The nature of Vanu.

ArbitraryDemise · 2012-06-17, 01:14 PM

Is it even a name?

Is it even a being in the sense that we exist as individual beings?

Is it benevolent, or is it something akin to the movie Prometheus?

Why would people follow a being who has no elaboration to its motives? Even religions provide some explanation, or reasoning for a God's motives.

Does this make the Vanu Sov. a bunch of religious zealots on a crusade in the same vein as the crusades that were launched by Pope Urban II?

Does this also make it like the crusades in that it was a chance to bleed off what was deemed to be a dangerous amount of soldiers and mercenaries who had nothing to do, and were thus likely to begin conflicts of their own accord?

If the above is true, then what does it say about the Vanu Sov. that they are willing to bleed off their own soldiery just to make sure that they do not stir up any conflict?

Blackwolf · 2012-06-17, 01:15 PM

Umm. Vanu isn't a god...

It's an ancient race of non-humans with far superior technology to our own, thought to be extinct.

And we don't follow it. We study them, and attempt to reverse engineer their technology because of theories regarding advancement of human evolution. We aren't religious zealots, we are highly educated radicals with a purpose. Something far more dangerous then a mere zealot.

As for bleeding off soldiers, how exactly do you do that when you have an army of immortal soldiers? Also it was the Vanu who gave you the tech to possess immortal soldiers. You're welcome.

basti · 2012-06-17, 01:24 PM

Vanu is actually the same of a single, specific alien being. Read the backstory.

Kirotan · 2012-06-17, 01:30 PM

Originally Posted by basti

Vanu is actually the same of a single, specific alien being. Read the backstory.

Was this changed for PS2, or was it always this way? I thought it was an alien race in PS1. I might have to find the original book.

velleity · 2012-06-17, 01:31 PM

Alien race who experienced a technological singularity.

Crator · 2012-06-17, 01:32 PM

A lot of the back stories were a rewrite....

NewSith · 2012-06-17, 01:38 PM

Blood for the Blood God, skulls, for the Skull Throne!..

RSphil · 2012-06-17, 01:43 PM

id like to see more story as im interested in waht started the wars ect. read the few things on the planetside website but not enough on there

jepaul · 2012-06-17, 01:43 PM

Heck yea man.

indirect · 2012-06-17, 01:58 PM

Originally Posted by Crator

A lot of the back stories were a rewrite....

Thank God for that too.

willaguy · 2012-06-17, 02:03 PM

Originally Posted by RSphil

id like to see more story as im interested in waht started the wars ect. read the few things on the planetside website but not enough on there

Well if you dig deep enough you will find what caused the war. To make a long story short, the TR let a wormhole close so the people on Auraxis cant come back to Earth. The TR is a government that has held peace by mostly any means possible for over 1,000 years. The NC are a group of corporations that broke off from the TR because they think the TR are oppressive and for buisness oppurtunities. At the same time the VS broke off from the TR because they think that the TR are oppressive and that they should use the technology found on Auraxis to further Human kind as a whole.

Naturally, this incited war.

Mr DeCastellac · 2012-06-17, 04:18 PM

Vanu isn't a god, the 'Vanu' were an ancient race of alien beings with all manner o' technologies. The Vanu Sovereignty are just like the TR or NC, but we decided that we like alien technologies over shooting each other with thousand-year-old weaponry.

Landtank · 2012-06-17, 06:47 PM

Needless to say, the Vanu Sovereignty is easily the most misguided of all the Empires.

Toppopia · 2012-06-17, 07:15 PM

Originally Posted by Landtank

Needless to say, the Vanu Sovereignty is easily the most misguided of all the Empires.

They are being indoctrinated, some of the back story says that the scientists 'listen' to the artefacts, that is defiantly not normal.. unless... oh god... the Vanu are the Reapers!! Everyone run now!!! Before its too late!!

Meriv · 2012-06-17, 07:18 PM

Originally Posted by Toppopia

They are being indoctrinated, some of the back story says that the scientists 'listen' to the artefacts, that is defiantly not normal.. unless... oh god... the Vanu are the Reapers!! Everyone run now!!! Before its too late!!

Lol reapers? comon i was seeing the video of PS1 lore you land in a planet with no life at all except cactus same cactus that you see in E3 obliterating half human military vehicles.

Comon do 1+1 the soo called Vanu have evolved in or are that cactus!

Going back to the lore reading