[General Battuta]

At this point I think we're better than V anyway!

[Kolgena]

Yeah. This almost feels like it could head towards

Spoiler:

The Overmind isn't evil lololol

[Mobius]

Specifically, one ex-V staffer who I ran into while whoring Diaspora around the Internet. He was the guy who modeled most of the FS2 Shivans and Vasudans, as well as the mainhall.

He had some interesting things to say:

I heard the Ancients where [sic] supposed to come back in the third iteration but nothing conclusive, of course.

And that's all I got from him, but hey, given what we've got out of the 'symptoms of a bigger problem' hint, it's a substantial revelation by our standards!

I tried to get an interview with Jason Scott but, alas, no luck. (Also my emails to Ronnie Cox have gone unanswered.)

Are we sure this is news for us? These look like the original plans for Inferno, which leads me to believe this is more than a coincidence.

[General Battuta]

Yes, I am quite sure. That is what we call 'a coincidence.'

[Lucika]

Any possibility for further contacts or info?

[Mobius]

Yes, I am quite sure. That is what we call 'a coincidence.'

What a nice coincidence, then.

[General Battuta]

ngtm-1r thinks it's predictable: CHECK

mobius says something about inferno: CHECK

proceed, HLP. proceed.

[Mobius]

Battuta complains about Inferno: CHECK

Now we can proceed.

[Lucika]

Mention of FS3 in topic: CHECK

[Scotty]

All in favor of making whatever campaigns you want to make anyway, regardless of possible FS3 reveals please say 'aye.'

Aye.

[headdie]

  Ridiculous Sarcasm: Check  

[General Battuta]

Battuta complains about Inferno: CHECK

Haven't I made it clear by now that I'm very excited for Inferno? Seriously, I'm eager to play it, everything you've shown about your work on it looks great. If I didn't feel that way, then I wouldn't give a **** about it; this is a forum for computer game mods, not life-or-death political issues.

Stop making this personal. You're trying to create a feud where none exists.

[Mobius]

All in favor of making whatever campaigns you want to make anyway, regardless of possible FS3 reveals please say 'aye.'

Aye.

Aye!

[headdie]

All in favor of making whatever campaigns you want to make anyway, regardless of possible FS3 reveals please say 'aye.'

Aye.

Aye and a face hugger

[NGTM-1R]

ngtm-1r thinks it's predictable: CHECK

Actually, it's not that I think it's predictable. (I considered the ideas behind Back From The Grave to be near-unique, considering in its final form it's the only FS2 campaign that would have ended with a negotiated settlement.)

I think it's more a commentary on the nature of stories. Namely there's a big dartboard and we all threw at it. I wouldn't have thought we had critical mass to cover them all, but apparently we did.

[General Battuta]

Yeah, I agree. Especially in a third installment I think there's a certain set of possibilities and we've probably guessed most of them by now.

[Mobius]

Like the war between Sol and the GTVA? Probably.

[Mura]

However the third installment would have developed to have the ancients in, i bet it would have been trope-tastic! Yet, a delight to play and devour.

[CP5670]

This comment is interesting but tells us hardly anything. Note that the Ancients don't necessarily have to be enemies.

There are quite a few campaigns now with Ancients in some form or another, so the community has probably already come close to what Volition had intended somewhere along the way.

[General Battuta]

This comment is interesting but tells us hardly anything. Note that the Ancients don't necessarily have to be enemies.

There are quite a few campaigns now with Ancients in some form or another, so the community has probably already come close to what Volition had intended somewhere along the way.

Quite the apropos man to point it out, as well!