Shadowrun
Shadowrun General => The Secret History => Topic started by: bobo69 on <09-10-10/2348:43>
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Well according the the guys at Red Brick this is a planned RPG something like several thousand years after Shadowrun. LIke a Shadowrun/Earthdawn space opera.
Looking forward to this.
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when is it set for release? might have to pick it up
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Hmm... Interesting... (http://www.redbrick-limited.com/cms/index.php?categoryid=60) No word on a release date, however.
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Well according to red Brick they are stilll sorting out the kinks in the sysytem but the setting is preety much fleshed out.
Here the link
http://www.redbrick-limited.com/cms/index.php?categoryid=60
Basically somehow, in the future, Mankind manage to find a way in delaying the coming of the Horrors but of course plans go awry it goes to a hell on a handbasket.
Oh yeah, for those interested in Earthdawn, the Cathay sourcebook is finally coming out in Dec. 2010
http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/home/detail.php?qsID=1893#
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Maybe they'll finally have some stats for the Cathay dragons.
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when is it set for release? might have to pick it up
Not this year. :D
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Well, the "Equinox" project is progessing very slowly, i remember that i first saw information on that game 1 year and a half ago. The only difference in that amount of time is one or two paragraphs added.
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RedBrick employs a small team only, which also works on Earthdawn 3 and/ or Fading Suns 3, what makes the slow progress on Equinox no big surprise (developing a whole new setting including mechanics is an awful amount of work).
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Yep, I predict Equinox will be out in 2011. Probably end of 2011.
Their major projects are done so they can focus on Equinox.
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Not quite - Fading Suns 3 is still in development and work on new books for Earthdawn continues as well. Would be awesome if Equinox were the only project RedBrick works on, though.
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Basically somehow, in the future, Mankind manage to find a way in delaying the coming of the Horrors but of course plans go awry it goes to a hell on a handbasket.
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Then they blow up the Earth to keep the Horrors from returning ever again.
The thing that I'm really looking forward to in Equinox? Dragons in power armor. For. The. Win.
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Actually the Earth gets destroyed n the process of trying to take it back.
That takes some serious magic.
The Horrors are still there though. And the Consortium leadership is said to be corrupt(by horror?)
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Actually the Earth gets destroyed n the process of trying to take it back.
That takes some serious magic.
Yup. High level magic called "the red button" ;D
About dragons, elves and so, have you seen anything ? no mention in what I've read. I can understand it since most if not all dragons might be dead - unles they found a way to travel in space - and metagenes might not express in space's mana void, but assuming they made a "sequel" to shadowrun and earthdawn's universe, with magic and so, they might have kept em.
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Actually, the ships in the Equinox are said to be flying through Astral space, meaning that we'd somehow corrected the Mana Void issue.
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Actually, the ships in the Equinox are said to be flying through Astral space, meaning that we'd somehow corrected the Mana Void issue.
Magic level rose far enough for Mana to finally fill up space?
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Actually, the ships in the Equinox are said to be flying through Astral space, meaning that we'd somehow corrected the Mana Void issue.
Magic level rose far enough for Mana to finally fill up space?
Well, from what it sounds like, we've colonized the entire solar system. If Astral space is based on population of living organisms, then it's theoretically possible it spreads out to cover the entirety of it.
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And the ships are supposed to be àlive`probably sentinent AI too. Tech is a mix of magic and technological.
Yep the Red button. Magic is probably uber powerful if they can go toe to toe with the strongest horror.
So what do we know:
1. Consortium controls human space. probably a economicépolitical alliance. Its dictatorial and corrupt and they were responsible for destroying the Earth.
I don`t think the Horror destroyed the Earth(they gain nothing from it).
2. There is a resistance movement against the Consortium.
3. Earth has become a huge asteriod belt ringed by a even more gigantic space stationéhabitat.
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4. The Horrorsédemons are still out there but gravely weakened but I do suspect that the higher echelon of the Consortium is getting corrupted by the horrors.
