macerico on 7/9/2007 at 17:51
My 2 cents.
The Many were the evolution once they encountered the Von Braun crew.
I suspect Tau Ceti V had limited biomass for the annelids to make use of. There may be no evolved "brain" on the surface because of this.
From what I gathered, there certainly are more eggs on the surface waiting to be discovered by some other poor ship that doesn't have a clue. I'm pretty certain they were not all brought upon the Von Braun.
Some_twerp on 9/9/2007 at 20:14
Quote Posted by D'Arcy
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 :)
Isn't there also another log from someone infected with a virus shodan made talking about 'many' in ss1?
D'Arcy on 10/9/2007 at 08:52
No, I don't remember any log mentioning a 'many' in System Shock.
Some_twerp on 10/9/2007 at 11:33
Sure? I haven't managed to get to that part in SS1 (the portable version is set to read only so I can't do the minor compataility tweaks I need to do, and it won't let me set it to non read only for some reason) but iirc it was a guy infected with one of the viruses.
D'Arcy on 10/9/2007 at 12:07
There was more than one member of the crew who was infected with the mutagen virii. That's where some of the mutants come from. But a 'Many' is never mentioned. The closest thing is Harvey's log in the Maintenance level, where he is clearly turning into an Inviso-Mutant and he mentions 'voices' in his head:
<i>"God, the pain, the pain. My limbs have... mutated almost beyond recognition, and my entire body is becoming... translucent. I hear they’re growing a different virus in one of the groves, one that... God, the voices in my head, telling me... no, I can’t think... I can’t..."</i>
Keeper Beege on 11/9/2007 at 00:42
Quote Posted by USSDarkstar
so what's left on Tau Ceti V?
Chips...lots and lots of chips...
Some_twerp on 12/9/2007 at 09:26
Quote Posted by D'Arcy
There was more than one member of the crew who was infected with the mutagen virii. That's where some of the mutants come from. But a 'Many' is never mentioned. The closest thing is Harvey's log in the Maintenance level, where he is clearly turning into an Inviso-Mutant and he mentions 'voices' in his head:
<i>"God, the pain, the pain. My limbs have... mutated almost beyond recognition, and my entire body is becoming... translucent. I hear they’re growing a different virus in one of the groves, one that... God, the voices in my head, telling me... no, I can’t think... I can’t..."</i>
Yeah, that's the one. Ty. <3
catbarf on 12/9/2007 at 19:17
But... is that the text, or the audio? Remember, the two were different in many cases.
D'Arcy on 12/9/2007 at 20:56
That's the text log. In the audio (which is considerably different) there's no mention of a Many either.
Variant on 13/9/2007 at 05:03
Quote Posted by heywood
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.
They did get it after arriving, it was just bad luck for the Von Braun. SHODAN would have tried to take any ship that responded to the distress signal, because she knows that if someone heard it there would eventually be an investigation, because that is what typically happens. Yeah this is with space ships but we can already know this because even now most seagoing ships will investigate and try to help in any distress call they receive.
