HIVE

Thank you for your interest! It's part of an idea I had for a novel many years ago, though I didn't end up pursuing it. Originally I was going to make a full campaign about the rough story I had in my head, however whilst making the map I realised I'd need to put in WAY more time than I had available if I was going to do it justice. So in the end I turned what was going to be the "first mission" into a single scenario and crammed as much world building as seemed feasible into it through the character's dialogue.

That being said one of my big influences was Bungie's 'Myth: The Fallen Lords', something I played at a young age and that I'd recommend checking out if you've not heard of it. Several of the songs used in the map were from there originally as well as some references here and there (for example a traitorous Mayor). It has a very sombre, despairing atmosphere. That being said it's very hard to get hold of nowadays sadly.

Here's a playlist of the mission intros: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgIbU_8joHM

Hmm...