Corona Lords

[Paradox01]

Is there a design doc somewhere that talks more about the Corona Lords as an organization than the wiki? All I can find are the entries for the Forgehound, Corona Pilot and Corona Flamer.

 

[Paradox01]

Anybody know anything about them?

 

[= )]

Sorry all the files on them got quarantined due to the beer pandemic.

 

[TheShepard256]

Anybody know anything about them?

Here's what one crew member has to say about them:

Buncha sun-sucking nutters if you ask me. They like to lurk close enough to stars to hide from most sensors, but their stupid theme doesn’t end there. They go nuts for flamethrowers, plasma weapons - anything that seems hot, and the hotter the better. It’s practically a fire cult at this point. Bet they’d snort thermite if you dared them. Oh, and while I’ve never met the bitch, rumor is that they’ve got some kind of queen breeder tucked away somewhere on the station - and that she birthed damn near half their numbers, like some sorta gold myr queen.

All three currently in-game members were written by Wsan, so chances are he's the one writing the whole gang. The 'Corona' part of their name is likely named after stellar coronas, which are incredibly hot (in the millions of Kelvin). If asked whether the Corona Lord Flamer is her sister, the Corona Lord pilot mentions that she has over a hundred siblings due to her mother, pretty much confirming the above rumour, and there's an as-of-yet inaccessible variant to that scene that's supposed to appear if Steele has fucked said mother, so that's likely going to be an option in the future. They're also the only gang on Zheng Shi Lorelei doesn't have an opinion on. And that's pretty much everything publicly available (unless there's something on the Discord, which I don't frequent).

 

[Paradox01]

You da man, Shep. That helps loads.

 

[William.]

"Corona Lords." Leila scowls and sighs, the sound laden with annoyance. "There's a story. Second ones to team up with us. They do a lot of the heavy lifting around here. That forgemaster thraggen in there? Yeah, he's one. Big fucking pushovers, all of them. They're all about fiery machismo and slurping roids. Their piracy antics consist of hiding near suns, so they wear more cooling rigs than anything. Oh yeah, might have seen that maniac dog woman patrolling around the ship. And her boss, the leithan that hangs around it. Those brokebrain dicklickers always give me shit when I come through here. Anyway, you want to make sure you have some sort of heat resistant gear around them. That huskar carries a flamethrower. Yes, a fucking flamethrower.{ silly: John Carpenter must have had influence in writing this shithole.} Lunatics."

// pc Defeated Forgehound

"Took care of the big man," you wink, describing your fight with the Forgehound, and how you sent him packing back to his masters. Leila is, of course, quite pleased with the story, giving a wry, respectful smile.

"Wish I could have seen it, y'know? Please tell me you -"

He's not dead.

"Come the fuuuuck oooon," she rolls her eyes, delivering the line with signature flair. "You're too fucking soft, [pc.name]."

{bimboKindMisch Maybe, but it's why she's talking to you, isn't it?/ broHard: Who is she to say you didn't give him nightmares?}

No answer. You'll take that as a win.

// merge

Scratching the back of one ear, Leila's eyes dim thoughtfully. "Whatever. You don't see many of them because they tend to hang around their own ships. Zheng Shi is useful to them but not as much as, say, those rats. Or us."

 

[Paradox01]

Even more help. Thanks, William.