We challenged the common
concept of carbon-based life again in yet another Solar Echoes alien,
one of the villains players will be likely to face when their
characters have become more experienced. This alien is not organic or
silicone-based, but entirely digital. Though it is not Artificial
Intelligence, it may seem so upon first encountering it. Yet this
advanced alien is a multitude of consciousnesses networked across all
of their starships and robotic avatars. These digital aliens did not
begin this way, but that story is reserved for those who would seek
to learn more in the Mission Controller's Guide, which has the
details about these and other alien races. Players will discover new
alien races as they play, as the MC will slowly reveal them over the
course of a story campaign. Considering this alien race, if we were
able to upload our consciousness and exist as data moving across the
internet, would this not redefine our classification of life again?
For more on this concept, I highly recommend the Japanese anime,
“Serial Experiments Lain.”
As seven alien races struggle to co-exist in an uneasy alliance, the Inter-Stellar Union sends Union Guard agents on missions to preserve the crucial balance. These specialized operatives must do what regional security cannot, dealing with smugglers, pirates, terrorists, and even greater challenges in order to bring stability to a universe that needs it desperately. Without the Union Guard, the races will not be prepared to face a looming alien threat they can only hope to defeat together.
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