Matthew on 7/8/2007 at 09:50
Quote Posted by JediKorenchkin
I'm probably wrong, but I had thought there was one grove on Citadel that was already launched when you got there (or had broken controls or something). I always thought that was Shodan's grove.
It was purposefully launched by some of the TriOp execs as an escape pod. SHODAN disabled post-launch life support, so they all suffocated on the way back to Earth, IIRC.
Some_twerp on 7/8/2007 at 10:09
I'm not very up-to-date on SS1 (emulator keeps crashing and stuff, not very far it) but I believe that either someone tried to use it as an escape mpod and SHODAN shut life support down, or SHODAN got them into the pod and ejected it, shutting life support down.
D'Arcy on 7/8/2007 at 16:46
"I should never have agreed to it, but hey, it’s what they wanted. With all the craziness going on lately, and especially with the murderous mutants running around, a bunch of the execs decided they’d escape in Gamma grove. I went into the grove and hit the enable button, went back to the exec level and hit the master enable switch, and finally hit the grove-jettison button in the Gamma Grove lounge. It all worked. Except now it looks like SHODAN disabled post-jettison life support to the groves. I’m sure they’re all dead by now."
-Harry Wilkinson, 04.OCT.72
Matthew on 7/8/2007 at 17:16
Getting slow, D'Arcy. ;)
D'Arcy on 8/8/2007 at 00:36
Since you were correct, I thought you could handle it without being necessary to quote an ingame log :p
And I thought it was plain evident that the grove that crashed in Tau Ceti V was Beta Grove, which was ejected by the Hacker, so I haven't been paying too much attention to this discussion :)
heywood on 8/8/2007 at 14:06
Quote Posted by D'Arcy
And I thought it was plain evident that the grove that crashed in Tau Ceti V was Beta Grove, which was ejected by the Hacker, so I haven't been paying too much attention to this discussion :)
Yes, but what isn't evident is how the Von Braun just happens to be going to the same place the grove randomly crashed into. An amazing coincidence, or possibly a conspiracy? Since they obviously tried hard to connect the plots of the two games and maintain consistency, I'm suprised this part goes unexplained.
Ultraviolet on 8/8/2007 at 20:44
Would have been really awkward if the explanation in SS2 had gone "so I ejected--well, this pesky hacker, my adversary at the time, you know how these things are--well anyway, HE ejected the grove, actually. He was on this circuit through the station, messing stuff up for me, ruining my plans and all that, you know. Hackers. Hmmph. But I digress..."
"I ejected the grove so I and my creatures could survive" or whatever the explanation was, the short version of WHATEVER, would be best and would say it more concisely without revealing SHODAN's intentions.
terrannova on 6/9/2007 at 05:13
Hmm there's no doubt that peices of Citadel's Beta Grove still reside on Tau Ceti V, along with more possible SHODAN data wafers, and who knows how many eggs.
Aliens Movie anyone?
Gforce on 6/9/2007 at 08:59
Doesn't the Von Braun pick up a distress signal from Tau Ceti V?
heywood on 6/9/2007 at 17:18
Quote Posted by Gforce
Doesn't the Von Braun pick up a distress signal from Tau Ceti V?
Yes, but the logs make it sound like they got the signal after they arrived there via faster than light travel. Korenchkin seems surprised and elated to find signs of life.
