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Re: Eternal X Commentary: "The Far Side Of Nowhere
Posted By: Death AngelDate: 9/6/12 3:15 p.m.

In Response To: Eternal X Commentary: "The Far Side Of Nowhere" (Forrest of B.org)

: Eternal X Director's Commentary, Part 0

: [L00-T1-Unfinished]

: (This terminal was originally much longer, with a detailed description of how
: your internal Cybernetic Adjunct program, which is responsible for such
: fancy features as automatic in-place text translation, has been keyed to
: automatically color-code shield chargers in your vision, thus explaining
: why they are different colors in Eternal - though that was actually an
: aesthetic choice on my part. There was also an explanation of how the
: ability to interface with Pfhor pattern buffers has been reactivated, it
: having previously been deactivated to prevent the Pfhor from recovering
: your pattern and using it against humanity, which segued into a discussion
: of how your Jjaro Cybernetic Junction interacts with pattern buffer
: technology, thus explaining part of the "you were dead a thousand
: times" bit from the Infinity epilogue. And finally, Hathor reminded
: you that just because she's inside your internal network, doesn't mean she
: can just talk to you in your head, ala Cortana from Halo; you've still got
: to have a terminal for her to use for a display. All of this was meant to
: serve as something of a newbie guide to Marathon gameplay features that
: non-Marathoners might not have been familiar with, terminals and pattern
: buffers and chargers and all, but it was cut due to length complaints.)

I like my terminals long and my story thorough and insightful. The last time I had procured Eternal (I think it was pre-Halo 3, since that's when I got into Marathon as there was no Halo to consume), I really liked the explanation as to how the Pattern Buffers worked, and was confused as to why such an interesting bit of information was missing when I started up Eternal X yesterday (after a playthrough of the trilogy- I never did get to beat Infinity those years ago; not surprisingly, I'm in Marathon again as I await Halo 4.)

Do you have any text files or something with cut terminals that still fit with Eternal's current canon? I'm a story buff and I like that stuff. And as there's no story page, I was wondering if there's a way to sift through Aleph One scenario terminals for future reference without having to in-window print-screen-paste every time.

Enjoying the game, by the way. I can tell that this'll be awesome.

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Volunteers: Eternal "The Far Side Of Nowhere"pfhore 4/28/08 4:30 p.m.
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                 Re: Volunteers: Eternal "The Far Side Of Nowhere"Luke 4/30/08 11:35 a.m.
     Eternal X Commentary: "The Far Side Of Nowhere"Forrest of B.org 5/9/08 8:51 p.m.
           Thought of "The Far Side Of Nowhere"- Ipfhore 6/1/08 2:57 p.m.
                 Re: Thought of "The Far Side Of Nowhere"- IForrest of B.org 6/1/08 8:54 p.m.
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           Re: Thought of "The Far Side Of Nowhere"- IIpfhore 6/2/08 1:24 a.m.
           Re: Eternal X Commentary: "The Far Side Of NowhereDeath Angel 9/6/12 3:15 p.m.
                 Re: Eternal X Commentary: "The Far Side Of NowhereForrest of B.org 9/6/12 9:36 p.m.
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                                   Homer Simpson moment ;) *NM*Godot 9/7/12 3:40 a.m.
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