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star_ocean_fanAsk the Star Ocean Character update:
As of today, I've posted the first four segments to fanfiction.net. It's under my current fanfiction pen name of Dragonfly Moonlight. So don't freak out if you're there and you see it in the Star Ocean fanfiction section. It's done intentionally to try and get more Star Ocean fans to the blogs. Help promoting the blog is greatly appreciated!
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Halloween Reminder
I'm seeking Halloween themed Star Ocean artwork, photography, and fanfiction to celebrate the holiday. Figures next to Halloween decorations, characters in costumes, and people dressed in cosplay with Halloween decorations in the mix are definitely welcome. Fanfiction should be kept to drabbles, short stories, and vignettes. Chaptered fiction will be accepted ONLY if the story is completed. I've failed to mention but everything should be kept at the PG-13 level. No nudity and sexual situations MUST BE IMPLIED.
All submissions can be emailed to me at luthersfayt@gmail.com
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The Environmental Clean-up of Earth
Since there are only four games for Star Ocean, the next Halloween costumes discussion will take place next week with the final two taking place the week of Halloween. To keep the Star Ocean conversations going, I'm going to jump to post-game The Last Hope.
As those who've played the game, faced the final boss and defeated him know, the human race doesn't leave Earth. Rather, it's decided that all exploration efforts will be utilized in repairing Earth's damaged and decaying environment. That means a vast environmental clean-up is taking place, something on a scale that none of us can truly imagine. If we think the oil spills that have taken place in the last thirty years have been bad, could you imagine trying to find ways to clean up toxic radiation levels? Oil at least is visible to the naked eye. Oil can be soaked up with cloths and sponges and anything else that can let water filter through. Radiation isn't something that can be seen with the naked eye. It isn't to say it doesn't exist. Air exists, and we can't see that. So how does one clean up radiation if we can't see it?
I think the answer is as simple as looking at an air filter.
Now someone might ask why would I say the answer is like looking at an air filter? What does an air filter have to do with cleaning up radiation? Here is my answer.
We use air filters almost all of the time to keep contaminants in our homes and in our cars down to a minimum. If you know anything about an air filter, it's that they keep allergens, pollutants, dust, and mold from filling our homes and cars by trapping the particles. I don't believe there are actual radiation filters in existence, and I'm taking into consideration what happened with one of Japan's nuclear power plants after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. If there were such things, I think a lot of places devastated with nuclear activity, like Chernobyl, would become habitable places once more.
So how would a radiation filter work? Would it work like an air filter and trap the radiation in some kind of fabric, only to be stuck there until someone cleans the filter? In a way, the answer is yes. Radiation filters would work with the same concept as an air filter. However, a radiation filter would be more complex than a simple air filter. It would also act like a sponge, water, and soap when trying to clean up oil and grease. The radiation filters would allow things like dirt and stones to fall through them while at the same time they scrubbed the samples clean of the radiation and store the energy like a battery. With enough people and enough devices with the radiation filters, the top layers of soil would enter the filter, sift through, become clean and usable for humans once again. The radioactive batteries would then be used for powering other devices. Larger devices could be used to delve however deep the radiation runs into the ground and for use in the water and air.
The trick would then become how to clean plant life, like trees and shrubs, of the radiation. Don't ask me how that would be done just yet, aside from actually removing the plants from the soil, sticking them in a machine, and "cleansing" the plants that way. They then, of course, would need to be replanted and monitored to be sure the process didn't kill them.
This would be a very long process. One, the creators of the filters would need to run tests and be sure they work. Then there's the process of finding someone to back the project. However, once it's proven that the devices work and that humans can return to living on the surface of the planet instead of deep underground, the clean-up would take no longer than ten years.
Those are just my thoughts, though. Since radiation filtering devices only exist in my imagination, we won't ever know.
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Game Talk, Part 5 - Star Ocean War of the Worlds
This is a game that would be set some years after Blue Sphere. I got the idea for this when I wrote about Universal Economics.
I know that there's always some kind of universal threat in the Star Ocean games. That's always the driving force behind each game, and, I know for sure in Till the End of Time there's a conflict between the Pangalactic Federation and the Aldian Empire as well as the Federation and the Vendeen. But why not see a game where many world economies are suffering from a recession, and tensions have risen so high and fierce that war has already erupted.
Imagine it: the intrepid hero is a simple fighter pilot who has to make an emergency landing on some underdeveloped planet or face a fiery, explosive death. Knowing s/he is on an underdeveloped planet, s/he takes great lengths to hide the damaged ship while it emits an emergency beacon and is forced to learn how to wield a sword and survive in a harsh environment.
This would definitely be another opportunity for the Star Ocean creators to come up with new alien races, because we don't get a lot in Till the End of Time (Cliff, MIrage, Albel, Nel, Adray, and Peppita are very decidedly human-looking in appearances) while there are a slightly larger variety of alien species in The Last Hope, First Departure, and Second Story/Second Evolution. Yes, we see the blue Dolphins, some Featherfolk, a two-tailed fox girl, the Menodix and some fairies as well as the Vendeeni, but no one who really becomes a member of the party or remains a long-term threat. (I don't count the 4-D beings as aliens. They, too, are very human in appearance.)
This would also be a great opportunity to increase the symbology arsenal and enemy lists. There were some neat ones that appeared in The Last Hope that we never saw in the other games. Having the same arsenal against the same enemies becomes quite boring after a while.
I'd like to see a five-party fighting system with a ten-slot party. Mix it up with symbologists, martial artists, archers, and swordsmen. Give us a variety of character to play.
And that concludes it for today. Hope everyone's having a good Thursday.
