My vision for MEA2: A battle for control of the Helios region between Nexus and Outlaws
Sept 12, 2018 13:58:46 GMT
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Post by guanxi on Sept 12, 2018 13:58:46 GMT
Pre-amble: please forgive the rambling nature and terrible grammar/spelling as i’m on a beach in greece just spitballing ideas on a mobile phone on my holidays. There’s a lot of background details to provide proper context but if TLDR feel free to skip to the last 2 paragraphs. Thanks for your patience and understanding here goes nothing:
The death of the Arkon and the Kett’s failure to acquire Meridian lead to a power vacuum and leadership crisis. Kett civilisation stands at a crossroads today. They are deeply unpopular and besieged on all sides by waring neighbouring factions. Kett can no longer reproduce conventionally so have relied on ascending developing organic civilisations to bolster their dwindling ranks in recent centuries. Those typically come from outside the galaxy as in the absence of Reaper cycles life in Andromeda is predominantly synthetic or rather post-organic.
In the years since the fall of the Arkon Kett civilisation has fractured and endured years of civil war, hardship and is in a state of apparent terminal decline.
Kett civilisation has witnessed countless rival organic civilisations fall to or become irrevocably altered by the onset of artificial intelligence and over the years has battled and continues to battle against post-organic species which is why to this day they are reluctant to turn to AI/cybernetic augmentation to solve their internal problems. Arkon revered the historical Jardan because they had overcome a similar (reproductive) population crisis with random genetic sequencing based cloning technology to repopulate in response to an ecological disaster which their climate regulating technology could not prevent.
The Angara are not in fact a new species created by the Jardan, they are the Jardan. The Jardan left behind a wealth of technology and resources for their descendants to aid in the re-establishment of their civilisation after the ecological disaster had receded. The scourge is merely the after effects of a region wide extinction event.
An uneasy truce between the Angara and MW species followed in the wake of profound revelations the Angara uncovered about their origins and the purpose of Meridian. Humans eventually yielded the planet to the Angarans on behalf of the Initiative in the treaty of Helios in return for unrestricted access rights to the core of Helios a class 4 element zero solar mass (not a black hole contrary to popular misconception). Another misconception was the golden world fallacy, Helios is not as widely reported particularly amenable to MW colonists, Helios’ central core was primarily targeted as a source of fuel from which to continue exploration for possible homeworld sites (stage 2) - the likely journey for most colonists will be far longer than the reported 600 years.
In the 150 years since arrival day the Initiative has been superseded by the newly formed nexus council to broker diplomacy between the emergent species governments and the Angaran Federation. As a peace effort the species of Helios have constructed a new Mass Relay which is hoped will connect the wider region in trade via a relay network and fuel economic growth and peaceful co-operation for centuries to come. Exploratory vessels for each species have been constructed from the arks and local raw materials from Helios - the second wave of colonisation beyond Helios has begun in earnest though this is a matter for future games.
Kett raiding and scouting activity in the wider Helios cluster has long ceased. Larger regional powers are also seemingly disinterested in establishing formal or informal trade or diplomatic relationships with the Nexus council species at this time.
The Angara joined the Nexus Council under a peace agreement which stipulates that all major policy decisions require ratification from all members of the council. Today they are widely viewed as obstinate and self serving.
A major point of contention between the other nexus council species and the anagaran federation is the ongoing Kett geopolitical situation. The Angara wanted to continue the war on Kett but the other nexus species were very reluctant to re-engage hostilities and as a Nexus council member the decisions of the other council members were binding.
Never let a crisis go to waste: Growing frustration with Nakmor leadership erupted in a coup lead by Gatatog Battlemaster Gatatog Okah the Dread (son of Okeer) and other Urdnot, Wreyloc clan leaders who deposed Morda and butchered her inner circle on the grounds of corruption, incompetence and general loss of trust in her weak, seemingly directionless leadership. Gatatog Dread had a plan.
Krogan officials arrived on Aya with a proposal and much bluster. The Krogan leader confident and assured as ever set out the details: If you can use your decades of study of Jardan era genetic technology to cure the genophage I will raise you an army the likes of this galaxy has never seen and unleash it on those Kett savages without mercy or respectful due diligence for troublesome war crime legislation or political sanctions. Rest assured you will have your vengeance for the death of your ancestors at the hands of these monsters. Free our people of the shackles imposed upon us by those Nexus cretins and we will tear your enemies limb from limb, we will dance atop their mangled corpses, burn their green fortresses to the ground, we will wear their organs as ceremonial war trophies and feast upon their children! The Krogan horde will sing glorious battle songs about this day. It if’s green blood you want, green blood you shall have. As a show of good faith the Krogan representatives agreed to a defensive pact with the Angara as part of a secretive deal outside of the knowledge and watchful auspices and wise council of the other Nexus species who the Angara intensely distrusted while the Krogan were very much an unknown quantity who had so far kept to themselves and maintained a healthy skepticism of the other races; Krogan cautionary tales of backhanded tactics and dirty politics did not go un-noticed. Upon completion of the deal the Krogan continued... From this day foreword the Angara Federation will forever be considered friends and allies of the Krogan peoples. Jor’gal!
