Concept for Galaxy City Revamp: 'Reconstruction'

[golstat2003]

On 7/25/2025 at 11:05 AM, mechahamham said:

While I like the 'Destroyed Galaxy City' tutorial, I hate the idea that we just lost Galaxy City and never had it reconstructed. I've been pouring over an idea for a while for reconstructing Galaxy as a higher-level zone, about the same level spread as Brickstown. The zone would be modified quite a bit, using original geometry, but also quite a bit of new geometry around the border to include new buildings.

 

Difficulty: High. This would require a significant amount of modeling, something that the Homecoming team doesn't have a ton of ability to do. We've had a few zone additions, but this would go maybe a step or two beyond what was necessary to create Echo Plaza.

 

Regardless, if any or all of the ideas here are useful, please feel free to use them in any form!

 

Story Arcs:

 

The idea behind the story arcs is that these should be along the lines of the origin arcs in the original version of Galaxy rather than a overarching zone storyline. Additionally, I've added arcs for the two blue-side alignments.

 

Never Forget What They Took From You (Vigilante):

Shawn McCrehy is one of the many residents of Galaxy City who lost loved ones during the Neo-Shivan attack. The experience has hardened, perhaps even radicalized him, and he's out for blood. Shawn maintains that Freedom Corps' Longbow troops acted poorly and, in one notable case, homicidally recklessly in their 'defense' of Galaxy City. Shawn has requested your aid in bringing justice to a murderer.

 

Heart of the Galaxy (Hero):

Kevin Graham has lived in his older sister's shadow for more than a decade after her passing. "Some people try to worship my sister, like Galaxy Girl was some kind of saint. I've still got scars that say otherwise. She *was* a good person but now someone's trying to tell people she was some kind of fascist messiah. You have to stop Arachnos from *using* my sister's memory like that."

 

A Good Cop (Natural):

Captain Dan Roholland of the Federal Bureau of Investigations has been dispatched to Paragon City to help the Paragon Police Department investigate allegations of corruption within their rank and file. He's ready to bring charges, but a complication has arisen... a complication called 'The Malta Group' whose members are active within the PPD.

 

When the Walls Fell (Tech):

Dana Jericho believes very strongly that the War Walls surrounding Paragon City neighborhoods have not only outlived their usefulness, but are actively harming the communities they're supposed to protect. "They didn't stop the second Rikti invasion. They didn't stop the Shivan Meteors. They DO stifle commerce, education, and more. And now they're swarming with robots from another dimension!?" Regardless, you have to get to the bottom of the infestation of the War Walls by Praetorian Clockwork.

 

Informed Consent (Science):

Brian Maddock, or as he prefers, 'Br'ock', was at one point a member of the mysterious Lost, the cult-like gang that seemed devoted to Rikti ideals. Then he became a conscript of the Reformist Faction of Rikti invaders here on Primal Earth. "Listen, Hero. You think you're doing a good thing 'rescuing' us from the Rikti. And, maybe for some people: you are. But for a lot of us, the Rikti gave us a place, community, and stability. I had nothing but abuse and addiction in my life before. Now one of your friends is hunting us and forcibly detaching us from: the psychic network. Many of us: do not want that. Many of us: would rather die. You've got to help us."

 

Guarding the Guardians (Mutant):

Ashley Brinson is the president of the PCU Guardian Angels student association. The Guardian Angels are super-powered university students dedicated to making sure the PCU campuses stay safe for all students. Unfortunately for the Guardian Angels, some of their members are being subverted. It's no secret that many young people come to university to party, but the Carnival of Shadows' depraved brand of 'partying' is everything the Guardian Angels are trying to prevent.

 

Out of Time, Out of Mind (Magic):

Murder is afoot in Galaxy City, and the Midnighters need your help. A serial killer is on the loose. Martina Demetria, Midnighter Archivist, thinks she may have a line on the killer. "So far as we can tell, each and every one of the victims has had an Orenbegan Spirit Thorn either implanted or on their person. The perpetrator is targeting Circle Mages... and murdering their host bodies in the process."

 

Points of Interest:

 

Police Radio Mission Contacts Simon Angel and Danny Frost on loan from the UK Metropolitan Police Force. (Suspiciously similar to Simon Pegg & Nick Frost in costume from 'Hot Fuzz'.)

 

Reconfigured War Wall Enclosure

 

Pleiades Banking District and Memorial Tower

 

PCU Galaxy City Satellite Campus

 

Star Rise Point Apartment Complex

 

Fallen Heroes Memorial Museum: Repurposing and renovating the Freedom Corps building in the heart of Galaxy City is the new museum dedicated to all of Paragon City's heroes who have passed while in the city's service. The museum is currently displaying exhibits dedicated to the memory of 'Atlas' Barnabas Branson and his Wife Gloria, 'Galaxy Girl' Kelly Graham and 'Dauntless' Robbie Prescott, and the inimitable 'Statesman' Marcus Cole and 'Maiden Justice' Monica Cole.

 

Menders Baker and Tennant: Near the entrances to King's Row and Galaxy City, Mender Baker and Mender Tennant watch carefully for lower-level heroes to enter Galaxy City. They'll offer an explanation of the realities of the reconstruction, and offer to transport heroes to Echo: Galaxy City.

 

I’m not seeing anything here that can’t eventually be done. Eventually as in years from now now and hours of manpower. 
 

Done quickly? Not in the least. But that doesn’t matter. If they ever decide to pick this up then we just wait.

 

Again good suggestions.

[mechahamham]

13 hours ago, golstat2003 said:

Done quickly? Not in the least. But that doesn’t matter. If they ever decide to pick this up then we just wait.

 

Done quickly and for no money. <Ralph Wiggum>That's unpossible!</Ralph Wiggum>

 

My pie-in-the-sky hope is that the HC team can eventually get modern open-source modelling and animation packages like Blender to work with CoH's elderly animation backend. I think that would open up lots of opportunities for both new and old CoH fans to contribute models, textures, and perhaps even entire zones to the project.

 

I've been working on learning OpenSCAD recently, but it's all about mathematically or procedurally modelling parts for machining or 3d printing. I don't think there's any hope at all of using its output with CoH.