Europa: Struggle for Freedom mod for Half-Life 2

Europa: Struggle for Freedom is a Half-Life 2 Multiplayer modification. It is a multi-person shooter which pits the citizens of the colony planet Europa against its mother planet, Earth. Fed up with unfair taxation and misrepresentation, the citizens have decided to break away from Earth (yes, this should sound familiar). The war that follows is the bases for this mod.

The mod will be a combination of adrenaline style and realism style play. The goal is to find a medium that will attract all types of gamers.

Setting - Most, if not all maps will be set on the colony planet Europa which was orignally established as a mining planet. Europa is the 5th planet in a binary star-system in the constellation Virgo. The roational period of Europa is 76 hours making for scorching hot days and blisteringly cold nights.

Time - It is the year 2098. Light-speed travel has been discovered only 28 years ago and Europa is only the 3rd planet that we have colonized.

Weapons - expect to see some familiar gas operated/rocket propelled weaponry (because no matter what year it is, a .50AE to the face hurts) and some not some familiar weapons that will focus on energy manipulation.

Vehichles - Currently there are going to be 4 driveable vehicles and 2 flyable vehicles. I am unable to disclose any more about this subject considering I am planning on having a heavy focus on vehicular combat in Europa.

Visuals - When I started this mod I told myself that what I wanted to stand out most about it was the visuals. I plan to put a very heavy emphasis on not just the models, but the textures, animations, and other visuals (i.e. explosions, ion-cannon beams, etc.) as well.

This is really all I want to discuss this early in development. I will be going into much more depth on our website as the mod starts to progress.