The Inside Star Citizen episode Plan of Gatac - Spring 2021 was published on June 10, 2021 on CIG's YouTube channel.
Topics and timestamps[]
| Topic | Timestamp |
|---|---|
| Alien cargo ship: Railen | |
| Alien history: Xi'an | |
| Alien cargo ship: Railen | |
| Alien history: Banu | |
| Alien history: Tevarin | |
| Alien history: Xi'an | |
| Alien history: Vanduul |
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The transcript was created automatically and needs to be proofread. Words may have been transcribed incorrectly.1 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:10,320 where do we start
2 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:11,759 that is a good question the alien stuff
3 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:15,200 is more complex
4 00:00:11,759 --> 00:00:16,880 so um everything
5 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:18,560 everything sort of stretches your brain
6 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:21,199 just a little bit more
7 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:22,240 i also have chris you know pushing me to
8 00:00:21,199 --> 00:00:24,880 sort of
9 00:00:22,240 --> 00:00:27,519 make it different make it not not fully
10 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:27,519 expected
11 00:00:27,599 --> 00:00:31,199 alien ships i think are super
12 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:33,520 interesting because they have a
13 00:00:31,199 --> 00:00:36,079 completely unique aesthetic inside
14 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:37,200 and this ship particularly we wanted to
15 00:00:36,079 --> 00:00:40,399 create
16 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:41,440 a alien cargo ship so we wanted to have
17 00:00:40,399 --> 00:00:44,079 a sort of
18 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:45,680 above entry-level cargo ship that could
19 00:00:44,079 --> 00:00:46,160 carry a good amount of cargo for its
20 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:49,360 size
21 00:00:46,160 --> 00:00:49,840 be well defended multi-crew we wanted it
22 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:52,719 to be
23 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:53,360 jan but we didn't want it to be a oper
24 00:00:52,719 --> 00:00:55,760 their
25 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:58,640 their combat brand so we worked up this
26 00:00:55,760 --> 00:01:01,680 new company called gatak and
27 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:02,879 this is the gatak railin cargo ship no
28 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:07,680 it's
29 00:01:02,879 --> 00:01:07,680 that's how you say it right hot cup okay
30 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:11,600 okay let's do a brief history of house
31 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:14,479 gatak
32 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:16,080 they were a vassal of house urua during
33 00:01:14,479 --> 00:01:20,000 the great divide which is the
34 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:21,119 xi'an civil war at the end of the great
35 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:24,960 divide
36 00:01:21,119 --> 00:01:27,759 house khloe who didn't like the way
37 00:01:24,960 --> 00:01:29,040 that the peace talks were going decided
38 00:01:27,759 --> 00:01:30,880 that they wanted to
39 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:32,720 kill all the leaders of the houses that
40 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:35,920 were engaged in peace talks
41 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:37,680 so they sabotaged the network of antique
42 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:39,200 satellites antique weather satellites
43 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:42,799 that surrounded the
44 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:45,840 xi'an home world of edision
45 00:01:42,799 --> 00:01:46,560 and accidentally destroyed the whole
46 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:48,000 atmosphere
47 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:50,240 rather than just the atmosphere above
48 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:52,720 the peace talks oops
49 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:54,079 so after this tragedy after everybody
50 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:57,840 fled the home world to the
51 00:01:54,079 --> 00:02:00,240 next closest planet kawa um
52 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:02,320 the house of dua in recompense for its
53 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:03,600 loss was elevated to the first imperial
54 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:05,119 house that's where the first emperors
55 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:06,960 came from
56 00:02:05,119 --> 00:02:08,879 and one of the first things that they
57 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:10,399 did was reward people who fought under
58 00:02:08,879 --> 00:02:12,640 them for their service
59 00:02:10,399 --> 00:02:14,319 so they awarded house and got talk a
60 00:02:12,640 --> 00:02:17,120 license in perpetuity
61 00:02:14,319 --> 00:02:17,840 to build industrial spacecraft for the
62 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:21,520 entire
63 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:23,920 south china in in the sao
64 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:25,360 the um assassin the xi'an empire they
65 00:02:23,920 --> 00:02:26,239 are known for being like really
66 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:28,800 innovative
67 00:02:26,239 --> 00:02:29,440 and interested in discovering the next
