and Empresses from Xenomorph Prime"

[Mizari]

I fail to see the need really, Admins can already do what you suggest however its not really needed as its not a big issue of queens doing stuff "bad"

[Sligneris]

Yeah, Queen Mother does work with that idea. It's not like she'd ever appear personally.

I fail to see the need really, Admins can already do what you suggest however its not really needed as its not a big issue of queens doing stuff "bad"

There's no need. It's just a flavor thing.

[apophis775]

Maybe, eventually. But probably not.