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New Minor Faction: Origin

The vote on the role the new minor faction fills for their sovereign ended a few days ago, with the Oracles emerging as the winner. They probably saw it coming.

Oracle
The people of this faction are so finely attuned to the powers of Dust that their ability to understand and predict seemingly random events is revered as supernatural by some.

Now that their place in the world has been settled, we need to discuss their origin. What is the source of their almost oracular powers of prediction? We’ve come up with three options for you to choose from:

Dust-Fueled Implants

Dust-powered augmentations allow members of this faction to process staggering amounts of information and simulate future events.

Ritual Use

Using small amounts of Dust in various religious and cultural ceremonies, every member of this society is suffused with trace amounts of Dust.

Hunters of the Lost

This faction was engineered by the Endless to sense concentrations and shifts of Dust to track down the remaining Lost.

Which of these sources of power sounds most appealing to you?

Vote completed 5 years ago

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Hunters of the Lost

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Dust-Fueled Implants

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ShrikeZ

Mavros Digital

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ShrikeZ

Mavros Digital

23 300g2g pts

5 years ago

Mar 18, 2019, 4:03:02 PM

My Vote: Hunter of the Lost ~~Artifact~~

Because of the Meme Potential and maybe some new Lore regarding the Lost

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Ethorin

Eyder

Time Spins/ Space Swirls/ Shadows Dance/ Night Falls/ Day Breaks/ Ends are Beginnings.

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Ethorin

Eyder

20 800g2g pts

5 years ago

Mar 18, 2019, 4:06:59 PM

wao

no one likes rituals

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ruzen

Dungeon Smart

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ruzen

Dungeon Smart

26 200g2g pts

5 years ago

Mar 18, 2019, 4:21:41 PM

hunters sounds the most intresting

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VIPGUD

Old Timer

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VIPGUD

Old Timer

26 400g2g pts

5 years ago

Mar 18, 2019, 4:38:39 PM

Hunters of the Lost for even more Lost Lore, this is almost a forgone conclusion :P

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VIPGroo

Enthusiast Survivor

May the force of Auriga be with you, young Padawan !

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VIPGroo

Enthusiast Survivor

51 400g2g pts

5 years ago

Mar 18, 2019, 4:46:53 PM

Did choose Hunters of the Lost. Obviously Dust-Fueled Implants is 2nd, yet.

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Vilip

Eight

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Vilip

Eight

8 900g2g pts

5 years ago

Mar 18, 2019, 5:27:19 PM

Prescient hunter/assassin robot faction sounds pretty dope

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NihilusWolf

Shadow Archivist

"The Wolf comes for us all."

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NihilusWolf

Shadow Archivist

21 800g2g pts

5 years ago

Mar 18, 2019, 5:42:23 PM

I like the idea of rituals but it would remind me too much of the Ardent Mages. I chose hunters for the sake of creating an interesting and maybe strained relationship with the main faction

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VIPlo_fabre

Cosmonaut

This: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGLYu94U3IU remembers us that "impossible" is only a word.

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VIPlo_fabre

Cosmonaut

50 100g2g pts

5 years ago

Mar 18, 2019, 5:43:28 PM

Hunters of the lost. A great potential for new role.

Also arises questions to be asked.

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DarkedRage

Nickname Confirmed

Si vis pacem, para bellum.

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DarkedRage

Nickname Confirmed

8 800g2g pts

5 years ago

Mar 18, 2019, 6:05:31 PM

My Vote: Hunter of the Lost

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REDGUY

Harmonic Haroshem

Turn the crank to Frank

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REDGUY

Harmonic Haroshem

37 200g2g pts

5 years ago

Mar 18, 2019, 7:04:20 PM

Dust fuelled implants is very, very odd to me. Because at this point in time there's two kinds of Dust, Endless Dust and Lost Dust and they virtually serve the same purpose but one is nanites. So if dust is being utilized in the implants...what are a bunch of nanites doing then to help with predicting? That would mean interaction with parts of the brain, and I just don't entirely see it because for the most part when you combine dust and the brain you get Heroes.

The logic escapes me there, Hunters of the Lost however is very fascinating, I can always go for another robot minor faction, or bio engineered faction, and the formula works better than implants. Not trying to write the game for the devs just saying what makes sense to me the most.

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jiallombardo

Wave Symphony

"Kikōhō" is a pretty sad choice of last words.

