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Races of the Vagner system Since this game doesn't have a lot of lore inside or outside, I'll pretty much copy the short descriptions from the manual and add a few lines from me. It isn't much, but it should give you a better picture. Human Settlers - Nearly all humans who come to the Vagner System do so with the same goal: make a new start, forge a new life, and find wealth. Most have little fortune but their skills and grit, and find a place mining or farming for one of the large corporations. Dress in the Vagner System is mostly plain and functional - there is little room for luxury in their lives. With their technical know-how and willingness to tackle the toughest challenge, human settlers tend to work in the engineering side of the colonization effort. Most of the humans that we'll meet, are either hard workers in this new space frontier, or vile mercenaries/bandits that shoot at us. We'll also meet a few powerful and rich individuals, but the majority honestly fits in one of the former two categories. Humanity as a whole, is also pretty much at the top of the galactic chain. The High Senate is based on Earth, and that's where the decisions are made. The Senate does employ members of all races, but humans still seem to call most of the shots. Another part to this is that they invented the warp drive, and kinda educated the other races. So it's a bit like Mass Effect in reverse. Jaldari Settlers - Significant numbers of Jaldari have made their way to Vagner from their home planet of Datrakan, in the Hasali system. Physically they are much stronger and hardier than either humans or Valleakans, and accordingly they are usually employed as manual laborers. Despite their natural size and strength the Jaldari are not naturally aggressive or warlike, although when roused they are fearsome. On their own world, the Jaldari live in sparse rural settlements, and even in the mines and grubby spaceports they walk with the quiet dignity of a proud, independent people. Their culture is a spiritual and mostly peaceful one; in the Vagner system they have grown fond of human beer and classical music. The manual tries to paint the Jaldari as gentle giants, that are a bit primitive and in tune with nature. So they're basically Native American monkey-bears in space. But that doesn't come across that well in the game, because you mainly interact with hostile Jaldari. And those guys are quite brutal and like to gently caress poo poo up. There is one particular mission, where you can see them do things that go against everything that the manual said about them. To be fair, there is at least one example of a friendly Jaldari, but the description in the manual is kinda bullshit. Valleakan Settlers - Travellers in the Vagner system may frequently see a Valleakan handling scientific or financial affairs. This small, agile species originates on the planet Y'trage in the Dela system, where they dwell in small communities in the wetlands. Among spacefarers there is admiration for Valleakan technology and intelligence, but little respect for their ethics - trickery and shrewd trading are valued among the Valleakans in ways that other species (particularly the Jaldari) find difficult to understand. Despite their size, no one should underestimate Valleakean ferocity - these are natural carnivores, and are capable of aggression in both word and deed. In the chaotic, every-humanoid-for-itself Frontier, the Valleakans are thriving. This description is more or less spot on. Valleakans are pretty much cunning space lizards, that like to make money. Moscone is a good representative of his species, in the sense that he values business but probably shouldn't be trusted beyond that. Valleakans are almost as common as humans, and they also frequently accompany mercs or bandit groups. It's all about the cash, remember? Wildlife Arachnids - No one ever properly named these loathsome spider-like pests, and no one knows their exact place of origin. It must lie somewhere in the Vagner system, because shortly after mining began, settlers began discovering them in every ship that traveled in-system, like rats on old sailing ships. Even full depressurization won't always clean a ship out. Their sole virtue is that they feed on cockroaches. Space spiders are jerks. There really isn't more to say about them. Spearlegs - Three-legged beings are relatively rare in explored space, but the spearlegs have proved highly successful in their native biosphere. Moving very quickly on three legs, they are capable of outrunning most prey on the wide-open plains. Their staple diet is a small rodent-like creature that moves