Talk:Providence/@comment-175.156.79.239-20150412082119

Alright, I will post my own iteration of this story, as some food for thought.

PROVIDENCE THEORY:

Before I start, I will detail my theory of providence, and what he is. Basically, providence is a member of an extremely technologically advanced race that traveled the cosmos with the intent to seed potential planets with life, similar to the forerunners in the halo series. However, members of providence's race lead extremely nomadic lifestyles, perhaps due to the nature of their advanced technology requiring them to have minimal interaction with members of the same species. After providence declared his purpose fufilled on the planet, with the planet seeded with advanced technology to guide the local species to technological sophistication, he went into hibernation, such that one day he might wake to a triving sentient species he had worked to guide and enjoy the fruits of his labour.

GAME STORY:

So in the distant future, humans have discovered warp drive technology and began to travel to other distant worlds, looking for other alien forms of life. By chance, we managed to find this planet (where the events of the game take place). In order to exploit the resources of the planet. we created a space station above the planet, functioning as a science and military installation (explaining why there are so many hired guns as well as the relative lack of knowledge the hired guns have of the environment on the planet itself, owing to their stay on the space station). Upon further investigation, we realized that we were not the only ones to have visited this planet, as the planet clearly bears traces of extremely advanced technology (teleporters, artifacts, mechanical spiders, etc.). Thus, the scientists decided to contract a cargo ship, which was UES contact light: risk of rain (the titular ship of the game), to bring back home samples of the advanced technology, along with a slew of other personal items carried by the scientists on the space station itself and samples of life on the planet. However, as the ship was making its return journey, Providence was awakened by human activity. Angered by humanity's desecration of his life's work and the cruelty shown towards the local species, he teleported onto the ship using the teleporters that were being transported back to earth for further study and promptly sent it plummeting into oblivion to the planet below. And that, is where the journey of your main character begins...