(Spoiler Alert) Why did Barrett.....?

[Humble]

Why did Barrett just handle his starship to stranger (Player)? It's like here tell a stranger "here is my car, take to my home", would you trust any stranger to drive your care to your house? This is similar what Barrett do, Other thing, he gave you watch, I'm not sure that is branch new, it's look like used, no case to open, is it Barrett's watch gave to you? If not, why would he carry new watch with him, when he only come to pick up a artifacts. Odd for him to carry new watch and handle whole starship to stranger (Player) to fly.

No I don't play game, I'm still waiting like most people, Aug 31 more or less.
I just watched someone's leak play for 30 min before video/youtube shut down.

[Mack]

Constellation sent him to get you back to them.

Obviously the "real" reason he did that is that it serves as the tutorial to the game, so someone has to give him a ship and they want you in charge ASAP.

[Humble]

It's very odd that player is in charge almost right off the bat. Is there any reason why they doing that?

[Ihateeverybody]

Originally posted by Humble:

It's very odd that player is in charge almost right off the bat. Is there any reason why they doing that?

Because they make the player special as opposed to allowing the player to be exceptional.

Its the Chosen one syndrome that prevails in games. YOU and ONLY YOU can solve the problems because it is in your blood and you were chosen by the gods to do it.

Frankly it sickens me.

[cniudae]

I think have something to do with first intelligent alien form found and Constellation seem more aware than most

[Selvon]

Originally posted by Ihateeverybody:

Originally posted by Humble:

It's very odd that player is in charge almost right off the bat. Is there any reason why they doing that?

Because they make the player special as opposed to allowing the player to be exceptional.

To be fair, if the player had to be exceptional to get anywhere, the majority of posters around here would never get anywhere they'd be stuck stranded where they begin.

[Chryseus]

I want a mod where you have to do several years hard labour to earn your ship.
Or have it as a loan you have to pay.

[Ichbin]

Bethesda writing has always been video gamey. Things tend to fall into place, because "You're Special".

I'm sure someone will mod an "Immersive Start" several months in.

[Mark Skarr]

Originally posted by Chryseus:

I want a mod where you have to do several years hard labour to earn your ship.
Or have it as a loan you have to pay.

Papers and Paychecks!
No thanks, I play that game every day. It's not fun. I want to play the game where my character is special.

[Ihateeverybody]

Originally posted by Chryseus:

I want a mod where you have to do several years hard labour to earn your ship.
Or have it as a loan you have to pay.

Endless sky for the win (Its a free game here on steam). I love that aspect of it.

[Mentally Unstable]

Yes it's odd but at least he assigned vasco (the robot) to be our minder during the trip. In skyrim, we are sent off by the jarl and his wizard to far off dangerous places on our own despite only having just met and they having an entire army (and agents) which is more suited for the task.

[nimodae]

Originally posted by Humble:

It's very odd that player is in charge almost right off the bat. Is there any reason why they doing that?

Lazy writing. I'd rather work my way up in a game rather than be treated like a special needs person. BGS always wants to perk up the player and make them the center of attention. It's a power fantasy and it's all too convenient. Never been my cup of tea, tbh.

[Ihateeverybody]

Originally posted by Mentally Unstable:

Yes it's odd but at least he assigned vasco (the robot) to be our minder during the trip. In skyrim, we are sent off by the jarl and his wizard to far off dangerous places on our own despite only having just met and they having an entire army (and agents) which is more suited for the task.

Not to mention the Companions. My #($*. Why are you sending Nobody McDingleberry? You have the Jock squad literally down the road.

[Mentally Unstable]

Originally posted by Ihateeverybody:

Not to mention the Companions. My #($*. Why are you sending Nobody McDingleberry? You have the Jock squad literally down the road.

Lol, yeah.

[Fox]

Originally posted by Humble:

Why did Barrett just handle his starship to stranger (Player)? It's like here tell a stranger "here is my car, take to my home", would you trust any stranger to drive your care to your house? This is similar what Barrett do, Other thing, he gave you watch, I'm not sure that is branch new, it's look like used, no case to open, is it Barrett's watch gave to you? If not, why would he carry new watch with him, when he only come to pick up a artifacts. Odd for him to carry new watch and handle whole starship to stranger (Player) to fly.

No I don't play game, I'm still waiting like most people, Aug 31 more or less.
I just watched someone's leak play for 30 min before video/youtube shut down.

Yeah it's not 100% Realistic, in a movie or tv series Barrett or we could just call him M82 lol, would take the character back to the team HQ and introduce them.

Though it was done this way because it's a game, and the developers want us to jump into the pilot seat right away and have fun flying our first space ship. The start of the game is a tutorial to get us all used to the basics of how to play and give us a starting point on the main story quest.

The better question would be how did he know to come to the mines to find the Artifact in the first place? Unless it sent a signal to the other artifacts that constellation already has?

When the player first touches the Alien Artifact it makes some kind of connection with the player, giving them visions like the Artifact in the Halo series when Master Chief touches one. This might explain why they need the player now.

The watch does a lot more than just tell the time.

Vasco was sent to watch over the player and I have no doubt they would have tracking on that ship, Vasco can probably take control of it as well, so it's not like the player could steal it and run away.

[Humble]

Originally posted by 512:

Originally posted by Humble:

Why did Barrett just handle his starship to stranger (Player)? It's like here tell a stranger "here is my car, take to my home", would you trust any stranger to drive your care to your house? This is similar what Barrett do, Other thing, he gave you watch, I'm not sure that is branch new, it's look like used, no case to open, is it Barrett's watch gave to you? If not, why would he carry new watch with him, when he only come to pick up a artifacts. Odd for him to carry new watch and handle whole starship to stranger (Player) to fly.

No I don't play game, I'm still waiting like most people, Aug 31 more or less.
I just watched someone's leak play for 30 min before video/youtube shut down.

Yeah it's not 100% Realistic, in a movie or tv series Barrett or we could just call him M82 lol, would take the character back to the team HQ and introduce them.

Though it was done this way because it's a game, and the developers want us to jump into the pilot seat right away and have fun flying our first space ship. The start of the game is a tutorial to get us all used to the basics of how to play and give us a starting point on the main story quest.

The better question would be how did he know to come to the mines to find the Artifact in the first place? Unless it sent a signal to the other artifacts that constellation already has?

When the player first touches the Alien Artifact it makes some kind of connection with the player, giving them visions like the Artifact in the Halo series when Master Chief touches one. This might explain why they need the player now.

The watch does a lot more than just tell the time.

Vasco was sent to watch over the player and I have no doubt they would have tracking on that ship, Vasco can probably take control of it as well, so it's not like the player could steal it and run away.

You do had some good point but maybe, however, Vasco is limited, sure Vasco might be very loyal to the end and highly intelligent more than any human maybe, but not had wisdom or creatively due Vasco is robot and limited movement, no matter how good memory robot had greater than humankind, but not able good at judge all thing with humankind, and Vasco's body is bunkly move, not smootly moving reach anything in small size or control over ship, unless vasco can connected to ship without use pilot seats to control, but it's seem to me, player is only one control ship in pilot seat. That's what in my mind thinking this.