68 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:31,519 big
69 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:33,120 big cool thing in technology and that's
70 00:02:31,519 --> 00:02:36,080 part of why they
71 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:37,760 immediately jumped on the opportunity to
72 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:38,480 make a ship that would be friendly to
73 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:41,920 both
74 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:44,000 xi'an and humans like cutting out stuff
75 00:02:41,920 --> 00:02:45,760 is their thing
76 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:48,160 the alien stuff is the hardest one to
77 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:50,720 sort of deal with with sort of
78 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:52,800 branding we did our usual we came up
79 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:54,480 with three sort of strong candidates to
80 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:56,560 give to chris to have a look at
81 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:58,400 and from there it's i mean people will
82 00:02:56,560 --> 00:03:01,360 see that uh
83 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:03,040 very early on it was it was almost
84 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:04,560 locked in it was like okay this is what
85 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:06,159 we're doing
86 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:09,360 we're a lot more confident in how we
87 00:03:06,159 --> 00:03:09,360 approach these things now
88 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:13,450 we make sort of stronger decisions right
89 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:15,280 at the start to push those through
90 00:03:13,450 --> 00:03:17,120 [Applause]
91 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:19,519 one of the big features of the ship was
92 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:21,920 the fact that it changes shape
93 00:03:19,519 --> 00:03:22,879 like massively so that's the really nice
94 00:03:21,920 --> 00:03:25,120 thing about this ship
95 00:03:22,879 --> 00:03:26,319 and coupled with you know the sort of
96 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:28,080 final materials
97 00:03:26,319 --> 00:03:29,440 that we came up with there's no
98 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:32,720 mistaking the ship now
99 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:33,120 it's it's okay this is the attack cargo
100 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:36,159 ship
101 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:37,920 there's no messing around the rail and
102 00:03:36,159 --> 00:03:41,599 crew capacity is four people
103 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:43,519 uh so you have the the pilot uh you have
104 00:03:41,599 --> 00:03:45,280 uh an engineer and then you have the two
105 00:03:43,519 --> 00:03:46,080 extra crew to man the two man turrets
106 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:48,000 which are
107 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:50,080 on the side of the ship and provide a
108 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:52,319 good range of cover
109 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:53,360 for it uh there is space for all four to
110 00:03:52,319 --> 00:03:56,000 be on the bridge when
111 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:56,720 not in combat um or elsewhere in the
112 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,400 ship but
113 00:03:56,720 --> 00:04:00,959 ostensibly that's what the four roles
114 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:03,840 are for the railing has
115 00:04:00,959 --> 00:04:05,120 320 scu of cargo and this is all pretty
116 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:07,680 much external
117 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:11,599 you can see it on the back of the ship
118 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:13,280 part visual choice park gameplay choice
119 00:04:11,599 --> 00:04:14,799 they are fixed containers on the rear of
120 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:17,919 the ship and the cargo goes
121 00:04:14,799 --> 00:04:19,759 inside them so having external allows us
122 00:04:17,919 --> 00:04:21,120 to keep the internals of the ship all
123 00:04:19,759 --> 00:04:23,759 nice and compact
124 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:24,320 but also does give a toss-up in choice
125 00:04:23,759 --> 00:04:27,280 between
126 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:28,320 do i pick a ship with lesser cargo but
127 00:04:27,280 --> 00:04:32,000 is more protected
128 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:32,800 or do i go for this which can carry more
129 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:35,759 in one run
130 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:36,000 but has the risk of if i get jumped on
131 00:04:35,759 --> 00:04:38,560 in
132 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:39,680 in transit my cargo is more at risk
133 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:40,560 that's something we always try and do
134 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:43,520 with our ships is
135 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:44,800 not have one ship that is superior in
136 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:46,479 every single way to
137 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:48,560 another ship that's that's equal to we
