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;*What is canon is unchangeable. The First Civilization fell and so too did the Second Empire. | ;*What is canon is unchangeable. The First Civilization fell and so too did the Second Empire. | ||
;*Skeletons were created (in the Floodlands?) and have no replacement for doing so. Tech has been lost, given up on or restricted in such a way that it does not re-enter broader society. Technological regression is a primary pillar to how Kenshi operates. The greatest advancements can be attributed as root cause for their collapse. Creating something which cannot be effectively controlled underlies this regressive pattern. It's not a question of why is the trend leading to primitivism... this much is obvious, the foundational elements which contributed to that technological height have been swept away causing a freefall effect. Adaptation itself has warped around the inversion of expected technological progression. You may say "Why are there no boats?" The appropriate question is "Why is the Skeleton mentioning lost tech?" | ;*Skeletons were created (in the Floodlands?) and have no replacement for doing so. Tech has been lost, given up on or restricted in such a way that it does not re-enter broader society. Technological regression is a primary pillar to how Kenshi operates. The greatest advancements can be attributed as root cause for their collapse. Creating something which cannot be effectively controlled underlies this regressive pattern. It's not a question of why is the trend leading to primitivism... this much is obvious, the foundational elements which contributed to that technological height have been swept away causing a freefall effect. Adaptation itself has warped around the inversion of expected technological progression. You may say "Why are there no boats?" The appropriate question is "Why is the Skeleton mentioning lost tech?" | ||
;*The concept plays in a purposeful paradoxical fashion. The history of Kenshi colors the culture and modus operandi of interactions amongst the races. Skeletons have sight beyond sight, engaging in ways incomprehensible to anyone outside of those "in the know". This knowledge was once more widely shared and the | ;*The concept plays in a purposeful paradoxical fashion. The history of Kenshi colors the culture and modus operandi of interactions amongst the races. Skeletons have sight beyond sight, engaging in ways incomprehensible to anyone outside of those "in the know". This knowledge was once more widely shared and the web of these relationships much clearer and easier to parse. No longer the case, for better or worse(?), that is both the question and answer. | ||
=====Storylines===== | =====Storylines===== | ||
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;The NEWS network is an implementation of the concepts which led to the "development" and refinement of the DLU core. | ;The NEWS network is an implementation of the concepts which led to the "development" and refinement of the DLU core. | ||
;Eight main containers are used with tagged elements to dictate for spawn behavior throughout... (in this case the Holy Nation territories). | ;Eight main containers are used with tagged elements to dictate for spawn behavior throughout... (in this case the Holy Nation territories). | ||
;Built in response to the | ;Built in response to the constellation of factors affecting for the control of the river valley. It manages regional activity with an added layer of nuance unachievable with the standard state combinations. In essence purposed to provide a recursive reclamation effort by the HN as their interior lines are (endlessly) besieged. | ||
:#North | :#North | ||
:#South | :#South | ||
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:''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USom8PhOXgs Please...stop apologizing for the things you can't control...]'' | :''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USom8PhOXgs Please...stop apologizing for the things you can't control...]'' | ||
:''Let go...for our sake. This is the little we can offer you. Peace... or something reminiscent of it.'' | :''Let go...for our sake. This is the little we can offer you. Peace... or something reminiscent of it.'' | ||
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAiVmy66GBk Split Nature & The Fall of Man] | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAiVmy66GBk Split Nature & The Fall of Man] | ||
:''The eternal return... That's our fate. Look into their eyes and see it for yourself.'' | :''The eternal return... That's our fate. Look into their eyes and see it for yourself.'' | ||
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:''Search your soul. It's the only way to become whole...again.'' | :''Search your soul. It's the only way to become whole...again.'' | ||
:Patterned across the tapestry. Littered with stains, a patchwork of frivolities and trivial pursuits. The wicked wind weakens the whole. | |||
:Decrepit, swaying listlessly, all eyes drawn downwards before its tattered visage. So shall it be unto me? | |||
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=====The Coming Flood===== | =====The Coming Flood===== | ||
;The mod culminates in an overwhelming siege of the island realms beginning quietly along the southern shoreline. | ;The mod culminates in an overwhelming siege of the island realms beginning quietly along the southern shoreline. | ||
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::#Once initiated there is no (clear) means by which to halt it. The event must either be endured or meaningful solutions found. It cannot be "stopped". | ::#Once initiated there is no (clear) means by which to halt it. The event must either be endured or meaningful solutions found. It cannot be "stopped". | ||
::#It will not activate merely because of some activities in the south. It's contingent upon a set of those events resolving. That is to say it's not a '''natural''' follow-up to any given event - it is a combinatorial response to overall progress. | ::#It will not activate merely because of some activities in the south. It's contingent upon a set of those events resolving. That is to say it's not a '''natural''' follow-up to any given event - it is a combinatorial response to overall progress. | ||
