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Death 999
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Re: Melnorme
« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2004, 02:09:25 am » |
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You aren't destroying their ships hard enough -- the metachron is nigh-indestructible.
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Chrispy
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Re: Melnorme
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2004, 01:05:57 am » |
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Metachron??
(this is a bit off topic)
Something strange once happened to me when I was playing starcontrol 2. I was trying to talk to a melnorme ship when I bounced off the space in front on it. Then when I talked to it the comander said 'No, watch out, your going to crash' What was that all about?
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Crowley
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Re: Melnorme
« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2004, 06:05:09 am » |
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Are you sure that wasn't the Keel-Verezy speech?
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Michael Martin
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Re: Melnorme
« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2004, 01:23:58 pm » |
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Good Omens itself was referring to the famous Occultist 
The MetaChron is a reference to a speech in the PC version that was not in the 3DO -- it's the first clue to the lose condition, and it appears in the intro the second time you trade with the Melnorme:
How nice to see you again, Captain.
Before we go on, I have a small announcement.
As you may know, in our travels throughout the galaxy
we Melnorme have found many strange and interesting alien artifacts.
One of these devices is the MetaChron, a kind of trans-time alarm system.
In a nutshell, it warns me of future dangers by predicting its own demise
which is most likely linked to my own well being, since I keep it under my pillow.
The unit is a small pyramid and, when all is well, white in color.
But if we are proceeding along a timeline which will eventually result in the destruction of the MetaChron
the unit slowly darkens. Presumably, it will be destroyed at the same time as it turns completely black.
When we first entered this region of space, the MetaChron was white.
Now it is light gray.
At its present rate of change, something will destroy the MetaChron
in the early part of the year 2159.
In order to avoid this unpleasantness, we may be leaving just before this time
so if you have business you wish to conduct with us
I suggest you do so before January 2159, or February at the latest.
(The PC script is available from the Pages of Now and Forever, incidentally, under "Star Control 2 -> Conversations". It will eventually be an option in UQM, but if you can't wait...)
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