138 00:04:46,479 --> 00:04:50,479 want there to be trade-offs
139 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:51,759 even from you know trying to get into
140 00:04:50,479 --> 00:04:53,040 the ship it's going to be a unique
141 00:04:51,759 --> 00:04:54,479 experience
142 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:56,400 so you've you know essentially you've
143 00:04:54,479 --> 00:04:57,840 got grav left platform that's going to
144 00:04:56,400 --> 00:05:00,320 fly through the air
145 00:04:57,840 --> 00:05:02,000 come and greet you you get on it click a
146 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:03,360 button takes you up to
147 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:05,919 the entrance of the ship through the
148 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:05,919 airlock
149 00:05:07,199 --> 00:05:10,400 that's where you first get your
150 00:05:08,479 --> 00:05:13,280 experience of the xi'an
151 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:15,440 architecture within this ship when you
152 00:05:13,280 --> 00:05:18,639 choose to get on the lift to go up to
153 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:19,440 habitation um you know you've got a
154 00:05:18,639 --> 00:05:21,039 console
155 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:23,199 that's made out of like 50 different
156 00:05:21,039 --> 00:05:23,680 pieces in it and it all builds itself
157 00:05:23,199 --> 00:05:26,240 into
158 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:27,280 into position and click the button get
159 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:29,120 on your elevator
160 00:05:27,280 --> 00:05:31,280 which isn't a standard elevator either
161 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:33,039 at the moment it's at an angle so
162 00:05:31,280 --> 00:05:34,800 you have a very different experience of
163 00:05:33,039 --> 00:05:36,840 like transitioning up
164 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:38,880 through the floors and the floors will
165 00:05:36,840 --> 00:05:40,960 also
166 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:42,080 transform to sort of enable you to get
167 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:43,840 through easily
168 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:45,520 so then when you're in the habitation
169 00:05:43,840 --> 00:05:48,080 section you've got access to
170 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:49,919 beds and lockers you can go left and
171 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:52,960 right to the turrets
172 00:05:49,919 --> 00:05:54,479 and escape pods and then you've got the
173 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:56,560 dual race kitchen and
174 00:05:54,479 --> 00:05:58,160 bathroom section and then sort of like a
175 00:05:56,560 --> 00:06:00,560 communal eating area
176 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:03,919 and then from there up uh basically
177 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:07,440 takes you into a more technical section
178 00:06:03,919 --> 00:06:10,080 so you can either go to
179 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:11,680 a docking which is at the rear of the
180 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:14,880 ship
181 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:15,840 and then you've also got a good portion
182 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:18,560 of components
183 00:06:15,840 --> 00:06:19,680 in like the sort of quite technically
184 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:22,080 themed
185 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:24,560 area of the ship and then you transition
186 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:28,000 through there towards the bridge
187 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:28,960 and again in there is we were looking at
188 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:32,000 a way of
189 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:33,919 being able to access components
190 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:36,000 in a non-standard way so the big stuff
191 00:06:33,919 --> 00:06:38,400 we've kept quite traditional
192 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:39,440 because it makes sense to just there but
193 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:41,120 the smaller stuff
194 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:43,199 it's it's kind of like a component
195 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:45,680 delivery system so you choose
196 00:06:43,199 --> 00:06:47,120 which component you want to access it's
197 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:48,560 delivered to you
198 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:50,639 you can change out whatever it is you
199 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:52,240 need to choose change and then it's
200 00:06:50,639 --> 00:06:54,160 taken back off you and
201 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:55,759 absorbed back into the ship then you
202 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:58,880 just transition into the bridge
203 00:06:55,759 --> 00:07:00,720 open bridge and then like i mentioned
204 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:04,240 the captain and the
205 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:08,160 co-pilot at the front in the large
206 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:11,840 like floating almost like ufo
207 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:13,599 style seats so i think there's plenty of
208 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:14,319 great opportunity in there for in terms