As of today, I've posted the first four segments to fanfiction.net. It's under my current fanfiction pen name of Dragonfly Moonlight. So don't freak out if you're there and you see it in the Star Ocean fanfiction section. It's done intentionally to try and get more Star Ocean fans to the blogs. Help promoting the blog is greatly appreciated!
***********************************************************
Halloween Reminder
I'm seeking Halloween themed Star Ocean artwork, photography, and fanfiction to celebrate the holiday. Figures next to Halloween decorations, characters in costumes, and people dressed in cosplay with Halloween decorations in the mix are definitely welcome. Fanfiction should be kept to drabbles, short stories, and vignettes. Chaptered fiction will be accepted ONLY if the story is completed. I've failed to mention but everything should be kept at the PG-13 level. No nudity and sexual situations MUST BE IMPLIED.
All submissions can be emailed to me at luthersfayt@gmail.com
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The Environmental Clean-up of Earth
Since there are only four games for Star Ocean, the next Halloween costumes discussion will take place next week with the final two taking place the week of Halloween. To keep the Star Ocean conversations going, I'm going to jump to post-game The Last Hope.
As those who've played the game, faced the final boss and defeated him know, the human race doesn't leave Earth. Rather, it's decided that all exploration efforts will be utilized in repairing Earth's damaged and decaying environment. That means a vast environmental clean-up is taking place, something on a scale that none of us can truly imagine. If we think the oil spills that have taken place in the last thirty years have been bad, could you imagine trying to find ways to clean up toxic radiation levels? Oil at least is visible to the naked eye. Oil can be soaked up with cloths and sponges and anything else that can let water filter through. Radiation isn't something that can be seen with the naked eye. It isn't to say it doesn't exist. Air exists, and we can't see that. So how does one clean up radiation if we can't see it?
I think the answer is as simple as looking at an air filter.
Now someone might ask why would I say the answer is like looking at an air filter? What does an air filter have to do with cleaning up radiation? Here is my answer.
We use air filters almost all of the time to keep contaminants in our homes and in our cars down to a minimum. If you know anything about an air filter, it's that they keep allergens, pollutants, dust, and mold from filling our homes and cars by trapping the particles. I don't believe there are actual radiation filters in existence, and I'm taking into consideration what happened with one of Japan's nuclear power plants after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. If there were such things, I think a lot of places devastated with nuclear activity, like Chernobyl, would become habitable places once more.
So how would a radiation filter work? Would it work like an air filter and trap the radiation in some kind of fabric, only to be stuck there until someone cleans the filter? In a way, the answer is yes. Radiation filters would work with the same concept as an air filter. However, a radiation filter would be more complex than a simple air filter. It would also act like a sponge, water, and soap when trying to clean up oil and grease. The radiation filters would allow things like dirt and stones to fall through them while at the same time they scrubbed the samples clean of the radiation and store the energy like a battery. With enough people and enough devices with the radiation filters, the top layers of soil would enter the filter, sift through, become clean and usable for humans once again. The radioactive batteries would then be used for powering other devices. Larger devices could be used to delve however deep the radiation runs into the ground and for use in the water and air.
The trick would then become how to clean plant life, like trees and shrubs, of the radiation. Don't ask me how that would be done just yet, aside from actually removing the plants from the soil, sticking them in a machine, and "cleansing" the plants that way. They then, of course, would need to be replanted and monitored to be sure the process didn't kill them.
This would be a very long process. One, the creators of the filters would need to run tests and be sure they work. Then there's the process of finding someone to back the project. However, once it's proven that the devices work and that humans can return to living on the surface of the planet instead of deep underground, the clean-up would take no longer than ten years.
Those are just my thoughts, though. Since radiation filtering devices only exist in my imagination, we won't ever know.
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Game Talk, Part 5 - Star Ocean War of the Worlds
This is a game that would be set some years after Blue Sphere. I got the idea for this when I wrote about Universal Economics.
I know that there's always some kind of universal threat in the Star Ocean games. That's always the driving force behind each game, and, I know for sure in Till the End of Time there's a conflict between the Pangalactic Federation and the Aldian Empire as well as the Federation and the Vendeen. But why not see a game where many world economies are suffering from a recession, and tensions have risen so high and fierce that war has already erupted.
Imagine it: the intrepid hero is a simple fighter pilot who has to make an emergency landing on some underdeveloped planet or face a fiery, explosive death. Knowing s/he is on an underdeveloped planet, s/he takes great lengths to hide the damaged ship while it emits an emergency beacon and is forced to learn how to wield a sword and survive in a harsh environment.
This would definitely be another opportunity for the Star Ocean creators to come up with new alien races, because we don't get a lot in Till the End of Time (Cliff, MIrage, Albel, Nel, Adray, and Peppita are very decidedly human-looking in appearances) while there are a slightly larger variety of alien species in The Last Hope, First Departure, and Second Story/Second Evolution. Yes, we see the blue Dolphins, some Featherfolk, a two-tailed fox girl, the Menodix and some fairies as well as the Vendeeni, but no one who really becomes a member of the party or remains a long-term threat. (I don't count the 4-D beings as aliens. They, too, are very human in appearance.)
This would also be a great opportunity to increase the symbology arsenal and enemy lists. There were some neat ones that appeared in The Last Hope that we never saw in the other games. Having the same arsenal against the same enemies becomes quite boring after a while.
I'd like to see a five-party fighting system with a ten-slot party. Mix it up with symbologists, martial artists, archers, and swordsmen. Give us a variety of character to play.
And that concludes it for today. Hope everyone's having a good Thursday.