This is of course speculation on the part of the other Nexus species as Krogan are rarely seen in Helios cluster these days and the Angara officially deny any such agreement. To the other Nexus species the fate and whereabouts of the Krogan or the Kett is very much a mystery.
Krogan who remain in the cluster do not generally speak of such matters to outsiders for fear of reprisal. Notable Krogan residents who remain in the cluster include Illium entrepreneur and Initiative financier Jorgall Thax and business associate Gnar Wrang founder of Blood pack private security services who have recently opened an Andromeda division headquartered on mercenary haven Sloan (formerly Kadara).
Side-note: If you wish to partake in the war on Kett why not try Krogan Horde mode a platinum difficulty survival challenge for a lone surviving Kett squad somewhere deep in Kett space.
Sloan has grown into a criminal metropolis where Nexus laws and taxes do not apply. It’s a safe haven for lawbreakers and hell-raisers, drugs, arms and sex traffickers and the Nexus council wants it dealt with however you see fit. As the first Human spectre (In Andromeda) you are tasked with putting together a team to take down the criminal gangs that run the planet and bring back law to the lawless. Jorgall “Mr.” Thax is the man on these streets and he gets a cut of everything. Taking him out won’t be easy. His underbosses who run the mercenary gangs are very well connected, protected and heavily armed. Thax has recreated a Krogan vision of his famed Illium where he made his fortune which is today somewhat of a cross between the grittiness of Omega and the penthouse high rise glitz and glamor of the Asari corporate paradise. Using the economic free trade model of Illium it's become the trade capital of Helios and the center of the regional economy which threatens Nexus colonisation interests and regional control dependant upon taxation and control over regional resources. Do you side with the Nexus or the benefactor of the Initiative? The battle for the future of the region is ideological. Thax believes he is building a new world where individuals and corporations are free of the control of nation states and as he sees it are truely masters of their own destinies rarther than the would be self appointed masters of alien & mankind who are seemingly hellbent on rebuilding the old world imposing their laws and values top down by force to preserve the failing power structures of the old world.
The fight for Sloan of course continues in multiplayer but this time you can pick your side in coop gang turf wars, or Nexus council special operations as Nexus agents.
The death of the Arkon and the Kett’s failure to acquire Meridian lead to a power vacuum and leadership crisis. Kett civilisation stands at a crossroads today. They are deeply unpopular and besieged on all sides by waring neighbouring factions. Kett can no longer reproduce conventionally so have relied on ascending developing organic civilisations to bolster their dwindling ranks in recent centuries. Those typically come from outside the galaxy as in the absence of Reaper cycles life in Andromeda is predominantly synthetic or rather post-organic.
In the years since the fall of the Arkon Kett civilisation has fractured and endured years of civil war, hardship and is in a state of apparent terminal decline.
Kett civilisation has witnessed countless rival organic civilisations fall to or become irrevocably altered by the onset of artificial intelligence and over the years has battled and continues to battle against post-organic species which is why to this day they are reluctant to turn to AI/cybernetic augmentation to solve their internal problems. Arkon revered the historical Jardan because they had overcome a similar (reproductive) population crisis with random genetic sequencing based cloning technology to repopulate in response to an ecological disaster which their climate regulating technology could not prevent.
The Angara are not in fact a new species created by the Jardan, they are the Jardan. The Jardan left behind a wealth of technology and resources for their descendants to aid in the re-establishment of their civilisation after the ecological disaster had receded. The scourge is merely the after effects of a region wide extinction event.
An uneasy truce between the Angara and MW species followed in the wake of profound revelations the Angara uncovered about their origins and the purpose of Meridian. Humans eventually yielded the planet to the Angarans on behalf of the Initiative in the treaty of Helios in return for unrestricted access rights to the core of Helios a class 4 element zero solar mass (not a black hole contrary to popular misconception). Another misconception was the golden world fallacy, Helios is not as widely reported particularly amenable to MW colonists, Helios’ central core was primarily targeted as a source of fuel from which to continue exploration for possible homeworld sites (stage 2) - the likely journey for most colonists will be far longer than the reported 600 years.
