USSDarkstar on 29/7/2007 at 21:33
If shodan says that the Many thrived on it for over a decade then why should the destruction of a brain on the von Braun affect it? Shouldn't that planet still be infested by the Many?
Kolya on 29/7/2007 at 22:53
According to Bayliss' audio logs there were (
http://www.strangebedfellows.de/shocklog/shocklogs.html#116_LOG0702) hundreds of eggs. He emphasizes that. He, Korenchkin and Diego load up the shuttle. Korenchkin orders the entire Hydro deck to be cleared off for the eggs. But it seems unlikely they took all of them with them. And there's no mentioning of a return to the planet.
The annelids on the VB build their own hivemind. It's presumably part of their remarkable life cycle. And in this stage they are depicted as being vulnerable to damage done to the Many Brain.
USSDarkstar on 30/7/2007 at 01:16
Ok. So the annelids back at Tau Ceti should still be alive and posses their own brain. But there's something else I don't understand.
Quote:
DATE 06.JUL.14
BAYLISS, OPERATIONS: WHAT GIVES?
To: Polito, Dr. Janice.
Doc - I don't feel right about any of this. I still don't understand why you asked me to mess with the memory restoration on that grunt. Why didn't you want him to remember volunteering for this gig? He did volunteer for the implants, right? Every email from you gets stranger and stranger... it's like you're not even the same person anymore.
Quote:
DATE 07.JUL.14
GRASSI, MED/SCI: IMPLANT JOB
To: Polito, Dr. Janice
Hey, doc... a security bot showed up with orders from you to place this grunt into the recovery freezer. I'm no cyberdoc, but I know a plant job when I see one. I suppose you know they outlawed R-grade cyber-goodies after that fiasco back on Citadel Station... but, hey, I just work here, right?
The grunt they're talking about is the main character, right? SHODAN impersonated Polito and made the staff clear his memory, put him the implants and then put him in the recovery freezer, (I guess the implants need surgery that leaves the patient in a weak state, therefore the recovery freezer) but what for?
Hemebond on 30/7/2007 at 07:15
Quote Posted by USSDarkstar
Ok. So the annelids back at Tau Ceti should still be alive and posses their own brain.
There are no annelids on Tau Ceti 5.
Yakoob on 30/7/2007 at 07:18
Quote Posted by USSDarkstar
The grunt they're talking about is the main character, right? SHODAN impersonated Polito and made the staff clear his memory, put him the implants and then put him in the recovery freezer, (I guess the implants need surgery that leaves the patient in a weak state, therefore the recovery freezer) but what for?
To do exactly what you do through the game...?
Shodan has a plan for you from the very begining, so it's not surprising she's been preparing you before hand.
Ultraviolet on 30/7/2007 at 18:25
Another thing to keep in mind is that you don't find the logs in the order they were recorded. You find them scattered about the ship in a very plot-oriented manner. You get backstory when the developers think you should, and not before. This may be the reason for your confusion, if you're picturing the story happening in the order it is revealed to you.
Wasn't there somebody who took all the audio logs out and put them in order by time and date, though?
heywood on 31/7/2007 at 18:17
Quote Posted by USSDarkstar
The grunt they're talking about is the main character, right? SHODAN impersonated Polito and made the staff clear his memory, put him the implants and then put him in the recovery freezer, (I guess the implants need surgery that leaves the patient in a weak state, therefore the recovery freezer) but what for?
What for?
When SHODAN is loaded onto the ship's computer, the Many are in control and are rapidly assimilating the crew. She needs a foot soldier to fight the Many and perform the manual tasks necessary to take control. That foot soldier is you. You get a clue pretty early on from the Many, in Med/Sci, that you are being used by SHODAN, but it isn't until you reach Polito's office that it's confirmed. SHODAN gives you the implants so she can monitor you, so she can give you just enough power to accomplish the tasks she gives you, and so that she can reward and punish you. Presumably, she has your memory wiped so she can trick you into thinking she's Polito, gain your loyalty, and manipulate your knowledge of the situation.
heywood on 31/7/2007 at 21:43
Quote Posted by Hemebond
There are no annelids on Tau Ceti 5.
IIRC, members of the survey team join the Many while still on the surface and return to the ship in the early stages of hybridization. How could that be if there are no annelids on Tau Ceti 5?
Some_twerp on 31/7/2007 at 22:19
Well the whole infection thing is a bit vague. I'd assume it's along the lines of Aliens-the worms from the eggs would infect the host and somehow get inside them, and off they'd go.
heywood on 1/8/2007 at 00:51
That's basically my understanding too. The annelid grubs crawl into a host and take over. You can see their form under a hybrid's skin, on the side of the head and neck.
