NC Corporate Involvement.

ArbitraryDemise · 2012-06-12, 11:33 AM

With the new background stories that are in place, it seems like the NC have far more in the way of corporate backing than before.

It also sounds like the NC include large mercenary contingents.

Does this make the NC corporate lackeys?

Khrusky · 2012-06-12, 11:37 AM

Yes. Yes it does.

Canaris · 2012-06-12, 11:38 AM

Originally Posted by Khrusky

Yes. Yes it does.

QFT

Traenor · 2012-06-12, 11:39 AM

That completely depends on who is looking at it. I, as the enlightened Vanu follower, know that the "freedom fighters" from NC in reality only fight for the freedom for the corporations, as the corporations didnt like the TR´s meddling in their affairs.

(The new lore makes all factions both have good and bad sides, and the large corporate dependency from NC is one of the weaknesses, since NC often talk about freedom for the common man)

ArbitraryDemise · 2012-06-12, 11:41 AM

It is one of the more interesting facets of this game. As anyone who gets into the story behind a faction has to deal with both the good and the bad.

In a way, it means that there are no "good" guys in this game.

The Degenatron · 2012-06-12, 11:43 AM

It makes us libertarian! Laissez Faire!

The markets will decide you commie pigs!

But you know...it does bring up a question as to why the NC are so "cobbled together" in their equipment. You'd think a bunch of quadrillion dollar companies could buy some decent tech.

Ratstomper · 2012-06-12, 11:46 AM

I think that the vast majority of the NC are civilian laborers that were sent by the NC on earth to assist in Connery's mission, a smaller fraction are mercenaries also hired by NC to act as security and the smallest fraction being actual corporate businessmen. Once the wormhole closed behind them and took out a lot of the ships containing supplies, the NC on earth no longer had any way to supply the voyage or NC. The resources and money on Auraxis are held by the TR, what little NC have are what civilian laborers have patchworked together or scrounged up on battlefields.

In my thinking, they were just employees of a (not so bad) corporation at one point, but have since become a different entity on auraxis; a force to protect and fight for individual freedoms for non-military. This is a similar ideology held by the NC on earth, which explains why they kept the name.

I.E. The NC armor and guns look like they've been scrapped together and repaired after extensive use. Additionally, the MAX units look like some kind of modified mechanical loader that has have guns and armor welded to it. Kind of a testament to the fact that they don't have the money or resources TR and Vanu have, just a lot of practical know-how, which makes sense because they're mostly laborers.

Hobitt · 2012-06-12, 11:48 AM

A conglomerate is a combination of two or more corporations engaged in entirely different businesses that fall under one corporate structure (a corporate group), usually involving a parent company and several (or many) subsidiaries. Often, a conglomerate is a multi-industry company. Conglomerates are often large and multinational.
didint know what that word ment lol

Ailos · 2012-06-12, 11:59 AM

It makes the NC be the people that actually drove the economic development and progression back on Earth. While the TR are the military folks who kept everyone in order and the VS are the extreme nerds working on ridiculous technologies, the NC are the people who actually made the transition from state-sponsored space travel for a few scientists a year to commercial flights available to everyone.

Think of it this way: the TR are the Airforce, the VS are NASA, and the NC are SpaceX.

Oryon22 · 2012-06-12, 12:02 PM

They are the 1%

Ailos · 2012-06-12, 12:04 PM

Originally Posted by Oryon22

They are the 1%

Lol, yeah.

NewSith · 2012-06-12, 12:25 PM

NC remind me of Taliban (no offense to any NC player): funded by shadows, fighting with pawns and rusty equipment, yet having a powerful network worldwide.

If I had a decent speaker voice and was good with 3DMax and Aftereffects, I would introduce a cool video with some facts and thoughts about empires.

**Malorn** · 2012-06-12, 12:31 PM

NC outfit - TOP - The One Percent

Quite perfect for a Leetfit name.

TheDrone · 2012-06-12, 12:32 PM

NC are corporate lackeys fighting for the power of the few, VS are insane religious zealots.

TR are the only thing standing between humanity and oblivion.

It's really that simple.

**Malorn** · 2012-06-12, 12:41 PM

Lore-wise in PS1 the NC seemed vaguely corporate-related with "industrialists" and experimental tech. Looks much more so in PS2. Makes sense. You don't start a rebellion against a well armed military like the TR without some serious backing.

Other perks of this lore:

* Makes the NC a bit more grey, as opposed to being the clear "good guys" of the PlanetSide universe, which I thought they were in PS1. The corporate backing allows for reasonable questioning of their motives.

* Makes them seem less like crazy zealous freedom fighters and allows the words "zealous" and "crazy" to be attributed to the VS.

* Makes the NC seem more serious, more organized, and more dangerous than just a ragtag group of scavenging rebels.

With the corporate involvement all three empires are in the moral middle ground
NC - Freedom fighters, or Greedy Corporate Lackeys?
VS - Human Evolution, or Techno-nutjobs?
TR - Saviors of Humanity, or Corrupt Oppressors?

There's evidence for both perspectives for each empire, which is fantastic.