Some help with a faction set

[Sigma]

I'm not looking for a grandmother look though. I picture Atsumi being Deidre's age.

[Sigma]

This one is aaaalmost perfect. The lack of color is the main thing that bothers me.

[JarlWolf]

[Kilkakon]

I don't have any pictures of Japanese women on my computer. Do pokemon count? XD

[Sigma]

Hmmm I'll see what I can do with that one.

[JarlWolf]

I don't have any pictures of Japanese women on my computer. Do pokemon count? XD

Neither do I: I just search them up on a search engine.

I'd say I know what to look for but that could sound perverted.

[Sigma]

Preliminary graphics on House Satori. Turns out the geisha picture is actually quite perfect! Does the coloration look okay?

Using Data Angels bases for now; will switch to some kind of Pagoda like structure in the future. The Erase Every Other Row distort makes these graphics trivial.

[Kilkakon]

You're welcome to use my Assassin ones if you think they'll work for her. Credit of course!

I think she looks nice, perhaps remove the bruise on her jaw?

[Sigma]

You're welcome to use my Assassin ones if you think they'll work for her. Credit of course!

I think she looks nice, perhaps remove the bruise on her jaw?

Yeah I don't exactly know how that shading got there.  I may have to redo the coloration on these.

[Buster's Uncle]

Other than that, looking good.

[Sigma]

Added the logo. It's just the kanji for "Satori" but it came out real well! I think I developed some nice shading on it too.

I think after all this I'm going to need to revisit the Authority logo. The more I look at it the less I like it.

[Buster's Uncle]

[JarlWolf]

I'm really liking the look of this faction.

[ete]

Stats for the Leviathan Body:

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#DATALINKS1
^LEADER: {Omar van Blum}
^BACKGROUND: {Republic of South Africa, Unity Passenger}
^AGENDA: {Universal human rights}
^TECH: {Social Psyche}

#DATALINKS2
^+1 Growth:   {Populist movement gathers supporters}
^-1 POLICE:  {Distrust of law enforcement}
^-2 PROBE:  {Opposed to surveillance}
^Double votes in Planetary Elections
^+15% Offense {Activists willing to fight for cause}
^Free Rec Commons at all bases
^{May not choose Police State Politics}

Thoughts?

hm, +15% offense seems a little out of place (they may fight hard for ideals, but so do almost every other faction), and on vanilla those stats show up as Alien Offense. Minus Police and free Rec Commons.. Easy growth near the start, no drone problems for a while, and FM I guess would be somewhat appealing. Lack of upkeep for Rec Commons should give a handy economic boost early game too, and generally make expanding with small bases easy.

-1 Police is almost irrelevant with no ability to go PS, at -1 you can't Nerve Staple (which is almost never worth it anyway, too much economic loss unless war with everyone) and that's it. Under FM, it's -6 rather than -5, which have the same effects. Most factions would mind a little because with FM+PS you're at -4 (Extra drone for each military unit away from territory) rather than -3 (Extra drone for each military unit away from territory after first), but that's impossible for these guys. -2 Police would stop them using Police right away, which gives them a meaningful penalty.

Probe negatives are generally much more important on subversion than information control, do you want this faction to be easy to subvert? That seems kind of out of place.

Seems mostly balanced overall, though I'd consider:
Making Police -2
Removing Offense and Probe bonuses.
Adding in immunity to Mind Control.

[Sigma]

I'd prefer to keep the +15% Offense so that they serve as a counterpoint to the Authority, which has +15% Defense. The Leviathan Body is supposed to be what happens if Occupy Wallstreet became an actually political movement, and are comprised people who aren't afraid to get their hands dirty.

How about if I replace the free Rec Commons with raising the Hab Complex limit? That one sort of serves as a double edged sword-- with their growth and police penalty they need to really build up their infrastructure to avoid Drone problems.
 
-2 Police sounds fair. I can drop the Probe penalty altogether, maybe replace it with increased Probe Costs?

So we're looking at:

+1 Growth
-2 Police
+50% Probe Costs
Double Votes
+15% Offense
Exceed Hab Complex by 2

How does that look?

I appreciate your input on these, you've been very helpful.