In the 150 years since arrival day the Initiative has been superseded by the newly formed nexus council to broker diplomacy between the emergent species governments and the Angaran Federation. As a peace effort the species of Helios have constructed a new Mass Relay which is hoped will connect the wider region in trade via a relay network and fuel economic growth and peaceful co-operation for centuries to come. Exploratory vessels for each species have been constructed from the arks and local raw materials from Helios - the second wave of colonisation beyond Helios has begun in earnest though this is a matter for future games.
Kett raiding and scouting activity in the wider Helios cluster has long ceased. Larger regional powers are also seemingly disinterested in establishing formal or informal trade or diplomatic relationships with the Nexus council species at this time.
The Angara joined the Nexus Council under a peace agreement which stipulates that all major policy decisions require ratification from all members of the council. Today they are widely viewed as obstinate and self serving.
A major point of contention between the other nexus council species and the anagaran federation is the ongoing Kett geopolitical situation. The Angara wanted to continue the war on Kett but the other nexus species were very reluctant to re-engage hostilities and as a Nexus council member the decisions of the other council members were binding.
Never let a crisis go to waste: Growing frustration with Nakmor leadership erupted in a coup lead by Gatatog Battlemaster Gatatog Okah the Dread (son of Okeer) and other Urdnot, Wreyloc clan leaders who deposed Morda and butchered her inner circle on the grounds of corruption, incompetence and general loss of trust in her weak, seemingly directionless leadership. Gatatog Dread had a plan.
Krogan officials arrived on Aya with a proposal and much bluster. The Krogan leader confident and assured as ever set out the details: If you can use your decades of study of Jardan era genetic technology to cure the genophage I will raise you an army the likes of this galaxy has never seen and unleash it on those Kett savages without mercy or respectful due diligence for troublesome war crime legislation or political sanctions. Rest assured you will have your vengeance for the death of your ancestors at the hands of these monsters. Free our people of the shackles imposed upon us by those Nexus cretins and we will tear your enemies limb from limb, we will dance atop their mangled corpses, burn their green fortresses to the ground, we will wear their organs as ceremonial war trophies and feast upon their children! The Krogan horde will sing glorious battle songs about this day. It if’s green blood you want, green blood you shall have. As a show of good faith the Krogan representatives agreed to a defensive pact with the Angara as part of a secretive deal outside of the knowledge and watchful auspices and wise council of the other Nexus species who the Angara intensely distrusted while the Krogan were very much an unknown quantity who had so far kept to themselves and maintained a healthy skepticism of the other races; Krogan cautionary tales of backhanded tactics and dirty politics did not go un-noticed. Upon completion of the deal the Krogan continued... From this day foreword the Angara Federation will forever be considered friends and allies of the Krogan peoples. Jor’gal!
This is of course speculation on the part of the other Nexus species as Krogan are rarely seen in Helios cluster these days and the Angara officially deny any such agreement. To the other Nexus species the fate and whereabouts of the Krogan or the Kett is very much a mystery.
Krogan who remain in the cluster do not generally speak of such matters to outsiders for fear of reprisal. Notable Krogan residents who remain in the cluster include Illium entrepreneur and Initiative financier Jorgall Thax and business associate Gnar Wrang founder of Blood pack private security services who have recently opened an Andromeda division headquartered on mercenary haven Sloan (formerly Kadara).
Side-note: If you wish to partake in the war on Kett why not try Krogan Horde mode a platinum difficulty survival challenge for a lone surviving Kett squad somewhere deep in Kett space.
Sloan has grown into a criminal metropolis where Nexus laws and taxes do not apply. It’s a safe haven for lawbreakers and hell-raisers, drugs, arms and sex traffickers and the Nexus council wants it dealt with however you see fit. As the first Human spectre (In Andromeda) you are tasked with putting together a team to take down the criminal gangs that run the planet and bring back law to the lawless. Jorgall “Mr.” Thax is the man on these streets and he gets a cut of everything. Taking him out won’t be easy. His underbosses who run the mercenary gangs are very well connected, protected and heavily armed. Thax has recreated a Krogan vision of his famed Illium where he made his fortune which is today somewhat of a cross between the grittiness of Omega and the penthouse high rise glitz and glamor of the Asari corporate paradise. Using the economic free trade model of Illium it's become the trade capital of Helios and the center of the regional economy which threatens Nexus colonisation interests and regional control dependant upon taxation and control over regional resources. Do you side with the Nexus or the benefactor of the Initiative? The battle for the future of the region is ideological. Thax believes he is building a new world where individuals and corporations are free of the control of nation states and as he sees it are truely masters of their own destinies rarther than the would be self appointed masters of alien & mankind who are seemingly hellbent on rebuilding the old world imposing their laws and values top down by force to preserve the failing power structures of the old world.
The fight for Sloan of course continues in multiplayer but this time you can pick your side in coop gang turf wars, or Nexus council special operations as Nexus agents.
