Is this accurate?

[Shaggy]

I found this on the IMDB about Prophecy. It's a list, from the trivia section, of what was originally in the storyline for Prophecy.

The final product is quite different than in original scripts, when producers decided to shift focus from plot to gameplay:
Blair is the main character
Return of almost all Wing Commaner IV characters
A ceremony in which Blair is added to Melek's clan
Revelation that the Kilrathi fought this insectoids - called "Mantu" - previously
A more detailed explanation of what, specifically, "Heart of the Tiger" entails - the destruction of the Mantu
A scene that reveals Tolwyn stored 10 Kilrathi carriers and destroyers at a Black Lance base for safekeeping
Mantu ships are practically invisible and difficult to even lock on
Tolwyn's son, Kevin, is part of a merchant convoy that was saved by Blair. Turns out, these traders were aware of the Mantu for quite some time, with some interesting details into Mantu culture
including their binary nature, meaning it is impossible for the Mantu to understand the concept of 1 ship / planet / etc.
Kevin blames himself for his father's Black Lance. Injured by the Kilrathi, Kevin claims Tolywn 'died a little'.
A constant discovery that Blair's current missions are completing Kilrathi prophecy
The Mantu invade Confed, to Sol system. Blair uses a Mantu torpedo to destroy the Mantu mothership, 'killing' all the other Mantu ships
Union of Border Worlds and Kilrathi Empire are added to the Confederation

Now if this true it would have closed out the WC series fairly well, atb least better than leaving us with an open wormhole\cliffhanger in SO.
So does anyone know if this is true?

 

[Bandit LOAF]

Absolutely none of that is true.

 

[LeHah]

Wow, is that ever a bunch of bullshit

 

[NuclearPenguins]

Too bad it wasn't true.

 

[Bandit LOAF]

It doesn't even make sense. It's some fanboy's very elaborate, completely non-sensical wet dream.

 

[Quarto]

If I'm not mistaken, it's based on that bullshit script the Aces have on their website.

 

[Dralthi5]

Hmmmm, I read that so-called script a couple years back. It has even less gameplay than Price of Freedom (i.e., it's mostly terribly written cutscenes), and we all know Kevin is Tolwyn's nephew. And the idea they would bring the Victory back for service is absoludicrous. That is all.

 

[Bandit LOAF]

This "original script" was unsolicited fan fiction -- it's been debunked by a dozen people who actually worked on Prophecy. You can see the *actual* evolution of the Prophecy script in the CIC's archives... it's not as incredibly exciting as a teenager stuffing together a bunch of references to the novels, but it's fun to see what changed and why.

 

[SpaceDrake]

Yeh, for instance, the hero originally wasn't Iceman's son at all, just a random joe like Blair had been. (I liked that idea better, personally...)

 

[McGruff]

And the idea they would bring the Victory back for service is absoludicrous. That is all.

But if they did, there are some people here who would do their best to rationalize the absoludicroucity.

 

[Bandit LOAF]

Yeh, for instance, the hero originally wasn't Iceman's son at all, just a random joe like Blair had been. (I liked that idea better, personally...)

Hehe, no, that would have been good -- in the original version they eventually reveal that he's a product of the GE program, and is like *Blair's* son.

But if they did, there are some people here who would do their best to rationalize the absoludicroucity.

I don't think featuring the Victory necessarily contradicts with anything -- it wasn't blown up or anything. If you wanted to tell a "desperate last stand of the Confederation" sort of a story, it'd be a reasonable plot element.