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>I was thinking more about something like a powerful criminal organisation (like a branch of Kasballica or something), a minor Rogue Trader that went secessionist and dabbled too much in xeno technology, a dark mechanicus group or something like that
Yeah, you're right on both points. Any of those would be a cool and appropriate threat, and none of them would be quite as cool as what we've already seen.

I think part of the problem is the lack of anagnorisis or revelation inherent in any of those factions. The DLC1 story would've been a lot less interesting if it were just a bunch of socialist revolutionaries on board your ship but with the twist that they're puppeted by xenos it's a lot more interesting (and 'stealers are easily the best xenos they could've chosen for that role). They can't reuse that same twist though (oh no, 'the Kasballica branch are pawns of DEldar' or 'the seccessionist RT is being manipulated by Chaos') without retreading too much of the same ground. The other issue is how to make us care about the antagonist. The first DLC did that really well - a faction of rabble-rousers speaking out against our command of the ship would've been enough to piss the typical player off and get us engaged but they went even further by making it a literal parasitic infection that had been brewing onboard for generations and involved locations as sacred as the church or the crypts. It'll be hard to repeat that with a few criminals plotting against us or selling obscura in "The Cove" or wherever it is those bridge officers keep mentioning.

The first DLC was so good though. Maybe they'll prove my doubting wrong but even if not, even if they don't manage to meet the same standard, I still reckon it'll be pretty good.

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