209 00:07:13,599 --> 00:07:16,400 of
210 00:07:14,319 --> 00:07:17,680 animation and what we can do with what's
211 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:19,440 spinning what's moving what's
212 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:21,840 reconfiguring
213 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:24,479 um so i think the ship team is gonna
214 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:26,720 have a lot of fun with that
215 00:07:24,479 --> 00:07:28,160 so what does the railing add to star
216 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:30,160 citizen as a whole
217 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:32,400 it really increases the diversity of
218 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:33,280 spaceships um especially alien ones
219 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:36,720 because
220 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:39,520 they are entire races of creatures and
221 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:40,960 they don't just have combat ships they
222 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:42,800 have their own infrastructure needs they
223 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:45,039 have their own transport needs so
224 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:46,160 whatever we do as the human race there
225 00:07:45,039 --> 00:07:49,360 there is going to be
226 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:51,280 mirrors for for those races
227 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:52,800 when you are traveling through all the
228 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:54,240 solar systems in the game you don't want
229 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:56,160 to just be seeing
230 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:58,000 the same freelancer or the same hull
231 00:07:56,160 --> 00:08:01,039 everywhere you want this variety
232 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:02,560 of ships to encounter and ships to
233 00:08:01,039 --> 00:08:04,879 to progress through on your cargo
234 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:04,879 journey
235 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:10,639 the gattack railin and i hope i'm saying
236 00:08:08,639 --> 00:08:12,879 this right is the newest addition to
237 00:08:10,639 --> 00:08:13,520 star citizen's expanding line of alien
238 00:08:12,879 --> 00:08:15,280 vehicles
239 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:16,800 as well as the first from our newest
240 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:18,560 xi'an manufacturer
241 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:20,240 and you can learn even more about this
242 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:21,199 ship like all of its stats and
243 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:22,639 capabilities
244 00:08:21,199 --> 00:08:24,560 when it's revealed as part of this
245 00:08:22,639 --> 00:08:26,639 year's alien week festivities
246 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:28,879 beginning this week which also includes
247 00:08:26,639 --> 00:08:30,080 the return of the tremendously popular
248 00:08:28,879 --> 00:08:32,320 baking contest
249 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:33,440 so get your ingredients ready and to
250 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:35,519 help you prep for
251 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:37,440 all of the alien week festivities let's
252 00:08:35,519 --> 00:08:40,080 check in now with the narrative team
253 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:41,919 for a brief refresher of the known alien
254 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:43,919 cultures of our galaxy
255 00:08:41,919 --> 00:08:46,000 or perhaps meet them for the very first
256 00:08:43,919 --> 00:08:49,279 time if you've only recently joined the
257 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:49,279 star citizen universe
258 00:08:49,519 --> 00:08:53,680 banu are probably the most obnoxious
259 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:54,880 people in the world to ever go to a
260 00:08:53,680 --> 00:08:58,640 sporting event with
261 00:08:54,880 --> 00:09:00,800 because they love sports uh and
262 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:01,760 but they don't really care about the
263 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:03,680 teams
264 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:05,519 and it's kind of confusing for humans to
265 00:09:03,680 --> 00:09:07,279 go to a game with a large brand new
266 00:09:05,519 --> 00:09:09,519 crowd because the band who just want to
267 00:09:07,279 --> 00:09:10,560 see exciting cool stuff happen so
268 00:09:09,519 --> 00:09:12,720 they're cheering
269 00:09:10,560 --> 00:09:14,000 for everyone throughout the game they
270 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:16,640 are totally up for
271 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:17,519 having fun whenever like they work hard
272 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:20,640 they play hard
273 00:09:17,519 --> 00:09:22,240 they take cat naps they are extremely
274 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:27,279 interested in enjoying life
275 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:30,480 their society is organized around these
276 00:09:27,279 --> 00:09:33,760 work family guilds known as suli's
277 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:35,519 where they're adopted from a young age
278 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:38,959 as kind of an apprentice
