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Edited by Hooligantuan:
3/1/2015 8:05:19 PM
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I Just Noticed, in Ishtar Academy... [Hey, Look - No Hands! Thread]
So, the mission, "The Archive" - when you have to go into the Ishtar academy to secure data and Grayliks infiltrates, leading to a fight.
You pass some skeletons when you initially enter the doors - the ones locked with the Radial A encryption, remember?
Well, years of Fallout have taught me to pay attention to the objects, particularly skeletons, that are placed in a scene, because they often tell a story. The particular story here I wasn't sure about - there are some skeletons strewn about, one looks like the decedent was sitting at the time, another couple are entwined on the floor, another lies clean, facing upward to the ceiling.
I figured they might be research crew or engineers or some such, locked in there when The Golden Age collapsed suddenly around them.
But then I noticed [i]none of them have hands or feet[/i].
That would paint a far more grisly picture, but I'm having trouble putting together a plausible narrative. If the archive were infiltrated, why not just kill them? Clearly they had time to themselves after being maimed, left to bleed out. It's unlikely they did this to themselves, since one would expect a tool nearby and at least one hand among them.
Or, ya know, someone was a little sloppy with the geometry assets and just forgot to toss some hands and feet in there. But I like to think this was intentional.
Any ideas?
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Maybe hand and foot prints were needed to open the door so the skeletons were people with access so they disposed of their hands and feet
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In order to save time and money, many video game artists use a technique where they draw the bulk of the object but leave off small, insignificant parts that most people wont notice. This way they don't have to draw them. I'm guessing that's what happened with your skeletons' hands and feet.
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3 RepliesDapper gentlemen
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I always thought the no hands/feet thing was a tad bit grotesque, but you got me wondering again. I wonder if there's a backstory to the complex itself
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Man!! I just thought about this today as I was playing the archive, I stopped and looked at the skeletons (probably habit from playing fallout) and noticed they were placed strangely and had no feet or hands. I also noticed two clutching eachother as if they died in each others arms. I like that they put it in there, it's interesting to think what happened and what they must have went through.
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In the golden age humans were finally able to remove all the useless hands and feet.
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2 RepliesYou neglected to mention the piles of bones. That's a possible indication of cannibalism. I also play a lot of fallout. I've also been a police officer for about 20 years. This little scene was the first thing I noticed when I walked into the room. Irritated my friends a bit because I stopped to try and figure out what happened.
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2 RepliesEdited by Lupinskey: 2/17/2015 4:47:00 AMGhost fragment: Fallen 2, "15 human body parts collected for study, scorn".
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2 RepliesThe only thing I noticed in that place is for some inexplicable reason people in the distant future are OK with walking up huge flights of stairs...
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Full of little bones that are hard to find... if disturbed. The fact that the skeletons appear undisturbed makes it odd. I would think it is an asset thing rather than a narrative thing.
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2 RepliesJust have to add a thing to this, it actually hasn't got anything to do with the fact that they're missing their feet. But the two skeletons that are lying with their arms around eachother, their names are Esi and Sundaresh. You can read about them in the grimoire cards; Ghost fragment: Vex 1-3 [spoiler]Well, I'm 99% sure it's them[/spoiler] And Dr.Shim is in those grimoire cards too. My point with this is that everybody should read the grimoire cards! It's very intresting!
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5 RepliesMaybe they thought they were in the vex simulation?
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5 RepliesCaaaaaarl!!!!!
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9 RepliesDid you guys ever notice this? This is right before you get into the archive.
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3 RepliesI think that would be the research team that locked the archive down so that the fallen couldn't get in, but also had to trap themselves. They would have stayed near the entrance, far away from the controls so that they wouldn't be tempted to open the doors up while they died.
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huge mistake thinking that bungie have placed them there with some kind of secret story behind them. more like "oh this looks really bland .... a few skeletons becuase this place is supposed to feel old will be just enough"
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Fallout 4 confirmed
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I have to hand it to you....
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Somehow before I started reading the post I figured you were going to bring up the skeletons and fallout....weird
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Illuminati confirmed.
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1 ReplyThey tried to fight Randal the vandal. He took their hands as a trophy.
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6 RepliesA grimoire card describes what happens.
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5 RepliesNo hands? Crap. Caaaarl, I thought you said that that was the LEAST favorite thing you liked to do.
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Edited by OrionG: 2/17/2015 2:29:22 AMA Bungie designer mentioned this on stream, they were talking abot the lvl designs from cosmo and venus. This particular feature was caused by power outage during the attack of the vex on venus during the war. The power was lost therefor the ppl inside got locked in and died in that place.
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They have no feet because I have a foot fetish my friends into that handsy shit
