So just to ensure I have this correctly, you're saying that we should have the Main Universe Thread to advance the overall universe
And then instead of splitting up every other small story line into its own thread, we would instead have larger "faction" or "themed" threads which would encompass side stories. So we would have a generic "AIocity thread" or a generic "Independent Systems" thread which would encompass side stories which go on within those areas?
And then we would have smaller threads which encompass single events on a case by case basis as needed?
If that's the case, I like the idea as it would help out severely with the problem of focus within the game while also encouraging us to expand the universe horizontally, instead of the linear approach we do in the main thread. It would also solve the chaoticness of trying to find the correct posts within the sea of content
I can see the Independent systems having its own thread since it has its own political structure and intrigue. However I did not mean making threads for small things. Case by case yes, but nothing too small. By small I mean character interactions with little actual story, or singular battles or some sort of mission. FOr the case by case I would mean something like forming a special team that takes specialists from each Empire to form a task force to take down some vague threat, and it takes many missions, story developement, character developement, drama, etc. It has to be quite significant to warrant a thread.
Wars are impersonal, so the main thread would handle that, unless the side plot was a squad of soldiers on the ground and their specific story and plot in this campaign which would take a while to do, drama, action, many missions and goals, with an end goal of stopping/winning the war with a decisive victory of eliminating a key figure/big bad guy.
However say a few Independent system characters meet, that doesn't warrant its own thread, just be part of the independent systems thread. I don't see AIocity warranting its own thread unless all the empires were somehow connected to it, like the independent systems, its also strictly apart your empire. THe only thing I see being good for AIocity having its own thread is if lets say the Grimm manage to break into the Unani Interstellar network and begin to ravage accross it like an uncontained wildfire and the players take on personas of AI characters in this situation to fight back/survive and find a way to stop the Grimm infiltration etc.
I really mean these thread being their own story and plot, their own RP that is significant enough to warrant a thread. These threads could be gmed by whoever comes up with the idea, however they would need to propose the idea first before creating it, need to actually have interest and people willing to participate and work within the limits of this story.
Having to have approval first would keep it from getting out of hand, and the multi-threads would keep interest in the overall universe, and be more manageable. So while people might decide to take a break from Empires, they can participate in a small side story till they get interest in the main game again. Keeps it fresh, organized, and cohesive as a whole.