Registered: Jul 2000
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Posted by WildWolf:

PS2 IGN slapped up a _very_ interesting article, in what they call a multi-part series.. well, here's the first part. Here's a snip:

I don't know why Ultor has human miners doing this. It's gotta be cheaper to have bots do it, and they certainly have enough bots. I've asked around, but no one knows. Most don't seem to want to think about it, maybe figuring they'd be out of jobs if Ultor decided to use bots. Or maybe they're just too zoned-out or discouraged to care. There's something soul-draining about doing a job that doesn't seem important. There's a cancer here, eating away at us, hollowing us out from the inside.

Will robots be in the game? Sure sounds like it! Here's another snip:

Ultor denies there’s any problem. First they said that it was just a stress response on the part of weaker individuals. When everyone got done laughing and then screaming about that one, they came up with a new rationale. They now claim that it's a Martian virus, infecting miners by some unknown means. That scared people; did Ultor think we'd be reassured to hear that there's something in the air that's killing us? There were riots in a few of the barracks after hearing that. Ultor claims they're doing everything they can to combat the virus. Their doctors and technicians are all over the barracks and even in some of the mines, giving everyone shots and pills. They say that their efforts are all that's keeping the virus from killing a lot more.

That sounds like the virus we've been hearing about... Hell, here's another one:

Lately, there've been pamphlets slapped up on the barracks and cafeteria walls. They're calling for miners to go on strike against Ultor, to refuse to work. Some of the flyers even urge us to attack the guards, to get back at them for all the years of mistreatment. No one knows who writes them. The pamphlets are signed 'Eos.' Some say it's the name of a group; some say it's the name of a woman who's trying to stir up the miners.

Could "Eos" be the group that Parker ends up leading against the Ultor Corp? Maybe! There's also a concept sketch of Parker, which I'll of course be posting in a minute or two with the rest of our concept art. Check out the whole article - its very interesting as the whole thing is in a Narrative style from Parker's perspective.

Thanks to ivan from the VBB for the link.

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Apple Valley, MN
Posts: 2403

This article is ****ing awesome. Everyone better read it.

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Kyle "Orange" Spahn
The One Whom Holds the Bleak Hammer of Justice

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Stoney Creek , Ontario, Canada
Posts: 339

That article is awesome. Orange is right, everyone read it.

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Triple A (Known as Phantom on the VBB)
1st "Regular" of the VWBB
VWBB Prophet

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Champaign, IL, USA
Posts: 5

Thanks! This is the first look inside one of the game's major characters' minds. There will be five more, and more fiction to follow (ideally on a regular basis until the game's release).

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Mike Breault
Writer, Volition

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