among the grasses and burrows in the soft ground, but even a lone spearleg will not scruple to prey on humans, which is one of the reasons Gado ranchers go armed. Also jerks. Gado - Since ancient times, the Jaldari have bred and eaten Gado on their homeworld in the Hasali system, and generations of domestication have made them the perfect cattle. Each of these beasts weighs seven tons, and nearly all of their body mass can be eaten or utilized in some other way, as their skeletal material is extraordinarily strong. Most of their energy and intellect goes toward eating enough grass to sustain their enormous metabolisms. They are now cultivated on dozens of planets and planetoids. Gado ranching requires fast reflexes and strong nerves - even on a good day, their sheer size and clumsiness makes them dangerous, and a panicked gado could easily lay waste a city block. Pretty much the future alternative to cows. Aside from looking like a cross between a turtle and a giraffe, their main feature is that they're kinda cute. Ice Beast - On Korath, the Ice Beast fills roughly the same ecological niche that a polar bear does on earth. These nine-foot-tall shaggy bipeds hibernate throughout most of the day, emerging from their caves to feast on Korattan snappers or any other small prey they can find. On the hunt an ice beast is virtually invisible, and they have been known to pull an ice miner from his post without leaving a trace, beyond a flicker of white motion on a security camera. Their pelts are much prized, but only the bravest will hunt them on the ground. Not to much to say right now, because the one we saw was caged. But maybe, just maybe, we'll get to see a free one later on It was disappointing. I'm going to link the songs used in the LP in order of occurrence here. But I guess I should mention that I often do a tiny bit of "remixing" to them, so they fit the videos better. Action Jackson - Start Vestron Vulture - Elizabeth Shaw Bourgeoisie - Industrial Sector 3083 Tommy - High Fidelity DJ Ten - Electric Airglow Forgotten Illusions - Crystal Contour Futurecop! - Maladaptive Daydreaming Note: The version used by me, was a promotional WIP mix that has since been taken offline. Lost Years - Red Horizon DJ Ten - Zioneon DJ Ten - Midnight Drive La Mer des Possibilités Cartridge - Donovan Highway Superstar - Halogen City Analogue Clones - Drifter's Theme Sellorekt - Systematic Mulperi - Maximum Velocity Dynatron - Pulse Power Note: I "missnamed" this one in the credits, because my media tags lied to me. DJ Ten - Zarnold Choppanegger Mega Drive - Chemical Plant Zone (MegaMix) Monomer - Fight of Flight Drifting Dreamer - Runaway NIKY NINE - Ozuwara Theme DANCE WITH THE DEAD - Thrasher Ice Palace - Reruns Hugo Rancho - Quattro Stellar Dreams - The Getaway Solaris Sound System - Everlasting Glory Note: I restructured this song rather heavy. DiGERATi - AutoRun IIIkg Droid Bishop - Nightland Epoch - Zeta Vector Hold - Interstate Amazing Police - Speed In Reverse Note: Another song that I remixed a little bit. Azure Crime - MPH Danger Mode - Burning Rubber Midnight Heir - This Is Vengeance Dance With The Dead - Only A Dream (demo) Zombie Hyperdrive - Skylight Le Matos - Overdog Shyguys - Journey Renegade - Convict Bestrack - Workout 2000 Ryan Riot - Loading Procedure Perturbator - Miami Disco Lazerhawk - Fight To The Top CARPENTER BRUT - SexKiller On The Loose Evanton - Melody Of Life WARD IZ - The Chase Sayak Striker - Hot Run Miami Night 1984 - Reflex Training Note: Another heavy edit of mine. Perturbator - She Moves Like A Knife KN1GHT - Hawk Road (Original Mix) Mitch Murder feat. EEL - Galaxy Train 1989 Vector Hold - Dangerously Close Swagbot - RockNRolla Ward Iz - Let's Roll! Thomas Barrandon - Feed To Kill Note: The next of my edits. Le Matos - 58 Minutes pour vivre APEX 86 - Hot Nights Kruiser - Before Midnight Airglow - Cepheid Disk Ex-Machina - Cyberpower MK Ultra - Redline Hero Myrone - The Pump Master Mr. Flash - Payback No crAss - Nova Phaeleh - Should Be True Daniel Deluxe - King Cyborg City Project - Dirty Workout MUSCLE - Steamrollin' Mega Corp - Last Level Last Life S U N G - Way Farer Myrone - Heating Up Game Of Thrones - Super Audio Time! 1986 Remix Mowelan - Desert Drift Jungle Fiction - Transhuman NightStop - PoWer Prostitute Tokyo Rose - Zender Overdrive LA Dreams - When I'm With You CASTROE - R3303V5000 Scattle - Bloodline DANCE WITH THE DEAD - Andromeda DANCE WITH THE DEAD - Invader Note: The last of my edits. Niky Nine - 909 & Heartbreak Two Door Cinema Club - Sleep Alone (Chainsmokers Rmx) Tin Tim fucked around with this message at 00:35 on Dec 19, 2014 |
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