279 00:09:35,519 --> 00:09:41,440 biosouly that specializes in
280 00:09:38,959 --> 00:09:42,480 manufacturing spaceships or making
281 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:44,160 weapons or
282 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:46,399 cooking they're very quick to give
283 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:47,279 favors but they also expect a favor in
284 00:09:46,399 --> 00:09:51,279 return
285 00:09:47,279 --> 00:09:54,160 so be careful if a banu asks you
286 00:09:51,279 --> 00:09:54,959 to you know pick them up at the airport
287 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:57,360 the banu
288 00:09:54,959 --> 00:09:58,959 is the first alien race that humanity
289 00:09:57,360 --> 00:10:02,480 ever had contact with
290 00:09:58,959 --> 00:10:04,480 there was a human pilot kind of out
291 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:05,519 seemingly in the middle of nowhere named
292 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:08,399 vernon tarr
293 00:10:05,519 --> 00:10:09,040 who was scanning for a jump point came
294 00:10:08,399 --> 00:10:12,320 upon
295 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:14,000 a banu vessel and fired upon it thinking
296 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:15,839 it was like an enemy ship but once they
297 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:19,519 got close enough they realized oh
298 00:10:15,839 --> 00:10:21,680 heck that's an alien it was a fun
299 00:10:19,519 --> 00:10:23,440 run-in that was initially very tense but
300 00:10:21,680 --> 00:10:25,360 we quickly came onto friendly terms with
301 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:26,560 them they were happy to find new trading
302 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:29,360 partners and we were
303 00:10:26,560 --> 00:10:33,839 very happy to encounter aliens for the
304 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:33,839 first time
305 00:10:33,940 --> 00:10:39,760 [Music]
306 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:41,519 the tavarin are a martial society
307 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:43,120 they immediately tried taking our
308 00:10:41,519 --> 00:10:45,040 territory and was very hostile from the
309 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:47,680 get-go and it started
310 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:49,920 two large wars the first of our war and
311 00:10:47,680 --> 00:10:51,120 the second tavarian war
312 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:52,880 as a culture they're actually my
313 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:55,360 favorite it feels like there's a lot of
314 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:59,360 opportunities for really interesting
315 00:10:55,360 --> 00:11:01,040 haunted characters a big motivation for
316 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:02,160 them is that their people hadn't
317 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:04,640 developed
318 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:06,160 uh terraforming technology and so their
319 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:08,160 space to expand
320 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:09,519 was very limited to worlds that were
321 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:11,680 naturally habitable
322 00:11:09,519 --> 00:11:14,000 they were first assimilated into the uee
323 00:11:11,680 --> 00:11:15,440 by force after the first terrain war and
324 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:17,839 after the second tavern war
325 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:19,920 they voluntarily assimilated themselves
326 00:11:17,839 --> 00:11:21,360 they as a people decided collectively to
327 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:23,440 throw their culture away
328 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:25,040 humanity got a lot of our shield tech
329 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:26,880 from them like air shields were a
330 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:28,240 tavaran invention so we didn't have them
331 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:31,200 before that war
332 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:31,600 you can see that in their ship designs
333 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:34,240 with
334 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:36,079 the prowler having these unique drop
335 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:36,790 bays with the air shields for people to
336 00:11:36,079 --> 00:11:38,000 exit out of
337 00:11:36,790 --> 00:11:40,640 [Music]
338 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:42,800 a lot of tavaran history was actually
339 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:44,560 preserved by the uee
340 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:46,079 after the tavaran themselves tried to
341 00:11:44,560 --> 00:11:48,399 purge it now
342 00:11:46,079 --> 00:11:49,200 currently we're seeing them enter a new
343 00:11:48,399 --> 00:11:51,200 phase
344 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:52,880 of where the first tavaran senator was
345 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:55,760 recently elected
346 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:57,200 this elevation of a tavern seems to have
347 00:11:55,760 --> 00:12:00,320 sparked a recent
348 00:11:57,200 --> 00:12:02,399 interest in a cultural revival so
349 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:03,680 teveran are now starting to relearn
350 00:12:02,399 --> 00:12:06,399 their once lost language