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:*Much like the Cannibal Invasion it has milestone phases which can and do re-shape the future of the world. Factions can be destroyed, towns can be lost, entire races can be driven out of their "homeland". | :*Much like the Cannibal Invasion it has milestone phases which can and do re-shape the future of the world. Factions can be destroyed, towns can be lost, entire races can be driven out of their "homeland". | ||
:*Some key moments being... | :*Some key moments being... | ||
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::#Anti-Slaver Isolation | ::#Anti-Slaver Isolation | ||
::#Arrival of second and third waves | ::#Arrival of second and third waves | ||
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===[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuPtOmeq_vA Permanent Government]=== | ===[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuPtOmeq_vA Permanent Government]=== | ||
:''Long have I lived yet and still this goes on. The changing faces and hands... A constant current eroding away the very foundation.'' | :''Long have I lived yet and still this goes on. The changing faces and hands... A constant current eroding away the very foundation.'' | ||
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:''...'' | :''...'' | ||
:''The thought never crossed your mind. Not even for a moment.'' | :''The thought never crossed your mind. Not even for a moment.'' | ||
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;Notes from the bi-annual Harvest Planning & Preparation meeting... | ;Notes from the bi-annual Harvest Planning & Preparation meeting... | ||
:''My friends in the council, hear these words...'' | :''My friends in the council, hear these words...'' | ||
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:*''I predict the imperial citizenry will pay to rebuild Bast and the acquired territories...in addition to coastal mess. The people paid with their lives to capture these areas and of course will be expected to rebuild them.'' | :*''I predict the imperial citizenry will pay to rebuild Bast and the acquired territories...in addition to coastal mess. The people paid with their lives to capture these areas and of course will be expected to rebuild them.'' | ||
:*''Peace of sorts will come to the river valley but will be short lived. There will be big promises of more imperial weapons flowing into the region and beyond to further this endeavor. Imperial troops will be used to monitor the peace. In time...'' | :*''Peace of sorts will come to the river valley but will be short lived. There will be big promises of more imperial weapons flowing into the region and beyond to further this endeavor. Imperial troops will be used to monitor the peace. In time...'' | ||
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==[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEmtfA8FETc Speak Without Words]== | ==[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEmtfA8FETc Speak Without Words]== | ||
:''That seems unlikely. Right...?'' | :''That seems unlikely. Right...?'' | ||
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:''Not funny or helpful.'' | :''Not funny or helpful.'' | ||
:''W...what if...'' | :''W...what if...'' | ||
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:''Ain't seen anything like it before.'' | :''Ain't seen anything like it before.'' | ||
:''Can it...'' | :''Can it...'' | ||
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:''How can you be sure?'' | :''How can you be sure?'' | ||
:''The same way we got here...with a test...!'' | :''The same way we got here...with a test...!'' | ||
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=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvADa4TJEPY Return to Forever]= | =[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvADa4TJEPY Return to Forever]= | ||
;Some are fated to played a greater role. | ;Some are fated to played a greater role. | ||
;Not because you have been chosen. | ;Not because you have been chosen. | ||
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;I wouldn't lead you astray. | ;I wouldn't lead you astray. | ||
;No time to waste... | ;No time to waste... | ||
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=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aCLOFj2Pxo It Is Written]= | =[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aCLOFj2Pxo It Is Written]= | ||
;The course laid before us is fraught with obstacles. The rocky road becomes the beaten path as the foreign treads towards the familiar. We must hold on to truth passed down to us. The gift given weighs heavy...I know. Clutch it closely and fight with the life you've been given. It may be the end of an era. I cannot deny the pain of people. A little further... | ;The course laid before us is fraught with obstacles. The rocky road becomes the beaten path as the foreign treads towards the familiar. We must hold on to truth passed down to us. The gift given weighs heavy...I know. Clutch it closely and fight with the life you've been given. It may be the end of an era. I cannot deny the pain of people. A little further... | ||
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;Hidden within! Open the gates... | ;Hidden within! Open the gates... | ||
;Feed the ground, remake the world anew. The wheel keeps turning. | ;Feed the ground, remake the world anew. The wheel keeps turning. | ||
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:Destroy yourself. | :Destroy yourself. | ||
:In order to usher in the new dawn the old edifice must be wiped clean. | :In order to usher in the new dawn the old edifice must be wiped clean. | ||
