Lore?

SkymanderXSkymanderX Green Marine - The Few, The Proud, The Green. Join Date: 2011-07-29 Member: 113006Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">surely ns had some</div>Ok so i never played the original natural selection. Because of this i was wondering if there was ever any lore created for the game. any back-story? I'm sure there's got to be some stuff with how big ns got. anyway if anyone could dig some up and post a link that would be greatly appreciated.
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  • aeroripperaeroripper Join Date: 2005-02-25 Member: 42471NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation
    Space marines.. nanites... aliens... teeth /thread

    lol, but seriously there never was a LOT of story, but there was some just to guide the gameplay a bit:

    <a href="http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns/world/background/" target="_blank">http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns/world/background/</a>
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  • whoppaXXLwhoppaXXL Join Date: 2006-11-03 Member: 58298Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    <img src="http://www.ausns2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/post-7-1061936278.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    They should make an horror flick out of this.
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  • HybridclawHybridclaw Join Date: 2003-11-03 Member: 22271Members
    Here's the manual from pre-NS 1.0 days. Its got a lot of back story in it.

    <a href="http://3-pg.com/urd/manual/" target="_blank">http://3-pg.com/urd/manual/ </a>
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  • vizioNzvizioNz InversionNS2.com Join Date: 2003-12-21 Member: 24595Members, Constellation, NS2 Playtester
    <!--quoteo(post=1875501:date=Sep 19 2011, 07:26 AM:name=Hybridclaw)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Hybridclaw @ Sep 19 2011, 07:26 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1875501"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Here's the manual from pre-NS 1.0 days. Its got a lot of back story in it.

    <a href="http://3-pg.com/urd/manual/" target="_blank">http://3-pg.com/urd/manual/ </a><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Are we playing NS1 or NS2? lol :P
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  • SkymanderXSkymanderX Green Marine - The Few, The Proud, The Green. Join Date: 2011-07-29 Member: 113006Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1875490:date=Sep 19 2011, 03:58 AM:name=whoppaXXL)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (whoppaXXL @ Sep 19 2011, 03:58 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1875490"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><img src="http://www.ausns2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/post-7-1061936278.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    They should make an horror flick out of this.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    haha i've heard of this,
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  • SrCumferenceSrCumference Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3740Members
    edited September 2011
    I still remember reading the Six Days in Sanji and the manual and everything and just eating up every bit of it. Honestly, I would say Natural Selection is one of the most lore-heavy first person shooters I can think of.

    Then again, maybe I am just remember through rose-colored glasses, but it broke my heart that Six Days in Sanji was never finished. Like, literally, I have been trying to find out what happened to that story for the last 5 years...

    There is a lot there, and it really enriches the gameplay experience.
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  • SrCumferenceSrCumference Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3740Members
    Speaking of which, by the way, does anybody know if Six Days in Sanji was ever completed? Oh how I wish...
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  • KurrineKurrine Join Date: 2010-07-03 Member: 72235Members
    Thanks to those who supplied links, I'd pretty much lost or forgotten where to find any decent lore outside the UWE wiki, mmm.. the nostalgia.

    I'd love to see more stories in general, or at least Six Days in Sanji finished, the universe seemed interesting from the small bit you're allowed to see. It always had a certain potential to be something larger, to really see things expanded would be great, with a book, a comic or even some machinima.

    Some time down the line maybe..
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  • ScardyBobScardyBob ScardyBob Join Date: 2009-11-25 Member: 69528Forum Admins, Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Shadow
    <!--quoteo(post=1875490:date=Sep 19 2011, 12:58 AM:name=whoppaXXL)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (whoppaXXL @ Sep 19 2011, 12:58 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1875490"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><img src="http://www.ausns2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/post-7-1061936278.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    This is all the lore you need
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  • SkymanderXSkymanderX Green Marine - The Few, The Proud, The Green. Join Date: 2011-07-29 Member: 113006Members
    yea i'd love to see some more... was it community made thought or made by the devs?
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  • HughHugh Cameraman San Francisco, CA Join Date: 2010-04-18 Member: 71444NS2 Developer, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Silver, Reinforced - Onos, WC 2013 - Shadow, Subnautica Developer, Pistachionauts
    How about post V1.0 the community gets together and makes a machinima + CGI movie out of a section of Six Days in Sanji (Or some other lore)?

    There are surely enough budding animators, artists, modellers, mappers, etc in this community to do something incredible.

    I'll surely volunteer to be the editor!
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  • SteinhauerSteinhauer Join Date: 2010-07-17 Member: 72493Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1877088:date=Sep 26 2011, 11:46 PM:name=NS2HD)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (NS2HD @ Sep 26 2011, 11:46 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1877088"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->How about post V1.0 the community gets together and makes a machinima + CGI movie out of a section of Six Days in Sanji (Or some other lore)?

    There are surely enough budding animators, artists, modellers, mappers, etc in this community to do something incredible.

    I'll surely volunteer to be the editor!<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    This. Except someone needs to finish writing Six Days in Sanjii....
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  • SkymanderXSkymanderX Green Marine - The Few, The Proud, The Green. Join Date: 2011-07-29 Member: 113006Members
    well two things... who originally wrote six days in sanjii.
    2nd @NS2HD i find it extremely funny that i thought this same thing a few minutes ago, posted it to the lets make a machinma! thread and came here to find you saying it also. great minds think alike :p
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  • saltybp53saltybp53 Join Date: 2010-07-22 Member: 72675Members
    I thought 'Six days in Sanji' ended with the one marine leaving the place while using his shotgun as a club, if I recall correctly. What was the real ending suppose to be then? I could be one of the actors, if you are going to do a machinima.
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  • Squeal_Like_A_PigSqueal_Like_A_Pig Janitor Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 66Members, Super Administrators, NS1 Playtester, NS2 Developer, Reinforced - Supporter, WC 2013 - Silver, Subnautica Developer
    <!--quoteo(post=1877373:date=Sep 29 2011, 12:05 AM:name=SkymanderX)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SkymanderX @ Sep 29 2011, 12:05 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1877373"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->well two things... who originally wrote six days in sanjii.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    A writer friend that we knew from Boston, by the name of Jeff Paris. He helped out with a lot of the initial world building on the first NS1, such as the infestation and where it came from and all of that. We've tried to get him involved again on NS2, and he has helped out on a few things, but for the most part he's been too busy with his own work. We're still hoping to get him back again in some capacity to flesh out the NS2 universe even more.