351 00:12:03,680 --> 00:12:08,000 and starting to dabble in bits of the
352 00:12:06,399 --> 00:12:10,880 culture that was once lost
353 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:11,920 i like that they're survivors they saw
354 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:15,839 the writing on the wall
355 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:18,079 and they found a way to
356 00:12:15,839 --> 00:12:19,120 keep themselves and their families alive
357 00:12:18,079 --> 00:12:25,120 in spite of
358 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:26,800 a horrific situation
359 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:29,120 a great thing about the cheyenne they're
360 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:31,600 kind of known for
361 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:32,720 their rather pungent eating choices
362 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:35,600 amongst humanity
363 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:36,639 they kind of poop like birds do so it's
364 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:38,560 just
365 00:12:36,639 --> 00:12:40,160 they don't pee they just do like the
366 00:12:38,560 --> 00:12:42,000 combo so
367 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:43,600 uh if you see what looks like a bird
368 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:46,800 bath uh
369 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:48,399 in a xi'an ship that is not a water
370 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:51,200 fountain
371 00:12:48,399 --> 00:12:52,240 don't drink from it the xi'an society is
372 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:55,600 based around
373 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:57,440 these uh family house lines and very
374 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:59,600 important of tracing their lineage
375 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:01,120 the emperor is their own house and part
376 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:03,040 of the thing is
377 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:04,399 there's a sort of a mandatory service
378 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:06,320 period for
379 00:13:04,399 --> 00:13:07,600 all xi'an where they have to serve
380 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:10,720 basically for the government
381 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:11,680 and that's to help foster kind of a
382 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:13,839 sense of
383 00:13:11,680 --> 00:13:15,440 unity amongst the xi'an people
384 00:13:13,839 --> 00:13:17,600 technologically speaking are probably a
385 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:19,680 little bit more advanced than we are
386 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:21,440 they are masters of anti-gravity tech
387 00:13:19,680 --> 00:13:22,720 from a very long time before they
388 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:24,720 discovered space
389 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:25,760 like jumping jump tunnels and things
390 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:28,959 like that
391 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:30,800 xi'an are very long-lived
392 00:13:28,959 --> 00:13:32,560 and so their view of time is different
393 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:34,800 than humanities
394 00:13:32,560 --> 00:13:35,680 partially because of their philosophy
395 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:38,880 litova
396 00:13:35,680 --> 00:13:42,480 which is a kind of a moral code and
397 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:45,360 a system of belief there was
398 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:47,440 very close to an interspecies war kicked
399 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:49,519 off when we first met the xi'an
400 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:50,560 it was during sort of like this gold
401 00:13:49,519 --> 00:13:51,920 rush era
402 00:13:50,560 --> 00:13:53,680 where everybody was just out trying to
403 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:55,199 terraform planets as quickly as they
404 00:13:53,680 --> 00:13:58,399 could to try and secure
405 00:13:55,199 --> 00:13:59,519 you know mining rights the xi'an who are
406 00:13:58,399 --> 00:14:01,279 already in the system
407 00:13:59,519 --> 00:14:02,880 saw these strange aliens trying to
408 00:14:01,279 --> 00:14:04,720 terraform a planet that was in their
409 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:09,199 torah territory and went
410 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:11,440 hmm that's a little weird and then
411 00:14:09,199 --> 00:14:13,120 forcibly captured all the humans
412 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:13,519 contacted the human government and said
413 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:15,920 hey
414 00:14:13,519 --> 00:14:19,360 you guys left something in our system we
415 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:19,360 don't like it please take it back
416 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:23,680 that does look kind of mysterious we
417 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:25,920 don't know much about them
418 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:27,839 we know from observation that they seem
419 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:30,399 to very very insular
420 00:14:27,839 --> 00:14:31,680 they seem to believe in the idea of a
421 00:14:30,399 --> 00:14:35,279 meritocracy
