Frosty said:
Shane, WC history is not open to speculation, at the very least not the kind you're engaging in. Generally when someone such as yourself "thinks" these kinds of skewed and off-the-wall "thoughts" about WC history and storyline it's because you don't have all the information before you. Wheras when LOAF says something, it's gospel, simply because HE KNOWS EVERYTHING about WC. And if there's something he doesn't know, he has access to about 20 or so people who've WORKED ON WC who DO KNOW, so accept the fact that LOAF IS NEVER WRONG.
Ok, I'm not going to debate on how LOAF is eternal WC knowledge and all that, because he is, but, how can you say that WC is
notopen to speculation? Did Origin not set up the WCP storyline for a trilogy, then drop that idea, pick up online, then drop WC altogether (not permentantly I hope
)? If so, then I believe that leaves alot ot speculate about the Nephilim's history, and their future. If it wasn't for "skewed, off-the-wall thoughts," where would Science fiction be today?
Anyway, I like Shane's little description, but I think there should be something added.
<begin speculation>When the Nephilim delcared the Kats "unworthy" and vowed to return one day when they were strong enough, supposed they left some sort of device on Kilrah, say, oh, in one of those great Temples, or just buried the damn thing in the center of the planet. The device, feeding off energy derived from the planet, was set to send out a beacon to the Nephilim, should it ever be destroyed, meaning that:
A: The Kats were finally smart enough to figure out what it was and destroy it, deeming themselves worthy to fend off the "Star Gods," or:
B: The Kats were beaten in war, and therefore needed to be wiped out completely.
Now, this device put some strange effects on Kilrah. It's power deprivation from the planets core energy, set off some tectonic reactions, which caused a chain reaction, that made it into the rock of volcanic activity it is today (Well, yesterday, depends on what game you're currently playing
).<end speculation>
This is clearly speculation, as you can see, but fairly believeable speculation. I mean, if there were hear many, many milennia ago, before mankind was around, hell, possibly before Earth was around, you would think they'd have had the technology to build such a device.
<begin speculation again> Now, present day, 2683. The Nephilim take some time to hear this beacon that's been set off, since it's not able to go through jump gates or wormholes, etc. I can't quite remember the exact dates, etc, but wasn't it something like 14 years after TDoKilrah? I forget, anyway, they get this beacon, well, instead of sending an entire fleet through, they want to know what happened to set off the beacon, and they want to know quickly, so they open the wormhole, and send in a small fleet (with a shipkiller just in case). Now, they immediately find that Kilrah has been destroyed, not to mention the Confed Research vessel.<end speculation again>
Anybody following me on this? I've got more, but I want to know how many tomatos are going to be thrown before I give the audience a bucketful.
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[This message has been edited by Knight (edited July 15, 2000).]