And like how the Alexylva University timeline never branches out like other timelines, and is so inherently unstable that by all means it should collapse on itself, but for some reason never does

True! And the anomalies are the most interesting part of the universe anyways, so they should be the focus over combat (unless you have to fight them of course)

I think the major downside to making an RTS like that is how to balance the scale of things

Since lore-wise the Foundation doesn't usually have armies marching around

"-the Chaos Insurgency can be the faction that steals tech from the other two in order to advance-"

"-instead of leaders you can choose which SCP-001 is true to define how the match will work and what the victory conditions will be-"

"So instead of villagers, you get researchers, who collect research points instead of wood and gold-"

"-you can find anomalies like you find relics in age of mythology-"

"-and you can be competing with the GOC, where they get research from neutralizing anomalies instead of containing-"

And then for the Mekhanites, my personal headcanon is that their augmentations are toxic to their flesh and cause it to decay over time.

It doesn't take long for a devout Mekhanite to start looking sickly and pale.

For the Sarkics, I have a headcanon where newer members tend to gain scars and tumors from their first attempts at caromancy.

It's not uncommon for Sarkic teachers and elders to have to cure their followers of super-cancer

Art I made for a Shadows of Forbidden Gods mod I'm building, which is going to revolve around an evil factory elder god.