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:The path is clear to those who keep the faith. Mercy for the fallen...a river of tears to quench our worst fears. | :The path is clear to those who keep the faith. Mercy for the fallen...a river of tears to quench our worst fears. | ||
:You have to forgive them. They were only doing what they thought best. | :You have to forgive them. They were only doing what they thought best. | ||
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:None of without flaw. | :None of without flaw. | ||
:Certainly not. | :Certainly not. | ||
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;A note from the Old Control Tower | ;A note from the Old Control Tower | ||
:...Keep an eye on the sky.... | :...Keep an eye on the sky.... | ||
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====PhasesTemp==== | ====PhasesTemp==== | ||
The mod operates through the following epochs... | The mod operates through the following epochs... | ||
*Preliminary Stasis | *Preliminary Stasis | ||
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::*Echoes of the Bast Civil War are found here though are even more weighty in their finality. The control of this region has entirely been handed to the agency separate to the direct faction actions. they are subject to, aside from player actions, the enduring potential of outside elements tampering with and causing a divergence in expected outcomes. However, these controlling factors can also be affected for and eliminated by proxy if so desired. | ::*Echoes of the Bast Civil War are found here though are even more weighty in their finality. The control of this region has entirely been handed to the agency separate to the direct faction actions. they are subject to, aside from player actions, the enduring potential of outside elements tampering with and causing a divergence in expected outcomes. However, these controlling factors can also be affected for and eliminated by proxy if so desired. | ||
::*The interconnectivity of the world provides a narrative in motion hindered by a quagmire of arrested developments. The unwinding of these knots or forceful cutting thereof allows their consequences to flow into other regions and their impact determining the course of events found there. | ::*The interconnectivity of the world provides a narrative in motion hindered by a quagmire of arrested developments. The unwinding of these knots or forceful cutting thereof allows their consequences to flow into other regions and their impact determining the course of events found there. | ||
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=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAoLJ8GbA4Y The Real Monster]= | =[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAoLJ8GbA4Y The Real Monster]= | ||
:''And what has your endless striving revealed? Ascending towards the same old inevitable realization. You did this to yourselves.'' | :''And what has your endless striving revealed? Ascending towards the same old inevitable realization. You did this to yourselves.'' | ||
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#South (Southern Core and Tide Landing) | #South (Southern Core and Tide Landing) | ||
#Southeast (Cat-Lon and the Imperial Exile) | #Southeast (Cat-Lon and the Imperial Exile) | ||
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===[Information Warfare]=== | ===[Information Warfare]=== | ||
#Lies | #Lies | ||
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#Disinformation | #Disinformation | ||
#Insight | #Insight | ||
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;OPSEC | ;OPSEC | ||
;Denial and Deception | ;Denial and Deception | ||
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;Proxy Wars (Please see the Shek Civil War and Hivemind behavioral map) | ;Proxy Wars (Please see the Shek Civil War and Hivemind behavioral map) | ||
:Specifically, hybrid warfare, active measures, asymmetric warfare, destabilization, economic compeition, psychological operations, unconventional strategies, top-down bottom-up synergies, shadow government & bureaucratic despotism. | :Specifically, hybrid warfare, active measures, asymmetric warfare, destabilization, economic compeition, psychological operations, unconventional strategies, top-down bottom-up synergies, shadow government & bureaucratic despotism. | ||
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;Scalar severity | ;Scalar severity | ||
#Non-Critical Applications | #Non-Critical Applications | ||
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#Safety Critical | #Safety Critical | ||
#Life Dependent Applications | #Life Dependent Applications | ||
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;As such | ;As such | ||
#Hostile Fauna | #Hostile Fauna | ||
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#Technological Embargo | #Technological Embargo | ||
#Status Quo Enforcement | #Status Quo Enforcement | ||
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=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_B242bUsME Hidden Hand]= | =[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_B242bUsME Hidden Hand]= | ||
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:''Besides, there's something I've been itching to do.'' | :''Besides, there's something I've been itching to do.'' | ||
:''Care to escort me there? It's not so far...for someone like yourself...'' | :''Care to escort me there? It's not so far...for someone like yourself...'' | ||
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;All along the shoreline scattered shells dot the beach. Murky waters lap, the fizzle of foam, traces glisten from the sandy mat. | ;All along the shoreline scattered shells dot the beach. Murky waters lap, the fizzle of foam, traces glisten from the sandy mat. | ||
;No way in. | ;No way in. | ||
;No way out. | ;No way out. | ||
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:''...'' | :''...'' | ||
:''...what...'' | :''...what...'' | ||
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:''...why?'' | :''...why?'' | ||
::''Do you know why the sky cries?'' | ::''Do you know why the sky cries?'' | ||
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