Registered: Feb 2001
Location: Lansing, MI 48912
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Yeah, i agree that Sol would branch out tech-wise from the GTVA, but I think that they've got plenty of mass-produced craft that can deal damage. Fighting for Sol seems pretty interesting, as the new ships. I'm especially excited to know what kind of weapons they designed

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Registered: Feb 2001
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Don't any of you think that Sol should have completely different designs of spacecraft? Since they were afraid of the Lucifer wouldn't they start researching technologies(WITHOUT VASUDAN INFLUENCE) to make more powerful ships? They might even use parts from captured Shivan ships like the mara and make their own super-cannon energy gun for fighters(like a kayser). Though there should be masses of old Terran ships defending Sol, I think that they would have probably scrapped them for materials to build more modern ships with beam cannons and possibly capital ships with shields(yes! ). And without the Shivans coming into Sol again and blowing up their ships(like what happend to the GTVA) they should have more ships to fight with too(lots of shipyards were on Sol). Well I hope this clears some of your minds and isn't too confusing!

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No, because they have really good telescopes that can see those poor GTVA ships still trapped in space so they just coppied its design. It IS the future after all.

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Registered: Nov 2000
Location: Hobart, Tasmaina, Australia
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wouldn't sol have had to channel it's resourses into making sure that it's population survived. I mean they might have made some really really really really big ships that look really really really really scary...but in fact are like colony and/or prison ships.

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Registered: Feb 2001
Location: Finland
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* dreams about integrating Machina Terra and BWO *

Anyway, I will play both of them.

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Originally posted by JR2000Z:
No, because they have really good telescopes that can see those poor GTVA ships still trapped in space so they just coppied its design. It IS the future after all.

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WTF? Your crazy! Even if they had super powerful telescopes, there are infinite areas that can be seen, even if there are 400,000 sathani in the system, the telescope might only see empty space still...



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Registered: Jul 2000
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Machina Terra and BWO have very differing views of what happened in Sol so both are quite original.

Sol has never seen a Mara class fighter, but we have assumed that they did get their hands on some Shivan technology and that they did build some new ships and modify some old ones.

There will be different emphasis on weapons and the like too. Just wait and see.

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Registered: Oct 2000
Location: Tania Austrailis
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Ice, they had the captured Dragon fighter...

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Registered: Feb 2001
Location: Pottsboro, TX USA
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Actually if you remember the last cutscene. There are Vasudans in the Sol System. If you don't believe me go watch it again. Several Thoths made it out too. And there were most likely Vasudans in Sol before that too.

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Registered: Nov 2000
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But not many enough to make a big difference.

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But not many enough to make a big difference.

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Yeah...

Remember, terrans didn't trust Vasudans, and so their input would be disregarded, if the Terrans let them survive...

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Originally posted by CODEDOG ND:
Actually if you remember the last cutscene. There are Vasudans in the Sol System. If you don't believe me go watch it again. Several Thoths made it out too. And there were most likely Vasudans in Sol before that too.

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Registered: Oct 2000
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Yeah, if they let them survive...

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quote:

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Originally posted by Snipes:
Yeah...

Remember, terrans didn't trust Vasudans, and so their input would be disregarded, if the Terrans let them survive...

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Registered: Feb 2001
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You know humans :P Always ignorant and they would just blow em to hell... look remember this is at least 32 years after the war, the vasudans would be dead by then!

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Registered: Feb 2001
Location: Pottsboro, TX USA
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But they could breed! hhehehehehe they are asexual creatures! hehehehehe ever seen a Vasudan Female????

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Registered: Oct 2000
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Have you, Orange? hehe

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Registered: Dec 2000
Location: Devonport, Tasmania, Australia
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Sol probably refined thier existing designs you know like "rounding off" and orion to make it look smoother

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Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Singapore
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Firstly, a few Vasudans DID make it to Sol. So, we must assume that there are Vasudans living on Earth and the other colonies in the Sol system.

Secondly, if there is a female Vasudan pilot who escaped to the Sol system, I don't see why the Vasudans cannot reproduce. And no, Vasudans have females and males. Not like frogs.

Thirdly, after 32 years, the GTA or whatever government that replaced it would upgrade their fleet or build totally new designs.

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Registered: Feb 2001
Location: Pottsboro, TX USA
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Hey! You show me a Vasudan Female.
Anyways there would most likely be Vasudan Delegates to the GTA there on Earth and also refugees that were fleeing the shivans. Beat that!

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