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2300 A.D. Lavos Timeline stuff
« on: December 05, 2010, 07:36:34 pm »
I want to get some action around here once again.

So the original year 2300 A.D. is by far the most touching thing about the game for me. Never have I seen something so sad and horrible as this. There is no food, no hope, nothing. Yet you can't just die away because of the enertron healing. It's just sad and it really touched me the first time and still does.

So anyways, I have some questions and other things about this era.

1. What is the temperature level of the world?
You know, the sun can barely be seen, there is only some kind of sand and dirty water everywhere.
How much heat does the material absorb? Is it really cold around there? I can't seem to have any way to believe it's warm as the sun doesn't shine and it's so dark and strong storm is raging all over the place. My guess would the the temperature is cool, but not really cold as there is no snow. And it's possible to have snow there as there is a lot of it in the Death Peak, but nowhere else, which means it's not that cold.

2. Domes, what are they?
So they are huge buildings inside a big bowl of glasslike material. What is their purpose, why were they made and why did you survive Lavos's attack?
And in 1999 A.D. no cities were shown, only domes. Then why are there ruins of a huge city lying there?

3. Why are there trees on Death Peak?
The place wasn't there until Lavos destroyed the world and it's believed Death Peak is Lavos itself.
Then why did trees grow in such a ruined world, on such a hard place?

4. How old is Doan?
He is said to be a descendant of the director of Arris Dome. He also mentions he used to ride the Bike when he was young.
So why would Doan go outside and drive a bike in such world? Why would he even leave the dome?
One theory is that Doan was a small child during the Day of Lavos and that it took several years for the world to totally die out. And the reason Doan is still alive is that the Enertron slows aging as it fully heals the person using them. And by that time, they had found ways to increase human longevity.

5. What happened to the Ocean?
The ocean is of a very dark color and it looks really toxic to me. Is it only so dark because of the limited sunlight? Is it because of the pollution that happened when all the factories where destroyed, like nuclear factories? Is there any life on the ocean?
In the sewer system, the water was filled by Nereids. The water couldn't have stood there for 300 years, it must be connected somehow to the ocean, yet Nereids still exist.
Now comes my weird theory: Nereids are evolved Mystics. They are somewhat similar in appearance and seem to be able to use magic as well, something that only Mystics were supposed to be capable of.

6. Will there be a nation of Robots in the future?
Mother Brain mentions that she wants to built a nation of steel. Will she succeed? Humans will likely die in a few decades and she has the whole world to work with.
But does she have enough materials? Pretty much everything was burnt to dust when Lavos destroyed the world. Is it possible there is some kind of a storm which destroys the last sources of energy and the robots will eventually shut down due to energy shortage?

So anyways, as I told before, I LOVE this future, it's so incredibly developed and it's so emotionally affecting to me.
Please correct me and tell me your own opinions about the ruined future.

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Re: 2300 A.D. Lavos Timeline stuff
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2010, 08:27:09 pm »
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_winter
Perhaps it is like  a nuclear winter, but no idea it can last for 300 years. I've no idea why the sky is still so cloudy after hundreds of years.

As for Domes, I think they are forms of cities at that time: http://www.chronocompendium.com/Term/File:1999_A.D..png.html
No idea why they live under glass(?) dome, the 1999AD shows plenty of forests instead of a heavily poluted world. Or perhaps that is a way to prevent the cities from poluting the outside. Lavos destroyed the world doesn't mean it smashed every single city, just like a Nuke War.

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Is it possible there is some kind of a storm which destroys the last sources of energy and the robots will eventually shut down due to energy shortage?
Hmm, maybe they used some kind of nuclear cells like in the Terminator series. :?

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Re: 2300 A.D. Lavos Timeline stuff
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2010, 08:58:18 pm »
I like the nuclear winter theory.
Nuclear bombs are mankind's most fearsome tool of destruction right now and I wouldn't be surprised if Lavos used something similar.

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Re: 2300 A.D. Lavos Timeline stuff
« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2010, 09:39:20 pm »
I want to get some action around here once again.

So the original year 2300 A.D. is by far the most touching thing about the game for me. Never have I seen something so sad and horrible as this. There is no food, no hope, nothing. Yet you can't just die away because of the enertron healing. It's just sad and it really touched me the first time and still does.

So anyways, I have some questions and other things about this era.

I remember even in third grade, this era really drew emotion out of me. I wanted to save those people!

Anyway, I liked your questions and had some fun answering :)

1. What is the temperature level of the world?
There's crappy sand in harsh winds, to me it's always been the desert wasteland left over from Lavos' destructive fire "from the heavens"

2. Domes, what are they?
Weather controlled cities that could theoretically eliminate pollution and disease, and stimulate productivity. Until they break and the people who know how to perform maintenance all die off.

3. Why are there trees on Death Peak?
There's water and magic, and if Death Peak is connected to Lavos it's gonna be more fertile than land not attatched to living organisms.

4. How old is Doan?
Not unusually old. His parents didn't want him to venture away from the dome but he was a bit of a bad-ass as a teen. Hence, the Rebel-Without-A-Cause Jetbiking.

5. What happened to the Ocean?
Pollution did it. Just like in Godzilla.

6. Will there be a nation of Robots in the future?
Absolutely. As long as there is matter, there is energy. Robots will find a way.

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Re: 2300 A.D. Lavos Timeline stuff
« Reply #4 on: December 05, 2010, 09:51:15 pm »
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His parents didn't want him to venture away from the dome but he was a bit of a bad-ass as a teen. Hence, the Rebel-Without-A-Cause Jetbiking.

Hmm, perhaps he wanted to contact with other Domes, find foods, find a doctor to save some random dude/dudette, or whatever like that.

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5. What happened to the Ocean?
Pollution did it. Just like in Godzilla.
Then they'd better designed a ship, it would be fun to fight a Godzilla boss.

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Re: 2300 A.D. Lavos Timeline stuff
« Reply #5 on: December 06, 2010, 07:38:09 am »
It might have been that he used the bike to travel to the other domes with people. Thought early in the game it can be noticed that the people there aren't aware that Arris Dome has people in there too.
But it's just that the bike is near lab 32, a very dangerous place to be. So how did Doan leave it there or how did he survive?