Hello PS2 nuts. I'm a new user, but I've been watching these forums for quite a while. I'm an avid player of PlanetSide 2, and I have a character for all three factions. But the faction I play the most is the Terran Republic.
Unlike most players, I'm all about the lore and backstory behind the different factions, rather than the weapons and playstyle. Every "Best Faction" thread I've seen is gamewise, judged by the weapons and the vehicles. So I figured I'd do one based on the lore and story behind PlanetSide 2.
Here is a link to the official lore if you want to read it:
http://wiki.planetside-universe.com/ps/Lore
Basically, there was a big war on earth that killed lots of people. Then this wormhole opened up for a few weeks until it closed, destroying Pluto in the process. When it did, the leaders of Earth realized that they needed to stop killing off the human race and start researching what had happened. During the time the wormhole was open, they sent probes looking for life and they actually found readings. They decided to stop being idiots right then.
This leads to the birth of a New World Order. But not the totalitarian So this New World Order is called the Terran Republic, and it is exactly that. There's a Senate to do all that Senate-y stuff, and they elected Presidents every few years. The TR made the people happy, so they kept electing them for about a hundred years. During this hundred years, the people were so happy and safe that they lost the urge to explore. But then, a hundred years later, the rift opens again. It was open for two weeks, then closed. This kind of scared the population of the TR so they wanted to stay home even more now. In the 2600s, this Space Explorer named Tom Connery found the shattered remains of Pluto in his travels, and among the wreckage, a strange signal they couldn't decode. So Tom went back to Earth and settled down. He became kind of a hero for finding the signal with his crew. A few years later, the VP of the TR dies, so he became VP for the rest of the term.
After the term ends, Tom runs for President and gets elected. Yay! But there was something else going on. A group of CEOs of corporations gathered to meet, talking about how the TR was becoming more involved in the Private Sector. By no means was this bad, but they just wanted to make sure that they didn't screw up. But after a few years, this group, called Business Forward got more and more radical. They decided to pressure the TR into freeing up the market by means unknown. They suspected that Tom was hiding something, so they wanted a part in his adventures to find out. Eventually, Business Forward formed a Conglomerate with some major banks, and became, guess what, the New Conglomerate.
Tom goes back to space travelling with his friend Henry Briggs, a Xenobiologist. When exploring Pluto, Henry gets these visions from an alien race called the Vanu. It kind of drove him crazy, making him think that the Vanu were like gods to the human race.
A few years later, before the estimated next opening of the wormhole, Tom goes to the Terran Senate and makes a case for exploring the wormhole. The Senate is like "yeah, go ahead", so Tom goes into space and gets these massive ships with tons of people on them. Just like they thought, the wormhole opened about a year later, and Tom took his chance. He dived straight in, stayed for a few days to chart the area, then turned back and headed home... not. The wormhole closed only a few days into his expedition so he was stranded there for 90 years, along with a ton of other humans. The Republic lost all communications, and Tom was in charge of this isolated, new TR. They explored the area they were in, but found no habitable planet for the humans to live on. To make matters worse, a few members of the NC had clung on board, and were not happy with what happened. The TR approached the citizens of the ship and gave them a choice; Freedom or Safety. A vote was held, and by a slim majority, Safety and Security was chosen, for the good of the people. Of course, the minority, which was made up of mostly the NC, complained about how they were losing their faith in the TR and how they were nothing but bad for the human race. Then, 50 NC insurgents stole some weapons and attacked the bridge of the main vessel. The TR soldiers held them off, but this raised concern about the security of the ship. Once again, a vote was held, and once again, the people voted for security. But the NC still were not happy. The tightening of safety restrictions was slavery in their minds, so they started all out war in the ships. Not good. So after a while, Tom decides to meet with the NC on a ship to do some peace talks. The talk goes well, and the NC is satisfied, until... the ship blows up. Someone got onto the main console and blew up the ship, killing Connery and everyone aboard. Not nice. The TR blamed it on the unhappy members of the NC who didn't want an agreement, and the NC blamed it on the TR troublemakers. It turns out that this TR guy named Brent Waterson did it so he could gain control of the fleet. Not good. But another vote is held, and the citizens chose security again. The NC is less in number now, but more extremist, since the nice guys are dead. Fortunately, the TR found a new planet, which they called Auraxis. Henry Briggs finds an artifact from the Vanu, and gets another vision. He kills himself 10 years later.
The TR land on Auraxis and begin to colonize. Unfortunately, the NC still weren't happy, so took to lots of protests. But every time a vote was held, the majority chose security over freedom. Yet the NC still weren't happy. So eventually it escalated into all-out war when the NC decided to fight again. To make matters worse, there were some TR scientists who wanted to experiment with dangerous technology, and used the artifacts discovered by Henry Briggs to make new, dangerous alien weapons, which were banned by the TR, because they didn't want even MORE unrest and war. Unfortunately, the new faction of scientists, the Vanu Sovereignty, decided to become radical and attack both sides, seeking the "enlightenment of the human race".
So here we are now. Fighting over Auraxis with three different factions. Now that you know the basic lore behind PlanetSide 2, which side do you favor lore-wise? You can love the VS weapons but stick with the NC in lore, it's fine either way.
Personally, as you can probably tell, I side with the Terran Republic. Why? Because these guys are trying to keep the people safe and happy, but these stupid Anarchic Terrorists are trying to dismantle the previously completely safe government. All they had to do was wait a while until they were completely sure they were safe, and vote their freedoms back in. As for the VS, well, I have no idea why anyone would side with them. They're Cultist Fascist Fanatics who need to be dealt with ASAP.
But anyways, which faction do you favor? I'd love to hear your completely biased opinions as to why you wouldn't side with the glorious TR.
For the Republic!
2014-01-12, 11:36 AM
and then broke away themselves because at that point they didn't trust either faction. And then made their own wacky philosophy.
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