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Syrk: The Unification Wars
Lucika:
While I'll obviously not going to give away my explanation (that, rest assured, will satisfy you all), I'd like to quote a theory from the same board, so that hopefully launches your creative idea boxes.
--- Quote from: -Norbert- on October 06, 2010, 11:33:26 am ---If I remember correctly then Silent Threat hinted at the GTI knowing about the Shivans before they started their attacks.
The only thing the Shivans have to do, to stay hidden from the bulk of Humanity is leaving no survivors, except secret agents (probably inclusing the player) who keep the information in a closed loop of what will later become the GTI.
At least that's the only way I can imagine Shivans to appear in the unification war, without breaking canon or seeing the player either dead or carted off by the nice uncles with the white "I hug myself" jacket.
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General Battuta:
Yeah I believe a number of mods have played with the notion that GTI was aware of the Shivans well ahead of time.
--- Quote ---...GTI scout wings had been following Shivan movements for weeks prior to the Riviera attack...
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Sifle:
--- Quote from: General Battuta on October 06, 2010, 03:44:11 pm ---Yeah I believe a number of mods have played with the notion that GTI was aware of the Shivans well ahead of time.
--- Quote ---...GTI scout wings had been following Shivan movements for weeks prior to the Riviera attack...
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Yea the GTI awareness of the Shivans was a major plot point in Silent Threat Reborn, but I figured that was at most two months before the attack on Ross 128. If the campaign doesn't contradict canon though, I'm fine with it.
Alan Bolte:
This reminds me of an unedited novel posted to a forum, now removed, in which a xenocidal species which controlled most of the quadrant of the galaxy opposite our own had been known to a conspiracy within military intelligence for centuries. They were dubbed the Lefu. Their long-range scouts had destroyed some outlying colonies and exploration vessels, with very few survivors. The name and a few details eventually became common knowledge to the upper ranks of the military, but the unstoppable size of the threat was concealed. The conspiracy's purpose was to manipulate the rest of the military into avoiding a confrontation which would provoke Armageddon.
Eventually, humanity met and went to war with an all-but-xenocidal empire that was more powerful then the largest human government, but was not unbeatable. Confused generals and admirals dubbed these enemies the Lefu, and the name entered civilian usage. However, all the while, the conspiracy was watching a real Lefu sleeper fleet grow ever closer. Eventually, Humanity and their enemies had to fight for their survival against these Destroyers, who had to be given a new name, which I've forgotten.
TL;DR: It would amuse me if the Shivans were initially called Vasudans, and then the name ended up being applied to the Vasudans we know, so GTI had to come up with the name "Shivans" instead.
-Norbert-:
Considering the meaning behind those two names I highly doubt that.
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