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jiallombardo

Wave Symphony

19 400g2g pts

5 years ago

Mar 18, 2019, 7:25:21 PM

Dust-Fuelled implants sounds interesting, I like the lack of mysticism / references to the past in this origin. In a galaxy where the Endless left that much legacy, and where technological advancement is paramount, it would be fresh to see a race that either augmented itself to keep up the pace, or was purposed for advanced computation by someone other than the Endless.

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Archolopelago

Celestial Pilgrim

We sit together, the mountain and I, until only the mountain remains.

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Archolopelago

Celestial Pilgrim

39 500g2g pts

5 years ago

Mar 18, 2019, 9:09:05 PM

If we're going to have a faction that can see into the future in a handwavy fantasy sorta way, then I think it makes the most sense to have their origin be from the *other* source of magic in this series: the Endless and the Lost. It makes sense that this faction has some strange occular abilites after being designed by one set of "so advanced they might as well be Gods" race to find remants of the other race of God-like creatures that exist in this universe. Dust implants don't make a lot of sense from a lore presepective, and ritual use is a bit too vanilla fantasy for a sci-fi series with this much creativity and originality.

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Blandersnatching

Finder

'Auriga theme playing softly in the distant background'

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Blandersnatching

Finder

24 000g2g pts

5 years ago

Mar 18, 2019, 9:26:59 PM

Voting for Dust-Fueled Implants, because it conjures up the idea of Mentats (from the Dune stories) for me, which is awesome. Also this seems like a really good background, as well as reasoning for the minor faction to maintain their identity despite being part of a very old empire for a very long time.

Still, it appears that Hunters of the Lost will win, which is another interesting origin, and one that fits quite well into the Endless lore. I wonder: is the major faction Amp is working on related to the Endless in some way? Perhaps they are inheritors to part of the Endless legacy? Looking forwards to more info about all of this.

Edit: for practically all of these community votes I have been drawn to multiple options, but of course could only vote for one of them, which is disappointing. This is probably not unique to me. What would people think about being able to vote for their first and second favorites, rather than just for one option? So that, for at least some of these votes, we could get a "consolation prize" sort of thing and have the runner-up get some representation in the game?

For example: the minor faction population quest themes relate to the second most popular option chosen during the "origin" vote.

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VIPKnightofPhoenix

Empire VIP

"One can only match, move by move, the machinations of Fate...and thus defy the tyrannous stars." - Kain

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VIPKnightofPhoenix

Empire VIP

26 000g2g pts

5 years ago

Mar 18, 2019, 11:17:47 PM

Hunters for coolness and extra lore. Furthermore it adds to the idea that this empire, along with its minor faction, is old and in the right place to fill the void left after the Endless Civil War.

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gkaytaz

Apprentice in Disguise

"The measure of an individual can be difficult to discern by actions alone." - Thane Krios

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gkaytaz

Apprentice in Disguise

30 300g2g pts

5 years ago

Mar 19, 2019, 4:15:29 AM

I was torn between Hunters and Implants. Finally decided to go with Hunters. I think it has more potential for uncovering deeper secrets of the Endless Universe.

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shabbro96

Perfection Elite

Alayi are technically furry

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shabbro96

Perfection Elite

40 800g2g pts

5 years ago

Mar 19, 2019, 6:02:00 AM

hunter sounds like more intelligible idea we dont wanna give galactic plants a bad UR(universal relation) right ?

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Umbra-Arcturus

Remnant Memory

But for the suffering of fools, what bliss.

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Umbra-Arcturus

Remnant Memory

13 900g2g pts

5 years ago

Mar 19, 2019, 7:31:51 AM

Voted Hunters. Would have been nice to pair it with Special Forces, but it goes well with Oracles, too.

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rcw

Survivor

Imagine some witty text right here.

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rcw

Survivor

26 700g2g pts

5 years ago

Mar 19, 2019, 7:55:42 AM

Hunters of the Lost sounds exciting, and fits as other races are already known to have been tailor made as tools by the Endless.

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extenion

Harmonic Memory

"...but we will not let everything end with fire!"

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extenion

Harmonic Memory

10 800g2g pts

5 years ago

Mar 19, 2019, 8:07:19 AM

Since their lore up to now says they can predict random events, I go with the rituals. The other choices look like precise tools made by them or the Lost. In my head, they created their Empire because of the random events they foresaw and because the people saw a godly power in them. Then their Empire was gone because foreseeing random events won't save you forever. Not to mention that we could have some kind of losing faith in the rituals and their "religion". Just me making stories in my head...