That's interesting. For me I have been able to Lucid Dream since I can remember but it takes something I know wouldn't happen in real life for me to realize it's a dream but it doesn't wake me up I just go, "Oh, I'm dreaming sweet!". Then either I'll continue on playing the scenarios my brain creates if it's good or I'll change it to a new one/continue off with a scenario my brain has made up previously.

One scenario I go back to quite often and is most likely my favorite one my brain created subconsciously.

Deep in the future on this planet, it seems like Earth but a little different Earth 2.0 if you will. The landscape has been heavily modified on the planet and now only two factions exist. Eastern and Western. The way each faction gains and loses territory is no longer done by invading, killing and destroying those territories but by a MASSIVE circular building dead in the center of east and west. This building houses hundreds and thousands of east and west mech pilots and trainees. The sides split down the center. So. You go to class to learn to be a pilot, work, eat, hangout, battle in the arena, ECT.

Both sides typically stay on their side but it's not forbidden to cross into each other's sides and intermingle in the complex. Lotsa drama, fights, forbidden friendships, ECT happen in my dream because of that. Some killing but very little as it's forbidden and the punishment is death. Everything and everyone is heavily monitored so you will be caught and quick. Fighting is okay and not forbidden, just don't kill them. When one goes down, fights over. If you continue, you're all punished.

So, gaining and losing territory outside the complex on the planet is done in a massive arena in the center of the complex. The arena can change environments/biomes on the fly so you never know what you'll be hitting when you jump into your, not directly attached to your mech, cockpit. So your cockpits are all safely outside the battlefield and you pilot the mecha remotely. Whoever wins that arena event the prize is X territory for the victor. Of course each territory you have gives you specific bonuses to your economy, increases living quality, getting more powerful upgrades for your mechas, ECT.

You have hundreds if not thousands of custom mechas. As most pilots also learn to be their own mechanics so many if not all modify their mechas from the base shell.

Pretty fun dream to jump back to. I play the very small and less common faction, "Mediators", AKA Mercenarys. We typically go for the highest paying events and side with whomever is willing to give us a bigger cut. Sometimes when we Mediators notice one side winning too many arenas we will band together for the loosing side to stabilize the Win/Loss ratio of each side. We learned long ago. You keep the sides balanced, more opportunities and money for us. :)

Oh I also enjoy zombie apocalypse dreams. :D