For Fun: The Headcanon Thread

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It is written down that Canis Indus is supplying Military Tech to Charon Pirates, but this is ancient Canon.

 *…Takes notes…* >:D

[Aury]

More Headcanon, this time about TSB.
1. Centauri Light Raider/Centauri Battlepods don't have reactor capacity
About the size of a Hornet, the Centauri Battlepod is armed with a Centauri Minigun.
They are'nt very effective, but I doubt they have reactors due to their size. They probably have some kind of ultra-condensed battery or a small un-refuellable reactor.
2. Corporate wants to overthrow VSS, and the Halon Pirates are their way of doing so.
The Halon Pirates are a group in the Frontier that have military tech, and I think that they have got it by CHOC.
BM steals VSS Military Tech. CHOC buys military tech from BM. CHOC smuggles Military tech to Halon Pirates. Halon Pirates attack VSS factories to get more Military Tech, also satisfying CHOCs grudge because of their defeat/draw with Canis Indus, UWA, Nakura Corp and VSS. It is written down that Canis Indus is supplying Military Tech to Charon Pirates, but this is ancient Canon.

I can only really say... "Maybe!" - I wish I could give you some juicy lore tidbits but the reality is that the answers are as of yet unknown! These are details that depend on other things being implemented first (new balance for the Centauri stuff, and basegame storylines for the TSB AIC and Halon (getting a rename to split them into at least a couple different factions) storyline stuff! To note though, the ancient TX2 lore is apocrypha, but theres still some grudges between various companies on both sides. Do note that the corporate hierarchy itself is BIG and the interests of its constituent companies are myriad - and at many times, outright conflicting (competition between companies afterall), so only a subset of them were actually involved in the inter-corporate war: some, like rasiermesser or taikon, had nothing to do with that conflict as their interests lay elsewhere, literally on the other side of human space, while others, had only relatively minimal involvement. Notably, UWA is actually a part of the CH, not the AIC, UWA is getting a significant rework though, as their codebase relies on abandoned and increasingly old code made by Atarlost

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Wait, putting together more dots... Mind you, the Centauri Reactor one is purely hypothetical.

Gotcha!
Here is more of what I think of the events of the CHOC/AIC War
1. War is initiated by CI after Corporate Espionage attempts in CI territory is discovered. Don't underestimate CI. Even though back then they probably did not have any positron tech, but a couple of Ion Needlers and *maybe* Gamma cannons that can do a number on armor due to their pierce ability.

2. Corporate Fleet 1, composed of Mikenos, a couple of agents, and stuff, enter the Stray Section to the Borderlands. They have some difficulty with a couple of Sords, Centauri Monitors, and stuff. However, they reach the Frontier, are slashed by some Skyrinan Dominion units, maybe a Roc. They are forced into the Hiro System, a stronghold for the Sapiens Order. They are K.Oed and irrdated to death by an Exterminator-Class Dreadnought, the S.O equivalent to the Phobos. Mind you, the Corporate higher-upps did not think it would be that bad. They just thought about the Borderlands, not beyond. However, Viper Space Systems, Nakura Shipyards see them, and think that CHOC is coming to forcefully take and assimilate them.

3. Canis Indus tells VSS, NS and UWA about the espionage, and they prep for war. UWA defects to AIC. Meanwhile, CHOC contacts Taikon and Raisermeister Corps and develop a fleet of the modern Eir-class cruisers. Meanwhile, CI sets up shop in the 'southern'/Cerbus line of stargates, and reverse-engineer Siconium tech to achieve Positron-Levels of tech. (I think that the Charon variant is more far-fetched than first-thought, and Ares Space is still far away.)

4. UWA, VSS, NS secure the Stray line into the Frontier. Eir-class cruisers moved to the front, testing on Charon Pirates on the way. UWA fields new Beta Gunship and Theta Cruiser. VSS revamps their military Torpedo line with three new munitions: T9, T15, T21. T9 is a simple but rather low thermonuke, T15 is the actuall thermonuke, T21 is a plasma nuke, with damage in the 1 thousand-ish kind of section. AIC forms, composed of UWA, VSS, NS, and CI. CI build Wolf-class gunship Mk.2 and some other stuff. Vulpes waits in the background as neutral.

5. Corporate Fleet 2, composed of a couple of Eir-class cruisers, agents, and probably some Sigyn-class missileships enters the Stray line of stargates and attacks AIC Fleet 1. Composed of a couple of Fennecs, Mk.1 Wolfs, Coyotes, some Vipers, Whiptais, Goannas and Ghoras, they are severely crippled and Corporate Fleet 2 waltzes through. Vulpes ships salvage some stuff, and builds new ships.

6. Corporate Fleet 2 enters Reana. Infuriates Rean Kingdom, and attacks AIC assets there. Rean promptly changes currency to Nara, the main currency of AIC, to spite CHOC.

7. One system before reaching Anubis, the AIC blocdade takes action. Vulpes sides with AIC, and enters battle with Eclipse-Class Destroyer. Scouts, in the form of Mambitangs, Goannas, Perenties engage. The capital ship, a Komodo, is swarmed by the cruisers and destroyed. The scouts fall back. Note: Corporate Fleet 2 was interecepted in Betrayal, not Dearagone.

8. The Corporate Fleet is ambushed by an Eclipse-class destroyer. Corporate survives.

9. The battle is joined and the Corporate fleet is attacked straight out the gate. Fennecs and Coyotes swarm the enemy whilst Wolf-class monitors snipe them. An attack run by Asp torpedo-bombers and the Corporate Fleet falls back. Megalania-class dreadnought and crocodile-class carriers allegedly inbound.