5. There is a huge universe beyond the veil(Consortium), Alien empires, the great beyond.
Speculation:
1. I think mankind has gone beyond race, in fact the tech and magic is high enough, anyone can become any race he wants(through magic and genertic manipulation). See Eclipse Phase.
2. Besides colonizing space, they probably also colonized also parts of Astral space. I think its amusing what mankind did to the Insect spirit home plane(I`d blow it up). However since the horrors came through, Astral space has become hazardous.
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I don`t think the Horror destroyed the Earth(they gain nothing from it).
As I understand it, the Horrors don't think in the ways of "gain". They simply want you all to fell pain and horror, so they can feed on it, and frag all the consequences.
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Actually how can you feel the horror or pain if everyone is dead...ergo there goes the Horror's food source.
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I didn't really get the impression that they plan that far ahead...
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A lot of horrors are clever (some are totally dumb), so they can think in way of "gains" and "losses", "gains" are what you said : mental or physical, pain, horror, and so. "Losses" ? I guess the inability to cause pain, so an horror's death is a loss to itself. There's a lot of example of mind twister horrors that can provide a benefit in short term to some metahumans, in purpose to cause them endless pain on the long term. And some horrors (Yrsthgrathe, again, it's one of my favorite with Bone crow and Artificer) can plan things on very very long term.
Anyway, it does not mean horrors didn't get involved in Earth destruction : if there is life on other planets, they don't need Earth anymore to come, and destroying Earth might have occured a terrible pain among humanity, so, who knows ?
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Well, at least looks interesting, can't wait to read the story of how it all happened.
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Or if they already corrupted the heads of the Consortium,,,,oh uh.
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Damnit, There better be Dragons in fraggin Power Armor!!!
I totally agree with that!
Anyway, I heard about this a while ago. I am very interested to see where they take the universe. If the setting is cool and the rules tight then I will invest in this game. Seems like a cool enough idea.
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Damnit, There better be Dragons in fraggin Power Armor!!!
Yeah, because Dragons weren't badass enough already, they need Power Armor ;D
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So, do the current developers of Shadowrun and Earthdawn/Equinox have any kind of unofficial co-operation, if only to keep the overlapping parts of the broader IP straight, or do each go their own way?
For example, would Catalyst consider Equinox to be the future version of 'their' Shadowrun setting, or are they treated as being splintered off into alternate timelines?
(While the Equinox setting sounds somewhat interesting, I'd be worried if it did to Shadowrun what the Dark Age era stuff did with classic Battletech, in terms of pre-empting what was set to happen story-wise. While I'm not against the Dark Age or anything, I do feel it was somewhat unfortunate how long it took for CBT to be left to play catchup.)
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Well from talking with the guys at Red Brick, they try to coordinate things with Catalyst though its not an easy job.
Personally I would say that Equinox is the future of Shadowrun.
So if Earthdawn was D&D, Shadowrun is Cyberpunk, Equinox is Traveller.
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As for the Shadowrun storyline, Equinox is like several thousands of years into the future of Shadowrun so I think that what happens in Shadowrun will not affect Earthdawn too deeply.
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So if Earthdawn was D&D, Shadowrun is Cyberpunk, Equinox is Traveller.
Nope. These are unrelated systems, of which only one is located on Earth.
Personally I would say that Equinox is the future of Shadowrun.
Yes. Just as Earthdawn id Shadowrun's past. SR is the Sixth World, our world was Fifth, and Earthdawn - the Age of Legends - was Fourth.
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Damnit, There better be Dragons in fraggin Power Armor!!!
Yeah, because Dragons weren't badass enough already, they need Power Armor ;D
Who doesn't need power armor? ;D
I mean, what is more dangerous? A dragon in power armor or a Dragon with a huge battleship and fleet? ???
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A pissed of dragon. No matter what he's in. ;P
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A pissed of dragon. No matter what he's in. ;P
Touche.....