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[GreatWyrmGold]

As the first self-declared officer of the Bay12 Space Program, someone who posted there before it was cool, and someone who has noticed no one else has made one, I will spearhead a mod for Dwarf Fortress which will mimic the conditions we will face as settlers of the Final Frontier^TM. Those who didn't know about the program can read the original, albeit derailed, thread here.

Right now, I'm looking for two things--talent and idea. In other words, what this mod is going to include and who is going to code it.

Ideas So Far:

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A race and civ for us
Terrain and wildlife based on the assumption that we will be settling the Martian surface--the most popular option, currently.
Other civs representing Terran invaders and nukes.
Various sorts of genetically engineered critters made for Martian living, including but not limited to:

"Space Cows," or perhaps Space Goats
Pet Kobolds, which lay eggs and are soldiers
Chickencows
"Grunt Lizardpeople Soldiers"

Former domestic animals, which escaped and became feral, including but not limited to:

Feral Petbolds (a hostile race)
Cats
Roaches, giant and otherwise

Cloning
Cyborging
Sealed capsules from the early days, possibly including:

Advanced (i.e. laser) Weaponry
Powered Armor
Tools Required for Cyborging or Cloning
Various Diseases, some with beneficial effects

Aliens

[IamanElfCollaborator]

I'll help out. I'll code in some random Martian animals. I can also help with Venusians, if needed.

[GreatWyrmGold]

What kind of Martian animals, and why would there be Venusians?

[IamanElfCollaborator]

Martian animals like space cows?
Venusians, maybe they want in on Mars space, since we already have Earth/Gaia?

[GreatWyrmGold]

Space cows have been proven not to exist, and no life exists on Venus to get jealous of us. Unless we're not the only rebellious colony? Hm...

Backstory I've thought of: The ship reaches Mars, but an industrial accident leads to destruction of what order remained and of a lot of our tech. After much time, the famous founders of the colony (including people who participated in making this mod) are treated as saintly or perhaps godlike figures, and tech has advanced to the point where we can, again, war on The Green Planet. That's all I've got for now.

[My Name is Immaterial]

I believe that there were giant blobs of slime with tusks and spigots that produced booze in the original thread. Oh, and massive cloning facilities.

[IamanElfCollaborator]

Ah. In that case, count me out, unless you want funny things in.

[My Name is Immaterial]

Sorry if I scared you away. My Apologies.

[GreatWyrmGold]

I was not planning to add things like that in. Well, maybe cloning, but I can't think of how to do that.

[IamanElfCollaborator]

Oh not a problem. I'm just not a very experienced modder, which is why I'd prefer to add in funnier, but fitting wildlife.

[Putnam]

I can do... whatever you ask me to

[Corai]

You must be able to bring pet kobolds. You must.

[My Name is Immaterial]

Would something like this work for cloning?
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=101264.msg3000313#msg3000313
Just with out golems

[i2amroy]

I was not planning to add things like that in. Well, maybe cloning, but I can't think of how to do that.

You make the dwarf transform into a creature that instantly has a limb fall off, then transform back, raise the limb, and have the limb transform into a dwarf. That's the basic cloning method.

[Delioth]

We need laser guns and lightsabers, do we not? I can handle weapons work, maybe a couple hostile civs as well (but plan on having many castes!)