I want to quit Andromeda Initiative. It's a suicide mission.

She has less minions, I can agree on that. Also, what I said in the edit on the other post (I'm sorry, I write very slowly in english ). In any case, yes, we'll find out

It's definitely going to be interesting to see what happens in Andromeda int this regard, because it could very well bring a lot of changes from how things work in the MW, it should in fact. Humanity seems to have more power, to begin with, and while one could assume that most people would keep the core values of their respective political cultures, I agree that it would be realistic if there were a lot of malcontents in the AI. The lack of presence of the less powerful races, it's a shame in some sense, yes, but on the other hand should lead to the more the powerfull ones to turn against each other nd that should be fun. Going a little further, personally, I'd love it if a new cleavage, not species-related, would come to the front.

I think it would be great if there was a little of this, and it wasn't all about exploration and MW species vs Andromeda species, and the fact there's already a "Nexus uprising" surely must mean that we'll see something along these lines in this and/or future games

Like I said, GI has made mistake in interpretation before in their game coverage and I don't remember them being ever corrected by developers. Do you have the CD Action link? I didn't have the impression that anyone but GI got to see the game at Bioware.

And I'm not saying that the Hyperion doesn't arrive at the planet, I'm saying the magazine affirming the Hyperion arrive there because that is the planet humanity will settle contradict the Arks&Nexus video briefing where colonists are supposed to wait in the Nexus until the homeworld are secured by the pathfinder and they get assigned a place to live. It's quite possible the planet was the rendez-vous point.

Thinking about it, if that planet was the rendez-vous point and the Nexus had to move because of its state, that could explain some of the colonists being annoyed. 600 years sleep and on arrival you are told "Sorry, you got to wait a bit more to see the rest of your family in the Hyperion".

I'm going to drop this here, because I think it adds some context to Sloane Kelley. This is one of the VA audition scripts that was provided to the public during the open casting-call. Now that we are fully "in the know", a few things are clear.

The Capital = The Nexus

Sanders = Sloane Kelly


SCRIPT 2


Scene Two: Two mercenaries talk about some of the difficulties of living on the frontier and being pioneers in a new world. You are playing the role of the Tough Mercenary.



Tough Mercenary: I got a great deal on the gear we salvaged from the crash. Here’s your share.

Worried Mercenary: You said we’d split the take evenly!

Tough Mercenary: It’s even. Do the math

Worried Mercenary: I’ve got a family. You don’t. This isn’t fair. We agreed—

Tough Mercenary: To split the profits 50/50. How you feed your family is your problem

Worried Mercenary: I just keep thinking, what if I hadn’t left the Capital? Maybe I wouldn’t have to worry about where my kids’ next meals are coming from.

Tough Mercenary: We’re doing better than some

Worried Mercenary: But I worry that one day I’ll cross Sanders and find my kids murdered.

Tough Mercenary: Sanders doesn’t kill kids. And you don’t know that wouldn’t have happened in the Capital.

Worried Mercenary: There were laws back there. Out here, it’s thugs running the place

Tough Mercenary: A thug wearing the uniform is still a thug. Sanders was head of security back in the Capital, and look what she’s become.

Tough Mercenary: Trust me. Things like rule of law, like decency? Out the window when things go bad.

Worried Mercenary: So you wouldn’t go back? If you got the chance?

Tough Mercenary: Hell, no. It’s not the best here, but I get to decide my life. It’s what we wanted, right? A new start?



It sounds to me like "Sanders", aka Sloane, has become quite the fearsome criminal boss. It also sounds like those who rose up did so because they didn't appreciate the way things were being run on the Nexus. It sounds as if security got a bit hands-on, before the uprising.

I'd say it's more likely that tension boiled over and violence ensued, with the "undesirables" being expelled from the Nexus, once subdued.

I think a lot of this stuff happens while Ark Hyperion is still sleeping. We don't know all of the details, but things go badly off plan. That's probably part of the reason for the tensions, and most of the reason Ryder wouldn't know every detail. That said, Ryder seemed to know Sloane's story pretty well. I got the impression that she was looking for any edge or angle that might be helpful in the coming interaction, and SAM provided Sloane's Alliance service record.

She or her role kind of reminds me of Anton Rogue from The Technomancer, has similar dark room theme, goons.

Maybe she seems a little too arrogant, but don't know how much power does she have or how charismatic is she, because she defienety convinced some people to support her and got herself a whole colony, so maybe she is not a stupid child like we see her in the video, maybe she built herself a little cult while was on Nexus, at least she was at a rather high position of power so ppl was looking up to her and she could/did easily exploit/persuade them.

Who knows, maybe we/Ryder can support her faction. If there is a system for it.

I liked how the factions were in The Technomancer and in Alpha Protocol, it would good to see something like that in here too.

That conversation was chopped to bits, and deteriorated only because the player was belligerent. (Gotta demo the interrupt feature!) I suspect that we will be able to develop a much more amicable relationship with Sloane Kelley. I've even wondered whether she is the "non-crew, on some planet somewhere" romance interest that Mac has repeatedly mentioned as his favorite.

Someone who was chief of security is not going to be *that* young.  Someone with perfectly smooth elastic skin - it's not that hard to spot someone who is young.  Sorry - just don't buy it. I mean does the head of the project - that Jan whateverhernameis - look that young?  Or Ryder Dad? You know, the people in charge, like the head of security?  Oh wait.

I did wonder whether there might be some silly sub-plot about an exlixir of youth or something but I don't think Bioware are that daft.

You can all handwave as much as you like - she has a teenager's face - plump cheeks, baby-ish skin tone, clear skin, no lines (at all), no sculpting of the features etc. etc. I, personally, don't find it even slightly convincing but that's my personal view. I don't think it would stop me enjoying the game - though I have to say I pretty much stopped watching American TV shows for the same sort of reason. YMMV and I accept that.

maxon, BioWare has arguably been terrible with consistently representing ages in these games. David Anderson? Not quite 50 when the trilogy ended. Steven Hackett? Only 52. They looked older, to my eye; especially given that people supposedly live as long as 150 years in this setting.

As colfoley said, it can be difficult to judge people by appearance alone. Lifestyle, nutrition, health and genetics all play major roles. This quote from your post--
"Someone with perfectly smooth elastic skin - it's not that hard to spot someone who is young."
This actually describes me very accurately; almost humorously so. I'm in my late 30s. It's very much in my genetics. I also live an exemplarily healthy lifestyle, in most respects. My point is that this is far more subjective in real life than you believe.

In this particular VG, I think you're feeling concern over unfinished textures and animation. They won't finish these things until they are positive that the VA work and mo-cap is finalized, otherwise they risk wasting a lot of work. They have not reached this point of certainty, as of yet. The humans look smooth and doughy because they aren't finished. That's it.