Forum:SH:The Old Republic: Outlander story and affiliations

Hey. This is a discussion to seek a solution to the massing The Old Republic (Outlander/Alliance Commander story starting at TOR 4.0 Knights of the Fallen Empire) content that can't be integrated porperly due to gameplay choice influences. As a result, there's an increased difficulty in writing new articles, having to describe everything in the Behind the scenes sections instead of in the actual article bodies (which defeats the Bts section's purpose).

The story has reached a point where we can't possibly say which faction the Commander chose to support as doing so would be neglecting a different storyline altogether. And we can't try to just write what both have in common (as we've done in older SWTOR content) because what we can conclude is very limited and outcomes, such as in battles, are considerably distinct.

An example would be Mission to Onderon in which the Republic-siding Commander helps Senator Deja Nebet against the Empire and King Regalun Petryph culminating with the Commander stopping the Empire attempt at destroying the Republic fleet, whereas the Empire-siding Commander works with King Petryph and Darth Savik and ends up destroying the Republic fleet. This element and others of the 6.0 Onslaught story (as well as in previous ones) end with whomever the Commander sided with winning a decisive battle against the other.

What I'm proposing is we continue the Republic-light side and Empire-dark side logic. However, we can't outright state which affiliation would be canon and so I think we should (unorthodoxly) recognize both. I'm proposing a division between the Commander article into The Commander (Republic) and The Commander (Empire) separate articles.

This is how the process would work:


 * -The Commander (Republic) article would be written in a pro-Republic perspective, assuming all light side and support Republic choices in the story as canon and the rest as Bts gameplay alternatives.
 * -The Commander (Empire) article would be written in a pro-Empire perspective, assuming all dark side and support Empire choices in the story as canon and the rest as Bts gameplay alternatives.
 * -Content with story and outcome affected by light/dark and support Empire/support Republic choices will be divided into the previous game mechanics sections, which could be applied in the same article together.
 * -Top templates for both main articles explaining the division and linking to a consensus track topic (in case this proposal is approved).

Templates
I put forth the suggested templates:

Empire Commander story This section of the article assumes 100% game completion and that the Alliance Commander player chooses to side with the Sith Empire and applies only "dark side" options when available during the course of. Alternate stories are noted in the "Behind the scenes" section. Note: The events in this section may or may not have been confirmed as canon.

Republic Commander story This section of the article assumes 100% game completion and that the Alliance Commander player chooses to side with the Galactic Republic and applies only "light side" options when available during the course of. Alternate stories are noted in the "Behind the scenes" section. Note: The events in this section may or may not have been confirmed as canon.

This might be a bit confusing so I'm all open to present more examples of what I'm proposing. Winterz (talk) 01:03, October 29, 2019 (UTC)

Discussion
Go ahead and discuss here what you think. Let's see if we can reach a consensus and rework/improve on this.

Winterz

 * I have my own questions regarding the top templates. If they are really needed, the respective colors and images, or even their text to explain to the reader what was done. Winterz (talk) 01:03, October 29, 2019 (UTC)