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Post by dayan on Feb 10, 2015 0:29:02 GMT -5
I was reading the latest Kickstarter release for ST2, particularly with regard to the motivation engine. Over time, game events and choices can alter a character's traits. Leadership skills, stubbornness, willpower, ect. The character can change depending on how you use them. And that spacers these days are essentially immortal (or close to it), it got me thinking to the Red Mars series of novels by Kim Stanley Robinson. In them, a kind of medically induced immortality/extended life is also found. And over time the affected characters find growing gaps in their memories, including skillsets and relationships that are seldom used. I've never really thought of that until now. Hell if you lived over 2 or 3 centuries, Who knows what we'd forget?  |
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Post by johndramey on Feb 10, 2015 1:51:38 GMT -5
I've never read the series you are talking about but I am a huge dork for Sci-fi, especially space-operas. Would you recommend it for someone like me? The most recent kickstarter update has me so super, duper, ultra, MEGA excited for ST2. I know we still got a long time to wait but.... I CAN'T WAIT! As an aside, fallen, for those of us that are able to make NPCs, will we be able to set out some basic traits that will kind of define our NPCs personalities? If so, how detailed can we get with them? (As always, I will totally understand if you are too early to provide a detailed answer at this time) |
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Post by grävling on Feb 10, 2015 2:18:20 GMT -5
The Red Mars/Green Mars/Blue Mars series is very much worth reading.
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Post by dayan on Feb 10, 2015 3:44:25 GMT -5
I wouldn't call it a 'space opera' per se. Some parts are a bit hard to follow, but I think I'd throw it in the same pile as the 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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Post by ntsheep on Feb 10, 2015 8:40:46 GMT -5
ST2 will rock!
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Post by mataeus on Feb 10, 2015 9:34:21 GMT -5
I've never read the series you are talking about but I am a huge dork for Sci-fi, especially space-operas. Would you recommend it for someone like me? The most recent kickstarter update has me so super, duper, ultra, MEGA excited for ST2. I know we still got a long time to wait but.... I CAN'T WAIT! As an aside, fallen, for those of us that are able to make NPCs, will we be able to set out some basic traits that will kind of define our NPCs personalities? If so, how detailed can we get with them? (As always, I will totally understand if you are too early to provide a detailed answer at this time) Peter Hamilton's Nights Dawn trilogy. Clocks in at a total of around 3600 pages... 1,200,000 words. Go for it  |
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Post by fallen on Feb 10, 2015 10:23:35 GMT -5
As an aside, fallen, for those of us that are able to make NPCs, will we be able to set out some basic traits that will kind of define our NPCs personalities? If so, how detailed can we get with them? (As always, I will totally understand if you are too early to provide a detailed answer at this time) - we don't have all the specifics, but part of creating a character will be setting up their trait profile, without a doubt. Glad everyone is excited |
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Post by captain nemo on Feb 16, 2015 13:00:11 GMT -5
I'm sooooo excited for ST2 and I get even more excited about it as I read all the fascinating updates we are getting. It was really interesting reading about the motivation engine. this is going to be such an amazing and incredible game / experience.
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Post by bookworm21 on Feb 28, 2015 9:02:49 GMT -5
I always thought that was one of the odd things about STRPG. I mean, you land on a planet, grab some poor saps who you send out to die as soon as possible exploring ancient ruins. And they never seemed to get paid!
Really looking forward to ST2 and TA2 (which i didn't even know was coming...)
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Post by dragolord on Feb 28, 2015 9:52:49 GMT -5
I always thought that was one of the odd things about STRPG. I mean, you land on a planet, grab some poor saps who you send out to die as soon as possible exploring ancient ruins. And they never seemed to get paid! Really looking forward to ST2 and TA2 (which i didn't even know was coming...) Huh. That's a good point. Why do you never pay your crew, fallen? Do we just never notice? |
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Post by dayan on Feb 28, 2015 10:09:51 GMT -5
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Post by Officer Genious on Feb 28, 2015 10:18:10 GMT -5
I always thought that was one of the odd things about STRPG. I mean, you land on a planet, grab some poor saps who you send out to die as soon as possible exploring ancient ruins. And they never seemed to get paid! Really looking forward to ST2 and TA2 (which i didn't even know was coming...) Huh. That's a good point. Why do you never pay your crew, fallen? Do we just never notice? I just kinda assumed kidnapping and feeding them water-fuel and sometimes luxury rations as payment... |
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Post by mandomaniac on Feb 28, 2015 10:52:56 GMT -5
U pay them in W-F instead of credits |
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Post by dayan on Feb 28, 2015 12:38:50 GMT -5
Deuterated water is certainly a commodity, but its rather hard to use as a system of coinage.
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Post by ntsheep on Feb 28, 2015 12:40:52 GMT -5
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