Scavengers are kidnappers and terrorists

[Kayiaxo]

First off, this is completely off topic but wz related.
Currently my imagination is running wild but with all the scavenger topics around this just came in my mind.

Scavenger are kidnappers and terrorists.
First off, they ride SCHOOL busses and second off, they ride ARMED SCHOOL busses.

Also you can bet they are terrorists/kidnappers because they got shady underground deals.
I mean, how could they survive till the second campaign with their crappy bases ?
I'm sure they sold the kids of the busses to Nexus for experiments on a new breed of cyborgs and in exchange they get weapons and technology.

So everyone, do me a favor, when you see the scavengers, rape* their base and destroy them.
That would make YOU a rapist and a killer, but nevermind, you have been doing that to Nexus anyway (they deserve it, you know that).

I'm new declaring a new alliance, the ARK SCAVNEX ie Attack Rape* Kill Scavengers Nexus


* Pun intended, it's black humor ie nothing seriously meant.

[doom3r]

scavanger is scum, lol. They are there just to make units more experienced  ::)

[Kayiaxo]

Actually that's what you think, but in fact they are hiding behind that so you don't see their true goal: slow you down so the Nexus army can build up forces and destroy you.
Don't be fooled by their cheap tactics ! It will be you doom otherwise, doom3r !

[doom3r]

LoL i can imagine an army of Scavangers trying to take down a double assault gun heavy body. What a pity 

[Kayiaxo]

I'm sure their canon busses and flamers could prove deadly in that if they outnumber you.
Don't underestimate their canon busses, I thinks it's a light canon on top of it but it would still hurt if massed, it is quite usefull agains't tanks.
Also I would be surprised to see your double assault gun heavy body at the start of the game.

[doom3r]

I was just using my imagination.

What if YOU would be the big bad one fighting against waves of poor "humies"? That would be funny, indeed

[Kayiaxo]

If i was the big bad one there wouldn't be any need to fight. Since I'm the big BAD one, they are the good, and good people don't fight, so I would just kill them and they wont fight.

[Chojun]

I imagine this would be the kind of propaganda you would see pasted on the walls of The Project's Command Bunker.  However, with their goal of "Rebuilding civilization" I don't see them as having the goal of mowing everyone down.

In the case of the scavengers, recall the intro FMV "wars over cans of dog food".  Pumpkin also referred to the scavs as "babas" or "barbarians" under the hood.  So I think the scavengers' pure, basic, survival instinct had turned them into animals of sorts, which I'm sure is the reason why The Project ends up summarily annihilating the Arizona scavs.

Imagine yourself in a desperate post-holocaust world.  How many people do you know out there who would kill you if they knew you had a day or two's worth of food?

However what if there were more well-prepared, armed and armored scavengers out there with the same goals as The Project?  I think they would serve to bolster The Project's numbers.

[Per]

I think the scavengers were pretty much lifted out of Mad Max 2, as was the idea that in a post-nuclear-holocaust world, seizing the remaining oil resources would be the first priority of whoever wanted to be in power. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Max_2: ... ad_Warrior

[Chojun]

Yeah I was going to mention Mad Max but forgot.

The early portions of the game are definitely heavily influcenced by Mad Max and Waterworld.

[Kayiaxo]

I haven't seen Mad Max movies yet, but from the Wiki entry they look interesting, however I wont search for it in shop.
Should I find a good deal lying around I might buy it (DVD maybe?)

[Chojun]

I wouldn't buy any of them, but I would definitely see Mad Max 2.  You will live a day in the life of a scavenger

[psychopompos]

I think the scavengers were pretty much lifted out of Mad Max 2, as was the idea that in a post-nuclear-holocaust world, seizing the remaining oil resources would be the first priority of whoever wanted to be in power.

will we even have land accessable oil in 50 years? let alone 100.
also, what if scavs could cammo themselves, their vehicles lookin like terraign objects & not targetted untill they attack/move.
and their grunts bein invisable untill your almost running over them, change the grunt weapon to a light AT gun & give them a range equal to your own mg.

[Kacen]

Two days ago, I saw a vehicle that would haul that tanker. You want to get out of here? You talk to me.

[Chojun]

I need to go see that movie again...