8. Stalemate. Corporate Fleet is under repairs, and AIC Fleet silently waits...

Mind you, this stuff is purely my own stuff. Real Canon is probably different in many ways.

[Aury]

Theres actually been plans to introduce a couple different war memorials around the intercorporate war that will explain what actually happened in more depth! Its been somewhat paused for the moment to get core engine & content changes done though

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Ok. I will stop headcanon-ing for now...

[Aury]

You don't have to! I'm just letting you know if its a subject of interest, theres going to be real lore coming ingame so keep an eye out for that in the patch notes eventually!

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I know I said no more TSB headcanon, but what about ORE?
The Ranx are supplying Kobol Warlords with Raisermesser Missiles. Rebels already have close ties with Raisermesser. Using the Kobols to sow a bit of chaos won't hurt. In other words, they are using the Kobols and supplying them with missile racks with Raisermesser missiles, since Tev9s don't do much against transuranic armor. Also, Aury, I think the Ranx should have some kind of internal currency. Maybe... Ranx Rupees?

[Aury]

While I can't comment much on the Kobol since they are currently in the process of getting lore changes, I can say that the Ranx and the other members of their defensive alliance (new lore drop!) have a shared currency. Also, I can say that this alliance's actual active wars include a war with the Sung and with the Ares - the Ranx are also at war with the ringers (offensive war), dealing with rebels (internal affairs), and skirmish with the CW (not a war), so the alliance is not involved with any of those battles.

Also it should be noted that like TSB, ORE is going to be focused more towards the upcoming sandbox adventure & possibly its own special adventure. It will likely have some 'content playground' version for SotP, but some of the mechanics and intended storylines outright cant be accessed as the Pilgrim.

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While I can't comment much on the Kobol since they are currently in the process of getting lore changes, I can say that the Ranx and the other members of their defensive alliance (new lore drop!) have a shared currency. Also, I can say that this alliance's actual active wars include a war with the Sung and with the Ares - the Ranx are also at war with the ringers (offensive war), dealing with rebels (internal affairs), and skirmish with the CW (not a war), so the alliance is not involved with any of those battles.

Also it should be noted that like TSB, ORE is going to be focused more towards the upcoming sandbox adventure & possibly its own special adventure. It will likely have some 'content playground' version for SotP, but some of the mechanics and intended storylines outright cant be accessed as the Pilgrim.

*Takes notes...*
Hmmm.

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I have been playing TBR lately, and my own intro screen research has led me to conclude that...
The Lambda Mercenaries Guild are preparing for war.
They have things that are rather overpowered, for instance, the Rho-class Carrier. The Theta-class battlecruiser is also very dangerous. They do not show these as far as I know. Thankfully, they are still working on it. They are getting a new carrier class known as "Omicron", and thankfully, it is a prototype. But it won't be long...
On the other hand I think that...
The Ares Orthodoxy has a faster-than-light communications system.
Thinking realistically, a Xenophobe Ark would have trouble because it is so big. Furthermore, there are communication issues on board. Thankfully, they just fire-at-will, and are rather slow. On the other hand, a Phobos-class Dreadnough is roughly the same size, and is faster. If they used optical wires, I think it would be slow. Instead, so that they can co-ordinate precise attacks with the Archcannon, the ALTs, and the thrusters, they have some kind of FTL short-range communication system. The terrifying thing is that this system is on. every. single. Phobos.

[AssumedPseudonym]

The Lambda Mercenaries Guild are preparing for war.
They have things that are rather overpowered, for instance, the Rho-class Carrier. The Theta-class battlecruiser is also very dangerous. They do not show these as far as I know. Thankfully, they are still working on it. They are getting a new carrier class known as "Omicron", and thankfully, it is a prototype. But it won't be long...

 Part of the issue with Lambda and their… everything, honestly, is that I have a bad case of ooh shiny and haven’t been keeping up with TBR’s development. That said:
» I’m still not sure what I’m going to do with the Theta in the long run. I may never actually wind up using it in-game, there’s a nonzero chance of it just staying in the intro screen. There is no canonical reason for Lambda to have what is, ton for ton, one of the most terrifyingly overpowered ships in all of Human Space. <.< >.> <.<;
» The Rho is basically going to be used more like mobile stations than anything else.
» The Omicron is a prototype, yes, but you have it backwards: The Rho is the newer one. The Omicron never made it to production, and the prototype is used as a sort of ceremonial honor guard at their headquarters.

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The Lambda are still in process. They don't (thankfully) have a frigate, or a destroyer, or anything. They probably will attack the Legion. I think that some ROM uses have Legion glaring at the Lambda. And Legion have some Serious Firepower, i.e Superlative. That is why they have a terrifying Battlecruiser. And a battlecruiser are designed to hunt down cruisers. Not just to mention Legion Shields take just about 1000000 shots to down. Hence their lancer-style guns. And they need assorted flyswatters to take down swarms of Optimals, Premier, Peerless, and such.

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Urak headcanon.
Their mass drivers were mass drivers.
To make it clearer, the Urak were once CW in a relatively isolated system. But then a plague of unknown origin swarmed through the colonies. Their mass drivers degraded, and the plague took the bright minds. When the Dictator came, the degraded mass drivers were copied. Another is that the Urak Sentinels are mass-produced and are purely autonomous. Because plague. The mass drivers may have launched them once.

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More ORE headcanon. This time about Ranx Heritage.
A fair share of the Ranx ancestors were German or Norse.
That would explain how gothic their buildings look.
Dvalin was the name for a norse dwarf craftsman. His family were rebel ranx. Another is Freja Bryn, the rebel ranx leader. That sounds norse, no?
Another is Henrik Gunnar, captain of one of the two Superdreadnought, and Elin Sigurd, captain of the other Superdreadnought.