    --Cory
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  • whoppaXXLwhoppaXXL Join Date: 2006-11-03 Member: 58298Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--quoteo(post=1877434:date=Sep 29 2011, 08:51 AM:name=Squeal_Like_A_Pig)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Squeal_Like_A_Pig @ Sep 29 2011, 08:51 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1877434"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->A writer friend that we knew from Boston, by the name of Jeff Paris. He helped out with a lot of the initial world building on the first NS1, such as the infestation and where it came from and all of that. We've tried to get him involved again on NS2, and he has helped out on a few things, but for the most part he's been too busy with his own work. We're still hoping to get him back again in some capacity to flesh out the NS2 universe even more.

    --Cory<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    meanwhile a shortstory contest?
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  • SkymanderXSkymanderX Green Marine - The Few, The Proud, The Green. Join Date: 2011-07-29 Member: 113006Members
    so the next question is: was the amazing story evah finished?
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  • FroggerFrogger Join Date: 2010-07-31 Member: 73377Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1875490:date=Sep 19 2011, 08:58 AM:name=whoppaXXL)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (whoppaXXL @ Sep 19 2011, 08:58 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1875490"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><img src="http://www.ausns2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/post-7-1061936278.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    They should make an horror flick out of this.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Wheres the bacon though? :O
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  • SkymanderXSkymanderX Green Marine - The Few, The Proud, The Green. Join Date: 2011-07-29 Member: 113006Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1877504:date=Sep 30 2011, 04:30 AM:name=Frogger)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Frogger @ Sep 30 2011, 04:30 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1877504"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Wheres the bacon though? :O<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Lol this is so random. but hey could be used in a machima right? also was the story ever officially finished?
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  • SteinhauerSteinhauer Join Date: 2010-07-17 Member: 72493Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1877632:date=Sep 30 2011, 10:48 PM:name=SkymanderX)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SkymanderX @ Sep 30 2011, 10:48 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1877632"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Lol this is so random. but hey could be used in a machima right? also was the story ever officially finished?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    No it wasn't, but above Cory hints that someday it might be
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  • Skyforger2Skyforger2 Join Date: 2007-10-19 Member: 62681Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1877088:date=Sep 27 2011, 05:46 AM:name=NS2HD)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (NS2HD @ Sep 27 2011, 05:46 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1877088"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->How about post V1.0 the community gets together and makes a machinima + CGI movie out of a section of Six Days in Sanji (Or some other lore)?

    There are surely enough budding animators, artists, modellers, mappers, etc in this community to do something incredible.

    I'll surely volunteer to be the editor!<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    KojuSan ? he makes comics.

    P.S. i might have spelled his nick wrong , but im sure it pretty close.
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  • azimaithazimaith Join Date: 2011-07-03 Member: 107686Members
    People could always write stuff, I'm personally not that familiar with the background which might mean an open license to do lots of stuff or just ignorance of the subject. From what I get, Megacorps play major power roles in the galaxy, and governments are often subservient to them in their particular areas of space, the TSA frontiersmen work as sort of a colonial/private military force that ensures the security of corporate and government assets. I don't know how they manage FTL travel exactly, which would be a major part of it. In addition, the reason for nanotech besides "it's really neat" is somewhat cloudy. Is it so well ingratiated into society that everyone uses it? What about human augmentations? Nanobots functioning as immune systems, etc. They've apparently had outbreaks of rogue nanotech reproducing endlessly. All of this is great short story fodder but where would one look to find the information at all?
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  • SkymanderXSkymanderX Green Marine - The Few, The Proud, The Green. Join Date: 2011-07-29 Member: 113006Members
    i don't really know, all the info i found was in the two link give. I think it has yet to be created. Hint hint.
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  • 2sBlind2sBlind Join Date: 2011-11-08 Member: 131738Members
    Can someone explain the back story on the "l0rk" comic? Where did all the different terms come from, etc.

    Thanks!!
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  • InsaneInsane Anomaly Join Date: 2002-05-13 Member: 605Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, NS2 Map Tester, Subnautica Developer, Pistachionauts, Future Perfect Developer
    For some pretty dense background, including the politics of the NS universe, the <a href="http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns/static/world/techtrope_1.html" target="_blank">TechTrope article</a> is brilliant.
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  • SkymanderXSkymanderX Green Marine - The Few, The Proud, The Green. Join Date: 2011-07-29 Member: 113006Members
    Thank you!
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  • whoppaXXLwhoppaXXL Join Date: 2006-11-03 Member: 58298Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    Very nice read! Who wrote it?
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  • InsaneInsane Anomaly Join Date: 2002-05-13 Member: 605Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, NS2 Map Tester, Subnautica Developer, Pistachionauts, Future Perfect Developer
    Jeff Paris wrote TechTrope as well.
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  • ZurikiZuriki Join Date: 2010-11-20 Member: 75105Members
    TechTrope is a very nice read. But why is it so buried away?
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  • BigMadSteveBigMadSteve Join Date: 2003-02-12 Member: 13472Members
    Then there was the scorpian that hovars without flapping...
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