News: PlanetSide 2 Backstory Part 1 – Jake Duffy, Terran Republic Quartermaster

basti · 2011-10-12, 03:48 PM

http://www.planetside2.com/news/oct12OriginCh1Pt1.html

No comic.

MgFalcon · 2011-10-12, 03:49 PM

FINALLY

basti · 2011-10-12, 03:51 PM

Hah, beat zach by a few secs

also, READ IT! STUFF IN THERE! WHAT THE HELL ARE DOME BLASTERS?

NapalmEnima · 2011-10-12, 03:56 PM

Originally Posted by basti

Hah, beat zach by a few secs

also, READ IT! STUFF IN THERE! WHAT THE HELL ARE DOME BLASTERS?

I'm guessing they're the reason one continent is covered in charred ruins. Probably the one with all the civvies on it... Searus?

I also caught specific mention of the MCG and Bolt Driver. Promising.

LZachariah · 2011-10-12, 03:58 PM

Haha, yeah Basti, you beat me

And YES! I saw that! OOooh, I hope Dome Blasters are some form of CE!

basti · 2011-10-12, 04:01 PM

We knew about the MCG and bolt Driver for quite a while now.

But the real important part in this small text is right at the end:

175 years

Thats a lot of time to build stuff on a planet, if you have enough ressources. And as long as the wormhole was open, they had pretty much unlimited ressources. Guys, auraxis wont be the big place with lots of empty unbuild space anymore. Im pretty sure we will see lots of stuff done by humans.

MgFalcon · 2011-10-12, 04:03 PM

Originally Posted by basti

But the real important part in this small text is right at the end:

175 years

How the hell do you beat everyone to the freaking punch line?!

Also another let down for VS... why do we get the smallest amount of info every single time new stuff is released??

Raymac · 2011-10-12, 04:06 PM

That was cool.

Was this the first time Cyssor has been mentioned? Hope we get to see it with a more "lived in" look with cities and the like. Also wonder if we'll get to see the prison on Searhus, or whats left of it after my NC brothers were rescued.

Mod · 2011-10-12, 04:08 PM

The image didn't really seem to go along with that story either

NapalmEnima · 2011-10-12, 04:09 PM

To answer my own question. Genny's family was on Cyssor, her mission was on Searhus (and the NC trying to free folks from Kane Prison... I'm guessing NC succeeded, meaning Genny just might be one of the first (if not the first) people on Auraxis ever to respawn after being killed).

Also mention of Cyclers and Repeaters, but that's not news (to me). We've seen both. Come to think of it, we've seen the Bolt Driver too. Once.

I'm curious as to why they felt the need to build fortifications along with their cities. What are they defending against? Their own population? Some Outside Force.

Duffy Prayed. Didn't say to who or what though. Probably on purpose. No need to open that particular can of worms on chapter one of some backstory that's mostly an excuse for us to blast the crap out of each other. As if we needed one.

Still, I do love a good story, and this one's looking promising.

basti · 2011-10-12, 04:14 PM

Gotta say, its just that little text, but i already want moar moar moar moar moar. Sci-Fi gets me hooked every time (i have quite a collection of books.

), but this little thingy here gets me completly crazy, and thats quite rare.

NapalmEnima · 2011-10-12, 04:25 PM

Originally Posted by basti

but this little thingy here gets me completly crazy, and thats quite rare.

Eh. You were already mostly crazy or you wouldn't be herding twits for a game that has us all frothy in the pants.

But yeah, we've got enough information about Genny's family to miss them when the Dome Blasters start falling. We know there's VS and TR in the same family. We've got familiar names on at least two of the continents, Cyssor and Searhus.

I'm hoping for more reveals (and some new art pretty-please-sugar-on-top) in the next two chapters.

Quovatis · 2011-10-12, 04:30 PM

nm

Raymac · 2011-10-12, 04:32 PM

OK, so I guess I'll be the one to bring it up. I guess weapons aren't being created from nanites anymore?

Graywolves · 2011-10-12, 04:34 PM

I was dissapoint.