I know that mod ideas are posted on a constant basis on here so I do apologize for creating another one. Hopefully someone likes it. I have no modding experience, always wanted to but could never find the time. Alright.. here we go..

Penitus Oculatus Faction Mod.... [idea]

Serve the Empire as their eyes, ears, and silent blade as a member of the Penitus Oculatus. (I'll try to make this as brief as possible)

-After completing the quest "Destroy the Dark Brotherhood" Commander Maro would basically offer you a position in their ranks for wiping out the Brotherhood by yourself.
-You would be given a set of Penitus Oculatus armor, some imperial daggers (created for mod), access to a safehouse (created for mod), an Oculatus companion, (any other ideas feel free to pitch, again I'm trying to keep this initial post brief to keep peoples attention, but I have other ideas)

I don't know what the creation kit will be like but I'm hoping there will be a way to copy quest scripts. As in: Copy the radiant repeatable assassination quests you would get for the end of the brotherhood storyline and simply edit the dialogue to put an Imperial spin on it. Something like that. Again I'm not a modder, I have no idea if that's possible.

Other Ideas:

-Have to take an oath like the Legion Civil War quests.

-Courier quests where you just deliver 'classified' information for a little extra gold. (repeatable)

-Sabotage quests. Planting incriminating items or documents on an individual or in their home. (repeatable)

-The ability to meet the Emperor (for RP)

-A lore friendly way to clear any bounties raised from assassinations. A writ-like system maybe? I guess Imperials would call them Pardons.

I started to think of a main quest line for it (not to sound like too big of a jerk but I am a very capable writer), but I honestly think just having repeatable assassin quests would be enough. Just something simple for RP purposes.

Hope this wasn't too long, pitch any ideas, throw in your two septims. And if you happen to be a modder interested in this..then..yay!

I always wanted to play as sort of an assassin working for the Empire. It would tie in very well with the civil war thing going on.

Yeah, exactly. Could have missions to clear out Stormcloak camps or ambush their troops/caravans. I think a lot of people would enjoy it. The Oculatus has some pretty cool lore behind it, not as much as the Brotherhood of course, but just enough to work with.

Yes! Great mod idea, I'd love to be an Imperial Assassin in the Penitus Oculatus.

I love the idea of Imperial black operations work. This would add a very unique dimension to the game, I think.

Bumping now that the construction set is out. Anyone have an idea of how feasible this is?

very feasible. how you plan to interact with the blades?

Honestly I never thought that far ahead. I suppose there could be emissary missions to try and convince them to serve the Empire again (probably wouldn't work lore wise). The main intent was to just have an alternative to the DB. Repeatable quests have always been hard to find, which makes it really hard to RP (at least how I do it).

Bumping for the hopes of any possible interest?

I'm interested. You going to make it yourself, or were you hoping someone else might make it?

I would definitely be interested in this mod! On my current play through, I'm role playing an Imperial Soldier and chose to eliminate the DB but am currently a little disappointed at the fact that Beth did nothing with the Penitus Oculatus after said quest.