422 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:36,560 there are very powerful warriors they're
423 00:14:35,279 --> 00:14:38,880 very hardy
424 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:40,880 they can exist for short times in the
425 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:42,320 vacuum of space
426 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:44,079 our observers think that they're
427 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:45,760 harvesting resources for some greater
428 00:14:44,079 --> 00:14:47,360 purpose and some people think that they
429 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:50,000 just really like to fight
430 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:51,600 and either one of those could be true
431 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:54,160 they sort of were introduced to us
432 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:55,040 when an outpost was mysteriously sort of
433 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:56,639 wiped out
434 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:58,959 judging from their ships they have very
435 00:14:56,639 --> 00:15:01,199 utilitarian aesthetics
436 00:14:58,959 --> 00:15:02,320 they are oriented around the clans that
437 00:15:01,199 --> 00:15:04,800 they seem to come from
438 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:05,600 but we have never observed anything that
439 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:08,800 indicates a
440 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:12,160 central government vandal clans
441 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:14,160 have raided humanity land on planets
442 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:16,000 take as many resources as they can and
443 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:19,040 then flee back
444 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:20,079 into vandal space uh and it's what sort
445 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:22,399 of kick-started
446 00:15:20,079 --> 00:15:24,480 a active military a much more active
447 00:15:22,399 --> 00:15:27,360 proactive military campaign against them
448 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:28,560 so they're sort of the alien culture
449 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:32,480 that we are
450 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:34,079 currently locked in a uh
451 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:35,519 sort of war with of course there's a lot
452 00:15:34,079 --> 00:15:38,320 of debate going on
453 00:15:35,519 --> 00:15:39,360 against what is the end game of that war
454 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:41,519 against the vanduul
455 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:42,800 is it doesn't mean wiping them out
456 00:15:41,519 --> 00:15:45,040 altogether does it mean
457 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:47,279 setting up a border defense they can't
458 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:49,040 get through does it mean reclaiming the
459 00:15:47,279 --> 00:15:50,720 systems that we've lost to them
460 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:52,240 ideally we want to put this in a
461 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:54,160 position where like the players are the
462 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:56,880 ones who are helping
463 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:57,279 reveal some of this information uh
464 00:15:56,880 --> 00:15:59,120 that's
465 00:15:57,279 --> 00:16:00,320 that's you know always been one of the
466 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:02,560 things that's been very
467 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:04,000 you know fun about this this game is
468 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:07,279 this idea that like
469 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:10,240 you know chris wants the players to help
470 00:16:07,279 --> 00:16:11,759 unlock the mysteries of the universe so
471 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:13,600 what did we learn this week
472 00:16:11,759 --> 00:16:15,759 well we learned that just like the human
473 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:18,079 society of 2951
474 00:16:15,759 --> 00:16:19,680 our alien neighbors are represented by a
475 00:16:18,079 --> 00:16:20,959 multitude of corporations and
476 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:23,199 organizations
477 00:16:20,959 --> 00:16:25,040 that a greater variety of alien vehicle
478 00:16:23,199 --> 00:16:27,040 offerings helps to build a more
479 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:28,079 diverse and interesting universe to
480 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:29,600 explore
481 00:16:28,079 --> 00:16:34,000 and that for the for the aliens
482 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:38,000 themselves the banu are clearly the best
483 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:41,279 or the xi'an maybe that's a barn
484 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:42,839 which one poops from their mouths
485 00:16:41,279 --> 00:16:44,480 don't forget to check out the
486 00:16:42,839 --> 00:16:46,000 robertsspaceindustries.com website for
487 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:48,160 all the alien week details
488 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:51,839 and for inside star citizen i'm jared
489 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:51,839 huckaby we'll see you all next week
490 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:12,319 you
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